Sketching The Basics

n 2011, following the phenomenal global success of Sketching, which has sold over sixty thousand copies in two years, authors Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur debut the sequel entitled Sketching: The Basics. In fact, prequel would be a better word for this new book, since it is aimed towards the novice designer. Whereas Sketching shows you how to draw various aspects of shape and form, and serves…

Bankrolling Basra : the incredible story of a part-time soldier, $1 billion a…

A human drama that sheds light on the courage, dedication and humour of those trying to rebuild Iraq. This work presents an account of how one man found himself in the middle of one of the most crucial episodes in modern history.

Executive economics : ten essential tools for managers

Cost, value, price : three pillars of profit -- Hidden costs -- Tradeoffs : pain versus gain -- Do you know where your costs are? -- People, knowledge, and/or machines -- From volume to variety -- Racing down the learning curve -- Markets and demand : how to listen to your customer -- Calculated risks -- Competing by cooperating.

Getting it wrong : how faulty monetary statistics undermine the Fed, the fina…

Blame for the recent financial crisis and subsequent recession has commonly been assigned to everyone from Wall Street firms to individual homeowners. It has been widely argued that the crisis and recession were caused by "greed" and the failure of mainstream economics. In this book, leading economist William Barnett argues instead that there was too little use of the relevant economics, especi…

The End of Wall Street

Roger Lowenstein's The End of Wall Street unfurls a gripping chronicle of the 2008 financial collapse, drawing on 180 interviews with top government officials and Wall Street CEOs. Lowenstein looks to the roots of the crisis to reveal how America succumbed to the siren song of easy debt and speculative mortgages. Combining deep analysis with sizzling narrative, The End of Wall Street charts the…

Guide to Financial Markets

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9781781251072

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The Economist

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332.6 LEV G

Geo Etnik

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9786021545034

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Factfiles : Rainforests

from the back cover: Deep rivers, tall trees, strange animals, beautiful flowers - this is the rainforest. Burning trees, thick smoke, new roads and cities, dead animals, people without homes - this is the rainforest too. To some people the rainforests mean beautiful places that you can visit; to others they mean trees that they can cut down and sell. Between 1950 and 2000 half of the worl…

Factfiles : Oceans

Thousands of years ago, people looked out across an ocean and asked themselves, 'What is on the other side?' And the bravest of them began to travel and find the answers - beautiful islands, frozen lands, different peoples . . . And there are still interesting questions about the oceans. Why does the water go up and down twice a day? Why do most animals and plants live near the land? And what …

AQA GCSE Economics

The one-stop shop for all your Business requirements, this book provides teachers with the complete reassurance that they have everything they need to deliver AQA's new GCSE Ecomics specification. The best possible exam preparation with printed assessment materials including exam-style questions, specimen answers and study tips. Prepare your students for the examination with exemplars to help d…