Economic ideas and trends play a crucial yet little-understood role in the development of the world in which we live and are therefore vital to understanding our society today. From mercantilists through Keynesians to modern economic thought, this handbook covers 50 of the greatest minds and 10 core theories. Including Hume, Smith, Marx, and von Mises, succinct biographies reach behind the personalities and reveal the outstanding contribution each has made to this internationally important and pervasive discipline. The essential concepts and themes have been expertly selected and the complex issues clearly explained within a social, political, and cultural context, allowing the rich history of economic thought to be told and the motivations behind its phenomenal global development to be understood.

Economics

Forstater, Mathew

Business & Money

Prospero

The Artist's Bible is a wonderful reference for any experienced or novice artist. Whatever medium you preferâ?¬â?pastel, watercolor, oil, acrylic, multimediaâ?¬â?this book, with its themed sections, provides tips, trade secrets and time and money savings advice that you can't afford to be without. Crammed with over 400 ingenious solutions to every conceivable painting problem, our team of experienced professional artists, all with many years of painting behind them, share their invaluable advice on subjects as diverse as speeding up slow drying washes, making tricky paint behave itself, creating convincing skin tones and capturing the delicacy of flower structures. Each tip is fully illustrated with both step-by-step sequences and exemplary finished works, making this book a resource that will have a place on your shelf for many years to come.

The Artist's Bible : Essential reference for Artists in All Mediums

HELEN DOUGLAS-COOPER

Reference

The Guide to Trees of Canada and North America

Mitchell, Alan

Oliver Black is a brilliant, acerbic humorist with David Sedaris's eye for absurdity and Jenny Lawson's knack of unlocking the hilarious side of anxiety and depression. Irreverent and sometimes shocking, Shrunk And Other Stories is a collection of achingly funny tales from the wilder shores of his frequently turbulent life. Covering, among other subjects, funeral arrangements, fad diets, funny pets, old age, and his encounters with the upper classes, this caustic memoir is a joy to read. A martyr to stress, Black casts a jaundiced eye over the woeful inadequacies of psychiatry and psychology as he seeks help in shoring up his tenuous grip on sanity from a series of hopeless therapists and peddlers of alternative medicine. As 'London's leading hypochondriac', he keeps a medical encyclopedia by his bed, has a Howard Hughes-scale fear of germs, and is on first-name terms with Vera, his long-suffering doctor. With unflinching honesty he catalogues his numerous complaints, ranging from aching testicles through tinnitus to, horrifyingly and unforgettably, worms. The fifty-something philosophy professor and former lawyer details his jaw-dropping adventures in the DIY funeral business, a trade to which his wife 'Fluffy' - rarely has a pet name seemed less appropriate - takes with unnerving enthusiasm. We learn about the delights and otherwise of driving a black taxi as a private car, and of the considerable talents of Black's cat, Maud (his deep love for Maud notwithstanding, he is troubled by fantasies of boiling her alive). Along the way, there are surreal meditations upon the possibility of autistic dogs, humming noises as preservers of life, and the anxiety occasioned by hiding one's underpants beneath the floorboards. This is a deliciously funny book by a major comic talent. 'Shrunk is hilarious and unsettling by turns. "Black humour" now has a new meaning.' - Giles Fraser, The Guardian 'Oliver Black's tales of a turbulent life are frank, fearless and extremely funny. Our readers have loved them.' - Niall Boyce, Editor, The Lancet Psychiatry 'If you can already imagine a cross between Mr Pooter, Alan Bennett and Diogenes, then fair enough. If not, you need this darkly hilarious book.' - Anthony Gottlieb, author of The Dream of Reason

Shrunk And Other Stories

Humor & Entertainment

Black, Oliver

Humor

Canada (A Visual Journey)

Travel

Jones, Elaine

Lloyd, Tanya

Canada

"This colourful collection is bursting with playful puppies, bouncing bunnies, and cuddly teddies, each with a very special story to tell."

Stories for Little Ones

nicola-baxter

The Odyssey (Prospero Classics Library)

Literature & Fiction

Unknown, Author

Classics

Dracula

Stoker., Bram

Painting Birds & Animals (The Artist's Handbook Series)

Arts & Photography

Monahan, Patricia

Study & Teaching

Flower Painting - the Artist's Handbook Series

Rodwell, Jenny

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