Addresses questions such as: why do different countries have such different financial systems?, and is one system better than the other? The text argues that the view that market-based systems are best is simplistic, and suggests that a more nuanced approach is necessary.[...]
Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale have contributed substantially to the study of financial innovation, developing economic models to address the question of whether the market provides institutions and opportunities for individuals to share risks efficiently. In this book they assemble some of their k[...]
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Ever since our first book, "Mason-Dixon Knitting: The Curious Knitters' Guide," we've been exploring techniques and ideas that we once thought were the sort of thing that only brilliant knitter[...]
This title offers an inspiring look at crafters creating to make a statement, save the world, or build a community. From people using their creativity to make a political statement to organisers of the new global craft community, "Craft Activism" documents the multi-faceted craft activist movement. [...]
A clarifying, fascinating, urgently needed book on radiation-what it is, what should and shouldn't concern us about it, and what place radiation and radiation-related technologies have in our world. The universe and our galaxy and planet Earth were born in a nuclear explosion. We live on a radioacti[...]
A spin-off that takes place in the Gun Gale Onlinegame in the Sword Art Online universe.
Suitable for contractors, quantity surveyors and clients carrying out small works, this book contains information on thousands of rates each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit. It gives professional advice on setting up and running a business.[...]
A romantic thriller set against the backdrop of the great Paris Opera House is given an erotic twist as Christine Daa, a beautiful, young singer, finds passionate arousal, forbidden desire, and musical inspiration in the arms of the mysterious dark man who haunts the catacombs beneath the theater. O[...]
In an erotic retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes, imprisoned for years for a crime he did not commit, returns to Paris in the guise of a wealthy aristocrat, plotting his revenge on those who betrayed him and planning a seductive vengeance on the woman he has never forgotten. Original.[...]
From the acclaimed author of "Master" comes the tale of a woman of legend, caught in a dark forest of intrigue, desire, and lust.
Maid Marian, now Lady of Leaford, is sent to the court of Prince John-not to take part in the debauchery of his Court of Pleasure, but to spy on him for his mother. [...]
Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is on vacation when her Djinn lover, David, asks Joanne to marry him. She's thrilled to say yes, even if some others may be less than happy about it.
Unfortunately, Joanne's pre-marital bliss is ended by a devastating earthquake in Florida. And she can?t ask David [...]
Have you ever wondered what the phrase "God is dead" means? You'll find out in Existentialism For Dummies, a handy guide to Nietzsche, Sartre, and Kierkegaard's favorite philosophy. See how existentialist ideas have influenced everything from film and literature to world events and discover whether [...]
Joan Miro's paintings are among the most widely recognized of any modern artist, reproduced everywhere from books to T-shirts to posters. While he is most often seen as a surrealist or a postwar abstract painter, terms he rejected, this book brings new insights into Miro's work by framing it in the [...]
Paul Klee (1879 1940) created some of the most innovative and best-loved works of the twentieth century in etching, drawing, ink, pastel, oil paint, and watercolor. Although he moved freely between media and from figuration to abstraction, Klee's works remain instantly recognizable, often characteri[...]
"Dying on the Vine" chronicles 150 years of scientific warfare against the grapevine's worst enemy: phylloxera. In a book that is highly relevant for the wine industry today, George Gale describes the biological and economic disaster that unfolded when a tiny, root-sucking insect invaded the south o[...]
The 2006 second edition of this book develops the basic formalism and theoretical techniques for studying relativistic quantum field theory at high temperature and density. Specific physical theories treated include QED, QCD, electroweak theory, and effective nuclear field theories of hadronic and n[...]
There has been in recent years a plethora of defences of theism from analytical philosophers: Richard Gale?s important book is a critical response to these writings. New versions of cosmological, ontological, and religious experience arguments are critically evaluated, along with pragmatic arguments[...]