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But when he is called to his father's hospital bed after a brutal attack

With intimately observed characters and visceral prose

the enduring influence of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations

With dazzling energy and insight

How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars ably if uncritically chronicles the short history of a young company catering to young users

are eight of his finest stories including "The Man Who Liked Dogs"

Relentlessly paced and filled with lethal surprises

and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover

McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner

whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor

Katherine commands an army against Margaret and kills her husband James IV of Scotland

this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of concerned men and women to the shocking abuse of animals everywhere -- inspiring a worldwide movement to eliminate much of the cruel and unnecessary laboratory animal experimentation of years past