Terry Jones (Monty Python) mixes expert insight, animation, puppetry and song to explain economics to everyone. Why do crashes keep happening? Why are students taught crashes don't occur? Do you shop for grapes like a Puerto Rican monkey?

Tom Carter wants to go home. He's a 25th century pilot stranded far from Earth, out of luck and out of money. On the orbiting space station Boomerang World, his only chance hinges on rescuing a runaway sea princess. With the help of Nona Tiare, a military officer with plans of her own, Tom just might succeed. Or find true love. Or perhaps just start an interstellar war...

Poverty-stricken Joseph bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him.

We're at the dawn of a new era: additive manufacturing allows us to create objects by programming and then printing them layer by layer.The way we make things hasn't changed much since the days of a stone axe, made by bashing two rocks against one another. We take something big and make it useful by cutting, chiseling, drilling, and otherwise reducing it. We accept a huge amount of waste and severe technical limitations: for example, it may be impossible...

The leading players and outstanding matches of two thrilling decades in tennis history From Rod Laver's amateur Grand Slam in 1962 to the first US Open held at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, legendary sportswriter Herbert Warren Wind captures the grace and drama of modern tennis in this brilliant collection drawn from the pages of the New Yorker.   The era's biggest names, including Margaret Court, Chris Evert, John Newcombe, Arthur...

It's 1953, and for Nick Taylor, WWII veteran turned company lawyer, oil is the key to the future. He takes the train into the city for work and returns to the peaceful streets of the suburbs and to his wife, Bet, former codebreaker now housewife, and their two children, Katherine and Harry. Nick comes from humble origins but thanks to his work for American Oil, he can provide every comfort for his family, including Last House, a secluded country escape....

This open access book discusses booming housing markets in cities around the globe, and the resulting challenges for policymakers and central banks. Cities are booming everywhere, leading to a growing demand for urban housing. In many cities this demand is out-pacing supply, which causes house prices to soar and increases the pressure on rental markets. These developments are posing major challenges for policymakers, central banks and other authorities...