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“martin seay”

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  • The Mirror Thief

    by Martin Seay ...
    A New York Times NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARAn NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA Publishers Weekly BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "Audaciously well written … the book I was raving about to my friends before I'd even finished it."Set in three different eras, and in three different l... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    The Mirror Thief

    by Martin Seay ...
    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 59 min

    A globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece in the tradition of Cloud Atlas Set in three cities in three eras, The Mirror Thief calls to mind David Mitchell and Umberto Eco in its mix of entertainment and literary bravado. The core story is set in Venice in the sixteenth century, when the famed makers of Venetian glass were perfecting one of the old world's most wondrous ... Read more

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  • Introduction to Housing

    by Jorge Atiles, Sarah D. Kirby, Mira Ahn, Akin S. Akinyemi, Julia O. Beamish, Marilyn J. Bruin0, Christine C. Cook1, Dennis Culhane2, Petra Doan3, Rosa Elena Donoso4, Rachel Bogardus Drew5, Marja Elsinga6, Heidi Ewen7, Rosemary Carucci Goss8, Annie Hardison-Moody9, Kathryn L. Howell0, Suk-Kyung Kim Kim1, Joseph Laquatra2, Kirk McClure3, Jean Memken4, Deborah Mitchell5, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery6, Elizabeth Mueller7, Shirley Niemeyer8, Kathleen Parrott9, Deirdre Pfeiffer0, Corianne Payton Scally1, Martin Seay2, Cherie Stueve3, Daniel Treglia4, Becky L. Yust5 ...
    This foundational text for understanding housing, housing design, homeownership, housing policy, special topics in housing, and housing in a global context has been comprehensively revised to reflect the changed housing situation in the United States during and after the Great Recession and its subsequent movements toward recovery. The book focuses on the complexities of housing and housing ... Read more

    $124.19 USD

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    A Gambler's Anatomy

    A Novel

    by Jonathan Lethem ...
    Narrated by Mark Deakins ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 33 min

    The author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude returns with a devilishly entertaining novel about an international backgammon hustler who thinks he's psychic. Too bad about the tumor in his face.Handsome, impeccably tuxedoed Bruno Alexander travels the world winning large sums of money from amateur "whales" who think they can challenge his peerless acumen at backgammon. Fronted by ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

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  • The Malice of Fortune

    A Novel

    by Michael Ennis ...
    "A thrilling whodunit" as Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli join forces to find a serial killer in this historical thriller ( Entertainment Weekly ).A beloved son of the House of Borgia is brutally murdered just as the controversial noble family is about to consolidate power, followed by a string of ruthless killings that require no less than the brilliant minds of Niccolò Machiavelli and ... Read more

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  • In the Wake of the Crisis

    Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy

    Edited by Olivier Blanchard, David Romer, Michael Spence, Joseph E. Stiglitz ...
    Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world.In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures the state of macroeconomic thinking at a transformational moment.The crisis and the weak recovery that has ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • A Guide to Impact Fees and Housing Affordability

    by Liza K. Bowles, Julian C. Juergensmeyer, James C. Nicholas, Arthur C. Nelson, Dr. ...
    Impact fees are one-time charges that are applied to new residential developments by local governments that are seeking funds to pay for the construction or expansion of public facilities, such as water and sewer systems, schools, libraries, and parks and recreation facilities. In the face of taxpayer revolts against increases in property taxes, impact fees are used increasingly by local ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Finance For All?: Policies And Pitfalls In Expanding Access

    by World Bank ...
    Access to financial services varies sharply around the world. In many developing countries less than half the population has an account with a financial institution, and in most of Africa less than one in five households do. Lack of access to finance is often the critical mechanism for generating persistent income inequality, as well as slower growth. Finance for All?: Policies and Pitfalls in ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Achieving Financial Stability and Growth in Africa

    Edited by Stephany Griffith-Jones, Ricardo Gottschalk ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Finance and Stability
    This book explores how the financial system should be regulated and structured to achieve the twin goals of inclusive growth and financial stability, with a focus on African low-income countries (LICs). The subject and content of this book is original in that it attempts to draw on the lessons and radical rethinking on the financial sector in developed and middle income countries, arising in the ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Reclaiming Brownfields

    A Comparative Analysis of Adaptive Reuse of Contaminated Properties

    by Richard C. Hula ...
    The environmental legacy of past industrial and agricultural development can simultaneously pose serious threats to human health and impede reuse of contaminated land. The urban landscape around the world is littered with sites contaminated with a variety of toxins produced by past use. Both public and private sector actors are often reluctant to make significant investments in properties that ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Challenge of Economic Development

    A Survey of Issues and Constraints Facing Developing Countries

    by Norman L. Hicks ...
    This book provides a general overview of the challenges of economic development for the five billion people living in developing countries. While they constitute over 80 percent of the world's population, they account for only 40% of the world's output, and are home to 2.6 billion people living on less than $2.00 per day. Thinking on economic development has shifted over time. Early theories that ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Human Cost of Recessions: Assessing It, Reducing It

    by Mai Dao, Prakash Mr. Loungani ...
    Series Book 2010 - IMF Staff Position Notes
    Recessions leave scars on the labor market. Over 200 million people across the globe are estimated to be unemployed at present resulting from the Great Recession of 2007–09. We assess the human cost of increased unemployment by surveying what is known about the effects of past recessions. If past is prologue, the cost to the unemployed (and society) could be high. The focus of this paper is on ... Read more

    $4.49 USD