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Rogers' observations are as stingingly accurate in our post-modern world as they were in the 1920s and '30s. He has inspired two one-man shows and a five-year Broadway hit that is still #1 at the box office because of his humor, compassion and intimate understanding that current events are the logical result of the human condition.

An account of the career of Abol Hassan Ebtehaj.

This is a controversial and comprehensive account of a formative period in French economic history.

Originally published in 1985, Capital City: London as a Financial Centre proves in depth analytical description of the financial institutions of the City of London. The book describes in detail the operations of the banks, the stock market, the insurance world and other bodies that make up the world’s largest international financial centre. The book also answers a series of questions on the City’s performance, accountability and honesty and explains how the City reached its present position, discuss its future.

A study of the account book of William Mackintosh of Balnespick.

This 1906 volume offers a history of the Cambridge Apostles, the Cambridge secret society of which Tennyson was a member.

This book provides anyone, anywhere with the information they need to prevent bites and stings from scorpions, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes, lice, and other such creatures.

Using highly-readable, non-technical language, the authors, both professional economists, describe all the major global economic forces at work in the 1970s and forecast the kind of future which such forces are creating (and which has indeed been the case). Inflation and recession, an energy crisis, international monetary disorder and a food crisis in the developing world are all discussed.

A dual biography of Will Rogers and Wiley Post, two of the best-known Americans of the 1930s who, on August 15, 1935, became ill-fated traveling companions on a trek to Alaska when their tiny plane crashed. Reveals--for the first time--all the contributing factors to the crash. Photos.