Governments and development agencies spend considerable resources building property and company registries to protect property rights. When these efforts succeed, owners feel secure enough to invest in their property and banks are able use it as collateral for credit. Similarly, firms prosper when entrepreneurs can transform their firms into legal entities and thus contract more safely. Unfortunately, developing registries is harder than it may seem to observers, especially in developed countries, where registries are often taken for granted. As a result, policies in this area usually disappoint. ?Benito Arruada aims to avoid such failures by deepening our understanding of both the value of registries and the organizational requirements for constructing them. Presenting a theory of how registries strengthen property rights and reduce transaction costs, he analyzes the major trade-offs and proposes principles for successfully building registries in countries at different stages of development. Arruada focuses on land and company registries, explaining the difficulties they face, including current challenges like the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States and the dubious efforts made in developing countries toward universal land titling. Broadening the account, he extends his analytical framework to other registries, including intellectual property and organized exchanges of financial derivatives. With its nuanced presentation of the theoretical and practical implications, Institutional Foundations of Impersonal Exchange significantly expands our understanding of how public registries facilitate economic growth.

This book offers the first comprehensive assessment of Tony Blair's premiership and his Third Way project. It reveals the hidden flaw in the market economy which explains why politicians, of all parties, cannot keep their grand promises. Blair promised to reform the Welfare State - the pact between people and their governments to abolish the evils of poverty and ignorance. In fact, however, despite a record three election victories in a row, the gap between rich and poor widened. The reason, the author argues, is the method government relies on to raise taxes. Contrary to intention, the tax burden on low-income earners increased, while property owners have enjoyed record capital gains. The outcome is over ?1trillion indebtedness which renders tens of thousands of families vulnerable to bankruptcy and the loss of their homes in the next recession. Fred Harrison reveals how taxpayers’ money is channelled behind the scenes, through ‘the invisible hand’, from poor to rich people and from poor to rich parts of the country. Public spending, for example on roads, railways, schools and hospitals, makes a major contribution to rising land values. These benefit house and other property owners, rich ones more than poor ones, desirable locations and asset-rich parts of the country more than poor ones, but those who rent their properties do not share in the windfall gains. In fact, they have to pay rising rents. Taking Britain as a case study, Harrison escorts the reader along an old Roman road from south to north to pin-point how poverty is institutionalised in the growing divide between rich and poor. Along the way he illuminates the inner workings of tax policies and property rights that similarly afflict all market economies Tax reform is on the political agenda in the West, but politicians continue to believe their consultants who tell them that 'broad-based' taxes are necessary. Harrison challenger this conventional wisdom and explains that the market economy needs to integrate the prices charged for public services with the prices charged for all other goods and services. This model is based on people, including the rich, paying for, and in proportion to, the benefits they receive, which really would be progressive. This reform has a further benefit. It would enable the European and American economies to face the challenge of the newly emerging economies and remain competitive in the global markets of the 21st century.

The third in the bestselling Market Wizards series, this time focusing on the barometer of the economy the stock market. It has been nearly a decade since the publication of the highly successful The New Market Wizards. The interim has witnessed the most dynamic bull market in US stock history, a collapse in commodity prices, dramatic failures in some of the world's leading hedge funds, the burst of the Internet bubble, a fall into recession and subsequent rumblings of recovery. Who have been the 'market wizards' during this tumultuous financial periodHow did some traders manage to significantly outperform a stockmarket that during its heyday moved virtually straight upThis book will feature interviews with a variety of traders who achieved phenomenal financial success during the glory days of the Internet boom. In contrast with the first two Market Wizard books, which included traders from a broad financial spectrum stocks, bonds, currencies and futures this volume will focus on traders in the stockmarket.

Everyone who wants a fulfilling career needs a mentor -- someone who has seen it all before, someone who can share hard-won experiences and teach valuable lessons. In this expanded and enhanced version of his best-selling book, Monday Morning Leadership , David Cottrell packs all of the wisdom of his wide-ranging business experience into this inspirational story. Cottrell introduces us to Jeff, a successful corporate manager who has hit a major wall. Jeff has been leading his team, quarter after quarter, to great sales and better profits for several years -- until now. The tricks that used to work wonders have lost their magic; Jeff is in a slump and is at a loss to find his way out of it. Overworked, stressed, and feeling that his personal and professional lives are at risk, Jeff reaches out to the father of a college buddy, a retired and tremendously accomplished former executive named Tony. Tony and Jeff agree to meet every Monday for ten weeks to work through Jeff's problems and get his career back on track. In the course of these intimate sessions, Jeff discovers the secrets of real leadership: "Until I accept total responsibility -- no matter what -- I will not be able to put plans in place to accomplish my goals." And, "My success is the result of making better choices and recovering quickly from poor choices." Tony leads Jeff through tough lessons in how to manage his people, how to manage his own time, how to manage his superiors, and how to escape from "management land." Most of all, Jeff learns that his success is intimately bound with the success of his people and that tolerating lackluster performance in himself and others on the team only leads to discontent from his most prized and productive employees. Through Jeff's mentoring sessions, the reader meets a character of integrity who dispenses homespun but effective wisdom. Spend time with Tony and Jeff at their Monday morning meetings, and you will find yourself on the road to becoming a better leader and being more successful at work.

Meet Emily and Paul, the parents of two young children. Emily is a newly promoted executive in a large corporation, while Paul has his own business as a consultant. Their lives, like all of ours, are filled with a bewildering blizzard of emails, phone calls, yet more emails, meetings, projects, proposals, and plans. For them, just staying ahead of the storm has become a seemingly insurmountable task. In this book, we travel inside the brains of Emily and Paul as they attempt to sort the vast quantities of information they're presented with and figure out how to prioritize, organize, and act on it. Fortunately for Emily and Paul and for readers of Your Brain at Work they're in good hands: David Rock knows how the brain works and more specifically, how it works in a work setting. Your Brain at Work explores: Why your brains feels so taxed, and how to take full advantage of your mental resources Why it's so hard to focus, and how to better manage distractions How to maximize your chance of finding insights that can solve seemingly insurmountable problems How to keep your cool in any situation, so that you can make the best decisions possible How to collaborate with others more effectively Why providing feedback is so difficult, and how to make it easier How to effectively change other people's behavior Rock shows how it's possible not only to survive in today's overwhelming work environment but to succeed in it and still feel energized at the end of the day, with a sense of accomplishment.

Improving the performance of your employees involves one of the hardest challenges in the known universe: changing the way they think. In constant demand as a coach, speaker, and consultant to companies around the world, David Rock has proven that the secret to leading people (and living and working with them) is found in the space between their ears. "If people are being paid to think," he writes, "isn't it time the business world found out what the thing doing the work, the brain, is all about?" Supported by the latest groundbreaking research, Quiet Leadership provides a brain-based approach that will help busy leaders, executives, and managers improve their own and their colleagues' performance. Rock offers a practical, six-step guide to making permanent workplace performance change by unleashing higher productivity, new levels of morale, and greater job satisfaction.

In this, the second of Geoff Moore's classic three-part marketing series, Moore provides highly useful guidelines for moving products beyond early adopters and into the lucrative mainstream market. Updated for the HarperBusiness Essentials series with a new author's note. Once a product "crosses the chasm" it is faced with the "tornado," a make or break time period where mainstream customers determine whether the product takes off or falls flat. In Inside the Tornado , Moore details various marketing strategies that will teach marketers how reach these customers and how to take advantage of living inside the tornado in order to reap the benefits of mainstream adoption.

A bold and vital book that asks and answers the most urgent question of today: What Would Google DoIn a book that's one part prophecy, one part thought experiment, one part manifesto, and one part survival manual, internet impresario and blogging pioneer Jeff Jarvis reverse-engineers Google the fastest-growing company in history to discover forty clear and straightforward rules to manage and live by. At the same time, he illuminates the new worldview of the internet generation: how it challenges and destroys, but also opens up vast new opportunities. His findings are counterintuitive, imaginative, practical, and above all visionary, giving readers a glimpse of how everyone and everything from corporations to governments, nations to individuals must evolve in the Google era. Along the way, he looks under the hood of a car designed by its drivers, ponders a worldwide university where the students design their curriculum, envisions an airline fueled by a social network, imagines the open-source restaurant, and examines a series of industries and institutions that will soon benefit from this book's central question. The result is an astonishing, mind-opening book that, in the end, is not about Google. It's about you.

Are you a genius or a genius maker We've all had experience with two dramatically different types of leaders. The first type drain intelligence, energy, and capability from the ones around them and always need to be the smartest ones in the room. These are the idea killers, the energy sappers, the diminishers of talent and commitment. On the other side of the spectrum are leaders who use their intelligence to amplify the smarts and capabilities of the people around them. When these leaders walk into a room, lightbulbs go off over people's heads, ideas flow, and problems get solved. These are the leaders who inspire employees to stretch themselves to deliver results that surpass expectations. These are the Multipliers. And the world needs more of them, especially now, when leaders are expected to do more with less. In this engaging and highly practical book, leadership expert Liz Wiseman and management consultant Greg McKeown explore these two leadership styles, persuasively showing how Multipliers can have a resoundingly positive and profitable effect on organizations getting more done with fewer resources, developing and attracting talent, and cultivating new ideas and energy to drive organizational change and innovation. In analyzing data from more than 150 leaders, Wiseman and McKeown have identified five disciplines that distinguish Multipliers from Diminishers. These five disciplines are not based on innate talent; indeed, they are skills and practices that everyone can learn to use even lifelong and recalcitrant Diminishers. Lively, real-world case studies and practical tips and techniques bring to life each of these principles, showing you how to become a Multiplier too, whether you are a new or an experienced manager. Just imagine what you could accomplish if you could harness all the energy and intelligence around you. Multipliers will show you how.

In Amazon.com Jeff Bezos built something the world had never seen. He created the most recognized brand name on the Internet, became for a time one of the richest men in the world, and was crowned "the king of cyber-commerce." Yet for all the media exposure, the inside story of Amazon.com has never really been told. In this revealing, unauthorized account, Robert Spector, journalist and best-selling author, gives us this up-to-date, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes story of the company's creation and rise, its tumultuous present, and its uncertain future.

Victor Niederhoffer ve Laurel Kenner'in Pratik Spekülasyon (Practical Speculation) adl? kitab?nda, bal??a ??kma zaman? konusunda ?aka ile kar???k baz? ger?ek?i de?erlendirmeler yap?lm??. Bunlar, yorumlar?mla a?a??da: a) Bal?klar?n yemlenmesi s?ras?nda mutlaka g?lde olun. ?rne?in, para arz? bir nedenle art?yorsa, bundan do?rudan etkilenecek hisse senedi gibi enstrümanlara yat?r?m yap?n. Yabanc?lar girmeye ba?lam??larsa, siz de borsada al?m yapmaya ba?lay?n. b) G?lde gere?inden fazla bal?k?? varsa, siz bal??a ??kmay?n. Bu, kalabal?k bir bi?imde sizin b?lgenizdeki bal?klar? da ürkütecektir. Herkes ayn? hisse senedine veya yat?r?m alan?na yat?r?m yapmaya ba?lam??sa o yat?r?mda iyi k?r kalmam?? demektir. c) Ava iyi haz?rlan?n. Kullanaca??n?z malzemeler iyi haz?rlanm?? ve yeterli olsun. Bal?k tutma i?i, biraz da sab?r i?idir. Bazen k?r, zaman i?inde elde edilir. Ne zaman, hangi enstrümana ve nas?l yat?r?m yapaca??n?z? ?nceden haz?rlay?n. Hislerinize kulak verin. d) Sessiz olun. Gürültü, bal?klar? ka??r?r. Fikirlerinizi ve piyasada mevcut f?rsat olas?l??? konusundaki bilginizi, ba?kalar?yla payla?may?n. e) Bal?k olmad??? bilinen b?lgede avlanmaya kalkmay?n. G?lün altyap?s?n? ve avlayaca??n?z bal???n davran?? bi?imlerini iyi ??renin. Elektronik olarak bal?klar?n yerini g?steren aletler iyidir, ama onlar?n oltalar? yoktur. Hi? kimsenin al?m yapmad??? yerde, sizin al?ma ba?laman?z zamans?z olabilir. ?te yandan, hisselerin veya di?er yat?r?m ara?lar?n?n yükselece?i veya dü?ece?i y?nünde yap?lan matematiksel tahminler, birer bilgidir, ama bal?k yakalama, bilginin, ?ans?n ve hissetmenin bir kar???m?d?r. f) Bütün haz?rl?klar?n?z tamam olsa bile bazen bal?k, zokay? yutmaz. Cesaretinizi k?rmay?n. ?yi zaman ge?irdi?inizi dü?ünün. Bu i?i en iyi bilenlerin bile, istatistiksel olarak sadece % 60 ba?ar?l? olduklar? ger?e?ini unutmay?n. g) Bazen, bal?k tutmak de?il, bal?klar? beslemek zorunda kalabilirsiniz. G?lün avlanmaya haz?r olmas? i?in bu gerekli olabilir. Fiyatlar yükselmeye ba?lay?nca siz de trende uyun. Yükselme trendine giren piyasa, iyi al?m zaman? demektir. h) Bazen büyük bal?klar, oltan?zdaki yemi ?alarlar. Bu durumda oltan?za yeni yem tak?p bal?k vurmas?n? ?ok dikkatle takip edin. Büyük oyunculara ?abuk teslim olmay?n. Büyükler, piyasaya bir ara hakim olsalar da piyasadan ?ekilecekleri bir zaman vard?r. O zaman? kollay?n. i) Karaya ne zaman d?nece?inizi iyi hesaplay?n. G?lde f?rt?naya yakalanmay?n. Piyasan?n dü?me sinyallerini iyi g?rün. Zaman?nda elinizdekileri sat?p nakde d?nün. [Tarkan ?zhan, 1969-] ??REN?M DURUMU: Trakya üniversitesi B?lüm: Fen Fakultesi Kimyager MESLE??: Borsac?, Trader, Portfoy Y?netimi Aktif ?al??ma süresi; 25 y?l

Autoarea c?r?ii propune o documentat? trecere ?n revist? a celor mai importante teorii ale marketingului politic ?i o descriere aprofundat? a etapelor pe care le presupun conceperea ?i plasarea unui produs din acest domeniu. De asemenea, volumul cuprinde un studiu comparativ al abord?rilor privind marketingul politic ?i o clarificare a sectorului publicistic privind domeniul marketingului politic.

Criza economic? a ultimilor ani ne-a f?cut mult mai precau?i c?nd vine vorba de bani. ?ns? ce te faci c?nd partenerul de via?? este ?m?n?-spart?“ sau vrea ?n continuare s? plece ?n vacan?e scumpe, cu pre?ul sacrific?rii pensiei private?Scris? de o echip? de economi?ti ?i psihologi cu experien?? ?n consilierea financiar? ?i de cuplu, cartea de fa?? v? ajut? s? ?n?elege?i ?n ce fel buna chivernisire a banilor familiei spore?te iubirea ?i ?ncrederea ?n cuplu. Autorii americani discut? aspectele psihologice ale negocierii ?i implic?rii afective ?n via?a de cuplu, corel?ndu-le cu ponturi financiare pentru controlul atent al cheltuielilor, pentru stabilirea unui buget realist ?i a unor rela?ii echitabile cu banca ?i, mai presus de toate, pentru o investi?ie de?teapt? ?n viitorul rela?iei ?i copiilor.

- Hogyan érjük el, hogy a munkatársak felel?sséget vállaljanak, és mindent megtegyenek az üzleti sikerért?- Hogyan cs?kkenthetjük jelent?sen a helyiségekkel kapcsolatos k?ltségeinket?- Hogy készítsünk k?ltségvetést, ha nem vagyunk pénzügyi szakemberek?- Hogyan javítsuk a marketing eredményre gyakorolt hatását?Ez a k?nyv gyakorlati vezetési kézik?nyv. Nem gyárt elméleteket, ám megoldókulcsot ad a vállalat nev? komplexumhoz, a m?k?dés minden lényeges területén. Bemutatja, hogyan építhetjük fel, és irányíthatjuk részlegünket, telephelyünket vagy cégünket a hatékonyságot mint alapelvet szem el?tt tartva.Aki elolvassa a k?nyvet, átfogó eszk?ztárat szerez a mindennapos menedzsment-problémák megoldásához.A szerz? nemzetk?zi k?rnyezetben tett szert évtizedes menedzsment-tapasztalatára, specialistájává vált a létrehozó és átalakítási projekteknek. MBA diplomáját általános menedzsmentb?l szerezte Ausztriában. Jelenleg üzleti hatékonysági tanácsadással foglalkozik.

This book is a great guide for you to get started if you are a fan of getting the latest technologies at your house. The Echo Dot device looks like a dot, and there are a lot of benefits which it can bring to your life. You will see how it changes the lifestyle and help you out with keeping you updated with the external world and fixing your internal matters such as reminding you of important things. Echo Dot speaks to you when you set it up with different features which are present in this awesome device. If you have bought this device, then it is a must have to get this eBook. It will help you step by step to learn about the little device and the various features which are involved in it. You can make use of all the devices and enjoy your life without any worries or stress. If you are someone who does not know about Amazon Echo Dot then you should surely get this eBook because once you go through it, you won’t be able to resist getting the actual device. The more you learn about it, the more you would want to get it because of the ease it gives in your life. Especially if you are someone working and handling the house chores at the same time, then this can be best help for you to get done with the day without any obstacles or forgetting any important event. With this device, you will be remembering your events and won’t miss out of your loved ones.

Mi leszek, ha nagy vagyok?Németh Márton ezt a kérdést tette fel magának huszonhét évesen, amikor már b?ven túl volt a pályakezdésen, elindult a karriere, és minden úgy alakult, ahogy a nagy k?nyvben meg van írva. Mégsem volt elégedett, valami hiányzott. Egyik napról a másikra d?bbent rá, hogy mennyire nem azon az úton halad, amin szeretne: olyan alkalmazott, aki kevésért dolgozik sokat, mások jólétét gyarapítja, nem a saját érdekeit tartja szem el?tt.Vajon egyedül ? a felel?s azért, hogy így alakult? Feln?tt egyáltalán? Tud még változtatni? Az ?szinte válaszokért – még ha fájnak is – lelke legmélyére kellett leásnia, hogy megtalálja igazi ?nmagát.A szerz? a saját életén keresztül mutatja be a mai magyar pályakezdés nehézségeit, buktatóit, valamint az alkalmazotti státuszból, a karrierlétra aljáról való felt?rést. A fiatalok sok információt hallhatnak arról, hogyan kéne egyr?l a kett?re jutni, azonban azt senki nem mondta el nekik, hogyan is lépjenek nulláról az egyre. Eddig.

In this book, Dejan Kosutic, author and experienced ISO consultant, is giving away his practical know-how on managing policies, procedures, plans, forms, reports, and other documented information. No matter if you are new or experienced in the field, this book gives you everything you will ever need to learn on how to handle ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 20000, ISO 22000, OHSAS 18001, ISO 13485, AS9100, and IATF 16949 documents. Many ISO practitioners are often disappointed with the quantity and complexity of the documentation. You can frequently hear: “We don’t need these documents – we’re doing just fine without them; this would only be overkill.” “This standard is all about documentation – we simply need to fill out all the documents, and we’ll automatically get the certificate.” “We need to write policies and procedures for each and every process, activity, and control in our company – the more documents, the clearer the rules will be, and it will be easier for us to comply.” This book is here to prove these statements wrong. As Kosutic says: “The main point of the implementation of any standard is that the employees perform their activities and processes in a better way, and the documentation is here to help you do that, because otherwise, their processes and activities would become unmanageable.” Managing ISO Documentation: A Plain English Guide is a step-by-step guide that will explain the sequence of writing the documentation and its relationship with the PDCA cycle, how to decide on your documentation strategy, how to decide which policies and procedures to write, and what might be the most crucial part – how to write documentation that will be accepted by your employees. Written in easy-to-understand language, whether you’re an experienced practitioner or new to the field, Managing ISO Documentation: A Plain English Guide is the only book you’ll ever need on the subject.

“Before you decide if your company should go for the certification, you have to ask yourself one important question: Do you really need it?” This book is a complete guide that will not only help you decide on this crucial concern, but also lead you from the beginning of the certification project to the end. This book is not focused solely on one ISO standard – the certification process is the same for any standard, so the book is adapted in such a way that it is perfectly acceptable for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 20000, ISO 22000, OHSAS 18001, ISO 13485, and IATF 16949. Kosutic wrote Preparing for ISO Certification Audit: A Plain English Guide primarily for beginners in this field, and for people with moderate knowledge about ISO certification. The book is structured in such a way that someone with no prior experience or knowledge about ISO standards can quickly understand how the whole certification process works, and what steps to take for its successful completion. This book is a straightforward guide for ensuring your company passes the certification audit, leading you through the following steps: The final check before going for the certification – this part of the book explains in detail all the necessary steps that need to be done before going for the certification. How to choose a certification body – here you will learn about the most important criteria for choosing the certification body. Among others, you should consider the reputation, specialization, and experience of a certification body. Steps in the company certification and how to prepare – in this part of the book you will learn more about the Stage 1 audit, Stage 2 audit, and surveillance visits – the three main steps in the certification process. Which questions the certification auditor may ask – this section of the book will give you insight into how the certification auditors usually perform the certification audit, explaining what documentation you should prepare, what evidence the auditor will try to find, and what kind of questions you can expect during the certification interview. How to talk to the auditors to benefit from the audit – “Don't forget that auditors are only people, and no matter how professional they are, they will always be glad if you treat them fairly, and will be negative if you treat them badly.” What the auditor can and cannot do – this section is also very important in order to prepare your company for the certification audit. You have to be aware that there are borders that a certification auditor shouldn’t cross. Written in plain English with easy-to-understand language, this is the only book you will ever need on the subject.?

Б?знес-гуру, ?нвестор Кремн??во? долини, американський п?дпри?мець Бен Горов?ц написав в?дверту книгу про б?знес, не под?бну до сотн? видань штибу ?Як створити власну справу ? досягнути усп?ху?. ??Автор не пропону? готових рецепт?в усп?ху й аргументовано поясню?, чому таких рецепт?в не ?сну?. Горов?ц розпов?да?, що в б?знес?, як ? в житт?, передус?м потр?бно розмежовувати сво? сприйняття ? факти, особисте та профес?йне, ? тод? нав?ть р?шення зв?льнити кращого товариша н? для кого не стане катастрофою. Нав?ть якщо п?д вашим кер?вництвом працю? найталановит?ший прац?вник, який здобув визнання у профес?йних колах, саме ви вир?шу?те, чи потр?бен його нестерпний характер ? великий талант ваш?й компан??.??Увесь св?й досв?д керування людьми, боротьбу з ?хн?ми ?нтригами, пошуки найкращих фах?вц?в Бен Горов?ц пода? як ?нструкц?ю до д??, зрозум?лу кожному. Б?знес-д?йсн?сть — нещадна, наче життя у гетто, про яке сп?вають часто цитован? автором репери. А ваш? шанси виграти дор?внюють шансам програти. Тому ця книга не для тих, хто шука? легких в?дпов?дей, а для тих, хто зна?: запитань завжди б?льше, н?ж в?дпов?дей, а перемагають у б?знес? т?льки найв?дважн?ш?.??

У чому причина стр?мкого економ?чного злету Китаю? Чому не можна беззастережно дов?ряти думц? нео?нституц?онал?ст?в? Де ?золота середина? в керуванн? економ?кою держави? На ц? та ?нш? питання шука? в?дпов?дь репортер Financial Times Джо Стадвелл. В?н анал?зу? три головн? складники усп?шно? економ?ки: с?льськогосподарську пол?тику, промислове виробництво ? розпод?л ф?нансування. У приц?л? авторсько? уваги Япон?я, П?вденна Корея, Тайвань, ?ндонез?я, Малайз?я, Та?ланд, Ф?л?пп?ни, В’?тнам ? Китай. Анал?зуючи б?знес цих кра?н, автор показу?, що спрацювало в Аз??, а що н?

The Confines of the Shadow is a sequence of novels and short stories that map the transformation of the Libyan city of Benghazi from a sleepy Ottoman backwater in the 1910s to the second capital of an oil-rich kingdom in the 1960s. Alessandro Spina's saga begins in November 1912 with The Young Maronite, which sees Italian soldiers solidifying their control over Libya's coasts, leaving the Libyan rebels to withdraw to the desert and prepare for a war that would last until 1931, when by dint of sheer brutality, including the internment of tens of thousands of civilians into concentration camps, the Italians crushed the rebellion and murdered its widely respected leader, Omar al-Mukhtar. Employing a cosmopolitan array of characters, ranging from Ottoman functionaries, to Sanussi aristocrats and Italian officers, Spina chronicles Italy's colonial experience from the euphoria of conquest - giving us a front row seat to the rise and subsequent fall of Fascism in the aftermath of World War II - to the country's independence in the 1950s. Spina finally concludes his narrative with the discovery of Libya's vast oil and gas reserves, which triggered the tumultuous changes that led to Muammar Gaddafi's forty-two-year dictatorship. Distinguishing themselves by their intimate understanding of East and West, the novels that comprise The Confines of the Shadow are among the most significant achievements of 20th-century fiction and stand unchallenged as the only multi-generational epic about the European experience in North Africa. This is the first instalment of a three-volume translation, and it includes The Young Maronite, The Marriage of Omar and The Nocturnal Visitor, which are set between 1912 and 1927.