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(0)Adam Smith
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Series
Lexile measure
1500L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adam Smith's groundbreaking work, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, delves into the principles that underpin economic prosperity and the functioning of free markets. Written during the Scottish Enlightenment, this influential text offers a thorough examination of political economy at the onset of the Industrial Revolution.
Smith explores key concepts such as the division of labor, the pursuit of self-interest, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
New ed. /
Physical Desc
xx, 619 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economics. By reflecting upon the economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the book touches upon such broad topics as the division of labour, productivity, and free markets....
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Series
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's a humid summer night in 1997 and Ludo Carre is nervous. Her hasn't seen or spoken to his ex, Arlo Quinonez, since he was fifteen. Now, he's returning home and is about to be reunited with the only person he really connected with in his youth. The night before he arrives, Ludo calls her to ease his nerves. Big laughs and a familiar cadence in Arlo's voice don't just calm him down -- they make him excited to see her. That excitement only hurts...
11) Little Dorrit
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 452 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Arthur Clennam returns to London after several years abroad, he wants to learn more about his mother's new seamstress, young Amy Dorrit. His search brings him to the Marshalsea Debtors Prison, where he learns the truth about struggle and hardship in 1820s England.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 420 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Summer 1939. Harry, a translator at the British Embassy in Warsaw, is falling in love with Polish waitress Kasia. When German tanks roll into Poland, and Britain declares war on Germany, Harry and Kasia face terrible choices. With her life in grave danger, can Harry help her, and if he can, how will he ever explain himself to Lois Bennett, the girl he left behind in Manchester?
Publisher
The School of Life Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
147 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Children are, in many ways, born philosophers. Without prompting, they ask some of the largest questions about time, mortality, happiness and the meaning of it all. Yet too often this inborn curiosity is not developed and, with age, the questions fall away. This is a book designed to harness children's spontaneous philosophical instinct and to develop it through introductions to some of the most vibrant and essential philosophical ideas of history....