How Climate Made History 1300-1850

The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History

✍ Johnson, Boris 📂 Fiction 📅 2015 🏛 Riverhead Books 🌐 English ⚖ 1 MB

From London’s inimitable mayor, Boris Johnson, the New York Times–bestselling story of how Churchill’s eccentric genius shaped not only his world but our own. \n \nOn the fiftieth anniversary of Churchill’s death, Boris Johnson celebrates the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders

A brief history of how culture and comme

A brief history of how culture and commerce were really made for each other

✍ Gary Day 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 65 KB

The pun also rises: how the humble pun revolutionized language, changed history and made wordplay more than some antics

✍ John Pollack 📂 Fiction 📅 2011;2012 🏛 PENGUIN group;Avery 🌐 English ⚖ 128 KB

A funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on history. The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay. But such attitudes are relatively recent

The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History

✍ Zuckerman, Gregory 📂 Fiction 📅 2009 🏛 Random House, Inc. 🌐 UND ⚖ 179 KB

SUMMARY: In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. Paulson's background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real esta

The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History

✍ Zuckerman, Gregory 📂 Fiction 📅 2009 🏛 Random House, Inc. 🌐 English ⚖ 198 KB

SUMMARY: In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. Paulson's background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real estat

The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-The-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History

✍ Zuckerman, Gregory 📂 Fiction 📅 2009 🏛 Random House, Inc. 🌐 English ⚖ 199 KB

### Review "Simply terrific. Easily the best of the post-crash financial books." **--Malcolm Gladwell** "Mr. Zuckerman is a first-rate reporter who is also able to explain the complexities of real estate finance in layman’s terms. At times, *The Greatest Trade Ever* reads like a thriller." --