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  • Financial Spread Betting For Dummies

    by Vanya Dragomanovich, David Land ...
    Keen to try your hand at financial spread betting? Perhaps you’re already investing in shares and looking for other strategies to maximise your profits. Or maybe you’ve just heard the buzz and want to find out what all the fuss is about.Financial spread betting is an exciting tool for investors - a way to make money in up or down markets, without ever having to own a share. Best of all? It is tax ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Quiet Defiance

    The Rhetoric of Silent Protest

    by David W. Seitz, D. Graham Burnett, Satarupa Dasgupta, Nune Grigoryan, Alicia K. Hatcher, Annie Hui, Stephen K. Hunt, Dafna Kaufman, David Landes, Dominic J. Manthey0, Kevin R. Meyer1, Jeffrey B. Nagel2, Alison N. Novak3, Megan O’Byrne4, Jaclyn Olson5, Julia C. Richmond6, Nick J. Sciullo7, Michael Vicaro8, Keren Wang9, Dr. Jessica L. Neu0 ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric
    Quiet Defiance: The Rhetoric of Silent Protest focuses on the rhetorical dimensions and power of silent protest. Bridging the gap between the study of protest and the study of rhetorical silence (strategic silence meant to communicate to and influence an audience), this book is the first of its kind to concentrate solely on the phenomenon and tradition of silent protest. The contributors to this ... Read more

    Was $109.39 USD Now $32.39 USD

  • The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

    by David S. Landes ...
    "Readers cannot but be provoked and stimulated by this splendidly iconoclastic and refreshing book."—Andrew Porter, New York Times Book ReviewThe Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

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    The Trial of Ruth Ellis: True Crime Drama

    A gripping courtroom drama using the original trial transcript

    by Mr Punch Audiobooks ...
    Narrated by Jemma Redgrave, Terence Edmond, David Goodland, Mark Hadfield, Jenny Howe, Jeffrey Segal, Robin Welch, Andrew Wincott, Full Supporting Cast ...
    Series series

    Unabridged

    2 hours 13 min

    In the annals of British justice, there exists a story that has stood the test of time, a tale of passion, despair, and a fateful twist of destiny. In the turbulent summer of 1955, the nation held its collective breath as Ruth Ellis, a mother of two, faced conviction for the calculated murder of her unfaithful lover, David Blakely. This is the gripping true story of a woman on the edge. Drawing ... Read more

    $10.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Middle Schoolers, Meet Media Literacy

    How Teachers Can Bring Economics, Media, and Marketing to Life

    by Jim Wasserman, David W. Loveland ...
    Series series Media, Marketing, & Me
    In a world of media saturation, children today are not future consumers of information and goods, but targeted participants involved in a game in which they don’t know the rules or even that they are playing, yet one that will affect them throughout their lives. This book is a teaching manual that helps teachers not only explain the concepts of consumer economics and media literacy to middle ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • The Unbound Prometheus

    Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present

    by David S. Landes ...
    For over thirty years David S. Landes's The Unbound Prometheus has offered an unrivalled history of industrial revolution and economic development in Europe. Now, in this updated edition, the author reframes and reasserts his original arguments in the light of debates about globalisation and comparative economic growth. The book begins with a classic account of the characteristics, progress, and ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Dynasties

    Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses

    by David S. Landes ...
    From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, a fascinating look at the crossroads of kin and coinDavid S. Landes has earned a reputation as a brilliant writer and iconoclast among economic historians. In his latest acclaimed work, he takes a revealing look at the quality that distinguishes a third of today's Fortune 500 companies: family ownership. From the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Overcoming

    Lessons in Triumphing over Adversity and the Power of Our Common Humanity

    by Dr. Augustus White III, Jon Land, David Chanoff, Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski ...
    The coronavirus COVID-19 has changed our lives forever, confronting us with an adversity like none we have known in our lifetimes.How do we cope? Where can we find the resilience to overcome the changes forced upon us? What might our future look like?The answers lie in Overcoming and the lessons we can learn from everyday heroes who found the strength to persevere through life crises that ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Elementary Schoolers, Meet Media Literacy

    How Teachers Can Bring Economics, Media, and Marketing to Life

    by Jim Wasserman, David W. Loveland ...
    Series series Media, Marketing, & Me
    In a world of media saturation, children today are not future consumers of information and goods, but targeted participants involved in a game in which they don’t know the rules or even that they are playing, yet one that will affect them throughout their lives. This teaching manual will help educators to not only introduce the concepts of economics, financial literacy, and media literacy to ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Wealth and Poverty of Nations

    Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

    by David S. Landes ...
    Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 47 min

    The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, bestselling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, as Landes definitively illustrates, is a complex interplay of cultural mores and historical circumstance. Rich with anecdotal evidence, ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Power of the Plan

    Empowering the Leader in You

    by Douglas Land, David Barrett ...
    How many of us have offered to run a small project in our lives only to discover mid-way through that we really didn’t have a good grasp of the art of managing a project? How many of us would like to step-up and volunteer our time to run a project but feel we don’t have the necessary tools. This book presents a simple, easy-to-understand process for managing small, everyday projects.  This is ... Read more

    $9.54 USD

  • My People's Prayer Book Vol 3

    P'sukei D'zimrah (Morning Psalms)

    by Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler, Dr. David Ellenson, Rabbi Daniel Landes, Rabbi Reuven Kimelman, PhD ...
    Series series My People's Prayer Book
    "The prayer book is our Jewish diary of the centuries, a collection of prayers composed by generations of those who came before us, as they endeavored to express the meaning of their lives and their relationship to God. The prayer book is the essence of the Jewish soul."This stunning work, an empowering entryway to the spiritual revival of our times, enables all of us to claim our connection to ... Read more

    $10.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus