Written as a novel, the book makes the complex concepts, issues and terminology of international trade understandable for students. Professors complain that their students cannot grasp the nature of how some economic tools are used or how they work in life. This novel bridges the gap of concepts with applications by use of a fictional story.\nDavid Ricardo comes to life to discuss international trade theory and policy with Ed Johnson, a fictional American television manufacturer seeking trade protection from television manufacturers. Their dialogue is a sophisticated, rigorous discussion of virtually every major issue in trade theory and policy. To illustrate the positive and normative effects of international trade and trade policy, Ricardo takes the reader and Ed Johnson into the future to see an America of free trade and an America of complete self-sufficiency. The fictional element brings these topics to life so that students gain the intuition and understanding of how trade changes the lives of people and the industries they work in. The fundamental intuition of how international markets function including general equilibrium effects and policy analysis is provided.

Choice: Fable of Free Trade & Protectionism

Business & Money

Russell, Roberts

Economics

Pearson/Custom Publishing

This authoritative monograph reassesses the work and legacy of the great British photographer. It presents the best of Tony Ray-Jones' photographs, reproduced from revealing new prints, and illuminates his life and artistic development with a selection of original documents and artifacts. Edited and introduced by Russell Roberts, Senior Curator at the National Museum of Photography, Film &amp; Television in the UK, this volume concludes with a conversation between two people whose careers were profoundly influenced by Ray-Jones and his work--the photographer Martin Parr and the writer and teacher Bill Jay.

Tony Ray-Jones

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Chris Boot

What do you get when you fill more than 500 pages with some of the most curious, interesting, and oddball facts and explanations available to intelligent man? You get Armchair Reader: The Gigantic Reader. It s a classic installment in the immensely popular Armchair Reader series. Some of it is downright absurd like the art of gurning, a British contest in which you try to make the ugliest face possible. Some of it makes you realize what a big world we live in like the fact that Sesame Street is now in 120 countries (and, in several cases, is very different from the original U.S. version). And some of it is startling such as the descriptions of The Women of the SS, ladies who saw fit to lend their aid to Hitler s killing force. Read only a few pages of Armchair Reader: The Gigantic Reader and you ll come out smarter and more amazed at the world around us. It digs into hundreds of fascinating topics, such as: Trepanation, the 7,000-year-old art of drilling holes in the skull for medical reasons The strangest baseball injuries, including the time Roger Craig lacerated his finger on a woman s bra strap An interview with a real pet psychic The largest living organism not a whale but a mushroom An enormous list of flubbed headlines, like Meridian Woman Training for 20004 Games Equal parts wisdom and humor, Armchair Reader: The Gigantic Reader contains countless stories about the kooky, the fascinating, and the amazing. Perfect as a gift for a loved one or for yourself and a great way to pass a few minutes or a long weekend on the couch, Armchair Reader: The Gigantic Reader won t fail to make you think.

Armchair Reader The Gigantic Reader

Robert Bullington

JR Raphael

Erika Cornstuble Koff

Mary Fons-Misetic

Allen Smith

Humor & Entertainment

West Side Publishing

With patience, wisdom, and keen political instincts, Abraham Lincoln slowly but surely convinced the American public of the need to abolish slavery. In doing so, Lincoln ultimately resolved a problem that had vexed the United States from the moment of it's birth.

American War Library - The Civil War: Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery

Teen & Young Adult

Education & Reference

Lucent Books

Throughout the confusing and complex history of America's involvement in Vietnam, several key figures emerged in both the political and military arenas. This is the story of their lives, and the role they played in the long Vietnam struggle.

American War Library - Leaders and Generals of the Vietnam War

Literature & Fiction

Roberts, Russell

United States

One peaceful August day in AD 79, the people of Pompeii were going about their business—baking bread, eating lunch, lounging in the afternoon heat. Suddenly there was a great explosion, and tons of rock, ash, and gas were spewed into the air. Mount Vesuvius was erupting! In just 19 hours, most of the inhabitants were dead, and a layer of ash had buried the city. This is the story of what happened to the advanced city of Pompeii on that fateful day—and how we’ve learned about its people and culture thousands of years later by digging through the deadly ash.

Mt. Vesuvius and the Destruction of Pompeii, A.D. 79 (Natural Disasters)

Children's Books

Mitchell Lane Publishers

Many theories have been put forth to explain the mysterious disappearance of the dinosaurs. Did they get too large to survive? Did the climate change too abruptly? Did an asteroid collide with Earth? This inviting book explains some of the theories and examines why they’ve been accepted or rejected.

Where Did All the Dinosaurs Go? (Natural Disasters)

Animals

Many people do not realize that there were two theaters of warfare during the American Revolution. One was in the east, with George Washington and his Continental Army. The other was in the west, with George Rogers Clark and his spirited volunteers trying to hold off the British and their Native American allies. The story of George Rogers Clark is one of courage, bravery, and daring in the face of overwhelming odds. Often finding himself in what appeared to be a hopeless situation, Clark used skill and ingenuity to improvise his way to repeated victories. He was the fabled Long Knife, known far and wide not only for his brutality but also for his honesty and bravery. His victories played a key part in helping America win the War of Independence. Unfortunately, the later years of his life were not kind to Clark. Although he died a forgotten and tragic figure, nothing can erase his heroic accomplishments.

George Rogers Clark (Profiles in American History)

Biographies

Stephen F. Austin is a man few people have heard about. They may know that the Texas state capital of Austin is named after him, but they don t know why. When people think of Texas, it is the Alamo they think of, the doomed battle bravely fought by Crockett, Bowie, Travis, and others, and of the subsequent heroism of Sam Houston and his army at San Jacinto. Austin isn t mentioned in either of those accounts. Yet without Austin there may never have been a Texas. Without this small, frail man from Missouri, the history of Texas would likely be quite different. It was Austin who initially brought colonists into Texas . . . Austin who dealt with the Mexican government to clarify matters that threatened the survival of Americans in Texas . . . and Austin who braved bad weather, starvation, hostile tribes and rebellious settlers to maintain the American presence in Texas. The story of Stephen Austin is the story of Texas.

Stephen F. Austin (Profiles in American History)

Few people in history have incited such debate and further examination as the French prophet known as Nostradamus. What manner of man was he? Was he really able to part the mists of time and see into the future? Was it possible that he could predict events and identify people separated hundreds of years from his own time? Or are his predictions just vague and ambiguous enough that they can be made to fit almost any occasion? Perhaps one way to find answers to these questions is to examine the entire life of this remarkable man not just the small portion that his predictions constitute. Read about the influences of his youth, his training as a physician, and the reasons he began making his predictions. You may then have the power to better understand who and what he actually was and the times in which he lived.

Nostradamus (Biography from Ancient Civilizations)

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