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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Why your world is about to get a whole lot smaller Why your world is about to get a whole lot smaller Jeff Rubin An internationally renowned energy expert has written a book essential for every American--a galvanizing account of how the rising price and diminishing availability of oil are going to radically cha… OL14911106W
South Dublin South Dublin Ross O'Carroll-Kelly The incomparable, irredeemable Ross O'Carroll-Kelly gives the ultimate low-down on the centre of the universe, South Dublin - a land of untold beauty and wealth, which boasts more yacht clubs per hea… OL15180143W
Possum living Possum living Dolly Freed Freed guides readers on how to buy and maintain a home, dress well, stay healthy, save money, and be lazy, proud, miserly, and honest, all while enjoying leisure and keeping up a middle-class façade.… OL15452060W
La vida (buena) como riqueza de los pueblos La vida (buena) como riqueza de los pueblos René Ramírez Gallegos En esta publicación se plantea un nuevo escenario con nuevos factores para determinar algo tan subjetivo como la felicidad. Se han analizado variables como los bienes relacionales y otros para propon… OL17191329W
The Rise and Fall of American Growth The Rise and Fall of American Growth Gordon, Robert J. The trajectory and impetus of American growth from the end of the Civil War until now. OL17343962W
The value of a dollar The value of a dollar Scott Derks This fourth edition of The Value of a Dollar records the actual prices of thousands of items that consumers purchased from the Civil War to the present, along with facts about investment options and … OL18590899W
The Great Escape The Great Escape Angus Deaton A Nobel Prize–winning economist tells the remarkable story of how the world has grown healthier, wealthier, but also more unequal over the past two and half centuries The world is a better place t… OL19367028W
Financial crisis in American households Financial crisis in American households Joseph Nathan Cohen "Cohen examines the long-term deterioration in U.S. household finances, characterizes the household financial problems as structural problems in the U.S. capitalist system, and identifies the high co… OL19725840W
How to pay less for just about everything How to pay less for just about everything READERS DIGEST Offers practical ideas and tips for getting the best deal and for making money stretch further. This book covers various aspects of modern living and purchasing, from food and clothing, to holidays a… OL20879173W
The cost of living crisis The cost of living crisis Michael Calderbank "The research in this book is drawn from two booklets published by the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group. These are nine, largely politically unaffiliated unions that have campaigned vigorously against… OL24766627W
Changes in food expenditures by income group Changes in food expenditures by income group Anthony E. Gallo Abstract: The impact of higher income and other demographic and socioeconomic changes on consumer's retail food expenditures at different income levels was examined for a twelve-year period. Food exp… OL24935269W
The cost of living as modified by sanitary science The cost of living as modified by sanitary science Ellen Henrietta Richards Attempts to indicate best methods, and the proper division of Incomes of from $1,500 to $3,000 between food, rent, running expenses, clothing, service, the emotional and intellectual life, etc. – – … OL4764804W
Vandals to Visigoths Vandals to Visigoths Karen Eva Carr "Vandals to Visigoths will appeal to historians of Rome as well as of early medieval Europe and Spain. Anthropologists, economists, and political scientists who study Late Antiquity and the medieval … OL8246907W