Money For Nothing - The South Sea Bubble and the Invention of Modern Capitalism (Levenson Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

Money For Nothing - The South Sea Bubble and the Invention of Modern Capitalism (Levenson Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

A Financial Times Economics Book of the Year A brilliant narrative of early capitalism's most famous scandal, a speculative frenzy that nearly bankrupted the British state during the hot summer of 1720 - and paradoxically led to the birth of modern finance.The South Sea Company was formed to trade

Spring (Szalay David)(Paperback / softback)

James and Katherine meet at a wedding in London in 2006, towards the end of the money-for-nothing years. James is a man with a varied past now living alone in a flat in Bloomsbury; They exchange phone numbers at the wedding, but from then on not much goes according to the

Of Time and the River (Wolfe Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

It is 1920 and Eugene Gant leaves the American South for Harvard, New York and Europe, determined to make his way as a writer. On the boat home, he meets Esther Jack, the woman who is to dominate his life. Autobiographical, vital and passionate, Wolfe's second novel blazes with energy and

Money for Nothing (Wodehouse P.G.)(Paperback / softback)

First there's a bitter feud between peppery Colonel Wyvern and the Squire of Rudge Hall, rich but miserly Lester Carmody. But will Lester's nephew John win over his true love, Colonel Wyvern's daughter Pat, and restore tranquillity to the

The Bubble and Beyond (Hudson Michael)(Paperback)

PROFESSOR MICHAEL HUDSON is one of the foremost critics of contemporary finance capitalism and the worldwide power 'the 1%' weilds because of government tax breaks and other favorable legislation. In THE BUBBLE AND BEYOND, he illuminates how the expansive and successful forces of 19th and 20th

RAILWAYS OF THE SOUTH EAST KENT (ANDY THOMAS)(Paperback)

The second of two volumes covering the railways of the South East, this book focuses on Kent. It details a wide range of different trains including heavy aggregate, inter-regional passenger, test trains, the Orient Express, newspaper and mail trains, railtour excursions, engineers' trains, weed

RAILWAYS OF THE SOUTH EAST SUSSEX & ITS (ANDY THOMAS)(Paperback)

The first of two volumes covering the railways of the South East, this book focuses mainly on Sussex but also includes small sections of Surrey and Kent. It concentrates on locomotive-hauled traffic and details a wide range of trains including inter-regional passenger, parcels and mail, fuel, heavy

The American West: The Invention of a Myth (Murdoch David H.)(Paperback)

The Wild West of Hollywood and American folklore is nothing more than a functional myth asserts D.H. Murdoch in this study, which presents a sustained analysis of how the myth originated and

Shilling For Candles (Tey Josephine)(Paperback / softback)

Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact. Inspector Grant has to take a more professional attitude: death by suicide, however common, has to have a motive - just like

Turn in the South (Naipaul V. S.)(Paperback / softback)

A thoughtful and beautifully crafted epilogue to the history of slavery - essential reading for anyone interested in American

Enigma of Capital - And the Crises of Capitalism (Harvey David)(Paperback / softback)

For three centuries the capitalist system has shaped western society, informed its rulers, and conditioned the lives of its people. This title lays bare the follies of the international financial system, looking at the nature of capitalism, how it works and why sometimes it

Invention of the Television (Beevor Lucy)(Paperback / softback)

Provides an introduction to the history and development of the television and explains how a television works. Includes information on some of the inventors who were influential in the invention of the

A People's History of Modern Europe (Pelz William A.)(Paperback)

The origin of capitalism and modern industrialism--and, not unrelated, the birthplace of Marxism--modern Europe provided the perfect conditions for a great number of political revolutions. From the monarchical terror of the Middle Ages to the mangled Europe of the twenty-first century, A People's

Devil on the Cross (wa Thiong'o Ngugi)(Paperback / softback)

This critique of modern Kenya highlights the greed and capitalism prevalent in society. Despair drives Wariinga to leave Nairobi and seek refuge in her home town of Ilmorog. On her journey she is handed an invitation to a feast of thieves, a competition organized by the

Sleeping on Jupiter (Roy Anuradha)(Paperback / softback)

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 AND WINNER OF THE 2016 DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE - A stark and unflinching novel by a spellbinding storyteller, about religion, love and violence in the modern

Sailing Directions for the South & West Coasts of Ireland(Paperback / softback)

The South of France for Art Lovers (Rinckhout Eric)(Paperback)

A cultural exploration of the South of France, from Nice and Montpellier to the tiniest villages, part of Luster's Hidden guides

Sea Of Troubles - (Brunetti 10) (Leon Donna)(Paperback / softback)

The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, draws Commissario Brunetti into the close-knit community of the island, bound together by a code of loyalty and a suspicion of outsiders worthy of the

Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Lenin Vladimir)(Paperback / softback)

Explains the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and

Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition (Eisenstein Charles)(Paperback)

Expanded and updated, Charles Eisenstein's classic treatise on capitalism, currency, and the gift economy. This revised version traces the history of money, from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, and includes new material on cryptocurrencies and emerging research that has come out since

Age of Surveillance Capitalism - The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: Barack Obama's Books of 2019 (Zuboff Professor Shoshana)(Paperback / softback)

The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called 'surveillance capitalism,' and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control us.The heady optimism of the Internet's early days is gone. Technologies that

Diamonds, Gold and War - The Making of South Africa (Meredith Martin)(Paperback / softback)

An epic, sweeping history of the making of South Africa by the bestselling and acclaimed author of The State of

The South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia (Hayton Bill)(Paperback)

Why the world can't afford to be indifferent to the simmering conflict in the South China Sea 'The greatest risk today in U.S.-Chinese relations is the South China Sea, through which passes 40% of world trade. . . . Hayton explains how this all came about and points to the growing risks of

Knight of Stars (Lloyd Tom)(Paperback)

Lynx and the rest of the Cards are heading south. There's money in their pockets, beer in their hands and a simple job ahead - sun, sea and not getting shot at much. Throw in the prospect of a bar fight and it's almost a holiday. But the volatile Mage Islands are a powder-keg, one just waiting for