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Author : Bethany McLean
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Shaky Ground written by Bethany McLean and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Business & Economics categories.
In a way, the situation is ironic: housing was at the root of the financial crisis, and six years after the meltdown, housing finance is still the greatest unsolved issue. The U.S. housing market is roughly $10 trillion, making it one of the largest segments of the bond market. Roughly 70 percent of the American population has a mortgage, and for most people, the mortgage is the most important financial instrument in their lives. But until the financial crisis, few people knew the essential role that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac play in their mortgages. Given the $188 billion government bailout of the two firms the most expensive bailout in history the politics surrounding housing are worse than they've ever been, and the two gigantic firms sit in limbo. Best-selling investigative journalist Bethany McLean, the coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room andAll the Devils Are Here, explains why the situation is dangerous and unsustainable, and proposes a few solutions from the perfect, but politically unfeasible to the doable, but ugly.
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Author : Alice Echols
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2002-01-02
Shaky Ground written by Alice Echols and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-02 with Social Science categories.
Alice Echols has never shied away from controversy. Long before it was fashionable, she wrote searing critiques of antiporn feminism. Her subsequent books about the 1960s are trenchant and provocative, and written with unflinching honesty. Now she maps an alternative history of contemporary American culture, taking on such subjects as hippies, gay/lesbian and women's liberation, disco and the racial politics of music, and artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell and Lenny Kravitz. Echols upends many of our bedrock assumptions about American culture since the 1950s, challenging in particular the notions that the '60s represented a total rupture with the past and that the '70s marked the end of meaningful change.
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Author : Linda Sheehan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-03-04
Shaky Ground written by Linda Sheehan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-04 with categories.
Estelle and Ethan have been married for ten years. However, it is the case they are working on in their well established detective agency that rocks one of them physically, spiritually and mentally. Who had caused the accident that landed Estelle in hospital and in a coma for six weeks? Was the accident to do with their work as detectives, or was it personal? What was the secret? Where would this lead? Will their marriage survive? The mystery unveils in Shaky Ground.
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Author : Elizabeth Marlowe
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-10-10
Shaky Ground written by Elizabeth Marlowe and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-10 with History categories.
The recent crisis in the world of antiquities collecting has prompted scholars and the general public to pay more attention than ever before to the archaeological findspots and collecting histories of ancient artworks. This new scrutiny is applied to works currently on the market as well as to those acquired since (and despite) the 1970 UNESCO Convention, which aimed to prevent the trafficking in cultural property. When it comes to famous works that have been in major museums for many generations, however, the matter of their origins is rarely considered. Canonical pieces like the Barberini Togatus or the Fonseca bust of a Flavian lady appear in many scholarly studies and virtually every textbook on Roman art. But we have no more certainty about these works' archaeological contexts than we do about those that surface on the market today. This book argues that the current legal and ethical debates over looting, ownership and cultural property have distracted us from the epistemological problems inherent in all (ostensibly) ancient artworks lacking a known findspot, problems that should be of great concern to those who seek to understand the past through its material remains.
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Author : Mary Colson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Shaky Ground written by Mary Colson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Presents information on earthquakes and their effect on planet Earth, giving specific examples from around the world.
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Author : Linda Sheehan (Author)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Shaky Ground written by Linda Sheehan (Author) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.
Estelle and Ethan have been married for ten years.However, it is the case they are working on in their well established detective agency that rocks one of them physically, spiritually and mentally.Who had caused the accident that landed Estelle in hospital and in a coma for six weeks?
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Author : Elizabeth Marlowe
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-10-10
Shaky Ground written by Elizabeth Marlowe and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-10 with History categories.
The recent crisis in the world of antiquities collecting has prompted scholars and the general public to pay more attention than ever before to the archaeological findspots and collecting histories of ancient artworks. This new scrutiny is applied to works currently on the market as well as to those acquired since (and despite) the 1970 UNESCO Convention, which aimed to prevent the trafficking in cultural property. When it comes to famous works that have been in major museums for many generations, however, the matter of their origins is rarely considered. Canonical pieces like the Barberini Togatus or the Fonseca bust of a Flavian lady appear in many scholarly studies and virtually every textbook on Roman art. But we have no more certainty about these works' archaeological contexts than we do about those that surface on the market today. This book argues that the current legal and ethical debates over looting, ownership and cultural property have distracted us from the epistemological problems inherent in all (ostensibly) ancient artworks lacking a known findspot, problems that should be of great concern to those who seek to understand the past through its material remains.
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Author : Hadley Hoover
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2007-05-01
Shaky Ground written by Hadley Hoover and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-01 with Fiction categories.
They met when they were both in diapers. Cory Whipple was the "boy next door" who became the love of Bibs Johnson's life. Cory proposed when they were 6 years old, Bibs accepted, and they never changed their minds. Then came The Sixties. Cory, raised by two maiden aunts to think independently, balked when his country demanded actions and attitudes of him that he could not give. Bibs supported his radical decision and that's when things got shaky. Bibs' father was part of The Greatest Generation-proud to do his Duty. Ed Johnson saw Cory in an entirely different light than Bibs did. A fault line formed between father and daughter-a fissure so deep, Bibs wondered if it could ever be bridged, even by a engineer like Cory who specializes in building bridges.
On Shaky Ground
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Author : Norma Hayes Bagnall
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2013-07-22
On Shaky Ground written by Norma Hayes Bagnall and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-22 with History categories.
Although most Americans associate earthquakes with California, the tremors that shook the Mississippi valley in southeast Missouri from December 16, 1811, through February 7, 1812, are among the most violent quakes to hit the North American continent in recorded history. Collectively known as the New Madrid earthquakes, these quakes affected more than 1 million square miles. By comparison, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake affected only 60,000 square miles, less than one-sixteenth the area of the New Madrid earthquakes. Scientists believe that each of the three greatest tremors would have measured more than 8.0 on the Richter scale, had that measuring device been in place in 1811. Vibrations were felt from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast and from Mexico to Canada. The quake zone was in constant movement during this period. Five towns in three states disappeared, islands vanished in the Mississippi River, lakes formed where there had been none before, and the river flowed backward for a brief period. Providing eyewitness accounts from people both on the land and on the river, Bagnall captures the fears of the residents through their tales about the smells and dark vapors that filled the air, the cries of the people, the bawling of animals, and the constant roar of the river and its collapsing banks. On Shaky Ground also traces the history of the founding of New Madrid and considers the impact of the earthquakes on population and land in southeast Missouri. Predictions for future earthquakes along the New Madrid fault, as well as instructions on preparing for and surviving a quake, are also included. Informative, clearly written, and well illustrated, On Shaky Ground will be of interest to all general readers, especially those interested in earthquakes or Missouri history.
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Author : John J. Nance
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2016-01-19
On Shaky Ground written by John J. Nance and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-19 with Science categories.
A “gripping” look at the massive disasters that could strike at any moment, from a New York Times–bestselling author (San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle). Far beneath the earth’s surface, great tectonic plates grind against one another with incredible pressure that must—inevitably—be released. Earthquakes manifest with little warning, upending buildings, shattering infrastructure, and unleashing devastating tsunamis. In this remarkable survey of the history of seismology and the extraordinary seismic events that have occurred in the United States, Mexico, China, and other locales, author John J. Nance traces the discoveries of the scientists who have dedicated their lives to understanding and predicting one of the deadliest threats known to mankind. From the Pacific Northwest to the Midwest and the East Coast, most of the United States—not just California—is in danger of a massive quake, and few citizens are adequately prepared. Through riveting firsthand interviews with earthquake survivors, and with the same command of technical detail and gripping style that he brings to his New York Times–bestselling thrillers, Nance demonstrates the need for readiness—because the next big quake could happen tomorrow.