Japan's savings are among the highest in the world, and these high rates have played a valuable role throughout the post-war period. However, over the next several decades, Japan's population will be ageing rapidly. Will this lower Japanese savings rates?Using up-to-date financial and demographical data, author Robert Dekle finds that the answer to this question is an emphatic 'yes'. Understanding Japanese Saving holds key lessons for Western nations undergoing similar demo...

In Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States, Charles C. Royce meticulously documents the historical process by which Native American tribes in Indiana ceded vast tracts of land to the U.S. government. The work is focused on the treaties and agreements made during the 18th and 19th centuries, detailing how various indigenous nations were gradually displaced from their ancestral territories through legal and often coercive means. Royce’s account is an essential historical recor...

The story in "A Modern Chronicle" centers around the character of Hugh Paret, a lawyer in the city of Boston. The novel explores Paret's life, his career, and his interactions with various characters as he navigates the rapidly changing social and political landscape of the early 20th century. The narrative delves into the challenges and moral dilemmas faced by the characters in their pursuit of success and happiness.Winston Churchill's novel "A Modern Chronicle" is known for its explorati...

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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 8 of 13, containing 19 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

Charles King was an American soldier who rose to the rank of general over the course of his long and distinguished military career. Along the way, he took up writing fiction as a hobby, and the novel From the Ranks, like King's other works, was praised for its accuracy and attention to detail.

This short vignette from Honoré de Balzac, a key figure in French realism, is a story within a story. The narrator, Nathan, regales a pair of aristocratic ladies with stories about the Rusticoli family and its most prominent member, La Palferine. At first, his audience is unappreciative, but over time, they become wrapped up in the multi-generational saga. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated t...

Enter the eerie and compelling world of "The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy" by Arnold Bennett. This gripping novel follows Carl Foster, a young architect, who encounters the mysterious and alluring Rosetta Rosa while attending an opera. Drawn into a whirlwind of dark secrets and supernatural occurrences, Carl faces a series of unsettling events that challenge his perceptions of reality. Bennett masterfully blends romance, suspense, and the supernatural in a tale that explores the thin veil betwe...