Money For Nothing. The South Sea Bubble and the Invention of Modern Capitalism, Paperback - Thomas Levenson

A narrative of early capitalism's most famous scandal, a speculative frenzy that nearly bankrupted the British state during the hot summer of 1720 ...

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What keeps capitalism afloat? The global ocean has through the centuries served as a trade route, strategic space, fish bank and supply chain for t...

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The action is mostly set at Rudge Hall, home to the obese miser Lester Carmody, and at Healthward Ho, a health farm run by 'Chimp Twist, along with...

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Paperback edition of Levenson's biography of Isaac Newton, which pays particular attention to his pursuit of criminal money counterfeiter William C...

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Publisher: Key Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Thomas, AndyIllustration(s): Approx. 180Number of pages: 96Collection: Britain's Railways SeriesPublication...

Paperback edition of the account explaining the strange history of the non-existent Planet Vulcan, which confounded the 19th century's brightest mi...

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A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.Illustrations: 94 colour illustrations

Richly illustrated with manuscripts, portraits, Sir John Tenniel's original line drawings and contemporary photographs, this is a fresh look at two...

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Focussing on the Australian South Sea Islander minority community this volume employs a variety of theoretical arguments in order to contribute a n...

The Invention of Tradition - Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger

From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a r...

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Gripping story of the events that led up to the sailing of the Mayflower

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