Whereas Volume One: Microeconomics" dealt with the optimizing individual " Volume Two: Macroeconomics" explains the factors that affect the economy of an entire country & indeed the planet. It explores the two big concerns of macroeconomics: how economies grow & why economies collapse. It also illustrates the basics of the labour market & unemployment inflation & debt what the GDP is & what it measures & the influence of government trade & technology on the economy. Along the way it covers the economics of global poverty climate change & the business cycle. In short if any of these topics have cropped up in a news story & caused you to wish you grasped the underlying basics this book is for you. & while walking you through an entire introductory macroeconomics course its cartoon characters
- with cameos from Nobel Prize
- winning economists such as Milton Friedman & Paul Krugman
- take the sting out of the subject."


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You'll never guess what Mr. Butternut said at school today: ' This is your first day with me & I can see that there is something amazing about you.. .all of you are hiding a big secret'. & do you know what it is? We are all Superheroes. I nearly fell off my chair! Then we had to choose our superhero names. I'm Casper the Cartoon Kid my best friend's Big Feet Pete & moaning Noella Niblet
- she's the Incredible Sulk! Now we can fight injustice & Gory & Tory the Vampire Twins. They've stolen something that belongs to us & we want it back
- Wham-Bam-Jelly &-Jam!

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This is a new laugh-out-loud adventure in the funny & popular Cartoon Kid" series by Jeremy Strong. Casper & his friends have a not-so-well-kept secret.. .theyre all Superheroes! Thats right; no emergency is moo sorry Too big for Mr Butternuts class not even a herd of playground invading Cows! & when the school lunch trolley is raided by some pesky packed-lunch robbers can Casper the Cartoon Kid save the day? Praise for Jeremy Strong: "A real talent for silliness & slapstick". (" Sunday Times"). " Comedy & general fizz are Jeremy Strongs trademarks". (" Independent"). This title

Includes:: three funny stories in one book for 7+ by Jeremy Strong the award-winning author of " The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog" & " My Brothers Famous Bottom". Artwork mixed with text & comic strips make this series perfect for reluctant readers. This title

Includes:: a brilliant revamped Krazy Klub website at jeremystrong.co.uk."



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Aargh
- the school inspectors have arrived! Theres trouble at school but Casper & his friends have an out-of-this-world secret..
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Casper & his friends have an amazing ZEEOWWW! WHIZZ! SPLATT! secret
- THEY ARE ALL SUPERHEROES! Which will come in very handy this
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The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 sent shockwaves around the financial world. Never before had such a large & prestigious organisation been allowed to fail & to fail so quickly. It began a domino effect hitting banks & economies around the world. Theories abound as to the cause of the collapse
- the sub-prime bubble bad management even good old fashioned greed. But what if it was none of the above. What if Lehman Brothers had been brought to its knees by the deliberate & willful act of one man bent on a course of financial terrorism? Moreover what if it was only a dry run for a bigger & even bolder attack on the financial capital of the world the City of London? Samuel Carver is about to find himself on the biggest mission of his life.
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This title

Includes:: two complete step-by-step projects & many additional patterns. It is with guidance on

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This title covers the full process & all techniques required from making the maquette to finished item. It

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Give turned work an added dimension of artistry by embellishing it with carving. Twelve projects arranged in order of difficulty provide progressive lessons in technique. Begin with simple decorative marks to create a beautiful sun bowl & a wheat-ear breadboard. Make a vase using low relief or a dolphin mirror with pierced relief & practice shaping skills while working on a mortar & pestle. ...

This volume brings together new research by some of the worlds leading experts exploring the artistic production & cultural context of Renaissance sculpture from Ghibertis Gates of Paradise to the small bronzes of Giambologna & his followers. The essays cover a range of sculptural materials & forms to cast fresh light on the artists their creative & collaborative processes & those who commissioned owned & responded to their work. The papers were originally presented at a conference at the V&A in 2010 as part of the Robert H. Smith Renaissance Sculpture Programme. ...