Author: Niall Ferguson
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Keywords: world, history, financial, money, ascent
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2008-11-13
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1594201927
ISBN-13: 9781594201929

Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it s the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it s the chains of labor. But in The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What s more, he reveals financial history as the essential backs

Author: Niall Ferguson
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: world, history, financial, money, ascent
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2009-10-27
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0143116177
ISBN-13: 9780143116172

A richly original look at the origins of money and how it makes the world go ’roundNiall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of our financial system, from its genesis in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. What’s more, Ferguson reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history, arguing that the evolution of credit and debt was as important as any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. As Ferguson traces the crisis from ancient Egypt’s Memphis to today’s Chon

Authors:Niall Ferguson,  Simon Prebble,
Publisher: Tantor Media
Keywords: world, history, financial, money, ascent
Published: 2008-12-22
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 1400110335
ISBN-13: 9781400110339

Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance.

Author: Naomi Janowitz
Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
Keywords: ascent, series, judaica, text, language, theories, poetics, rabbinic
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1989-04-01
List price: $64.50
ISBN-10: 0887066364
ISBN-13: 9780887066368

Author: Jean Chatzky
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: money, solved, emergencies, questions, pressing, answered
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 006179869X
ISBN-13: 9780061798696

The popular TODAY financial editor Jean Chatzky helps you navigate through the critical challenges and potential catastrophes of personal finance. You’ve just lost your job. You’ve got a baby on the way. Your parent has had a stroke. Most people seek financial help not because they’re planning for the future but because they need it . . . right now! If you have money problems or are seeking immediate help to solve a dire, unanticipated financial emergency, then you need Money 911. In this invaluable guidebook, financial expert Jean Chatzky provides answers to today’s mo

Author: Ronald Paoli
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Keywords: money, fortune, personal, pocket, recycle, change
Number of Pages: 62
Published: 2006-12-06
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1425102352
ISBN-13: 9781425102357

This book describes a very informal and simple process to save money! The easy steps of this plan when followed, will guide you out of never having enough money on hand. It will establish your new spending habits that can change your life, for the better. Along with some inspirational and thought provoking ideas and discussions, of a slower pace life style, that can benefit you and your family. If taken seriously, will enable you to save for your future. Just put this picture in your mind. All bills paid and up to date, cash in your pocket, money in your checking or savings account, and money

Author: Ed McBain
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Keywords: money, precinct, novel, 87th
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2001-10-19
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0743217675
ISBN-13: 9780743217675

It is Christmas in the city, but it isn’t the giving season. A retired Gulf War pilot, a careless second-story man, a pair of angry Mexicans, and an equally shady pair of Secret Service agents are in town after a large stash of money, and no one is interested in sharing. The detectives at the 87th are already busy for the holidays. Steve Carella and Fat Ollie Weeks catch the squeal when the lions in the city zoo get an unauthorized feeding of a young woman’s body. And then there’s a trash can stuffed with a book salesman carrying a P-38 Walther and a wad of big bills. The bad