Stanfords Adult Book of the Month July 2016 From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. The Great Cities in History tells their stories, from Uruk & Memphis to Tokyo & Sao Paulo. A galaxy of distinguished contributors evoke the character of each place
- its people, its art & architecture, its government
- & explain the reasons for its success. Richly illustrated with photographs, paintings, maps & plans, this volume is nothing less than a portrait of world civilization.

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John Kenneth Galbraith`s now-classic account of the 1929 stock market collapse, ” The Great Crash” remains the definitive book on the most disastrous cycle of boom & bust in modern times. ” The Great Crash 1929” examines the causes, effects, aftermath & long-term consequences of America`s infamous financial meltdown, showing how rampant speculation & blind optimism sustained a market mania, & led to its terrible downward spiral. Galbraith also describes the people & the corporations at the heart of the financial community, & how they were affected by the disaster. With its depiction of the `gold-rush fantasy` ingrained in America`s psychology, this penetrating study of human greed & folly contains lessons that are still vital today
- & are now more relevant than ever. ” Lively & highly readable”. (” Financial Times”). ” Galbraith is a considerable writer
- admonitory, ironic, patrician, funny”. (” Guardian”). ” The definitive work on the subject”. (” Daily Mail”). ”A book you will read at a single sitting”. (” Prospect”). ” One of the most engrossing books I have ever read”. (” Daily Telegraph”). John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) was a Canadian-American economist.A Keynesian & an institutionalist, Galbraith was a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism & progressivism. Galbraith was the author of 30 books, including ” The Economics of Innocent Fraud”, ” The Great Crash: 1929”, & ”A History of Economics”.

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Here`s a book to hurl at the culinary barbarian on your crew, though it`s a lot more than a simple defense against digestion... John Payne, who writes with wit & clarity, makes the business of learning to be a good sea cook much more entertaining than it might otherwise be... All in all, this is an excellent guide to the task of providing good food afloat. Payne

Includes:: a lot of basic-but-need-to-know stuff, like: what kind of fruits & vegetables keep & how long, how to (really!) catch fish, galley equipment, safety, on board gardening (sprouting), & hundreds of really excellent recipes. Living Aboard

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The visitors from downriver had strange pale skin & blue eyes, but they left a deadly sickness of red spots & fever. Thirteen-year-old Millie & her younger sister Maura were the only survivors. As the first snowflakes fell the dogs were turning wild, & it was clear that the two girls must leave to find a new home. They loaded up a raft to take them away, & so began an epic journey through the harsh snowy landscape. This is an extraordinary story of courage, commitment & survival. ...

Niall Ferguson`s bold, pithy & insightful analysis of the degeneration of the West. The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations. But what exactly is amiss with Western civilization? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, is that our institutions
- the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail
- are degenerating. Representative government, the free market, the rule of law & civil society were once the four pillars of West European & North American societies. In our time, however, these institutions have deteriorated. The Great Degeneration is a powerful indictment of an era of negligence & complacency. While the Arab world struggles to adopt democracy, & while China struggles to move from economic liberalization to the rule of law, the West is frittering away the institutional inheritance of centuries. To arrest the decline, Ferguson warns, will take heroic leadership & radical reform. Reviews: ”A refreshing perspective on the economic decline of advanced countries & the origins of the crisis”. (Samuel Brittan, Financial Times).”A compelling & cogently argued work”. (Times Higher Education). About the author: Niall Ferguson is one of Britain`s most renowned historians. He is the author of Paper & Iron, The House of Rothschild, The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire, Colossus, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money, High Financier & Civilization. He has written & presented six highly successful television series for Channel Four: Empire, American Colossus, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money, Civilization & China: Triumph & Turmoil.

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Why has inequality increased in the Western world
- & what can we do about it? In The Great Divide, Joseph E. Stiglitz argues
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Seasonal recipes & expert planting guides from Great Dixter, Christopher Lloyd`s quintessential English country garden The Great Dixter Cookbook features seventy simple & delicious seasonal recipes from the kitchen garden at Great Dixter, the historic house & garden located on the borders of Kent & Sussex. Dishes included range from English classics such as chicken & leek pie, apple crumble, & beetroot chutney, to contemporary recipes like crispy kale with sea salt & shakshuka. Dixter was home to the revered & highly influential gardener & writer, Christopher Lloyd, & a number of this book`s recipes have been taken from the Lloyd family`s personal kitchen notebooks. With growing guides to more than twenty varieties of vegetables & fruit to accompany the recipes, this practical, accessible book enriches the kitchens & lives of home cooks & gardeners worldwide. ...

Subdivided into hundreds of domaines, often family-run & sometimes covering no more than a few hectares, Burgundy can be offputtingly fragmented even to wine experts. In compiling this revised edition the authors revisited all the domaines that appeared in previous editions plus scores of `rising stars`, to select the very best & most interesting of them
- & remove those that no longer come up to scratch. They have spoken to winemakers about their grapes, their soil & their techniques
- &, of course, sampled their wines. Following on from the domaine-by-domaine guide are descriptions of the microclimates of the region, the most important grapes & wine styles, as well as tips on buying, storing & tasting wine & a rundown of recent vintages.

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At the Ferocious Dragon Academy, dragons-in-training learn the arts of bone crunching & teeth sharpening. But there is one dragon who harbours a passion for a most undragon-like pastime.. . Meet Flamie Oliver. To look at, Flamie is as terrifying as a dragon can get. But behind closed doors, Flamie is.. .a stupendously spectacular Star Baker! That`s right
- choux, rough, salty, sweet & puff
- Flamie loves it all. In fact, he loves baking so much that his studies at the Ferocious Dragon Academy are starting to suffer, & there`s a chance he won`t graduate! Flamie`s going to need a real showstopper to get out of this one. On your marks, get set.. .BAKE! Fabulously funny & perfect for fans of BBCs Great British Bake Off

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What can the ideas of history`s greatest economists tell us about the most important issues of our time?` The best place to start to learn about the very greatest economists of all time` Professor Tyler Cowen, author of The Complacent Class & The Great Stagnation Since the days of Adam Smith, economists have grappled with a series of familiar problems
- but often their ideas are hard to digest, before we even try to apply them to today`s issues. Linda Yueh is renowned for her combination of erudition, as an accomplished economist herself, & accessibility, as a leading writer & broadcaster in this field; & in The Great Economists she explains the key thoughts of history`s greatest economists, how their lives & times affected their ideas, how our lives have been influenced by their work, & how they could help with the policy challenges that we face today. In the light of current economic problems, & in particular economic growth, Yueh explores the thoughts of economists from Adam Smith & David Ricardo through Joan Robinson & Milton Friedman to Douglass North & Robert Solow. Along the way she asks, for example: what do the ideas of Karl Marx tell us about the likely future for the Chinese economy? How does the work of John Maynard Keynes, who argued for government spending to create full employment, help us think about state investment? & with globalization in trouble, what can we learn about handling Brexit & Trumpism? In one accessible volume, this expert new voice provides an overarching guide to the biggest questions of our time. The Great Economists
Includes:: Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, Alfred Marshall, Irving Fisher, John Maynard Keynes, Joseph Schumpeter, Friedrich Hayek, Joan Robinson, Milton Friedman, Douglass North, Robert Solow` Economics students, like others, can learn a lot from this book`
- Professor Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion` An extremely engaging survey of the lifetimes & ideas of the great thinkers of economic history.`
- Professor Kenneth Rogoff, author of The Curse of Cash & co-author of This Time is Different` This book is a very readable introduction to the lives & thinking of the greats.`
- Professor Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, & author of I Do What I Do & Fault Lines` Read it not only to learn about the world`s great economists, but also to see how consequential thought innovations can be, & have been.`
- Mohamed el-Erian, Chief Economic Adviser at Allianz, former CEO of PIMCO





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