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February 1945. The war is almost over and Britain and America rule the waves, but sixty young Nazi soldiers still…
choose to undertake a mission in U-869 - to reach and bomb the coast of America. Several weeks later the boat barely has enough fuel to make it home and radio links with Germany are broken. The commander, Neuerberg, must make a tough decision: to carry on to America and risk death in the pursuit of glory, or to admit defeat and return home. Driven by pride, patriotism and determination, he decides to risk it. In 1991, a group of deep-sea divers hear about the wreck of a U-boat 260 feet beneath the sea. There are virtually no records of the Nazi submarine, and an on-location investigation is extremely dangerous. But twelve divers decide to take the risk. Over the next six years they eventually piece together an incredible story. 2004.The world we're in
Par Will Hutton. 2002
Will Hutton calls for Britain and Europe to offer alternatives to the American Way. Under President Bush America has been…
forthright in it's isolationism - until the attack on the World Trade Center - but whatever happens next, it is undoubtedly true that Bush will pursue a policy of America first. Hutton argues for a countervailing balance - economically and socially - to the American model. 2002.Wrapped for eternity: the story of the Egyptian mummy
Par Mildred Mastin Pace, Tom Huffman. 1974
World 3.0: global prosperity and how to achieve it (Your coach in a box)
Par Pankaj Ghemawat. 2011
Reeling from the brutal impacts of the early 21st-century recession, governments and societies everywhere are retrenching and pushing hard for…
increased protectionism. Global economy expert Pankaj Ghemawat details why, while this reaction is understandable, following a protectionist ideology to its fullest will only cause further irreparable harm to world economies. 2011.Wheel of fortune: work and life in the age of falling expectations
Par Jamie Swift. 1995
Swift analyzes the recent changes in the nature of employment and work in the 1990s. He examines the recent growth…
in the services sector and decline in the goods sector, and discusses the high unemployment of recent years and the "jobless recovery" from the recession of the early 1990s. 1995.Waking dragon: the emerging Chinese economy and its impact on the world (The modern scholar)
Par Peter Navarro. 2007
In this course, University of California at Irvine business professor Peter Navarro dissects the coming China wars and their implications…
for all mankind. China's rapid economic growth has serious implications for issues ranging from oil prices and energy security to global warming and environmental pollution, and from U.S. political independence and financial market stability to hot-war military conflict. 2007.Walking the Bible: a journey by land through the five books of Moses
Par Bruce S Feiler. 2001
One part adventure story, one part archaeological detective work, one part spiritual exploration, author Feiler recounts a personal odyssey -…
by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel - to retrace the Five Books of Moses through the desert. Along with archaeologist Avner Goren, he treks through Turkey, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Egypt, the Sinai, and Jordan, visiting the actual places of some of history's most storied events, from the mountain where Noah's ark landed to the site of the legendary burning bush. 2001.Vos questions sur l'économie: 75 questions, 75 réponses
Par Gérald Fillion, François Delorme. 2014
Qu'on soit aux études, au travail ou à la retraite, l'économie est au coeur de notre vie quotidienne : peu…
de décision se prennent sans qu'il y ait un enjeu économique, et c'est pourquoi il est important d'en comprendre les rouages essentiels. C'est dans cette perspective que ce livre a été conçu. Vous y trouverez 75 questions et réponses qui vous concernent, allant du prix de l'essence à l'acquisition d'une maison en passant par l'achat ou la location d'une voiture, l'écart des prix entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis, les impôts, les taux d'intérêt, le système bancaire et la dette. Ce livre se veut un outil pratique et accessible écrit dans un langage clair et simple pour vous permettre de comprendre les enjeux socio-économiques de la vie d'aujourd'hui. 2014.Voices from the 99 percent: an oral history of the Occupy Wall Street movement
Par Ed Flank Lenny, Lenny Flank. 2011
“This is the first communiqué from the 99 percent. We are occupying Wall Street." With those words, the Occupy Wall…
Street movement announced its presence, and within four weeks, it had spread across the country and around the globe, drastically changing the terms of political debate in the US. Technically savvy, the Occupiers posted events as they happened, presented hopeful pleas for social change and energetic calls to action. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2011.Valley of the Kings
Par John Romer. 1981
A popular historical account of one of the world's richest archaeological sites, the valley that contains all the known tombs…
of the pharaohs of the Egyptian New Kingdom. This double account tells the story of both the magnificent tombs themselves and the travelers and diggers of recent centuries who have hunted for the mysterious past of ancient Egypt. 1981.Une histoire de la fraude financière
Par Omar Fassal. 2016
Aborder l'histoire de la finance à travers les scandales permet de comprendre tout le parcours de l'industrie financière, qui agit…
souvent a posteriori afin de corriger les abus. Cela permet également de comprendre le devenir des institutions, qui se dévorent les unes les autres à coups d'acquisitions et ne font qu'une bouchée des malades affaiblis par un scandale. Cela permet enfin de comprendre le développement des produits financiers, qui s'adaptent après chaque scandale pour faire face aux réticences des investisseurs qui ne veulent plus se faire avoir de la même façon. Mais pas de panique, l'escroc est innovateur, et les clients se feront avoir autrement. Le chat et la souris. 2016.Tutankhamen: the life and death of the boy-king
Par Christine El Mahdy. 1999
Egyptologist examines archaeological and historical evidence to reconstruct the life of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh. El Mahdy separates fact from…
legend as she describes Egyptian civilization based on evidence from Luxor in the fourteenth century B.C. Also provides details of British archaeologist Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. 1999.Trois leçons sur la société post-industrielle (République des idées)
Par Daniel Cohen. 2006
La société industrielle liait un mode de production et un mode de protection. Elle scellait ainsi l'unité de la question…
économique et de la question sociale. La " société post-industrielle ", elle, consacre leur séparation et marque l'aube d'une ère nouvelle. Daniel Cohen analyse ici les ruptures qui ont conduit le capitalisme du XXIe siècle à la destruction méthodique de cet héritage : innovations technologiques, révolution financière, transformations des modes d'organisation du travail, mondialisation des échanges. En examinant les logiques à l'oeuvre dans ces bouleversements, ces " trois leçons " aident à comprendre les défis du monde à venir. 2006.Too big to fail: inside the battle to save Wall Street
Par Andrew Ross Sorkin. 2010
From inside the corner office at Lehman Brothers to secret meetings in South Korea, Russia and the corridors of Washington,…
Too Big to Fail is the definitive story of the most powerful men and women in finance and politics grappling with success and failure, ego, greed, and, ultimately, the fate of the world's economy. Includes strong language. 2010.Time detectives: clues from our past
Par Donalda Badone. 1992
This time is different: eight centuries of financial folly (Your coach in a box)
Par Kenneth S Rogoff, Carmen M Reinhart. 2009
This work examines financial crises of the past and discusses similarities between these events and the current crisis, presenting and…
comparing historical patterns in bank failures, inflation, debt, currency, housing, employment, and government spending. 2009.The wealth and poverty of nations: why some are so rich and some so poor
Par David S Landes. 1998
Explores causes of the disparities in wealth and health that exist among societies, "the greatest single problem and danger facing…
the world." Argues that a nation's prosperity derives from industrial technology, nurtured by supportive cultural values and institutions. Avers that world peace depends on the well-being of all people. 1998.The value of nothing: why everything costs so much more than we think
Par Raj Patel. 2009
Why do things cost what they do? Patel tracks down the reasons through history, philosophy, neuroscience and sociology, showing why…
prices are always at odds with the true value of the things that matter most to us. Also examines everything from Google to TV and from love to thoughts, to see the gap between price and value by looking at things that are so-called free. Bestseller. c2009.Tim Harford reveals the economics behind everything from supermarkets to insurance companies to airlines in this entertaining and informative book.…
To protect both our wallets and our bank accounts, we must better understand why companies do what they do. 2006.Pietra Rivoli is an economics professor at Georgetown University, where the question "Who made your T-shirt?" set her on a…
quest. On her journey she found that globalization is just as much about history and politics as it is about economics. 2007.