![]() ![]() In examining historic financial watersheds, like the evolution of credit, the birth of the joint-stock company, and the commercialization of derivatives, it is clear that each and every step was an efficient and practical response to a social and political need. In these times of socioeconomic uncertainty, a clear sense of the past and of what has brought us to the present is an absolute requisite without that awareness, there can be no sincere and concrete social debate on what the future should look like. ![]() His latest work, The Ascent of Money, is a fluent and rather complete history of how our complex financial system came into existence. Over the years, Harvard professor Niall Ferguson has repeatedly distinguished himself with his detailed, yet riveting, analyses of financial history. ![]() The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() He was an innovator in applying these insights in his use of perspective of his paintings. He was fascinated with optics, from how the eye works to how light was refracted, and why distant objects appear different in color and distinctness from those closer up. A full-color timeline at the front of the book highlights the works of Leonardo, and the key events of and during his life.Ī theme that runs through this book is the insatiable and child-like curiosity of Leonardo, who wonders why the sky is blue (and arrived at a basically accurate explanation of this phenomenon) and wanted to describe the tongue of the woodpecker. It is a heavy book because it is printed on high quality paper with ample, full-color Figures rendering the notebooks and artworks of Leonardo. This is a book you need to read in print. ![]() ![]() Isaacson delves deeply into the life, the notebooks, the travels, and the works of art of da Vinci and renders an account of the peculiar, dazzling, and flawed genius of Leonardo. This is a magnificent biography in every way. Summary: A biography of da Vinci, from his illegitimate birth, his life long quest for patrons, his insatiable curiosity, his various artworks, and the notebooks, in which are revealed so much of the genius of da Vinci. ![]() ![]() SUPERB: SEMINAL: NEW LOA hardcover First Edition (orig. First Edition Thus (1965), not directly stated, but implied by lack of subsequent printings cited. Bantam Books No.H3019, Mass Market Paperback. ![]() NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very light wear and a couple of unobtrusive cosmetic flaws. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear along the outside edge of the backstrip, where it meets the front panel mild rubbing to the panels of the wrapper covers a couple of faint creases top to bottom of the backstrip and a couple of very small, very faint stress creases to the panels the binding is square and secure the text is clean. First Edition Thus (1965), not directly stated, but implied by lack of subsequent printings cited, as would have been Bantam's customary practice at the time of publication. ![]() ![]() ![]() His fellow shepherds are misbehaving, which makes their director, Mrs. ![]() John’s Episcopal Church-which is a very big deal. ![]() With fond nostalgia, Dave Barry takes readers back to a simpler time: The year is 1960, and young Doug Barnes is playing a shepherd in the Christmas pageant at St. One of the warmest, funniest, and most delightful Christmas stories ever-from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dave Barry. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog E-Kitap Açıklaması ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() You can subscribe to Darkstead via the podcast’s website here Īnd follow Darkstead on twitter here You can book onto the Alternative Stories audio drama workshop with London Lit Lab on 6th November here Īnd book for the Introduction to Audio Drama for Science Fiction Writers with Chris Gregory of Alternative Stories and Sci Fi writer Emily Inkpen on 8th November here In this episode we featured a trailer for the new audio drama "Darkstead" by Lucy Gibb Smith. You can buy Josh’s book The Gatewatch directly from Crows Nest Books here ![]() The interviewer is Chris Gregory You can find out more about Joshua Gillingham by visiting his websiteĪnd following him on twitter where he posts as ![]() In this edition of the podcast we have an interview with Josh and we hear his short story "An Empty Thing" Read by Alex C Stewart The presenter in this edition is Sally Walker-Taylor Sound design and music are by Chris Gregory The interview with Josh Gillingham was recorded over zoom and we apologise for the sound variations in the recording. Joshua Gillingham is a fantasy writer whose work is heavily inspired by Norse Mythology and the Icelandic sagas. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Isabel is not shown much kindness throughout the book but she does develop a friendship with Curzon who is loyal to her and helps her after her brutal punishment. She is sister Ruth's caretaker and after the Locktons cruelly sell little Ruth, it gives Isabel the determination to escape in order to find her. She feels their connection throughout the novel, drawing on their love and family history to give her strength and courage to face her oppression. ![]() Isabel remembers the love of her parents despite experiencing the tragedies of the death of her Momma and sale of her Poppa. Examples of Themes found in Chains Family There are several themes present, and students should discern how these themes are developed. In this activity, students will identify themes from the novel, and support their choices with details from the text. Themes, symbols, and motifs come alive when you use a storyboard. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s pretty sure that she sleighed this whole fake relationship thing. In an effort to ungrinch the grinchiest man she’s ever met, Olivia enlists herself, Santa’s Executive Helper, to scheme up a plan that includes sleigh rides, snow days, and one too many mistletoe kisses, which certainly gets Asher’stinsel in a tangle. Kissing her boss at a Christmas tree lighting in front of his ex-girlfriend? Well… it is the season of giving.Īnd Olivia does not come with a gift receipt. Christmas-themed bar crawl? That’s one big jingle bell hell yes. ![]() So it’s no surprise when she’s put in charge of Loveridge & McGowan’s holiday festivities. Christmas movies? Yeah, she’s seen them all. ![]() Christmas cookies? She’ll take three dozen. Olivia Langley is the human embodiment of Christmas cheer, and she has absolutely no problem spreading it around for all to hear.Ĭhristmas sweaters? She has twenty. Faking Under the Mistletoe by Ashley Shepherd ![]() ![]() ![]() His preferred dispatcher is a banshee, a half-man half-bat creature who’s perpetually covered in ooze. Gilt isn’t averse to hiring assassins to remove anyone who gets in his way or threatens to thin his fully packed wallet. Control then passed to Reacher Gilt, an unscrupulous man who threatens employees into doing his bidding and who’s let the clacks system fall into disrepair and suspicion after an employee drops to his death in the opening scenes, while a large dark figure flies away. The system was the property of the Dearheart family until its inventor, Robert Dearheart, met with financial tragedy and an unexpected death. ![]() The clacks system is a mode of communication in Discworld, a sort of telegraph business that converts customers’ messages to ticker tape which are then relayed from one clacks tower to the next through the city and beyond by semaphore signals using opening and closing shutters at each tower’s top. ![]() ![]() ![]() The true story of the remarkable 19th-century racehorse Lexington, who became America’s greatest stud sire, provides the framework for Horse, the newest novel from Pulitzer Prize–winning author Geraldine Brooks.īrooks braids three time periods in the narrative: 1850s Kentucky, where an enslaved groom named Jarret and the bay foal forge a bond of understanding that carries Lexington to record-setting victories across the South. online program procedural documentation to learn about our current terms and conditions. Before you register, please refer to our in-person vs. ![]() Dillon Ripley Center or as an online program using Zoom. Registration Advisory: This program has multiple ticket options depending on your choice to attend in person at the S. Dillon Ripley Center (originally Rasmuson Theater). In-person ticket holder update: The location of this program will be the S. ![]() |