Leather, feathers, dried fish, rough salt, booze, tobacco. All of this used to be currency. But the one which turned out as a winner was another: counterfeit money - a creation from Ancient Greece you carry on your wallet righ now. Another thing you carry on you wallet is inflation - indeed: the value of the bills you carry there slowly fades away as the printing presses of money at your local central bank works 24/7 to stimulate your economy, or to rob your wallet without the inconvenience of point a gun in your head - something brazilian governments elevated to an art form throughout history. Also elevated to an art form, all around the world, is financial speculation. Derivatives, short selling, and stock exchanges crashes are as part of economic history as cells are part of our body - one thing can't exist without the other. Speculators and all sort of crazy profit seekers gave birth to the most prosperous world of all times. And destroyed it. And are bringing it back to life again. CRASH explains how. And tells how history, psychology and even biology explains the sage of money. Time to decipher the enigmas of economics - the most disturbing, intense and mysterious of all human creations. *** This is a four chapter excerpt of the Brazilian best-seller "Crash - A Brief History of Economics". For now, it's the only part of this book available in English - translated by Diane Whitty, under the supervision of the author.

More than 60 million people are currently fleeing conflict or persecution around the world. Due to their race, religion or nationality, these people's homes are no longer safe places to live and their governments no longer provide them with protection. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works around the world to provide refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) with everything they need from psychological care to lifesaving nutrition. We set up hospitals in refugee camps, we help women give birth safely, we vaccinate children to prevent epidemics and we provide access to safe drinking water. Here, some of our teams share their stories.

Winner of the 'Readers Choice Award' in Historical Fiction. Winner of the 'Readers Choice Award' in Spiritual Category. Winner of Best Muslim Readers' Choice Awards: Prince of Knights _____________ Arabs are well known for their culture, Poetry, and hospitality. They are also known for their bravery and leadership. Faris, son of Sheikh Mubarak a hard-hearted man known among his tribe. No man is brave enough to raise his voice in his presence. His mission was to demolish his enemy's tribe for annihilating one of his men. However, fate decided something new when blood feud was only resolved by his marriage to the daughter of his enemy. Raghad is just like any other Muslim girl, who wishes to marry the man of her dreams but she meets Faris the Knight with no heart. He only fears his Lord his maker and no one else. With no other option to resolve blood feud Raghad steps over her dreams to shield her tribe. Will Faris unbolt the gates of his heart for her? Read to find out what happens in this love story. Prince of Knights, based on a Bedouin lifestyle. FOLLOW TO READ!