The following pages have been written with the single purpose of helping onward on his way towards success the young man just starting on a business career. There has been no attempt at fine writing, nor has the author endeavored to push. any pet theories of his own. The daily routine at the desk, behind the counter, buying and selling, etc.. has been pictured as it actually is, and such rules laid down for the young man's guidance as a long business experience has shown to be wise.
The Essential Center Counter: A Practical Guide for Black
The Center Counter can be aggressive and dangerous. It immediately challenges White from the get-go (1. e4 d5!) and it is making a comeback! Because of Andrew Martin's 2... Qxd5, the Center Counter also doesn't require a mountain of memorization nor knowledge to learn it and use it. In 10 chapters you are guided through declined and accepted variations. Transpositional variations from non-CC games such as the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit are not just investigated, they are taken apart.
Aldous Huxley's lifelong concern with the dichotomy between passion and reason finds its fullest expression both thematically and formally in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, Huxley characterizes the symptoms of "the disease of modern man" in the manner of a composer presenting themes and characters repeated, altered slightly, and played off one another in a tone that is at once critical and sympathetic.
