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Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics
George Reisman
Jameson Books, 1996
An Exhaustive Defense of Laissez-Faire Capitalism
Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics is an exhaustive defense of laissez-faire capitalism as prerequisite for continued progress of material
civilization.
By integrating forgotten but sound principles of such classical economists as Smith, Ricardo, Say, and James ...
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Ready-to-Use Ornate Letters and Initials: 813 Different Copyright-Free Designs Printed One Side
Dan X. Solo
Dover Publications, 1995
Ornate Letters and Initials
This book was exactly what I was expecting. It has many examples of different letters of the alphabet. Just what I needed
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Capitalism's Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System
Raymond W. Baker
Wiley, 2005
required reading
Working in the financial sector in emerging markets, this was a fascinating shot across the bows. It should be required reading for anyone potentially involved in the effects of flight capital. This relates not to illegal movements but also to the legal (but immoral?) ...
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Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development (Initiative for Policy Dialogue Series C)
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Andrew Charlton
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
A radical new trade model
The authors state rightly that trade policies should be designed to raise living standards and to integrate developing countries into the world trading system. Global poverty (more than 2 billion people live on less than a dollar a day) is the world's most pressing ...
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Plants: 2,400 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Flowers, Trees, Fruits and Vegetables (Dover Pictorial Archive ...
Dover Publications, 1998
Great Book!
This is a terrific book. I purchased it with the companion book on Animals. It is a "must have" for anyone interested in art, biology, or just a good coffee table book. It will keep youngsters quiet for hours with the facinating illustrations. Very high quality. ...
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Free Trade Under Fire: Second Edition
Douglas A. Irwin
Princeton University Press, 2005
The case for free trade
Irwin's book, together with Bhagwati's Free Trade today, makes a strong case for free trade. The argument is clear and the book is easy to read and full of evidence supporting free trade. Among other topics, the author discusses the harmful effects of protection on ...
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Ready-to-Use Celtic Designs: 96 Different Royalty-Free Designs Printed One Side (Clip Art Series)
Mallory Pearce
Dover Publications, 1996
96 designs
This was not exactly what I had in mind when I ordered this book.However on recipt I found it to be very useful for what my origional needs were.
The service and delivery were excellent in all respects so that this was again a great Amazon experience.
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Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression
W. W. Norton, 2007
Antidote to editorial timidity
If you're disheartened by pusillanimous publishers who lack the sand to back up their writers and cartoonists when they come up with controversial material, David Wallis is your man. In his previous work, "Killed: Great Journalism Too Hot To Print," he championed ...
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Everything TV Crosswords Book: 150 commercial-free puzzles to test your television IQ (Everything: Sports and ...
Charles Timmerman
Adams Media, 2007
Hardly anything TV
As someone who does alot of TV crosswords I was very disappointed in this book. The first problem is that there are not alot of clues about TV at all. Each page has a theme but it only has 3 or 4 clues about that theme and the rest are unrelated. Also, some of the ...
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Fashions of the Thirties: 476 Authentic Copyright-Free Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Dover Publications, 1993
Fashions of the Thirties
I design and sew costumes for our local theatre company and this book has been a huge help in designing the proper look for a particular time period. It is a fun book to peruse to compare prices and styles with today's clothes.
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The Substantive Law of the EU: The Four Freedoms
Catherine Barnard
Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
This book focuses on the substantive law of the EU with regard to the free movement of goods, persons, services, and capital. An introductory chapter outlines the background to EU law in this sphere; the role of free trade theory, the development of economic integration until the present day, and the fundamental principles underpinning this ...
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Anatomical and Medical Illustrations: A Pictorial Archive with Over 2000 Royalty-Free Images (Pictorial ...
Dover Publications, 2008
hard to scan
I have a great deal of books that are copyright free as I use pieces of the graphics in artwork. To do this you must scan the image first. The proplem is the quality of the paper these illustrations are printed on. It's hardly WHITE so once scanned you are required to ...
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Free Money from the Federal Government for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs
Laurie Blum
Wiley, 1996
Ways to Call Local Government Agencies for Loan Applications
I rarely rate a book as one star. This book is the exception. My favorite gripe about books is that some of them have misleading titles designed to make them more appealing to book buyers. That certainly describes this book. The bulk of the programs listed in the ...
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The Fortune Tellers: Inside Wall Street's Game of Money, Media and Manipulation
Howard Kurtz
Free Press, 2001
excelent summary of the financial history of the early '00
I read this book years ago when it was a best seller. I bought it on the strength of the reviews of the people written about in this book like Kramer, the CNBC Squakbox people, numerous high profile analysts. They had a positive review of how the book came out, and ...
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The Power of Product Platforms
Marc H. Meyer, Alvin P. Lehnerd
Free Press, 1997
A must read
This book changed how I approach product design. It focuses on designs that will succeed in the market place. It's not a book specifically on designing for a market, but how a set of systems built on a common platform will allow you to compete in multiple markets at ...
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