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Author
Publisher
FTPress
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([17] pages)
Language
English
Description
An objective assessment of the growing risk of sovereign debt default-and its massive implications for the global economy. Investors now fear certain nations will be unable to pay their debts. These are not idle or academic concerns. Rising mortgage defaults and credit card delinquencies put many banks on the brink of bankruptcy in 2008, sending the global economy into a tailspin. Sovereign debt defaults could have even greater ramifications, endangering...
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ricky and his wife Abby, who lost their home in the 2008 financial crash, are desperate to get out of their economic distress. When Ricky gets the opportunity to be his own boss as a delivery driver, they trade in their only asset, Abby₂s car, for a new white van and the dream that Ricky can work his way up to owning his own franchise. But the couple find their lives are quickly pushed further to the edge by an unrelenting work schedule, a ruthless...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
331 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A timely, broadly revisionist, essential book by one of our foremost economic observers takes down one of the most cherished tenets of contemporary financial thinking: that spending less, refusing to forgive debt, and shrinking government--"austerity"--is a solution to the current economic crisis. Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, too much of our conversation about economic recovery has centered on the question of debt: whether...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Captain Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, who captains the ghostly Flying Dutchman. Unless Jack can find a way out, he will be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation.
Author
Series
Tom Hawkins novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's 1727. Tom Hawkins is damned if he's going to follow in his father's footsteps and become a country parson. Not for him a quiet life of prayer and propriety. His preference is for wine, women, and cards. But there's a sense of honor there too, and Tom won't pull family strings to get himself out of debt--not even when faced with the appalling horrors of London's notorious debtors' prison: The Marshalsea Gaol.Within moments of his arrival in the...
Author
Series
Shopaholic series volume 1
Language
English
Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher and Love Your Life comes “a hilarious tale . . . hijinks worthy of classic I Love Lucy episodes . . . too good to pass up.” (USA Today)
“Sophie Kinsella keeps her finger on the cultural pulse, while leaving me giddy with laughter.”—Jojo Moyes, author of The Giver of Stars and The Last Letter from...
“Sophie Kinsella keeps her finger on the cultural pulse, while leaving me giddy with laughter.”—Jojo Moyes, author of The Giver of Stars and The Last Letter from...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A columnist for the "Economist" discusses the history of monetary booms and busts and describes the consequences of the enormous amounts of unrepayable debt racked up by the United States for the country and its citizens.
52) Honeydripper
Publisher
[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
1950, rural Alabama. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt, Tyrone is desperate to lure the young cotton pickers and local Army base recruits into his juke joint and away from the rival club across the way. He lays off his regular talent and hires the famous electric guitar player, Guitar Sam, for a one night only gig. When the train arrives, Guitar Sam is no where to be found....
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley [distributor]
Pub. Date
©2006
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxii, 505 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Collateralized Debt Obligations, Second Edition provides updated coverage of this exciting and profitable market and describes the various products in the collateral debt obligation area-from cash flow CDOs and market value CDOs to synthetic CDOs.
Author
Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
387 pages : illustrations , maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sergeant Corrie Welling--the young constabulary officer from Maradaine--has been abducted and confined on a ship bound for distant shores, where her captors have nefarious plans for her. With fortune and ingenuity, Corrie escapes, but finds herself stuck in a sprawling metropolis on the other side of the world: The Mocassa. The Mocassa is a test unlike anything Corrie has ever faced. She doesn't speak the language, doesn't know the culture, and is...
Author
Publisher
Career Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
If you're in credit-card debt and you're tired of being told that all you need to do is give up your daily latte -- and cut up all your credit cards -- this is the book for you. Former credit junkie Beverly Harzog racked up thousands of dollars in credit-card debt during a decade of overspending. When she decided she wanted to break free from debt, she found that conventional advice about personal finance didn't work for her. So, Beverly created her...
Author
Series
Word$ volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Preparing to deliver her Last Day speech to celebrate her new adulthood in a world where every word and gesture is copyrighted, patented or trademarked, a 15-year-old girl elects to remain silent rather than pay to speak, a decision that threatens to unravel the fabric of society.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"The book of financial wisdom that your future self will thank you for reading For many adults under 40, "debt" is a four-letter word--something that should be avoided but is all too often unavoidable. In The Value of Debt in Building Wealth, bestselling author Thomas J. Anderson encourages you to rethink that. You'll walk away from this book with an understanding of how you can use debt wisely to secure the financial future you envision for yourself...
59) The quiet girl
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mysterious order of nuns promises Kaspar Krone, a circus clown with a gambling debt and wanted for tax evasion, a reprieve from the authorities in exchange for his help in safeguarding children with mystical abilities--talents that he also shares.
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