Presents the critical history of the most powerful financial district in the world. This is also the story of capitalism in America, and of the great turning points in American history.[...]

At the southern tip of the great African continent lies a land of superlative landscapes, where the fertile ground is laced with diamonds and gold, uninterrupted plains teem with wildlife, and nature's bounty continues to brim over into the everyday lives of many peoples. These are the images of Sou[...]

This book is dedicated to helping potters identify quickly the nature, causes and remedies of a multitude of difficulties that can arise during pottery production. Comprehensive and easy to use, it has aleady proved itself to be an enormously helpful source of reference for craft potters and those w[...]

This book offers an accessible and broadly conceived introduction to social psychology for those new to the subject. The authors aim to show that social psychology illuminates the whole of social life, including everyday issues faced by all of us.[...]

Until recently, struggles for justice proceeded against the background of a taken-for-granted frame: the bounded territorial state. With that "Westphalian" picture of political space assumed by default, the scope of justice was rarely subject to explicit dispute. Today, the scope of justice is hotly[...]

@lt;DIV@gt; @lt;/div@gt;@lt;p@gt;Many people are too fearful of the perceived risk to invest and too intimidated by the complicated jargon to consider finance. @lt;i@gt;Introduction to Finance and Investment@lt;/i@gt; is an accessible guide to the essentials of finance and investment for individuals[...]

The Roman scholar Pliny the Younger was one of the first to write about ghost hunting: 2,000 years later the hunt still goes on. For all the thousands of hours spent by investigators in cold, dark houses, ghosts remain elusive and unproven. This book sets out to be a practical guide to ghost hunting[...]

Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine mechante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: 'let them eat cake'. Oth[...]

Following a youth of poverty and bitter exile after his father's execution, the ousted king first challenged, then made his magnificent escape from, Cromwell's troops before he was eventually restored to his throne in triumph in 1660. Spanning his life both before and after the Restoration, Antonia [...]

Point to happy. Point to sad. Point to hug. Give me a hug. The parent reads, the child points. It turns reading into a joyful, shared experience. Dozens of friendly photographs are compelling to look at and easy to understand. The text is clear and direct. By pointing to the pictures in the book - m[...]