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How Money Works. The Facts Visually Explained
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How Money Works. The Facts Visually ExplainedA user-friendly guide to understanding key financial concepts, How Money Works takes a highly visual approach to this topic, using bold infographics with clear, jargon-free text to make finances and economics easy to understand.
How Money Works looks at how governments control money, how companies make money, how financial markets work, how individuals can maximize income through investments, and much more.
 
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Deceit, Desire, and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure
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Deceit, Desire, and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary StructureDeceit, Desire, and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure This study extends beyond the scope of literature into the psychology of much of our contemporary scene, including fashion, advertising, and propaganda techniques. In considering such aspects, the author goes beyond the domain of pure aesthetics and offers an interpretation of some basic cultural problems of our time.
 
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Hong Kong English: Exploring Lexicogrammar and Discourse from a Corpus-Linguistic Perspective
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Hong Kong English: Exploring Lexicogrammar and Discourse from a Corpus-Linguistic PerspectiveThis book systematically examines the linguistic features and socio-cultural issues of ‘Hong Kong English’. The author focuses on authentic data taken from the International Corpus of English (the Hong Kong component) and the Corpus of Global Web-based English to track the ways in which the English language in Hong Kong has been adapted by its users. She also analyses the emergence of new forms and structures in its grammar and discourse.
 
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Diminutives in English
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Diminutives in EnglishThat English has no diminutives is a common myth. The present study shows, however, that English does possess diminutives, and not only analytic but also synthetic diminutive markers. Analytic markers include, first and foremost, little, as well as other adjectives from the same word field, whereas the inventory of synthetic markers comprises suffixes as, for instance, -ie, -ette, -let, -kin, -een, -s, -er, -poo and -pegs. These markers are examined from a grammatical and a pragmatic perspective in an integrative formal-functional framework.
 
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Intellectual Property: A Very Short Introduction
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Intellectual Property: A Very Short IntroductionWe all create intellectual property. We all use intellectual property. Intellectual property is the most pervasive yet least understood way we regulate expression. Despite its importance to so many aspects of the global economy and daily life, intellectual property policy remains a confusing and arcane subject. This engaging book clarifies both the basic terms and the major conflicts surrounding these fascinating areas of law, offering a layman's introduction to copyright, patents, trademarks, and other forms of knowledge falling under the purview of intellectual property rights.
 
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