As the global economy struggles to avoid meltdown so the greatest Ponzi scheme in history approaches its final death rattle. Politicians have stood by & watched the financial industry create a massive overhang of debt a mountain of low quality assets
- & ultimately an economic disaster which has dwarfed all others. The Eurozone crisis & the LIBOR manipulaton scandal are just two symptoms of a much broader problem: one of vastly excessive debt regulatory failure a culture of deceit on Wall Street & the City of London & governments that have promised their citizens far more than they can deliver. In Planet Ponzi" Mitch Feierstein tells you what's happened what will happen next & how to protect yourself & your family."
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In the span of a single lifetime a momentous transformation in human consciousness has quietly taken hold: We are beginning to think of our home not as the Earth but as the Solar System. Thanks to the photographic output of a small squadron of interplanetary spacecraft a picture of the visual splendor & variety of the Solar System is emerging. Each of these spacecraft is following the traditions blazed by the great Earthbound explorers but when its destination comes into view we can no longer call that dramatic moment landfall." Hence " Planetfall" (the moment of visual contact with the planets). Michael Bensons masterful book Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes gave us a magnificent view of the Solar System culled from millions of photographs taken by unmanned spacecraft up to the end of the twentieth century. Since then probes built with more powerful cameras & greater maneuverability have looked deeper into the turbulent clouds & wheeling satellites of Jupiter; roamed the boulder-strewn red deserts of Mars; studied Saturns immaculate rings; & chronicled vast upheavals erupting from the Sun itself. & of course theyve shown us the surface of the ravishing Earth from space as well a blue-white orb with a disturbingly thin atmosphere as it plunges deeper into ecological crisis. These new images are the subject of Bensons Planetfall a truly revelatory photographic book that uses its large page size to reproduce the greatest achievements in contemporary planetary photography as they have never been seen before." ...

In the last 40 years the planets have been revealed in their full glory unmasked by a fleet of satellites & interplanetary probes. & the closer we look the more astonishing they are: Mars deserts were once home to rivers & oceans; on Jupiter wind speeds reach 10 000 kph (6 000 mph) & storms rage for centuries; Saturn is surrounded by a swarm of 34 moons; & diamonds are believed to rain from Neptunes blue skies. Moving out from the Sun every planet & moon is visited in a journey that takes us a full light year into space out to the fringes of the solar system where the Sun is no longer the brightest star in the sky. With 200 spectacular images The Planets follows the tracks of robotic rovers over Mars plunges through Titans atmosphere on the back of the Hugyens probe smashes into a comet with Deep Impact & voyages to the edge of our solar system to discover the frozen planets that lurk beyond the orbit of Pluto. ...

Kids can discover how our planet fits into the solar system & be blown away by the big facts & stats of space. Welcome to a tour of the major planets moons dwarf planets asteroids comets & other rocks & gas that orbit the sun. The latest NASA & European Space Station images many unique to this book are combined with up-to-the-minute information from space experts. & theres lots to do! You can track Venus at night create alien life & interact with the brave men & women of the International Space Station. ...

If you want to build a model railway but feel constricted & frustrated because you only have a very limited amount of space available then this is the book for you. The author demonstrates that a railway modeller need never be 'stuck for space' & shows the reader how to design & construct a rewarding layout in even the smallest of spaces. He emphasizes that once you have found a home for your layout be it in a garden shed a spare room a bookcase or even the top of an ironing board the same guiding principles apply. These are all fully explained in a very practical way & include the basic layout shapes the importance of scale standard & narrow gauges fiddle yards train length curves & turnouts as well as track design elements such as head shunts kickback sidings & run-round loops. ...

Planning & Enabling Learning is a core unit of the Lifelong Learning teaching qualifications. This book addresses all the required learning outcomes & content of that unit specifically targeted at learners taking the Certificate or Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (CTLLS or DTLLS). This second edition

Includes:: a new feature for those aiming for level 4 achievement & is updated throughout with the latest concepts & terminology. Easy to read with practical activities & examples this text is also fully linked to the QTLS Standards & the Minimum Core making it essential reading for this unit.

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Only you can know what kind of kitchen you need so whether you plan to do most of the work yourself or hire specialists to do it for you this book takes you through the whole process of working out your requirements & translating them into reality. It helps you anticipate practical problems offers detailed guidance & is fully illustrated in colour making the process of creating your dream kitchen as painless as it can be. Dennis Dixon is a professional kitchen fitter & a qualified electrician with many years experience of kitchen installation & property management. He lives in Hampshire & works on projects throughout the south of Engl&. ...

Includes: the Ultimate Tick List A-Z Survival Guide 50 Top Tips & Useful Contacts. This book provides comprehensive &
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When planning a new office designers & their clients are faced with many challenges & questions. They have to think about practical issues such as spatial needs proximity relations IT infrastructure & furniture but also more strategic issues such as occupancy costs effectiveness of the working environment & environmental impact. One of the most fundamental questions during the briefing stage concerns the office concept: what kind of office design best suits the working processes & culture of the organisation? Should all employees have their own workstation or are they going to share desks? Would enclosed offices or a more open working environment be better? Perhaps a solution that holds the middle is best? How many & what kind of meeting spaces do we need? Planning Office Spaces is a clear accessible book written to help solve these problems looking at each of these issues in turn & showing the alternatives on offer & what the advantages & disadvantages are. It is ideally suited for both office designers & their clients to help them reach the best most suitable office design while ensuring that they have considered all of the issues that need to be addressed. ...

You see a wonderful garden on TV at the Chelsea flower show or at your neighbours' house but how do you go about recreating it in your own back yard? In Ann-Marie Powell's Plans for Small Gardens the Chelsea gold medal winner lists out all the gardening ingredients as well explaining how to actually create & maintain your garden. This is a book that starts from scratch to allow even gardening novices to build their perfect patch. Choose your recipe
- shady courtyard family or edible; collect your ingredients
- turf slabs containers & plants; & follow the simple method to put the garden together. Detailed planting & construction plans colour photographs & a handy practical section at the back of the book ensure you have all the resources you need while year-by-year maintenance guides guarantee that your garden will continue to flourish for years to come.

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