Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2016 We all depend on the finance sector We need it to store our money manage our payments finance housing stock restore infrastructure fund retirement & support new business But these roles comprise only a tiny sliver of the sector's activity the vast majority of lending is within the finance sector So what is it all for? What is the purpose of this activity? & why is it so profitable? John Kay a distinguished economist with wide experience of the financial sector argues that the industry's perceived profitability is partly illusory & partly an appropriation of wealth created elsewhere
- of other people's money The financial sector he shows has grown too large detached itself from ordinary business & everyday life & has become an industry that mostly trades with itself talks to itself & judges itself by reference to standards which it has itself generated & the outside world has itself adopted those standards bailing out financial institutions that have failed all of us through greed & mismanagement We need finance but today we have far too much of a good thing In Other People's Money John Kay shows in his inimitable style what has gone wrong in the dark heart of finance
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From a renowned graphic artist & activist an incredible portrait of life in Russia today& Victoria Lomasko&s gritty street-level view of the great Russian people masterfully intertwines quiet desperation with open defiance Her drawings have an on-the-spot immediacy that I envy She is one of the brave ones&
- Joe Sacco author of Palestine What does it mean to live in Russia today? What is it like to grow up in a forgotten city to be a migrant worker or to grow old & seek solace in the Orthodox church? For the past eight years graphic artist & activist Victoria Lomasko has been travelling around Russia & talking to people as she draws their stories She spent time in dying villages where schoolteachers outnumber students; she stayed with sex workers in the city of Nizhny Novgorod; she went to juvenile prisons & spoke to kids who have no contact with the outside world; & she attended every major political rally in Moscow The result is an extraordinary portrait of Russia in the Putin years -- a country full of people who have been left behind many of whom are determined to fight for their rights & for progress against impossible odds Empathetic honest funny & often devastating Lomasko&s portraits show us a side of Russia that is hardly ever seen
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A warrior&s truth " In the long run everybody&s dead So screw the long run!" Patriotic hoo-ha may be well-&-good for recruitment parades but David Drake&s battle-hardened mercenaries know it takes tanks guns & grit to win when the real fighting flares Yet peace brings its own problems to old soldiers
- for killing potential enemies in battle is self-limiting but once the killing starts in peacetime there may be no end to the madness
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Discover words to surprise delight & enamor Learn terms for the sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees for dancing awkwardly but with relish & for the look shared by two people who each wish the other would speak first Other-Wordly is an irresistible gift for lovers of words & those lost for words alike ...

Tracklist Treat Me So Bad Come On Hello AY AYFeel It'89 Yeah I Know Enabler Razorhead Bad Advice I Was Born REACTSo So ...

The poems in Owen Lowery's first collection speak in a range of voices offer glimpses into many lives & many worlds At the same time we hear in all of them Lowery's own voice Incorporating elements from English Welsh Hebrew Arabic Japanese & Italian poetic traditions he develops form deftly giving his work a beautiful risky movement & musicality Many of his poems pay tribute to poets writing in the face of war he enters the worlds of Paul Celan Keith Douglas Alun Lewis Edward Thomas &
- in a powerful sequence based on IF THIS IS A MAN
- Primo Levi Other poems are more directly personal the poet's confessions both wry & tender ' Your trademark switching the light on from the bottom of the stairs wakes the open secret of his thank you prayer' The poet was a British Judo champion but suffered a spinal injury in 1987 as a result of which he is now a ventilator-dependent C2-level tetraplegic With OTHERWISE UNCHANGED Owen Lowery embarks on a momentous & moving journey

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Full of high stakes thrillers & fantastic twists & turns fans of Ready Player One are sure to love this addictive read -BUZZFEEDWelcome to real life 20 Are you ready to play? There are no screens There are no controls You don't just see & hear it
- you taste smell & touch it too In this new reality there are no rules to follow no laws to break You can live your best life It's a game so addictive you'll never want it to end Until you realize that you're the one being played Step into Otherworld Leave your body behind The frightening future that Jason Segel & Kirsten Miller have imagined is not far away Otherworld asks the question we'll all soon be asking if technology can deliver everything we want how much are we willing to pay?
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A Japanese style pub called “ Nobu” exists in a back alley of the fictional medieval European city of Eiteriach Its customers? A pair of slacker soldiers a spoiled heiress an uptight tax collector & more When the citizens of this strange world sit down to enjoy some unfamiliar Japanese cuisine their troubles simply melt away… The curtain rises on this otherworldly eatery & the gourmet fantasy about to unfold within! ...

Japanese-style pub “ Nobu” is open for business in an odd foreign world & the ever-welcoming Shinobu & Chief are happy to serve up unusually tasty bar food to an array of strange customers A little thief an obnoxious messenger & a pair of squabbling craftsmen are all ready to chow down! Kisu tempura sashimi omusoba & shuto & more are on the menu… The delicious aromas of food & drink bring everyone together in this gourmet tale of humanity! ...

Tracklist Ole Man Trouble Respect Change Gonna Come Down In The Valley I've Been Loving You Too Long Shake My Girl Wonderful World Rock Me Baby Satisfaction You Don't Miss Your Water ...