A wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all time -- listed in accessible and succinct form -- by one of the world's greatest scholars. From the "Hundred Best Books" to the "Ten Greatest Thinkers" to the "Ten Greatest Poets," here is a concise collection of the world's most significant knowledge. For the better part of a centur...(展开全部)

At a time when music is increasingly being downloaded and uploaded, the art of packaging music is being lost. For the past five decades musicians have displayed their work inside packages that were often as integral as the music itself. This book brings together 250 of the greatest album covers of all time and is arranged chronologically, beginning in 1956. There is a 50-strong...(展开全部)

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LP chart, this superb and visually awesome book brings you the very best rock, pop, rap, reggae, soul, and punk album covers ever created. At a time when listeners increasingly download or upload songs, creating personal playlists on MP3 players and I-Pods, the art of packaging music seems to be fading away. But for the past 50 years, m...(展开全部)

This title presents timeless rules for profitable, low-risk trading - from five investing legends. Over the course of a century, in every type of economy and market, five traders wrote and perfected the rules for successful stock trading. "Lessons from the Greatest Stock Traders of All Time" examines these amazing traders and their careers, and reveals how you can use their rem...(展开全部)

This title presents timeless rules for profitable, low-risk trading - from five investing legends. Over the course of a century, in every type of economy and market, five traders wrote and perfected the rules for successful stock trading. "Lessons from the Greatest Stock Traders of All Time" examines these amazing traders and their careers, and reveals how you can use their rem...(展开全部)

Periodization and Sovereignty How Ideas of Feudalism and Secularization Govern the Politics of Time Kathleen Davis "Everyone should read this book. There are at least two reasons I think so. The first is the sheer intellectual pleasure ot be had in grappling with its challenging and complex argument. The second is the exciting way the book models the kind of comparative, cross-...(展开全部)

For each of the 25 books, Leo Gough offers a revealing account of the author's life and work, explains the book's key lessons for investors, assesses its impact on the investing world, and suggests how its advice can be best put to work. Some of the books included are from grand masters such as Grahan & Dodd, W.D. Gann, Charles McKay and Edwin Le Fevre. Latter day legends inclu...(展开全部)

Why is Europe’s great monetary endeavor, the Euro, in trouble? A string of economic difficulties in Eurozone nations has left observers wondering whether the currency union can survive. In this book, Markus Brunnermeier, Harold James, and Jean-Pierre Landau argue that the core problem with the Euro lies in the philosophical differences between the founding countries of the Euro...(展开全部)

Why is Europe's great monetary endeavor, the Euro, in trouble? A string of economic difficulties in Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and other Eurozone nations has left observers wondering whether the currency union can survive. In this book, Markus Brunnermeier, Harold James, and Jean-Pierre Landau argue that the core problem with the Euro lies in the philosophical differences b...(展开全部)