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Uncertainty in Economics
Uncertainty in Economics: Readings and Exercises provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of the economics of uncertainty. This book discusses ho uncertainty …
In Diamond Square
'A small masterpiece' Colm Toibin, Daily Telegraph'I don't know how many times I have reread the book, including several times in Catalan, with such effort that speaks volumes to …
Orde Wingate
Orde Wingate rose to fame by creating the Chindits in Burma in 1943. He is an extremely important figure in military history, and deserves just as much attention as Alanbrooke, …
Archibald Wavell
Archibald Wavell remains one of the great Allied commanders of the early phases of World War II. In fact, between June 1940 and June 1941, he was the only British theatre commander …
Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security
In this book, Peter Diamond analyzes social security as a particular example of optimal taxation theory. Assuming a world of incomplete markets and asymmetric information, he uses …
The Diamond Caper
V bespechnoj zhizni Sehma Levitta vsegda najdetsya mesto priklyucheniyam – kak, vprochem, i bokalu rosé v kompanii staryh druzej na terrase pod barhatnym yuzhnym nebom. I poka …
Chindit vs Japanese Infantryman
In order to keep China in the war against the Japanese, the Western Allies believed they had to return to Northern Burma. Colonel Orde Wingate, a military maverick and proponent of …
Burma Road 1943 44
Myitkyina was a vital objective in the Allied re-conquest of Burma in 1943 44. Following the disastrous retreat from Burma in April 1942, China had become isolated from re-supply …
Diamond and the Eye
Of all the weird characters Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond has met in Bath, this one is the most extreme: a twenty-first-century private eye called Johnny Getz, whose …
Diamonds Are But Stone
The novel is set in southern Africa (mainly South Africa and Angola) and the Cayman Islands in the early 1990s, at the time when South Africa was still ruled by the apartheid …
Rough Diamonds and Head Hunters
Donny Moore, a New Yorker with Barbadian roots and an ex-Marine makes a chance reunion with fellow Columbia NYC alumni, the stunning Marie Haughton. Marie has done well for …
Atrocities, Diamonds and Diplomacy
In early 1997, Peter Penfold arrived in Sierra Leone as the British High Commissioner. This fascinating book describes not only his eventful three year tour but the background and …