Praise for Focus on Value

"Focus on Value–with its theoretical and practical focus on economic profit fundamentals–is a modern day ‘Graham and Dodd’ primer on company and equity securities analysis."–Robert S. Hamada, Edward Eagle Brown Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

"Now that investors have abandoned momentum and are migrating back to fundamental investing, the market has become a more rational place. This book is a manual for serious investors who believe that identifying growing corporate earning power is the foundation of value creation. Those following its precepts should minimize risk and be rewarded over the long term."–Byron R. Wien, Chief U.S. Investment Strategist, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.

"Economic profit is one of the most useful managerial tools as well as a key to understanding the valuation of companies. Focus on Value is an outstanding piece of work. It captures the full spectrum of the ‘Metric Wars’ without ever confusing the reader. The serious student of economic profit will be richly rewarded by reading this excellent book from cover to cover."–Mario A. Corti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Swissair Group, Zurich

"Messrs. Grant and Abate have provided an analytical tool for corporate executives and investment managers which takes the concepts of economic profit and value maximization to the next level."–Suresh Thadhani, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Alcan, Inc.

"This book makes a real contribution to the most critical element in helping companies implement efficient capital resource allocation by highlighting the direct linkage between economic profit and stock price."–Jack Warner, Chairman, Kerry Inc.

"The authors have put together an excellent piece of work and finally provide readers seriously interested in applying economic profit with a practical, market-oriented approach to integrate the basic building blocks of economic profit with valuation and market expectations."–David King, Director of Research, North America, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Corporate Value Consulting

"In an era of following the herd toward indexation and price momentum, it is refreshing to see thinking out of the box and substantiating the tenets of an investment process that equates value with real investment opportunity."–Eric Colson, Senior Vice President, Callan Associates

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In 2004, a comic began about two cats. It has since become a cult legend. Collected here in print are the strips from the sixth year of Two Lumps - complete with author and artist annotations

A one-eyed murderer goes to the afterlife. A woman finds a cryptic message under an overpass. Nikolai Tesla is confronted by a man with no face. War is shown through the eyes of the foodstuffs on the battlefield. Joe the Lobsterman goes on an epic adventure. A boneless oracle makes a decision. Six short stories by James L. Grant, the creator behind FLEM Comics, as well as the books Shufflers, On the Banks of Lethe, and Digging Up Corpses.

Herein lies the complete collection of Manuel the Wonder Snail, because fans asked for it. This proves that fans can be very, very stupid. It's a book about a barbarian snail moving very slowly across the ground on a quest for revenge. He stops for a little bit to have a beer, then continues. Really, that's the whole thing.

Weird Tales is the original storytelling magazine of the dark and fantastic. This issue: our Spring Steampunk Spectacular features Cherie Priest on her airships-and-zombies epic Boneshaker; an exclusive excerpt from Boilerplate, the biography of a 19th-century robot soldier; an unforgettable novelette from Lisa Mantchev & James L. Grant; awesome cover art by Molly Crabapple; and much more

FICTION: "Love, Must" by Kurt Kirchmeier -- "Hungry Ghosts" by Jay Lake -- "The Gingerbread House" by Kater Cheek -- "Dedalus and the Labyrinth" by J.M. McDermott -- "As Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers" by James L. Grant & Lisa Mantchev

FEATURES: "Book of the Century" -- Cherie Priest breaks down the whys and wherefores of a Civil War-era steampunk Seattle. "The Secret Mechanical Man" - Meet Boilerplate, the robot who rode with Teddy Roosevelt Creators Paul Guinan & Anina Bennett give us the scoop in this exclusive from their new book.

Barbarian adventures through ancient lands with lots of blood and guts and monsters and blood and swords and magic and oomph.

An old radio from the 1940s brings the kids into contact with the past. Instead of receiving regular broadcasts, the radio picks up the voice of Jennifer's grandfather who died during WWII. A psychic and a psychologist get entangled in the action as Luke, David, and Jennifer try to locate a clock tower, which contains a hidden surprise from Jennifer's grandfather.

When the chaos began no one was ready for it. Before anyone knew what was happeining, the living were outnumbered by the dead. It was far too late. In only a couple of days, hundreds of thousands of people had already been killed. The few who survived now found themselves alone, fighting a war that could not be won. What do you do to survive in a world where death has ceased to be the final destination of the living? Where do you go when there is no safe place left? What do you do once the Dead Come Home?

How would you feel if your world changed overnight and suddenly you were able to experience how other people existed? What if you could see what they saw, live as they lived, or feel the actual emotions they felt? What if wearing an Egyptian ring causes this to happen and opens a connection to the supernatural that you can't close? What if you keep having these experiences and no one knows how to make them stop? How would you handle it? That's the dilemma that faces the three characters in "Mulberry Grove - The Ring." This book introduces you to the three main characters (Luke, David, and Jennifer) and the sleepy midwestern town (Mulberry Grove) in which the story is set. This book is a cross between the Hardy Boys and the X-Files. It gives the reader a chance to visit different times periods yet also be a part of the modern world. The present, past and future all exist in the same strand of time.