THE STUNNING IRISH BEST-SELLER FROM IRISH PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2025As seen on CNN, The Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, RTÉ and many moreHundreds of incredible imagesThe Irish nature photography sensationIn the dusk hours of a November evening in 2020, James Crombie set o...

Have you anything to declare? This is the phrase that leaps to mind when mention is made of Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise. But the sometimes embarrassing request to the incoming traveller to declare everything acquired abroad is only one aspect of the many functions performed by this Department, one of the two great Revenue Departments of the United Kingdom. The collection of Customs duties in this country has a long and colourful history and this book, originally published in 1962 make...

In Australia, business is conducted in a transparent, well regulated and politically stable environment. The 2013 World Bank Doing Business report judged Australia to be amongst the top 10 most straightforward and affordable countries in which to start up a business and in terms of overall ease of doing business. Foreign investment is welcomed, with all levels of government keen to promote business, economic development and employment growth.Minter Ellison's popular guide Doing Bus...

Now in its eighth edition, this classic text is a first point of reference for anyone looking to obtain an understanding of chartering and shipbroking practice. It provides hands-on, commercially-focused explanations of chartering business and invaluable advice on how the shipping market operates across a broad range of topics. The authors also deal expertly with the legal, financial, operational and managerial aspects of chartering, offering numerous case studies which clearly link theory...

The collapse of the international banking & fiat currency system is inevitable. This aide memoire is to give the interested layman an insight into why.

I have the honour of appearing before you this evening for the purpose of delivering to you an address, which I have entitled "England under Free Trade."Now, these are very wide terms. In their full meaning they cover a vast field of inquiry, and, if I were to attempt to traverse that field throughout, I should have to take in political, social, agricultural, commercial, artistic, literary, and other matters, which I have no intention of doing, for which there is no time, and for w...

Considers each stage in the course of an arbitration in detail, from the claimant's decision to seek the means of resolving a dispute to the arbitrator's award, explaining clearly and concisely what is expected of the claimant, respondent and arbitrator and when.

The study of Law forms a component of many undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Its inclusion does not aim to equip business practitioners with skill and expertise to render professional legal advice unnecessary, but more to provide a legal framework of reference in which both strategic and more immediate business issues can be placed. Equipping managers with a basic understanding of how law impacts upon business activity can help them avoid legal pitfalls in the first place or at leas...

A History of Money looks at how money as we know it developed through time. Starting with the barter system, the basic function of exchanging goods evolved into a monetary system based on coins made up of precious metals and, from the 1500s onwards, financial systems were established through which money became intertwined with commerce and trade, to settle by the mid-1800s into a stable system based upon Gold. This book presents its closing argument that, since the collapse of the Gold Sta...

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations is the great pioneering study of economic growth and performance.When first published in 1776, the factory-based Industrial Revolution was only just getting underway. However, there had been steadily rising production and incomes in Britain, the North American colonies, Holland and other countries since at least the late 17th century.Smith uses basic theory, observation and documentary sources to analyze the nature and causes of e...

An authoritative insider's perspective, this book penned by the governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand chronicles the global financial and economic meltdown. A well-researched and dynamic firsthand account, it captures the drama of the events—from the overheated markets of 2007 through the collapse of investment banks and crises in multiple economies to the fragile recovery in New Zealand and the world in 2010—as politicians, bankers, and government officials struggled to deal with th...

This is my second book of IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 model answers. All question types are covered, including data (tables, bar charts, line charts, bar charts, mixed charts), processes (natural and man-made), and maps (including plans). After the model answers, there are sample pages from my other books, available from the same retailer where you bought this book. All the model answers include useful high level language to help IELTS candidates maximise their writing score.