Robert Kaplan

Ellen Kaplan

Michael Kaplan

A layperson's sojourn into the realm of probability evaluates statistical information for a wide variety of arenas from poker and politics to weather and war, and profiles men and women who use probability in creative and revelatory ways.

Adventures in Probability

Chances Are--

A compelling journey through history, mathematics, and philosophy, charting humanity’s struggle against randomness Our lives are played out in the arena of chance. However little we recognize it in our day-to-day existence, we are always riding the odds, seeking out certainty but settling—reluctantly—for likelihood, building our beliefs on the shadowy props of probability. Chances Are is the story of man’s millennia-long search for the tools to manage the recurrent but unpredictable—to help us prevent, or at least mitigate, the seemingly random blows of disaster, disease, and injustice. In these pages, we meet the brilliant individuals who developed the first abstract formulations of probability, as well as the intrepid visionaries who recognized their practical applications—from gamblers to military strategists to meteorologists to medical researchers, from blackjack to our own mortality.

Chances Are . . .

Nobunny does an Easter egg hunt quite like Betty Bunny! For fans of Ladybug Girl and Fancy Nancy, check out the loveable handful from the creator of Disney’s T.V. series Dog with a Blog. Yes, Betty Bunny loves Easter. She loves it so much that she just knows when she grows up, she will be the Easter Bunny. So it comes as quite a shock when she learns that her brothers and sister have been helping her in the egg hunt every year. Determined to find eggs on her own, this time, Betty Bunny also finds out a thing or two about the satisfaction of accomplishment. Going it alone, Betty Bunny strikes again in the latest in her series, a funny Easter tale of independence.

Betty Bunny Loves Easter

The New York Times called Chances Are, the authors' look at the application of probability in everyday life, a "dizzying, exhilarating ride." In Bozo Sapiens, they take us on a another funhouse journey, exploring the surprising, or alarming, number of ways that humans can make bad judgments and poor decisions. The Kaplans' ability to explain everything from statistics to evolutionary biology in witty, accessible, and anecdotal style will endear this book to readers of Blink, Freakonomics, and other recent pop-social science successes.

Why to Err is Human

Bozo Sapiens

Military veterans transitioning into the civilian workforce are facing a wide range of unique challenges when completing their service. Veterans will need to possess unique skill sets well beyond those currently discussed within mainstream hiring circles in order to successfully transition into the civilian workforce.Michael I. Kaplan, a veteran and an entrepreneur with 25-years of experience creating business ventures, has revealed his proven strategies for participants in all phases of the employment process: veterans, corporate recruiters, members of veteran support organizations (VSO's) and advocacy groups.Preparing military veterans to seek employment is critical, but it's only the first step in a complex process with many equally important components. Once hired, the veteran candidate must be successfully retained and developed over the long-term. Kaplan's process of self-assessment, prioritization and conducting an effective inventory of skills speaks directly to this issue. While this thought-provoking book puts particular emphasis on entrepreneurship, Kaplan argues convincingly that the skills and mindset needed to be a successful “Vetrepreneur” are identical to those required to secure and maintain civilian employment. This book benefits ALL veterans regardless of career path.Military veterans are uniquely qualified to be successful in the civilian workforce. Michael I. Kaplan's book, “The Prior-Service Entrepreneur,” will provide military veterans – and those organizations that support them – with a distinct competitive advantage in their pursuit of realizing that success.

How to Use High-Risk Experience to Create a Highly Profitable Business

The Prior-Service Entrepreneur

Olivia and Eloise, make room for Betty Bunny, a loveable handful nobunny can resist. From the creator of Disney’s Dog with a Blog, this funny book in the Betty Bunny series shows the value of honesty from a preschooler’s special point of view. When Betty Bunny breaks a lamp, she has a brand-new idea: Blame it on someone else (like the Tooth Fairy)! Then a vase gets broken and Betty Bunny really didn't do it. But now no one in her family believes her. Honest lies, white lies, crying wolf—how can one four-year-old figure out the right thing to do?

Betty Bunny Didn't Do It

Preschooler Betty Bunny is back and testing her limits. Luckily, she is a loveable handful nobunny can resist. This hardcover picture book in the Betty Bunny series is by author Michael B. Kaplan, creator of Disney’s T.V. series Dog with a Blog. Betty Bunny doesn’t know why she can only buy one toy in the toy store when she wants them all. Her family tells Betty Bunny she can’t have everything she wants and come up with a lesson to teach her the value of money and spending limits. But the precocious bunny comes up with a hilarious loophole. Betty Bunny’s preschool perspective and negotiating skills will leave you in stitches.

Betty Bunny Wants Everything

From her first bite, young Betty Bunny likes chocolate cake so much that she claims she will marry it one day, and she has trouble learning to wait patiently until she can have her next taste.

Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake

Variety Film Reviews: 1907-1920

Mike Kaplan

Variety International Showbusiness Reference

This resource covers all the vital issues which must be considered before putting together the components of technical services workstations, and offers information applicable to everyone involved, from the head of cataloguing to the paraprofessionals.

Michael Kaplan

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