Haruki Murakami - The Elephant Vanishes Audiobook audio only
A collection of off-the-wall short stories by Japan's leading contemporary novelist. An elephant vanishes; hunger drives a couple to rob McDonalds; an insomniac wife wakes in a different world. Murakami is a cult figure throughout the world with an increasing reputation.
"On behalf of Merrill Lynch and Capgemini, we are pleased to present
the 2007 World Wealth Report. This is our 11th annual in-depth look at
changes in the high net worth marketplace, which includes our read of
macroeconomic factors shaping the behaviors of wealthy individuals
around the globe, and our insight as to what is driving growth in the
industry."
Driven by a strong global economy, the wealth of the world's
high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) increased 11.4 percent to US$37.2
trillion in 2006, according to the 11th annual World Wealth Report,
released today by Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) and Capgemini. The number
of HNWIs in the world increased 8.3 percent in 2006 to 9.5 million and
the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (Ultra-HNWIs) grew by
11.3 percent to 94,970.
Emerging economies proved resilient, with continued growth in their
HNWI populations and solid investor cash flow to riskier corners of the
market. The largest growth of the HNWI population occurred in Singapore
and India, where the increases over 2005 was 21.2 and 20.5 percent,
respectively. The Report suggests that economic growth will slow in
2007 as mature economies grow more moderately.
Maybe the tariff dispute on Planner's World could've have been settled by arbitration, but when war broke out, the United Cities hired the best mercenaries money could buy:
HAMMER'S SLAMMERS
Lt. Arne Huber was old enough to be a veteran but still young enough to have principles. He commanded a platoon of combat cars, leading from the front because he was a Slammers officer and that's the only place you can lead.
From Huber's first minutes on Plattner's World, he was in the middle of hot, flaming war. He knew that wasn't going to change until the Slammers either left the planet or his relatives back on Friesland got a coffin with a warning to bury it unopened.
is one of the best cross-cultural course books, especially for those classes that have already studied English in their first, extra year (bilingual secondaries). This book has a wide range of cultural information on topics such as civilization, literature, music, language, history, geography, society, etc of the English-speaking world. I also strongly recommend it for FCE-preparation or for the Higher Mature Exams. The book is organised into modules and there is guidance in the Teacher’s book if you only want to focus particularly on one of the countries. Across Culturesis a new modular, flexible, user-friendly course which presents a wide variety of material on the English-speaking world. Traditional topics, such as geography and institutions, are fully covered, along with the most up-to-date themes and topics.
Biggest World Secrets by David Icke
We are on the cusp of an incredible global change. A crossroads where we make decisions which will influence life on Earth well into the future of what we call time. We can fling open the doors of the mental and emotional prisons which have confined the human race for thousands of years. Or we can allow the agents of that control to complete their agenda for the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical enslavement of every man, woman and child on the planet with a world government, army, central bank and currency, underpinned by a microchipped population.
