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  • Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective

    Series series National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
    The central role of the housing market in the recent recession raised a series of questions about similar episodes throughout economic history. Were the underlying causes of housing and mortgage crises the same in earlier episodes? Has the onset and spread of crises changed over time? How have previous policy interventions either damaged or improved long-run market performance and stability?This ... Read more

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  • Paying for Hitler's War

    The Consequences of Nazi Hegemony for Europe

    Series series Publications of the German Historical Institute
    During World War II, Germany occupied much of continental Europe. Although the social and political history of this occupation has been studied extensively, the economics of the unprecedented transfer of resources has received surprisingly little attention. Allies, neutrals, and conquered nations under German hegemony were a vital source of supplies for Hitler's war machine. Without the war ... Read more

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  • Annals of a Fortress (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Medieval French Fortifications, Gothic Revival, and the Principles of Fortress Design

    In *Annals of a Fortress*, Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc presents the history of military architecture through the imagined record of a fortress and its successive transformations. Moving from ancient defensive works through medieval castles to modern systems of fortification, the book combines historical narrative, technical analysis, and architectural speculation. Its distinctive literary ... Read more

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  • The Indian War of 1864

    Enriched edition. Early History of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming

    Eugene Fitch Ware's "The Indian War of 1864" serves as a vital historical narrative that intimately explores the complexities of Native American and settler interactions during a tumultuous period in American history. Ware adopts a vivid, journalistic style infused with personal anecdotes and rich descriptions, illuminating the social and political milieu that characterized this conflict. Through ... Read more

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    Pipeline

    Unabridged

    1 hour 13 min

    Nya, a dedicated teacher at an inner-city school, is desperate to give her only son opportunities that her own public high school students will never have. When a controversial incident at his private school threatens to get Omari expelled, Nya must confront her own deepest fears to give her son a future.Copyright © 2017 Dominique Morisseau All rights reserved. Used by permission. Originally ... Read more

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    What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It - Updated Edition

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  • When Money Dies

    The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany

    **The classic history of the political and economic devastation wrought by runaway inflation in Weimar Germany—“**brilliant” (Guardian)In 1923, with its currency effectively worthless (the exchange rate in December of that year was one dollar to 4,200,000,000,000 marks), the German republic was all but reduced to a barter economy. Expensive cigars, artworks, and jewels were routinely exchanged for ... Read more

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  • The New Lombard Street

    How the Fed Became the Dealer of Last Resort

    Walter Bagehot's Lombard Street, published in 1873 in the wake of a devastating London bank collapse, explained in clear and straightforward terms why central banks must serve as the lender of last resort to ensure liquidity in a faltering credit system. Bagehot's book set down the principles that helped define the role of modern central banks, particularly in times of crisis--but the recent ... Read more

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  • Chasing Gold

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  • The Conquest of Gaul

    by Julius Caesar ...
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    Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This is the record of his campaigns.Caesar's narrative offers insights into his military strategy & paints a fascinating picture of his encounters with the inhabitant of Gaul and Britain, as well as offering lively portraits of a number of key characters such as the ... Read more

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  • Caesar

    A History of the Art of War Among the Romans Down to the End of the Roman Empire, With a Detailed Account of the Campaigns of Caius Julius Caesar

    At the time of his death, Julius Caesar was the most powerful man on earth. Beginning with the Gallic Wars, he had fought a series of epic campaigns, culminating in the brutal civil war that brought the Roman Republic to an end and gave birth to the new Roman Empire. His battles ranged over much of the known world, from Spain, Gaul and Italy, to Greece, Asia Minor, and Egypt. Caesar's own ... Read more

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  • The Financial Crisis of Our Time

    Series series Financial Management Association Survey and Synthesis
    In 2006 residential real estate prices peaked and started to fall, then threatened the world's financial institutions in 2007, and confronted the global economy with disaster in 2008. In the past few years, millions of people have lost very substantial portions of their wealth. And while the markets have rebounded considerably, they are still far from a full recovery. Now, professional economists, ... Read more

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