Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing, and recovering their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, “this time is different”—claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply and that the new situation bears little similarity to past disasters. With this breakthrough study, leadin…
The map scale, legend, equator, and more. The book introduce the young reader to maps and globe. Colorful photos and simple text encourage children to develop important geography skills.'
Gina can’t wait for her mom and friends to make the trip over to visit her from sunny California, but things don’t go exactly to plan and she’s stuck in the middle of them and her friends. Niffy is not happy about her best friend and her brother becoming a couple. Min wishes she had the confidence to finally kiss her new boyfriend, and poor Amy is starting to do anything to look thin. Wil…
This legend, set in the dark of the Nazi occupation of Denmark, is a powerful and heroic story about a king who cared for all his people. Like many legends, it has an underpinning of historical truth: it's also a story for all people and all times.'