Bound for a casual reader, this book expands beyond a biography of a banking syndicate, who was solely fit to transform Germany from the post-Versailles devastation to a dignified blooming. A chronicle of German economy between the wars, it is an even-handed treatment of a controversial banker, a man who helped ease Hitler's rise to power and then fell out and landed up in a concentration camp. A rare-power economist and financier, a genius, meantime a hard person to like, Hjalmar Schacht's global legacy is related to his establishment of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Mefo...

This comedy is a work of fiction. Names, characters, entities, organizations, places, and events either are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental, except of Mary Poppins, George Banks, Bert, Ms. Persimmon, and of course, the melody of Limehouse Blues THE PLOT: Mary Poppins, the leader of Justice Party, achieves that both Democrats and Republicans work together in a team to fix the Children's Health Insurance Plan in 50 states, District of Columbia, and 16 insular territories.

The global celebration of Aram Khachaturian is mostly related to his Sabre Dance (from Gayane), his easiest work with percussion playing at a break-neck velocity. However, the composer's other works, such as three symphonies, two other ballets (Happiness, Spartacus), film scores, concertos, suites, etudes, inventions, fugues, fughettes, or gallopades deserve equal analyzes, applauds and encore. A comprehensive study of several compositions, this book describes Kachaturian's style in depicting brashness, quick-wit, using counterpoints, scordatura, trill, glissando, intermezzo, or...