Now bankrupt after some failed gambles, Aristide Saccard, the former kingpin of the Paris Stock Exchange, desperately wants to get back to the top of the financial pile. When his powerful brother, the government minister Eugene Rougon, refuses to help him, he forms a partnership with the engineer Hamelin & founds the Banque Universelle, which speculates on public works in the Middle East. But as his greed & desire to outplay his rivals gets the better of him, the dashing & ruthless Saccard perilously begins to inflate the value of his enterprise using rumour, intrigue, financial manipulation & all the other tricks in the book. Inspired by real events & meticulously researched by Zola, Money is, in the wake of recent financial scandals, an all-too-topical exploration of the dynamics of greed, the excesses of capitalism & its dangerous relationship with politics & the press. ...

Money Belt is an inconspicuous way of safekeeping your money for emergency or loose change situations. The canvas belt looks normal but has a hidden zip pocket on the inside of the waistb&. Waist size is adjustable by a sliding metal buckle & extends to a maximum of 120cm, with a belt width of 3.8cm. ...

The Money Belt by Go Travel is a thin wallet you easily hide under your shirt, to keep your money, valuables & small documents safe whilst travelling. made from soft, lightweight fabric, it is comfortable & easy to wear. It features a main large pocket with zip closure & an adjustable belt. Ideal for your travels. ...

Money Belt is an inconspicuous way of safekeeping your money for emergency or loose change situations. The canvas belt looks normal but has a hidden zip pocket on the inside of the waistb&. Waist size is adjustable by a sliding metal buckle & extends to a maximum of 120cm, with a belt width of 4 cm. ...

Money Belt is an inconspicuous way of safekeeping your money for emergency or loose change situations. The canvas belt looks normal but has a hidden zip pocket on the inside of the waistb&. Waist size is adjustable by a sliding metal buckle & extends to a maximum of 120cm, with a belt width of 4 cm. ...

How did money come to be invented? Why does it now have such significance in our lives? Does it make us happier or unhappier? & what does the future hold for it? With brilliant clarity & insight, Yuval Noah Harari takes the reader on a journey from the very first coins through to 21st century economics & shows us how we are all on the brink of a revolution, whether we like it or not. Selected from the books Sapiens & Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.A series of short books by the world`s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series: Home by Salman Rushdie Babies by Anne Enright Eating by Nigella Lawson Drinking by John Cheever ...

Barrels were used aboard sailing ships to store & preserve provisions, including water, salted meat & (most importantly!) rum. Our barrel-style moneyboxes are made from solid polished Sheesham (a sustainable hardwood), with brass banding. A screwed flap at the bottom allows access to the precious contents. ...

Barrels were used aboard sailing ships to store & preserve provisions, including water, salted meat & (most importantly!) rum. Our barrel-style moneyboxes are made from solid polished Sheesham (a sustainable hardwood), with brass banding. A screwed flap at the bottom allows access to the precious contents. ...

From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge & Manhattan, something has gone wrong with the workings of the world. Once upon a time, if an official stole money, there wasn`t much he could do with it. He could buy himself a new car or build himself a nice house or give it to his friends & family, but that was about it. If he kept stealing, the money would just pile up in his house until he had no rooms left to put it in, or it was eaten by mice. & then some bankers in London had a bright idea. Join the investigative journalist Oliver Bullough on a journey into Moneyland
- the secret country of the lawless, stateless superrich. Learn how the institutions of Europe & the United States have become money-laundering operations, undermining the foundations of Western stability. Discover the true cost of being open for business no matter how corrupt & dangerous the customer. Meet the kleptocrats. Meet their awful children. & find out how heroic activists around the world are fighting back. This is the story of wealth & power in the 21st century. It isn`t too late to change it.
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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...