Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: First published in 1885, «Huckleberry Finn» has delighted millions of readers, while simultaneously riling contemporary sensibilities, and is still banned in many schools and libraries. Now, Michael Hearn re examines the 116 year heritage of that archetypal American boy, Huck Finn.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 478 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 291) Аннотация: When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn t shine, and the SEC doesn t dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Truth really is stranger than fiction. Who better than the author of the signature bestseller Liar's Poker to explain how the event we were told was impossible-the free fall of the American economy-finally occurred; how the things that we wanted, like ridiculously easy money and greatly expanded home ownership, were vehicles for that crash; and how shareholder demand for profit forced investment…