Stanley Fischer served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from 1994 to 2001. IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis collects sixteen essays written for the most part during his time at the IMF, each updated with Fischer's later reflections on the issues raised. The IMF drew much criticism for some of its actions during Fischer's tenure, and he vigorously defends the "battlefield medicine" practiced by the IMF during a series of economic crises, which included the problems of economic transition in the former Soviet bloc and the Asian financial crisis. Fischer addresses the subsequent calls for reform of the international financial system and makes the case for the IMF as an international lender of last resort.

The first section of essays, "The Role of the IMF and the Reform of the International Financial System," considers the IMF's role in the international financial system in light of the crises of the 1990s. The second section, "Macroeconomic Policy, Stabilization, and Transition," examines such topics as exchange rate regimes, inflation, and Eastern Europe's relation to the European Union. The final section, "Poverty and Development," reflects Fischer's basic belief that economic policies should explicitly target poverty reduction. These engaging and accessible essays will appeal not only to economics students, economists, and policymakers but also to the general reader interested in the international monetary system.

Mor heeft trek in iets lekkers en gaat op ontdekkingstocht naar de honing. Om voor te lezen vanaf ca. 8 jaar.

Omdat zijn juffrouw zo hard en gemeen slaat, verzint een jongen allerlei manieren om wraak te nemen. Vanaf ca. 9 jaar.

Een man krijgt met Kerstmis nieuwe tanden in plaats van gevangenisstraf. Een jongen wordt in naam van de Orde der Illuminaten bijna doodgemarteld. De negen muzikanten van een Beierse blaaskapel vernietigen het leven van een meisje en geen van hen moet daarvoor boeten. Ferdinand von Schirach heeft waargebeurde misdrijven tot grote literatuur omgewerkt. In zijn typerende spaarzame taalgebruik stelt hij onnadrukkelijk maar stellig de vraag naar goed en kwaad, schuld en onschuld en naar de morele verantwoordelijkheid van elk van ons. In Schuld gaat Von Schirach voort op de weg die hij met Misdaden zo succesvol is ingeslagen. Schuld, dat nog net iets gecomprimeerder en donkerder van toon is dan zijn voorganger, werd door pers en publiek met overvloedige lof onthaald.

Een verschrikkelijk arme jongen is een van de vijf gelukkige winnaars die de geheimzinnige chocoladefabriek mogen bezichtigen en wat daar allemaal gebeurt is te fantastisch om na te vertellen. Als Sjakie een Gouden Toegangskaart vindt in een reep chocola, gaat zijn diepste wens in vervulling: hij krijgt een rondleiding door de geheimzinnige chocoladefabriek van meneer Willie Wonka, de ongelofelijkste, geweldigste en verbazingwekkendste chocoladefabrikant ooit. En wie zou niet willen rondwandelen op de plek waar ze opstijglimonade met prik, holle-kiezen-vullende karamels, aardbeiensap-waterpistolen of aflikbaar behang voor kinderkamers maken? Maar in de fabriek schuilen ook grote gevaren. Bijvoorbeeld voor Caspar Slok, die door een rivier van hete chocolade wordt meegesleurd…

Once upon a time, students who were willing and able to work hard could obtain an affordable, high-quality education at a public university. Those times are gone. Intensified admissions competition coupled with opposition to public spending has scorched every campus. Budget cuts, tuition hikes, and debt burdens are undermining the best path to upward mobility that this country ever built.

But despite all of this, Americans still embrace ideals of equal opportunity and know that higher education represents a public good. Students, faculty, staff, and advocates are beginning to build political coalitions and develop new strategies to improve access, enhance quality, and simplify financial aid. This book celebrates and will fortify their efforts.

In Saving State U, economist Nancy Folbre brings the national debates of education experts down to the level of trying to teach--and trying to learn--at major state universities whose budgets have repeatedly been slashed, restored, and then slashed again. Here is a brilliant firsthand account of the stakes involved, the politics, and the key debates raging through public campuses today. In a passionate, accessible voice, Folbre also offers a sobering vision of the many possible futures of public higher education and their links to the fate of our democracy while looking at the practical ways in which change is now possible.

From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll

He was born in England but reared in L.A., surrounded by the leading artists of the day amidst the vibrant hotbed of music and culture that was the early seventies. Slash spent his adolescence on the streets of Hollywood, discovering drugs, drinking, rock music, and girls, all while achieving notable status as a BMX rider. But everything changed in his world the day he first held the beat-up one-string guitar his grandmother had discarded in a closet.

The instrument became his voice and it triggered a lifelong passion that made everything else irrelevant. As soon as he could string chords and a solo together, Slash wanted to be in a band and sought out friends with similar interests. His closest friend, Steven Adler, proved to be a conspirator for the long haul. As hairmetal bands exploded onto the L.A. scene and topped the charts, Slash sought his niche and a band that suited his raw and gritty sensibility.

He found salvation in the form of four young men of equal mind: Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, and Duff McKagan. Together they became Guns N' Roses, one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time. Dirty, volatile, and as authentic as the streets that weaned them, they fought their way to the top with groundbreaking albums such as the iconic Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion I and II.

Here, for the first time ever, Slash tells the tale that has yet to be told from the inside: how the band came together, how they wrote the music that defined an era, how they survived insane, never-ending tours, how they survived themselves, and, ultimately, how it all fell apart. This is a window onto the world of the notoriously private guitarist and a seat on the roller-coaster ride that was one of history's greatest rock 'n' roll machines, always on the edge of self-destruction, even at the pinnacle of its success. This is a candid recollection and reflection of Slash's friendships past and present, from easygoing Izzy to ever-steady Duff to wild-child Steven and complicated Axl.

It is also an intensely personal account of struggle and triumph: as Guns N' Roses journeyed to the top, Slash battled his demons, escaping the overwhelming reality with women, heroin, coke, crack, vodka, and whatever else came along.

He survived it all: lawsuits, rehab, riots, notoriety, debauchery, and destruction, and ultimately found his creative evolution. From Slash's Snakepit to his current band, the massively successful Velvet Revolver, Slash found an even keel by sticking to his guns.

Slash is everything the man, the myth, the legend, inspires: it's funny, honest, inspiring, jaw-dropping . . . and, in a word, excessive.

Bespreking van een aantal aspecten van de geschiedenis en cultuur van het oude Egypte.

Analyse van de internationale politiek vanuit de stelling dat democratie (het vrije Westen) steeds meer tegenover autocratie (nationalistische en fundamentalistische regimes) komt te staan.

Our study deals with the question of whether the structure and nature of Islamic religiosity differs significantly from the religiosity of adherents of the three major Christian confessions. Four religious culturol settings - a Bosnian Muslim one, a Slovenian Catholic one, a Serbian Orthodox one and an American Protestant one - are compared on the basis of a variety of measures of religiosity, resulting from a survey carried out on large student samples in 2005. Allthough certain cultural peculiarities of the Muslim group are noticeable, these peculiarities do not suffice to characterize Islamic religiosity as significantly structurally different as compared to the three Christian groups. On the other hand, some interesting differences appeared in the comparison of the two most intensively religious groups: the American Protestants and the Bosnian Muslims.

Bloemlezing uit de brieven van schrijfster, journaliste en oorlogscorrespondente Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998). De verzameling brieven die meer dan 65 jaar bestrijkt vormt als het ware een compacte cultuurgeschiedenis van de Amerikaanse twintigste eeuw.

What makes for a great meeting? As a leader, how can you keep discussions on point and productive? In "How to Run a Meeting", Antony Jay argues that too many leaders fail to plan adequately for meetings. In this bestselling article, he defines the characteristics that contribute to success , from keeping formal minutes to acknowledging junior staff first. These guidelines will help you get demonstrably better results from every meeting you run. Since 1922, "Harvard Business Review" has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. "The Harvard Business Review Classics" series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.

Drawn to an image of her great-grandfather's ornately carved cane, scholar Elisa New embarked on a journey to discover the origins of her precious family heirloom. Treading back across the paths of her ancestors, she travels from Baltimore to the Baltic to London in order to find and understand an immigrant world profoundly affected by modern German culture, from the Enlightenment through the Holocaust. Deeply ambitious in its narrative sweep, Jacob's Cane captures the rich texture of life on several continents as New's family searches to establish itself in the tobacco trade. A fascinating history of one family's story of progress, innovation, and struggle, Jacob's Cane will change the way we think about the Jewish American experience.

Overzicht van leven en werk van de Amerikaanse filmregisseur (1928-1999).

Verslagen van gesprekken met overledenen die via het Amerikaanse medium George Anderson zijn gevoerd om nabestaanden te helpen.

Aan de gangbare spelling aangepaste editie.

Oom Izaäk streek met zijn vingers over mijn wang. Wat een rare jongen ben jij toch, hoe ben jij in onze familie terechtgekomen. Hij zag mij aan met grote, afwezige ogen. Maar ik mag je wel. Je zult het nog moeilijk krijgen in je leven. "Terug van weggeweest" in deze drie woorden valt de wederopstanding van Lévi Weemoedt het beste te vatten. Jarenlang was zijn werk een geheimtip onder bevlogen literatuurkenners; maar dankzij de bloemlezing 'Pessimisme kun je leren!' en twee optredens in De Wereld Draait Door beleefden zijn verzen een comeback in de boekhandel. Behalve dichter is Lévi Weemoedt een groot verhalenverteller, in de beste traditie van auteurs als J.M.A. Biesheuvel en Bob den Uyl. Zijn oeuvre omvat een tiental bundels met meer dan honderd verhalen. De geestigste, de mooiste en de meest melancholieke verschijnen nu in een prachtige editie, samengesteld door Vic van de Reijt, in nauw overleg met de auteur.

Het leven van de 18e eeuwse Indiaanse oorlogsleider die zijn eigen volk de Shawnee en hun bondgenoten leidde in de strijd om hun woongebied in het noordoosten van de Verenigde Staten.

Beschrijving van de lotgevallen (1903-1945) van een joodse familie uit Frankfurt waarvan de leden zich over de hele wereld hebben verspreid.

Already acclaimed in England as "first-rate" (The Sunday Times); “a model of meticulous, courageous and path-breaking scholarship"(Literary Review); and "absorbing and thoroughly gripping& deserves a lasting place among histories of the war.” (The Sunday Telegraph), Hunting Evil is the first complete and definitive account of how the Nazis escaped and were pursued and captured  -- or managed to live long lives as fugitives.
 
At the end of the Second World War, an estimated 30,000 Nazi war criminals fled from justice, including some of the highest ranking members of the Nazi Party.  Many of them have names that resonate deeply in twentieth-century history -- Eichmann, Mengele, Martin Bormann, and Klaus Barbie -- not just for the monstrosity of their crimes, but also because of the shadowy nature of their post-war existence, holed up in the depths of Latin America, always one step ahead of their pursuers.  Aided and abetted by prominent people throughout Europe, they hid in foreboding castles high in the Austrian alps, and were taken in by shady Argentine secret agents. The attempts to bring them to justice are no less dramatic, featuring vengeful Holocaust survivors, inept politicians, and daring plots to kidnap or assassinate the fugitives.
 
In this exhaustively researched and compellingly written work of World War II history and investigative reporting, journalist and novelist Guy Walters gives a comprehensive account of one of the most shocking and important aspects of the war: how the most notorious Nazi war criminals escaped justice, how they were pursued, captured or able to remain free until their natural deaths and how the Nazis were assisted while they were on the run by "helpers" ranging from a Vatican bishop to a British camel doctor, and even members of Western intelligence services.  Based on all new interviews with Nazi hunters and former Nazis and intelligence agents, travels along the actual escape routes, and archival research in Germany, Britain, the United States, Austria, and Italy,Hunting Evil authoritatively debunks much of what has previously been understood about Nazis and Nazi hunters in the post war era, including myths about the alleged “Spider” and “Odessa” escape networks and the surprising truth about the world's most legendary Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. 
 
From its haunting chronicle of the monstrous mass murders the Nazis perpetrated and the murky details of their postwar existence to the challenges of hunting them down,Hunting Evil is a monumental work of nonfiction written with the pacing and intrigue of a thriller.
 


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Bezoekersgids van het Anne Frank Huis in Amsterdam.

On his death bed, David, warrior-king of Israel, reflects on his life, future representations of him, and his troublesome family, while he awaits God's apology.

Bundeling van de reisverhalen van de Nederlandse schrijver (1946- ). Een barbaar in China, Het beloofde land, In Afrika, Palmwijn (en) de Casablanca-verhalen.