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"A warm, profound and cleareyed memoir. . . this wise and
sympathetic book's lingering effect is as a reminder that a deeper
and more companionable way of life lurks behind our self-serious
stories."-Oliver Burkeman, New York Times Book Review A remarkable
exploration of the therapeutic relationship, Dr. Mark Epstein
reflects on one year's worth of therapy sessions with his patients
to observe how his training in Western psychotherapy and his
equally long investigation into Buddhism, in tandem, led to greater
awareness-for his patients, and for himself For years, Dr. Mark
Epstein kept his beliefs as a Buddhist separate from his work as a
psychiatrist. Content to use his training in mindfulness as a
private resource, he trusted that the Buddhist influence could, and
should, remain invisible. But as he became more forthcoming with
his patients about his personal spiritual leanings, he was
surprised to learn how many were eager to learn more. The divisions
between the psychological, emotional, and the spiritual, he soon
realized, were not as distinct as one might think. In The Zen of
Therapy, Dr. Epstein reflects on a year's worth of selected
sessions with his patients and observes how, in the incidental
details of a given hour, his Buddhist background influences the way
he works. Meditation and psychotherapy each encourage a willingness
to face life's difficulties with courage that can be hard to
otherwise muster, and in this cross-section of life in his office,
he emphasizes how therapy, an element of Western medicine, can in
fact be considered a two-person meditation. Mindfulness, too, much
like a good therapist, can "hold" our awareness for us-and allow us
to come to our senses and find inner peace. Throughout this deeply
personal inquiry, one which weaves together the wisdom of two
worlds, Dr. Epstein illuminates the therapy relationship as
spiritual friendship, and reveals how a therapist can help patients
cultivate the sense that there is something magical, something
wonderful, and something to trust running through our lives, no
matter how fraught they have been or might become. For when we
realize how readily we have misinterpreted our selves, when we stop
clinging to our falsely conceived constructs, when we touch the
ground of being, we come home.
One of today's hottest knitwear designers reveals how to knit a
garden of colourful and whimsical flowers. The pretty blossoms can
be used to adorn clothes, shoes, pillows, bags and more. With
Epstein's detailed instructions and the breathtaking images,
knitters will find completing these projects a pleasure. Nicky
Epstein is a 'rock star' of knitting and here she knits up a garden
of colourful and whimsical flowers to adorn clothes, shoes,
pillows, bags - almost anything at all. These pretty blossoms range
from ruffled roses to lazy daisies, from single blooms to complete
bouquets, from layered petal varieties to scalloped and corkscrew
styles. Some are made of soft, sensuous felt; others showcase
sparkling, eye-catching gold lame. With Epstein's detailed
instructions and the breathtaking images, knitters will find
completing these projects a pleasure.
Rome is a great place to visit -- but imagine the delights of living there. Long in love with the Eternal City, Alan Epstein has been reveling in life as a resident since 1995. In As the Romans Do, he reveals the city and its people in all their facets and contradictions: their gregarious caffé culture, inborn artistic flair, passionate appreciation of good food, instinctive mistrust of technology, showy sex appeal, ingrained charm, and much more. He unveils a place alive with pleasure and paradox, both pagan and Christian, Western and Middle Eastern. Rome is where one can relax, reflect, revel, and rebel -- all between the morning's cappucino and the evening's grappa.
'Monetary policy is not just a matter of optimal stabilization
policy; it is also fundamentally a matter of politics. But while
this observation is commonplace, it is not adequately incorporated
into economists' reasoning and analysis. Gerald Epstein's work
represents perhaps the most prominent exception to this last rule.
Reading him provides a salutary reminder that we need to pay closer
attention to this political aspect when thinking about central
banks and what they do.' - Barry Eichengreen, University of
California, Berkeley, US Central banks are among the most powerful
government economic institutions in the world. This volume explores
the economic and political contours of the struggle for influence
over the policies of central banks such as the Federal Reserve, and
the implications of this struggle for economic performance and the
distribution of wealth and power in society. Written over several
decades by Gerald Epstein and co-authors, these works explore why
central banks do what they do, and how they could better operate.
Epstein shows that central banks are a contested terrain over which
major economic and political groups fight for control; and
demonstrates that though in the US and most other countries,
private bankers have the upper-hand in this political struggle,
they don t always win. Graduate students, faculty and advanced
undergraduates in economics, political science and sociology who
are interested in central banking and finance as well as
specialists who focus on central banking will find greater
understanding of central banks through The Political Economy of
Central Banking.
Alexis de Tocqueville was among the first foreigners to
recognize and trumpet the grandness of the American project. His
two-volume classic, Democracy in America, published in 1835,
offered not only a vivid account of the still young nation but
famously predicted what the nation would become, and firmly
established his place in U.S. history. Yet in his own time,
Tocqueville had little evidence for the truth of his ideas.
Introspective, sickly, prone to self-doubt, he was a most unlikely
visionary. In wry, elegant prose, Joseph Epstein, America's most
versatile essayist, offers an engaging and altogether human
portrait of the Frenchman who would become an American icon.
During the Civil War three intelligent, articulate young men
served as Abraham Lincoln's secretaries. John Nicolay and John Hay
lived in the White House across the hall from the president's
office and, together with William Stoddard, spent more time with
Lincoln than anyone else outside his immediate family. "Lincoln's
Men" is a fascinating, intimate, and moving portrait of life in the
Civil War White House and of the beleaguered president's
extraordinary relationship with the indispensable trio he used as a
sounding board--the best and the brightest of their day who had a
place near the center of Washington's grandest galas and a
front-row seat on the drama of war.
'The thoroughgoing disaster inflicted on the global economy in 2008
by the gambling of the financial system should have resulted
serious sanctions for financial actors and the jettisoning of any
belief in the efficacy and fairness of the neoliberal regime. But
the tepid action of policy makers has allowed the system to muddle
through and undermined any remaining trust and faith among the
polity. It is not hard to see the breakdown of political stability
across the world in the last two to three years as resulting direct
from the justified belief that the rules of the global economy
favor the very few. In this book, a group of critical scholars
painstakingly identify and illuminate key aspects of the global
financial system that continue to reinforce global inequalities of
power and that contribute to dangerous political and economic
instability. Through a series of thorough case studies ranging from
the macroeconomic instability engendered by untrammeled capital
flows, to the way sovereign debt restructuring favors northern
creditors, to the hierarchy of the monetary system that
concentrates enormous power in the hands of a few central banks,
these studies throw light on the ways global financial
neoliberalism and political and social power work to undermine
macroeconomic stability and social justice. It will be read by
serious scholars of the political economy of finance with great
interest.' - Arjun Jayadev, Azim Premji University, India and
Institute for New Economic Thinking The essays in this book
describe and analyze the current contours of the international
financial system, covering both developed and developing countries,
and focusing on the ways in which the current international
financial system structures and is affected by profound
inequalities in the international system. This keen analysis of key
topics in international finance takes a heterodox perspective, with
focus on the role of inequalities in power in shaping the structure
and outcomes in the international sphere. The Political Economy of
International Finance in an Age of Inequality begins with a
discussion of capital flows and financial crisis, moves into an
up-to-date discussion of the political economy of currency unions,
and then focuses on analysis of capital flows and economic crises.
New and established academics present a broad variety of special
case studies within that general framework focusing on understudied
yet important up to date cases from understudied regions and
countries for a unique and important exploration of the field. This
book will be of interest to students and specialists in
international finance, who will benefit from the combination of the
strong general framework and illustrative case studies. Its
approach will appeal both to generalists and specialists.
Contributors include: M. Arora, E. Braunstein, H. Comert, D. Dutt,
N. Eichacker, G. Epstein, I. Grabel, S. Khalil, M. Majd, F. Perez,
L.D. Rosero, Z. Ybrayev
Danny Phantom travels through time and space to save humanity in
this original graphic novel based on the hit Nickelodeon seriesThis
all-new middle-grade graphic novel based on Nickelodeon’s
animated series Danny Phantom takes readers on a time traveling
adventure that takes place directly after the series finale with
the original ghost gang: Danny Fenton and his best friends Sam
Manson and Tucker Foley! When the gang starts experiences time
travel glitches, Danny’s archnemesis Vlad Masters arrives on his
doorstep with terrifying news: Dark Danny has escaped his
prison!Danny must then get his friends together and partner with
Vlad to jump through time and space and unlock secrets of the Ghost
Zone! But can they make it back to Amity Park before Dark Danny
destroys the ghost gang’s entire world?
Become a savvy trader and make money in both up and down markets.
These days, the market is volatile, and you need to know how to ride the waves and navigate the changing tides. Trading For Dummies is for investors in search of a clear guide to trading stocks in any type of market. Inside, you'll get sample stock charts, position trading tips and techniques, and fresh ways to analyze trends and indicators. Learn how to make smart decisions by identifying the stocks, bonds, funds, and commodities that will net you the maximum gain. Assume more risk, reap more benefits, build a more aggressive portfolio, and enjoy the greater gains that come with short- and medium-term trading methods.
- Learn about due diligence, key indicator analysis, and reading market trends
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This is a perfect Dummies guide for experienced and novice traders and investors seeking the most-up-to-date information on trading wisely in any market.
'The thoroughgoing disaster inflicted on the global economy in 2008
by the gambling of the financial system should have resulted
serious sanctions for financial actors and the jettisoning of any
belief in the efficacy and fairness of the neoliberal regime. But
the tepid action of policy makers has allowed the system to muddle
through and undermined any remaining trust and faith among the
polity. It is not hard to see the breakdown of political stability
across the world in the last two to three years as resulting direct
from the justified belief that the rules of the global economy
favor the very few. In this book, a group of critical scholars
painstakingly identify and illuminate key aspects of the global
financial system that continue to reinforce global inequalities of
power and that contribute to dangerous political and economic
instability. Through a series of thorough case studies ranging from
the macroeconomic instability engendered by untrammeled capital
flows, to the way sovereign debt restructuring favors northern
creditors, to the hierarchy of the monetary system that
concentrates enormous power in the hands of a few central banks,
these studies throw light on the ways global financial
neoliberalism and political and social power work to undermine
macroeconomic stability and social justice. It will be read by
serious scholars of the political economy of finance with great
interest.' - Arjun Jayadev, Azim Premji University, India and
Institute for New Economic Thinking The essays in this book
describe and analyze the current contours of the international
financial system, covering both developed and developing countries,
and focusing on the ways in which the current international
financial system structures and is affected by profound
inequalities in the international system. This keen analysis of key
topics in international finance takes a heterodox perspective, with
focus on the role of inequalities in power in shaping the structure
and outcomes in the international sphere. The Political Economy of
International Finance in an Age of Inequality begins with a
discussion of capital flows and financial crisis, moves into an
up-to-date discussion of the political economy of currency unions,
and then focuses on analysis of capital flows and economic crises.
New and established academics present a broad variety of special
case studies within that general framework focusing on understudied
yet important up to date cases from understudied regions and
countries for a unique and important exploration of the field. This
book will be of interest to students and specialists in
international finance, who will benefit from the combination of the
strong general framework and illustrative case studies. Its
approach will appeal both to generalists and specialists.
Contributors include: M. Arora, E. Braunstein, H. Comert, D. Dutt,
N. Eichacker, G. Epstein, I. Grabel, S. Khalil, M. Majd, F. Perez,
L.D. Rosero, Z. Ybrayev
What are you willing to do to survive? What are you willing to
endure if it means you might live? 'Achingly moving, gives
much-needed hope . . . Deserves the status both as a valuable
historical source and as a stand-out memoir' Daily Express 'A story
that needs to be heard' 5***** Reader Review Entering Terezin, a
Nazi concentration camp, Franci was expected to die. She refused.
In the summer of 1942, twenty-two-year-old Franci Rabinek -
designated a Jew by the Nazi racial laws - arrived at Terezin, a
concentration camp and ghetto forty miles north of her home in
Prague. It would be the beginning of her three-year journey from
Terezin to the Czech family camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau, to the
slave labour camps in Hamburg, and finally to Bergen Belsen.
Franci, a spirited and glamorous young woman, was known among her
fellow inmates as the Prague dress designer. Having endured the
transportation of her parents, she never forgot her mother's
parting words: 'Your only duty to us is to stay alive'. During an
Auschwitz selection, Franci would spontaneously lie to Nazi officer
Dr Josef Mengele, and claim to be an electrician. A split-second
decision that would go on to endanger - and save - her life.
Unpublished for 50 years, Franci's War is an astonishing account of
one woman's attempt to survive. Heartbreaking and candid, Franci
finds the light in her darkest years and the horrors she faces
instill in her, strength and resilience to survive and to live
again. She gives a voice to the women prisoners in her tight-knit
circle of friends. Her testimony sheds new light on the alliances,
love affairs, and sexual barter that took place during the
Holocaust, offering a compelling insight into the resilience and
courage of ordinary people in an extraordinary situation. Above
all, Franci's War asks us to explore what it takes to survive, and
what it means to truly live. 'A candid account of shocking events.
Franci is someone many women today will be able to identify with'
5***** Reader Review 'First-hand accounts of life in Nazi death
camps never lose their terrible power but few are as extraordinary
as Franci's War' Mail on Sunday 'Fascinating and traumatic. Well
worth a read' 5***** Reader Review
Now a major Netflix series! Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey
are best friends and founding members of THE BABYSITTERS CLUB.
Whatever comes up cranky toddlers, huge dogs, scary neighbours,
prank calls you can count on them to save the day. Stacey McGill is
moving back to New York! That means no more Stoneybrook Middle
School, no more Charlotte Johanssen, and worst of all... No more
Babysitters Club. Stacey's friends are crushed when they hear that
Stacey's moving, especially Claudia. Stacey is her best friend.
What kind of going-away present is good enough for someone so
special? And how will the BSC go on without Stacey? BOOKS IN THE
SERIES Kristy's Great Idea (book 1) Truth About Stacey (book 2)
Mary Anne Saves the Day (book 3) Claudia and Mean Janine (book 4)
Dawn and the Impossible Three (book 5) Kristy's Big Day (book 6)
Boy-Crazy Stacey (book 7) Logan Likes Mary Anne (book 8) Claudia
and the New Girl (book 9) Kristy and the Snobs (book 10) Good-bye
Stacey, Good-bye (book 11)
Capital flight - the unrecorded export of capital from developing
countries - often represents a significant cost for developing
countries. It also poses a puzzle for standard economic theory,
which would predict that poorer countries be importers of capital
due to its scarcity. This situation is often reversed, however,
with capital fleeing poorer countries for wealthier,
capital-abundant locales. Using a common methodology for a set of
case studies on the size, causes and consequences of capital flight
in developing countries, the contributors address the extent of
capital flight, its effects, and what can be done to reverse it.
Case studies of Brazil, China, Chile, South Africa, Thailand,
Turkey and the Middle East provide rich descriptions of the capital
flight phenomena in a variety of contexts. The volume includes a
detailed description of capital flight estimation methods, a
chapter surveying the impact of financial liberalization, and
several chapters on controls designed to solve the capital flight
problem. The first book devoted to the careful calculation of
capital flight and its historical and policy context, this volume
will be of great interest to students and scholars in the areas of
international finance and economic development.
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