The hilarious New York Times bestseller "sharply observes the lives of globe-trotting, overindulging investment bankers" ( Entertainment Weekly)."Some chick asked me what I would do with 10 million bucks. I told her I'd wonder where the rest of my money went." —@GSElevatorFor three years, the notorious @GSElevator Twitter feed offered a hilarious, shamelessly voyeuristic look into the real world of international finance. Hundreds of thousa...

Over the past three years, the notorious @GSElevator Twitter feed has offered a hilarious, shamelessly voyeuristic look into the real world of international finance. Hundreds of thousands followed the account, Goldman Sachs launched an internal investigation, and when the true identity of the man behind it all was revealed, it created a national media sensation - but that's only part of the story.Where @GSElevator captured the essence of the banking elite with curated jokes and sub...

The years 18391845 were dramatic times for the followers of Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois. Those years were also filled with robust episodes for the settlers pouring into Iowa Territory on the opposite side of the Mississippi River, where the towns of Burlington, Fort Madison, Montrose, and Keokuk were booming after the US Army Corps of Engineers, commanded by a young ¬Robert E. Lee in the late 1830s, blasted a deeper channel that opened the upper Mississippi River to larger riverboat t...

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur John Locke en moins d’une heure !Éminent philosophe anglais du XVIIe siècle, John Locke développe tout au long de sa vie une pensée d’une rare modernité. Fortement influencé par les troubles qui agitent l’Europe, il élabore des théories philosophiques afin de répondre aux problèmes politiques et religieux de son temps. C’est ainsi qu’il conçoit les bienfaits de la tolérance religieuse et propose de séparer l’Église et l’...

A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleThis books examines representations and experiences of trans and nonbinary identities in a variety of contemporary cultural contexts including media, religion, sports, race, film, performance, and literature. Mixing auto-ethnographies and supportive scholarship, the contributors to this volume deliver a global perspective on the accomplishment that have been made alongside the challenges that members of the LGTBQIA+ community continue ...

Focusing on young people and adolescence, this book explores the complexity of contemporary adolescent safeguarding. It highlights evidence-informed practice and innovation in this area at the work, serving as an accessible and invaluable resource for all working with and supporting young people facing risk and harm.Core themes covered by the book are the nature of harms facing some young people, the potential pitfalls of some professional responses, and the current legal framework...

A man who has just finished writing a symphony hears the exact same symphony on the radio. He had just set down the last note on paper he was happy and weary and full of peace. There was a radio near the couch, he sat down and turned it on and felt great horror as he heard the music playing on the radio, the music that he had just set down on paper. Then as the music finished the announcer said, you have just been listening to eulogy for orchestra opus 42 by Henri Lefevre. But who was Henr...