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Basil Hyman (b. 1936) has taken hundreds of photographs of everyday life in Britain. In "Photographs Found" he looks back to the Swinging Sixties, miniskirts and all, with an array of charming pictures plus fascinating ephemera and memorabilia, some of it provided in facsimile to offer a personal visual diary of a bygone era. Also included are unpublished informal shots of Hyman s friend and relative Brian Epstein, the Beatles first manager and the man widely credited with shaping the band s early success. "Photographs Found" presents the 60s as a time of dramatic social change in Britain,...

"'This book provides a timely insight into organized labour in an increasingly capitalist world.... It provides a scholarly insight that begs reading by policy makers in labour, business and the government' -" Professor Anil Verma, University of Toronto

"This engaging and compelling work offers a fresh perspective and demonstrates how inherited traditions can serve as both resources and constraints in responding to the...

Molly wasn't looking to have a pet. She prefers climbing trees, eating peanut butter, playing with her dolls, and having breakfast with the birds. But when her little brother thinks he hears a monster in the backyard, everything changes...including friendships. Now, Molly's adventure with an avian friend leads not only to some discoveries about herself but also to standing in the kitchen sink, having a tea party in a tree house, holding a live bird in her hands, singing into a walkie-talkie, and eating "Oatmeal Mollerino." She even manages to finally decide on her absolutely, positively...

"Today, Mr. Minsky's view of economics] is more relevant than ever."- The New York Times

"Indeed, the Minsky moment has become a fashionable catch phrase on Wall Street."-The Wall Street Journal

John Maynard Keynes offers a timely reconsideration of the work of the revered economics icon. Hyman Minsky argues that what most economists consider Keynesian economics is at odds with the major points of Keynes's The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Keynes and Minsky refuse to ignore pervasive uncertainty. Once uncertainty is...

Havana: Once the playground of the rich and famous, where Cuban rum flowed in legendary nightclubs, luxury hotels, and casinos, and celebrities danced the mambo till dawn as well as a vital hub for drug running and money laundering. This fascinating book, drawn from an archive of press photographs and ephemera thought to have been the property of Capone-era Chicago gangster and bookie Grover Dullard, captures the essence of Havana from the 1920s through the 50s with a wealth of evocative detail.

Photographer Basil Hyman discovered this trove of Cuban treasures in Paris, and it led him...