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  • Congolese Stories

    Tales from Congo

    Congo has a rich and diverse assortment of folk tales. A great variety of tales, legends, myths and fables have been passed on from generation to generation. In these tales the African storyteller describes human failings and virtues, religious representations and the surrounding nature to his listeners. To the storyteller, animals, or objects such as a piece of clay pot, become amusing and ... Read more

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  • Congolese Stories

    Illustrated by Tord Nygren ...
    Congo has a rich and diverse assortment of folk tales. A great variety of tales, legends, myths and fables have been passed on from generation to generation. In these tales the African storyteller describes human failings and virtues, religious representations and the surrounding nature to his listeners. To the storyteller, animals, or objects such as a piece of clay pot, become amusing and ... Read more

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  • The Mouse and the Lion

    Illustrated by Emma Westberg ...
    The earliest known records of mouse tales come from Egypt where the mouse was considered a sign of misfortune. In the Orient the mouse was a symbol of the plague. Both the mouse and the lion appear in Aesop’s ancient fables. ... Read more

    $4.18 CAD

  • Finance and the Welfare State

    Banking Development and Regulatory Principles in Sweden, 1900–2015

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book explores the Swedish experience of banking development, regulation and financial crisis from 1900 to 2015. It puts the experiences of the past in the context of today’s debate on the future of banking, and argues that the experiences of the Global Financial Crisis that started in 2007 warrants new understandings of the role of bank regulation. The book also analyses how shifts in bank ... Read more

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  • Tanglewood Tales

    In the winter of 1853 the "Tanglewood Tales," a series of stories like the "Wonder-Book," was written. The introductory chapter has some interesting observations on the adaptation of the classic myths to children. This work belongs to a special class of books, those in which men of genius have retold stories of the past in forms suited to the present. The stories themselves are set in a piece of ... Read more

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  • Understanding Government Finance

    The government budget is not like a household budget. This report introduces the financial operations used by a central government with a free-floating currency, and explains how they differ from that of a household or corporation. The focus is on what constraints such a government faces, and explains why such governments only face a limited risk of involuntary default.It introduces a simplified ... Read more

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    by Vince Cable ...
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  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Classic fairy tales for children (Fully Illustrated)

    Excellent for Bedtime & Young Readers

    Series series Brothers Grimm Classic Tales
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