Author: Omotayo TinubuPublisher: Blackbrick Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0985777400
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
My Little Money Book
Author: Omotayo TinubuPublisher: Blackbrick Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0985777400
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
The Little Money Book
Author: David BoylePublisher: Red Wheel Weiser
ISBN: 1934708240
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
They say money is the root of all evil. That’s debatable, but one thing that’s not is that money and its attendant enterprises—buying, selling, lending, borrowing, credit cards, the stock market and banking—is an inescapable component of the fabric of modern life. How did this come to be? Money and the complex system that makes it work is a man-made product that we invented and yet, like Frankenstein, it has us all in its grip. From the poorest to the wealthiest, we worry about money. This highly accessible and easy-to-read synthesis of complex subjects asks some of the obvious questions about money and finance that few of us stop to think about. For instance, what is the real “value” of money? Well, astonishingly, nobody agrees. But most people seem to accept that it is lent into existence by the commercial banks. When you stash money in the bank, they must keep around 8 percent of that loan on deposit—in case there's a run on the bank—but all the rest is lent out again many times over. In other words, most of our mortgages and bank loans are created as if by magic by a stroke of the pen. That's the strange truth behind modern money. We don't mine it, we don't find it on a beach, it bears no relation to anything real, but still some people have vast amounts of it and some people have none at all. And we hardly ever talk about it.
Baltimore's Books
Author: Enoch Pratt Free LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Book-lore
Author: The World's Greatest Books Volume 09 Lives and Letters
Author: Edited: Arthur MeePublisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
An encyclopediac volume which consists of expanded information about the world's greatest books that changed or contributed greatly to major changes or movements in the world. ARTHUR MEE and J.A. HAMMERTON were the two editors who compiled this informative volume titled 'The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters'.
The Greatest Lives and Letters Volume 1
Author: Sir John Alexander HammertonPublisher: 谷月社
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
ABÉLARD AND HÉLOÏSE Love-Letters I.--Héloïse to Abélard II. Abélard to Héloïse III.--Héloïse to Abélard IV.--Héloïse to Abelard V.--Abélard to Héloïse HENRI FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL Fragments of an Intimate Diary Thoughts on Life and Conduct Heroism and Duty The Era of Mediocrity Lessons from the Greeks The Glory of Motherhood The Secret of Perpetual Youth The Fascination of Love Man's Useless Yearning Memories of the Golden Age Goethe Under the Lash Nothing New Under the Sun The Only Art of Peace and Rest ST. AUGUSTINE Confessions I.--Regrets of a Mis-spent Youth II.--Monica's Prayers and Augustine's Paganism III.--The Influence of St. Ambrose on Augustine's Life IV.--The Birth of a New Life V.--God's Command to Augustine and the Death of Monica JAMES BOSWELL The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. I.--Parentage and Education II--Marriage and Settlement in London III.--Poverty Stricken in London IV.--Preparation of the "Dictionary" V.--"The Rambler" and New Acquaintance VI.--Lord Chesterfield and the "Dictionary" VII.--Boswell's First Meeting with Johnson VIII.--Tours in the Hebrides and in Wales IX.--Johnson's Physical Courage and Fear of Death X.--Johnson's "Seraglio" XI.--Johnson's Humanity to Children, Servants, and the Poor XII.--The Last Year SIR DAVID BREWSTER Life of Sir Isaac Newton I.--The Young Scientist II.--The Colours of Natural Bodies III--The Discovery of the Law of Gravitation IV.--Later Years of Newton's Life JOHN BUNYAN Grace Abounding I.--To the Chief of Sinners II.--Bunyan Becomes a Preacher III.--In a Prison Cell IV.--Bunyan's Story Supplemented ALEXANDER CARLYLE Autobiography I.--In the Days of Prince Charlie II.--Literary Lions of Edinburgh III.--Scottish Social Life THOMAS CARLYLE Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell I.--Puritan Oliver II.--Regicide III.--Crowning Mercies IV.--Protector Oliver The Life of Friedrich Schiller Schiller's Youth (1759-1784) From His Settlement at Manheim to His Settlement at Jena (1783-1790) From His Settlement at Jena to His Death (1790-1805) Schiller's Character BENVENUTO CELLINI Autobiography I.--The Making of a Craftsman II.--A Soldier and Goldsmith III.--Intrigues at the Papal Court IV.--At the French Court V.--His Later Life in Florence CHATEAUBRIAND Memoirs From Beyond the Grave I.--Youth and Its Follies II.--In the Years of Revolution III.--Paris in the Reign of Terror IV.--The Army of Princes V.--Letters from the Dead THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD Letters to His Son I.--On Manners and Address II.--On the Art of Pleasing III.--The Secret of Good Breeding IV.--The Fruits of Observation V.--On the Arts MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The Letters of Cicero To Atticus To Lucius Lucceius, the Historian B.C. 56 To Marcus Marius B.C. 55 To Atticus, in Rome Laodicea, B.C. 51 To Atticus, a Few Days Later Cilicia To Marcus Caelius Rufus Asia, B.C. 50 To Atticus, in Rome Athens, B.C. 50 To L. Papirius Rome, B.C. 46 To L. Minucius Basilus Rome, March, B.C. 44 To Atticus May, B.C. 44 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Biographia Literaria I.--The Nature of Poetic Diction II.--In Praise of Southey III.--Wordsworth's Early Poems IV.--The Philosophical Critic V.--What is a Poem? VI.--A Criticism of Wordsworth WILLIAM COWPER Letters Written in the Years 1782-1790 To the Rev. John Newton To the Rev. William Unwin To the Same To the Same To Mrs. Newton To the Rev. John Newton To the Same To His Cousin, Lady Hesketh To the Same To the Same To John Johnson, Esq. Obiter Dicta THOMAS DE QUINCEY Confessions of an English Opium-Eater I.--The Descending Pathway II.--Effects of the Seductive Drug III.--A Fearful Nemesis IV.--The Horrors of Dreamland V.--The Monster-Haunted Dreamer VI.--The Agonies of Sleep ALEXANDRE DUMAS Memoirs I.--Memories of Boyhood II.--Launched in Paris III.--Under Shakespeare's Spell IV.--Dumas Arrives JOHN EVELYN Diary I.--Early Years II.--Travels Abroad III.--Evelyn in England IV.--Plague and Fire V.--Fall of the Stuarts JOHN FORSTER Life of Goldsmith I.--Misery and Ill-luck II.--Through Europe with a Flute III.--Physic, Teaching, and Authorship IV.--Social and Literary Success V.--Poet, Dramatist, and Spendthrift GEORGE FOX Journal I.--His Youth and Divine Calling II.--Preaching and Persecution III.--In Perils Oft IV.--A Willing Sufferer V.--Encounters with Cromwell BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Autobiography I.--Early Education II.--Making His Way III.--The Scheme of Virtues IV.--Public Life MRS. GASKELL The Life of Charlotte Bronte I.--The Children Who Never Played II.--Girlhood of Charlotte Bronte III.--Her Life as a Governess IV.--The Sisters' Book of Poems V.--The Coming of Success VI.--Charlotte Brontë's Closing Years EDWARD GIBBON Memoirs I.--Birth and Education II.--A Happy Exile III.--To England and Authorship IV.--Soldiering and Travel V.--History and Politics VI.--A Quiet Consummation GOETHE Letters to Zelter I.--Art Greater than the Beauty of Art II.--Music and Musicians III.--"Poetry and Truth" IV.--The Birth of "Iphigenia" Poetry and Truth from My Own Life I.--Birth and Childhood II.--A Romantic Episode III.--University Life IV.--Fascinating Friendship V.--Among the Jurists Conversations with Eckermann I.--On Poets and Poetry II.--Philosophical Discussions III.--Literary Dicta IV.--"Faust" and Victor Hugo V.--On the Bible THOMAS GRAY Letters I.--The Student's Freedom II.--Travels with Horace Walpole III.--The Birth of the "Elegy" ANTONY HAMILTON Memoirs of the Count de Grammont I.--Soldier and Gamester II.--A Complete Education III.--The Restoration Court IV.--The Chevalier's Marriage NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Our Old Home I.--Consular Experiences II.--A Sentimental Experience III.--The English Vanity Fair
Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
Author: Marie Belloc LowndesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Selections from the Goncourt brothers' journal and letters, interspersed with commentary and biographical narrative.
The Guide to Knowledge
Author: The National Quarterly Review
Author: The Forensic Comicologist
Author: Jamie NewboldPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476631220
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
A childhood comic book fan turned comic book retailer, the author soon discovered the prevalence of scams in the world of comics collecting. This book is his tutorial on how to collect wisely and reduce risks. Drawing on skills learned from twenty years with the San Diego Police Department and as a Comic-Con attendee since 1972, he covers in detail the history and culture of collecting comic books and describes the pitfalls, including common deceptions of grading and pricing, as well as theft, and mail and insurance fraud.