The essential anthology of writings by the world's leading Marxist thinker this book presents a sequence of landmark works in David Harvey's intellectual journey over five decades It shows how experiencing the riots despair & injustice of 1970s Baltimore led him to seek an explanation of capitalist inequalities via Marx & to a sustained intellectual engagement that has made him the world's leading exponent of Marx's work The book takes the reader through the development of his unique synthesis of Marxist method & geographical understanding that has allowed him to develop a series of powerful insights into the ways of the world from the new mechanics of imperialism crises in financial markets & the effectiveness of car strikers in Oxford to the links between nature & change why Sacre Coeur was built in Paris & the meaning of the postmodern condition David Harvey is renowned for originality acumen & the transformative value of his insights This book shows why ...

1919 The eyes of the world are on Paris where statesmen diplomats & politicians have gathered to discuss the fate of half the world's nations in the aftermath of the cataclysm that was the Great War A horde of journalists spies & opportunists have also gathered in the city & the last thing the British diplomatic community needs at such a time is the mysterious death of a senior member of their delegation So when Sir Henry Maxted falls from the roof of his mistress's apartment building in unexplained circumstances their first instinct is to suppress all suspicious aspects of the event But Sir Henry's son ex Royal Flying Corps ace James Max' Maxted has other ideas He resolves to find out how & why his father died
- even if this means disturbing the impression of harmonious calm which the negotiating teams have worked so hard to maintain In a city where countries are jostling for position at the crossroads of history & the stakes could hardly be higher it is difficult to tell who is a friend & who a foe And Max will soon discover just how much he needs friends as his search for the truth sucks him into the dark heart of a seemingly impenetrable mystery
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Glynis Johns Diana Dors & Sybil Thorndike star in this powerful sympathetic drama tracing the contrasting lives & often faltering progress of the inmates of a women&s prison Based on the best-selling semi-autobiographical novel by Joan Henry a writer & former debutante who further drew upon her own prison experience for the novel & classic film Yield to the Night The Weak & the Wicked is directed by Henry&s future husband Oscar-nominated J Lee-Thompson The film is featured here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Jean Raymond an upper-class woman with a gambling addiction is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women&s prison; gradually however her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there SPECIAL FEATURES Original theatrical trailers Image gallery Promotional material PDF ...

' Ryan Avent is a superb writer highly readable & lively' Thomas Piketty'A pleasure to read This is an important argument on ...

Adam Smith's 1776 Inquiry into The Nature & Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations Books I-III laid the foundations of economic theory in general & 'classical' economics in particular & this Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction & notes by Andrew Skinner The publication of The Wealth of Nations in 1776 coincided with America's Declaration of Independence & with this landmark treatise on political economy Adam Smith paved the way for modern capitalism arguing that a truly free market
- fired by competition yet guided as if by an 'invisible hand' to ensure justice & equality
- was the engine of a fair & productive society Books I
- III of The Wealth of Nations examine the 'division of labour' as the key to economic growth by ensuring the interdependence of individuals within society They also cover the origins of money & the importance of wages profit rent & stocks; but the real sophistication of his analysis derives from the fact that it encompasses a combination of ethics philosophy & history to create a vast panorama of society This edition contains an analytical introduction offering an in-depth discussion of Smith as an economist & social scientist as well as a preface further reading & explanatory notes Adam Smith (1723-90) was born in Glasgow & educated at Glasgow & Oxford Two years after his return to Scotland Smith moved to Edinburgh where he delivered lectures on Rhetoric In 1751 Smith was appointed Professor of Logic at Glasgow but was translated to chair of Moral Philosophy in 1752 The Theory of Moral Sentiments was published in 1759 & The Wealth of Nations in 1776 the same year as the Declaration of Independence If you enjoyed The Wealth of Nations you might like Karl Marx's Capital also available in Penguin Classics


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When Nikki & Rob uncover childminder Bobbi's secret everything changes Bobbi has a child-shaped hole in her life her silver fox' lover can't fill Troubled young couple Kim & Connor are battling with social services to keep their baby Jade
- but they needn't worry Bobbi soon arrives to help solve all their problems 176 pages No Vincent Hannah
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Book of the Week on Radio 4' Gripping' The Times' Exhilarating' Sunday Times In an age when a storm was evidence of God's wrath pioneering meteorologists had to fight against convention & religious dogma to realise their ambitions But buoyed by the achievements of the Enlightenment a generation of mavericks set out to unlock the secrets of the atmosphere Meet Luke Howard the first to classify the clouds Francis Beaufort quantifier of the winds James Glaisher explorer of the upper atmosphere by way of a hot air balloon Samuel Morse whose electric telegraph gave scientists the means by which to transmit weather warnings & at the centre of it all Admiral Robert Fitz Roy master sailor scientific pioneer & founder of the Met Office Peter Moore's exhilarating account navigates treacherous seas rough winds & uncovers the obsession that drove these men to great invention & greater understanding ...

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The women of the tiny town of Fetter-Rothnie have grown used to a life without men & none more so than the tangle of mothers & daughters spinsters & widows living at the Weatherhouse Returned from war with shellshock Garry Forbes is drawn into their circle as he struggles to build a new understanding of the world from the ruins of his grief In The Weatherhouse Nan Shepherd paints an exquisite portrait of a community coming to terms with the brutal losses of war & the small tragedies yearnings & delusions that make up a life ...