Author: Sidney B. Silverman
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462030785
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
As a child, Henry Wojecoski develops an insatiable appetite for money while working with his plumber father in a working class town near the wealthy village of Southampton, New York. After glimpsing the good life, the street-smart Henry decides that one day good fortune will be his too. Fate and a lofty dream soon lead Henry to nurture a healthy addiction to money. Henry has always been taught to count his blessings, but he knows he will never follow in his fathers footsteps. At fourteen, he starts his own company with five employees, but three years later, Wojo Services is broke. Not deterred by failure, Henry shuns college, joins the marines, and fights in Vietnam. When he finally returns homealive but emotionally shatteredHenry becomes the office boy at an accounting firm. Little does he know that he has just taken the first step down a path into the arcane worlds of high finance and politics. As Henrys life epitomizes the excesses and financially crazed period at the turn of the twenty-first century, he soon discovers that the instruments he has developed to create his own personal wealth have also helped to create the greatest recession ever known to man.
Vintage Chess Sets of the United States
Author: Duncan Pohl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781537640846
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
A detailed record of vintage chess sets produced or designed by American companies, artists and designers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781537640846
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
A detailed record of vintage chess sets produced or designed by American companies, artists and designers.
Wooden Chess Sets You Can Make
Author: Diana Thompson
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9781565231887
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Handcraft a classic or contemporary chess set that will be cherished for years to come. You will learn to create each piece by using compound cuts on the scroll saw. Patterns and full-color photographs for each of the playing pieces (king, queen, bishop, knight, rook, pawn) are included. Instructions and pattern for a beautiful inlay playing board also included.
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9781565231887
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Handcraft a classic or contemporary chess set that will be cherished for years to come. You will learn to create each piece by using compound cuts on the scroll saw. Patterns and full-color photographs for each of the playing pieces (king, queen, bishop, knight, rook, pawn) are included. Instructions and pattern for a beautiful inlay playing board also included.
Making Wooden Chess Sets
Author: Jim Kape
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 9781565234574
Category : Chess sets
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chess pieces and their boards are a thing of beauty that serious players often like to display around their homes. These 15 one-of-a-kind designs and projects for the scroll saw are sure to become conversation pieces.
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 9781565234574
Category : Chess sets
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chess pieces and their boards are a thing of beauty that serious players often like to display around their homes. These 15 one-of-a-kind designs and projects for the scroll saw are sure to become conversation pieces.
Chess Masterpieces
Author: George Dean
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810949232
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Origins of chess - Islam's influence - Medieval Europe - Materials - War as a theme - France - Germany - The British Isles - Mediterranean countries - Central Europe - Russia - The Far East - Western hemispere - Twentieth century - Twenty-first century.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810949232
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Origins of chess - Islam's influence - Medieval Europe - Materials - War as a theme - France - Germany - The British Isles - Mediterranean countries - Central Europe - Russia - The Far East - Western hemispere - Twentieth century - Twenty-first century.
The Art Business
Author: Jeffrey Taylor
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100093358X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the professional activities of the art business. Addressing this fast-moving industry, The Art Business: Art World, Art Market analyses the sector’s institutions and structures, including galleries, auction houses and art fairs. The rapid development of art finance and its deployment of art as an asset class are covered, and up to moment observations are delivered on the quickly evolving auction system that includes dramatic changes at the major auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s. This edition highlights growing crises in the market including the ever more unbearable costs of art fair attendance and the lack of a reliable system for establishing ownership and title of artworks. Ever more pressing ethical issues such as toxic museum donors, cultural heritage compliance, and problems of corrupt provenances are explored in detail. Enhanced by new data analytics on the US art market, the author also distils advice and guidance for working art professionals hoping to build their careers. The result is an up-to-date picture of an art business suitable for students and practitioners across the creative sector.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100093358X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the professional activities of the art business. Addressing this fast-moving industry, The Art Business: Art World, Art Market analyses the sector’s institutions and structures, including galleries, auction houses and art fairs. The rapid development of art finance and its deployment of art as an asset class are covered, and up to moment observations are delivered on the quickly evolving auction system that includes dramatic changes at the major auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s. This edition highlights growing crises in the market including the ever more unbearable costs of art fair attendance and the lack of a reliable system for establishing ownership and title of artworks. Ever more pressing ethical issues such as toxic museum donors, cultural heritage compliance, and problems of corrupt provenances are explored in detail. Enhanced by new data analytics on the US art market, the author also distils advice and guidance for working art professionals hoping to build their careers. The result is an up-to-date picture of an art business suitable for students and practitioners across the creative sector.
Annual Report
Author: Saskatchewan. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture of the Province of Saskatchewan
Author: Saskatchewan. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Inquiry Into Operations of the United States Air Services
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee of Inquiry into Operations of the United States Air Services
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 1654
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 1654
Book Description
World Trade in Commodities
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commodity exchanges
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commodity exchanges
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Popular Science
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.