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1) Currency
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Robin, an American backpacker low on money but infatuated with travel and beauty, and Piv, her charismatic Thai lover who dreams of a better life, become embroiled in the dangerous world of international animal trafficking in this exotic literary thriller.
2) Currency
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Part drama, part mystery with a dash of film noir, this philosophical indie gem weaves together a web of simple stories about the complex questions we all pose. We all ask why. We all die. Unearth the mystery now.
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IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Thirteen-year-old Tyler Morant uses the special device given him by the Gaming Masters of the Universe to become The Gamer, and fights evil Cynthia Cyber's latest creation, a monster named Currency, who is robbing banks to get Cynthia the money she needs to build a machine that will give her control over the whole human race.
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Currency Unions reviews the traditional case for flexible exchange rates and "countercyclical"-that is, expansionary during recessions and contractionary in booms-monetary policy, and shows how flexible exchange rate regimes can better insulate the economy from such real disturbances as terms-of-trade shocks. The book also looks at the pitfalls of flexible exchange rates-and why fixed rates, particularly full dollarization-might be a more sensible...
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Currency is a debut novel that captures the reader with page-turning adventure while it addresses head-on today's most pressing and intense global economic, military and political issues. Author L Todd Wood's real-world experience on both Wall Street and at the center of the US Military Special Operations world combine with a love of history and command of current global issues to create an intense, gripping, timely story. Currency weaves the historical...
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Benjamin J. Cohen is the Louis G. Lancaster Professor of International Political Economy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Why the dollar will remain the world's most powerful currency
Monetary rivalry is a fact of life in the world economy. Intense competition between international currencies like the US dollar, Europe's euro, and the Chinese yuan is profoundly political, going to the heart of the global balance of power. But what...
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Maximilian Sacheverell Hollingsworth is a counterfeiter, sculptor, filmmaker, sound artist, mystic, and terminal recluse, and over the course of fifty years, making use of a vast stockpile of illegitimate currency, he funds a great range of secret, large-scale art projects throughout London-from explorations of the far reaches of the imagination to more civic-minded schemes of an equally radical nature. At once a strikingly original satire of the...
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Welcome to Eddie's Tavern, the only functioning waterhole in a near-dead town. Among the people you'll meet tonight are: Tom, Milestone's haunted lawman, who walks in the shadow of death; Gracie, the barmaid, a wannabe actress, doomed to spend her hours tending bar in a purgatory of her father's making; Flo, the town seductress, who may or may not have murdered her husband; Cobb, a nudist awaiting an apology from the commune who cast him out; Wintry,...
12) Currency Trading
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Currency Trading: The Ultimate Guide to the Art of Currency Trading, Learn the Secrets and Expert Tips on How to Earn Guaranteed Profits in the Forex Market
The forex currency market is the largest financial market in the entire world and it is still continuing to grow annually. According to statistics, the global forex market is worth $1.93 quadrillion which is 2.5 times bigger than the global GDP. Forex currency market is incredibly fluid and...
13) Currency Kings
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With $5 trillion traded every day, FX dwarfs all other markets. It's a tough market to master-but not as tough as people think. Currency Kings provides the keys anyone can use to unlock the enormous potential of FX.
FX guru Ben Robson walks you through the process of 1) developing a sound strategy, 2) creating a competitive edge, 3) scaling your efforts, and 4) managing risk. It's a simple, commonsense approach. And it works incredibly well. Robson...
14) Currency of War
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For the Solar League, the cost of war may be too much to bear...
The Solar League, humanity's empire, has existed since mankind reached for the stars. While the humans considered it the pinnacle of human achievement, for the subjugated alien races it seemed only to endorse humanity's worst impulses. But the worst of humanity pales in comparison to an alien onslaught that is on the verge of bringing mankind down into death and subjugation.
Thracius...
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Jeffry A. Frieden is professor of Government at Harvard University and the author of many books, including Debt, Development, and Democracy (Princeton).
The politics surrounding exchange rate policies in the global economy
The exchange rate is the most important price in any economy, since it affects all other prices. Exchange rates are set, either directly or indirectly, by government policy. Exchange rates are also central to the global economy,...
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Over $6 trillion changes hands in the foreign exchange market every day. You can jump straight into the action with expert guidance from the hands-on Currency Trading For Dummies. You'll learn how the foreign exchange market works, what factors influence currency values, and how to understand financial data. You'll also find details on the latest trends in currency trading, including currency ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and currency options.
From essential...
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Jonathan Kirshner is Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University.
Jonathan Kirshner here examines how states can and have used international currency relationships and arrangements as instruments of coercive power for the advancement of state security. Kirshner lays the groundwork for the study of what he calls monetary power by providing a taxonomy of the forms that such power can take and of the conditions under which it can have effect....
18) Currency Of Man
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International best-selling singer, songwriter and musician, Melody Gardot, is back with her fourth studio album.
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In the 1980s, Jill Dodd determined that her ticket out of an abusive home was to make it as a top model in Paris. Armed with only her desire for freedom and independence, she embarks on an epic journey that takes her to uncharted territory, the Parisian fashion industry with all its beautiful glamour and its ugly underbelly of sex, drugs, and excess. From there, Jill begins an eye-opening adventure that includes trips to Monte Carlo, sexual exploitation,...
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Conflicts over currency valuations are a recurrent feature of the modern global economy. To strengthen their international competitiveness, many countries resort to buying foreign currencies to make their exports cheaper and their imports more expensive. In the first decade of the 21st century, for example, China's currency manipulation practices were so flagrant that they produced a backlash in the United States and other trading partners, prompting...