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The High Cost of Happily Ever After

Krueger, Jim / Brunner, Zach
The High Cost of Happily Ever After
Meet Constance. Before becoming a princess, she was merely a maid who washed dishes by day and by night slept upon a bookshelf in the village library. But now, she is heir to a throne and has her own servants. She expected neither wealth nor pomp in this life. Never hoped to find a prince who longed to find her. Never even believed a happily ever after was possible. She should have trusted her instincts. For in the days after her wedding day, ...

CHF 51.90

Freaks of Fortune

Levy, Jonathan
Freaks of Fortune
Until the nineteenth century, risk was a specialized term: it was the commodity exchanged in a marine insurance contract. "Freaks of Fortune" tells how the modern concept of risk emerged in the United States. Born on the high seas, risk migrated inland and became essential to the financial management of an inherently uncertain capitalist future.

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The College Myth

Kelly, Gene W
The College Myth
Remember the housing bubble that collapsed in 2008? The causes look obvious in hindsight: easy credit overheated demand that lead to unsustainably high prices with catastrophic results. The same thing is happening in college education. In The College Myth, Gene Kelly exposes higher education as an over-inflated bubble built on misinformation and debt. The truth is that college is not necessary to achieve success, and in many cases, it is an ob...

Robinson's Hawaii

Robinson, Richard
Robinson's Hawaii
What does an artist learn from 80 days in the tropics? In August 2012 New Zealand artist Richard Robinson moved to Hawai'i for 3 months with his Wife and two children. The goal was threefold - escape the winter, have a family adventure and paint with lots of local artists. This book is a painter's diary - a collection of thoughts, realisations, notes, techniques and even an epiphany or two, written to inspire and enlighten any landscape ...

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