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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Of rainbows and clouds	Yab Ugyen Dorji,Queen of Bhutan Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck	Memoirs of Yab Ugyen Dorji on his ancestors and decendants, a merchant family from Bhutan.	OL1044184W
Von Leipzig nach Japan	Wolfgang Michel	Life and achievements of the surgeon and merchant Caspar Schamberger whose activities in Japan (1649-51) mark the beginning of a lasting Japanese interest in Western medicine that gradually led to th…	OL13423198W
Blue-eyed devil	Robert B. Parker	The extraordinary new Western from the New York Times- bestselling author, featuring itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Law enforcement in Appaloosa had once been Virgil Cole and me. Now…	OL14914290W
The Pindar diamond	Katie Hickman	Venice, 1604. When rumours of a spectacularly rare and priceless diamond begin to circulate amongst the gamblers and courtesans of the Venetian demi-monde, the Levant Company merchant, Paul Pindar, b…	OL14972759W
The merchant of Venice	Richard Appignanesi	In sixteenth-century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome pay…	OL15488711W
How to really ruin your financial life and portfolio	Stein, Benjamin	"Hilarious advice on what NOT to do with money, from financial funny man Ben Stein Everyone's searching for the secrets to financial success, but what about the best ways to lose money. fast?! In How…	OL16654630W
The Informers	Bret Easton Ellis	Los Angeles, 1980s. Centers on an array of characters who represent both the top of the heap - a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster - and the very bottom (a voyeuris…	OL1812924W
The salt merchants of Tianjin	Man Bun Kwan,Kwan Man Bun	"In this the first detailed study in English of the mercantile activities and social role of Tianjin's salt merchants, Kwan Man Bun reveals how they helped stabilize the city and assumed many civic r…	OL18461194W
London's triumph	Stephen Alford	"The dramatic story of the dazzling growth of London in the sixteenth century. For most, England in the sixteenth century was the era of the Tudors, from Henry VII and VIII to Elizabeth I. But as the…	OL19729599W
The Rainborowes	Adrian Tinniswood	The period between 1630 and 1660 was one of the most tumultuous in Western history, witnessing the birth of New England and, in the mother country, a chaotic civil war that rent the very fabric of En…	OL19972522W
Yan shang yu Yangzhou	Yu Wang	Ben shu nei rong bao gua : yang zhou fan hua yi yan sheng, yang zhou yan shang de di yu gou cheng, yang zhou shang ren yi yan fu, yan shang yu yang zhou cheng shi jian she, yan shang yu yang zhou che…	OL20145633W
Quicksilver	Michael of Kent, Princess	The final volume of the Anjou trilogy focuses on merchant Jacques Coeur, a man of humble beginnings but fiercely ambitious, who became one of the richest and most powerful men in fifteenth century Fr…	OL24294330W
Men of business	William Osborn Stoddard	Contents: J: J. Astor; Cornelius Vanderbilt; C: L: Tiffany; John Roach; L. P. Morton; E. D. Morgan; C. W. Field; C. M. Depew; A. T. Stewart; P. D. Armour; H. B. Claflin; M. O. Roberts; G: M. Pullman;…	OL24316W
Confessions of Zeno	Italo Svevo	"Italo Svevo's Confessions of Zeno belongs to the comic tradition of Don Quixote and Tristram Shandy, though not in the realist manner, but rather in a psychological vein. After reading a few pages t…	OL26173309W
Le chapitaine	Inga Moore	Le Chapitaine adorait les chats. Il possédait plus de chat à bord de son bateau qu'il n'avait de marins dans son équipage. Tous les autres commerçants se moquaient de lui. Le Chapitaine partait en me…	OL27716445W
The jewel trader of Pegu	Jeffrey Hantover	A melancholy young Jewish gem merchant, Abraham, born in Venice, has lived his life behind the ghetto walls of that damp, oppressive city. He has lost a wife and the son whose difficult birth killed …	OL3722016W
The sign of the golden grasshopper	Perry Epler Gresham	For 400 years, biographers have overlooked the extraordinary life of Sir Thomas Gresham. His importance to Queen Elizabeth I and the Tudor era was so essential that his portrait is placed next to her…	OL3751470W
Merchants of the mysterious east	John Lim	Describes the astrologer, parasol vendor, tailor, spice grinder, firecracker shop, open-air opera, and other small businesses operating in Singapore several decades ago, as seen through the eyes of a…	OL5581536W
A Bride for His Convenience	Edith Layton	A bride to save his name . . .Unless he finds a wealthy wife — and soon — Lord Ian Sutcombe will lose everything. Left deeply in debt by his foolish father and greedy stepmother, his only hope is to …	OL5682437W
Balthasar's Odyssey	Amin Maalouf	In 1665, with prophecies and portents foretelling the forthcoming Apocalypse, Balthasar, an antiquarian merchant and sage, embarks on a perilous quest to find a rare book that could hold the key to t…	OL606767W