For runners of every level looking to take the next step in their training, Build Your Running Body presents a breakthrough exercise plan that goes beyond the conventional pursuit of mileage. The best way to improve our personal bests, run more comfortably, and reduce injury is to target all the components that go into each step we take: muscles, connective tissue, the cardiovascular system, the nervous system, hormones, and the brain.

This illustrated training manual shows us how, with step-by-step photo instruction and exercise regimens fine-tuned to individual skill levels. Featuring a wide-ranging slate of over 150 workouts—from weightlifting and cross-training to resistance exercises and plyometrics—as well as a nutrition guide with dozens of recipes to help speed recovery and cement endurance gains, Build Your Running Body presents the ultimate program for runners seeking whole-body fitness.

Go from “at risk for failure” to “at risk for success”!

This book provides teachers with a succinct overview of who is at risk for failure in schools—both academically and socially—and why, practical tools for building relationships with these children, and simple strategies for developing students’ academic aptitude and social behavior. Here you’ll find:

• Techniques for getting to know children, building positive teacher-student relationships, and supporting positive relationships among children
• Teacher-friendly tools for data collection and data-based decision making
• Strategies for supporting desired social behavior
• 20 simple supports teachers can use with basic materials that can be found in any classroom

The legendary names include Rothschild, Mendelssohn, Bloch-Bauer—distinguished bankers, industrialists, diplomats, and art collectors. Their diverse taste ranged from manuscripts and musical instru­ments to paintings by Old Masters and the avant-garde. But their stigma as Jews in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe doomed them to exile or death in Hitler's concentration camps. Here, after years of meticulous research, Melissa Müller (Anne Frank: The Biography) and Monika Tatzkow (Nazi Looted Art) present the tragic, compelling stories of 15 Jewish collectors, the dispersal of their extraordinary collections through forced sale and/or confiscation, and the ongoing efforts of their heirs to recover their inheritance. For every victory in the effort to return these works to their rightful heirs, there are daunting defeats and long court battles. This real-life legal thriller follows works by Rembrandt, Klimt, Pissarro, Kandinsky, and others. 


Praise for Lost Lives, Lost Art: 

Sponsored by the CAIA Association, the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) program consists of a two-tier exam process (Level I and Level II) through which you may earn the CAIA charter. The Level I exam challenges your understanding of the alternative investment market's tools and terms, and tests your knowledge of various trading strategies and performance measurements. The Level II exam assesses how you would apply the knowledge and analytics learned in Level I within an asset allocation framework.

CAIA Level II: Advanced Core Topics in Alternative Investments contains virtually all of the material on alternative investments that potential Level II candidates would need to know as they prepare for the exam—a multifaceted assembly of questions and problem-solving tasks. Since the tools and terms introduced in Level I provide the basis for the second level of this program, the information found here will continue to focus on alternative investments—hedge funds, private equity, commodities and managed futures, and credit derivatives—but in greater depth and in the context of risk management and asset allocation.

Whether you're a seasoned professional looking to explore new areas within the alternative investment arena or a new industry participant seeking to establish a solid understanding of alternative investments, CAIA Level II: Advanced Core Topics in Alternative Investments is the best way to achieve these goals, and the smartest way to prepare for such a demanding exam.

Take your first steps toward attaining the CAIA charter by picking up CAIA Level I: An Introduction to Core Topics in Alternative Investments.