Schiller's Complete Works
Author : Friedrich Schiller
Publisher :
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 12,90 MB
Release : 1861
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Finance and the Good Society
Author : Robert J. Shiller
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 23,40 MB
Release : 2013-04-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 140084617X
Book Description
Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why we need to reclaim finance for the common good The reputation of the financial industry could hardly be worse than it is today in the painful aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. New York Times best-selling economist Robert Shiller is no apologist for the sins of finance—he is probably the only person to have predicted both the stock market bubble of 2000 and the real estate bubble that led up to the subprime mortgage meltdown. But in this important and timely book, Shiller argues that, rather than condemning finance, we need to reclaim it for the common good. He makes a powerful case for recognizing that finance, far from being a parasite on society, is one of the most powerful tools we have for solving our common problems and increasing the general well-being. We need more financial innovation—not less—and finance should play a larger role in helping society achieve its goals. Challenging the public and its leaders to rethink finance and its role in society, Shiller argues that finance should be defined not merely as the manipulation of money or the management of risk but as the stewardship of society's assets. He explains how people in financial careers—from CEO, investment manager, and banker to insurer, lawyer, and regulator—can and do manage, protect, and increase these assets. He describes how finance has historically contributed to the good of society through inventions such as insurance, mortgages, savings accounts, and pensions, and argues that we need to envision new ways to rechannel financial creativity to benefit society as a whole. Ultimately, Shiller shows how society can once again harness the power of finance for the greater good.
Guitars
Author : David Schiller
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 36,63 MB
Release : 2008-05-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 0761138005
Book Description
Celebrate the world’s most seductive instrument. An obsessive, full-color book in the irresistible format of Shoes and Handbags—which together have over 700,000 copies in print—guitarS delivers a feast of 500 guitars in vibrant color, plus players, makers, legends, myths, and more. Here are guitars that made history, that changed the course of music, that inspired new generations of players and listeners. Here are milestones in the guitar's search for its true self—Torres's classical, the amazing Gibson L-5—and experiments that ushered in a new world of sound—Rickenbacker's "Frying Pan" and Les Paul's "Log." Plus B. B. King's Lucille, Willie Nelson's Trigger, Eric Clapton's Brownie, the J-160E that John Lennon played during his 1968 "bed-in" with Yoko, Jimi Hendrix's hand-painted Flying V in full psychedelic regalia. And the far-out Gittler—no body, no neck, no peghead, yet every inch a guitar. Also here are profiles of famous builders, including C. F. Martin, Orville Gibson, Leo Fender—the Henry Ford of guitars—and the mad genius Lloyd Loar. And individual luthiers, like Linda Manzer (her Pikasso II has 42 tunable strings), the maverick Ken Parker, and old-world artisan John D'Angelico, staring at skyscrapers from his Lower East Side shop and creating the ultimate art deco masterpiece, "The New Yorker." Marrying visual pleasure with layers of information, Guitars captures the soul, the significance, history, magic, and the raw mojo of this most beloved of instruments.
Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Schiller (Illustrated)
Author : Friedrich Schiller
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 5635 pages
File Size : 14,79 MB
Release : 2013-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1909496375
Book Description
A giant of Romanticism and one of Germany's most celebrated writers of all time, Friedrich von Schiller used his poetry and plays to promote key ideals of the Enlightenment, celebrating the beauty of life and the importance of withstanding tyranny in all forms. The bestselling Delphi Poets Series presents the complete poetical works and plays of Friedrich von Schiller, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Schiller's life and works * Concise introductions to the plays and other works * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Also includes the poetry in the original German language * The complete plays, with individual contents tables * Many of the plays are illustrated with their original artwork * Rare plays appearing for the first time in digital print, including Schiller's last completed drama THE HOMAGE OF THE ARTS * Includes Schiller's fictional prose and non-fiction writings * Features Carlyle's famous biography - discover Schiller's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Poetry Collections THE POETRY OF FRIEDRICH SCHILLER The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Plays THE ROBBERS FIESCO'S CONSPIRACY AT GENOA INTRIGUE AND LOVE DON CARLOS WALLENSTEIN TRILOGY MARY STUART THE MAID OF ORLEANS TURANDOT THE BRIDE OF MESSINA WILHELM TELL THE HOMAGE OF THE ARTS DEMETRIUS The Poetry in German LISTE DER GEDICHTE IN ALPHABETISCHER REIHENFOLGE The Fiction THE GHOST-SEER; OR APPARITIONIST THE SPORT OF DESTINY THE CRIMINAL FRATERNAL MAGNANIMITY A WALK AMONG THE LINDEN TREES The Non-Fiction LIST OF NON-FICTION WORKS The Biography THE LIFE OF FRIEDRICH SCHILLER by Thomas Carlyle Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
The Complete Works ...
Author : Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Publisher :
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 20,26 MB
Release : 1856
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A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller
Author : Steven D. Martinson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,18 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1571131833
Book Description
Friedrich Schiller is not merely one of Germany's foremost poets. He is also one of the major German contributors to world literature. The undying words he gave to characters such as Marquis Posa in Don Carlos and Wilhelm Tell in the eponymous drama continue to underscore the need for human freedom. Schiller cultivated hope in the actualization of moral knowledge through aesthetic education and critical reflection, leading to his ideal of a more humane humanity. At the same time, he was fully cognizant of the problems that attend various forms of idealism. Yet for Schiller, ultimately, love remains the gravitational center of the universe and of human existence, and beyond life and death joy prevails. This collection of cutting-edge essays by some of the world's leading Schiller experts constitutes a milestone in scholarship. It includes in-depth discussions of the writer's major dramatic and poetic works, his essays on aesthetics, and his activities as historian, anthropologist, and physiologist, as well as of his relation to the ancients and of Schiller reception in 20th-century Germany. Contributors: Steven D. Martinson, Walter Hinderer, David Pugh, Otto Dann, Werner von Stransky-Stranka-Greifenfels, J. M. van der Laan, Rolf-Peter Janz, Lesley Sharpe, Norbert Oellers, Dieter Borchmeyer, Karl S. Guthke, Wulf Koepke. Steven D. Martinson is Professor of German at the University of Arizona.
The Complete Resource Book for Toddlers and Twos
Author : Pamela Byrne Schiller
Publisher : Gryphon House, Inc.
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 33,88 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780876592878
Book Description
Target the fertile areas of development for toddlers and twos with these easy-to-implement activities. Each of the 100 daily topics is divided into activities and experiences that support language enrichment, cognitive development, social-emotional development and physical development. 50 illustrations.
Irrational Exuberance
Author : Robert J. Shiller
Publisher : Broadway
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 27,62 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Book Description
With a new Afterword on the current state of the stock market, the ongoing debate over the "new economy," and the larger implications of "irrational exuberance." In this controversial, hard-hitting account of today's explosive market, Robert J. Shiller, a leading expert on market volatility, evokes Alan Greenspan's infamous 1996 reference, "irrational exuberance," to explain the alternately soaring and declining stock market. Shiller's unconventional yet persuasive argument credits an unprecedented confluence of events with driving stocks to uncharted heights, and he analyzes the structural, cultural, and psychological factors behind these levels of growth not reflected in any other sector of the economy. Now more relevant than ever, this analysis is both chilling and convincing-a must-read for the individual investor, the policy maker, and the investment professional.
Complete Works
Author : Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Publisher :
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 43,25 MB
Release : 1868
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Carlyle's Complete Works
Author : Thomas Carlyle
Publisher :
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 35,54 MB
Release : 1885
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