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Recent Developments in the Economics of Training (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics)
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'As globalisation extends the impact of the knowledge economy we are also starting to witness the limitations to conventional approaches by the state to increase formal participation in education as a means of enhancing economic growth. In this context the study of skill acquisition or training in the workplace takes on a new importance. Here, Francis Green has provided a major service to scholars in bringing together this collection of papers. read more »
The Bellstone: The Greek Sponge Divers of the Aegean
 | author: Michael N. Kalafatas asin: 1584652721 binding: Hardcover list price: $26.00 USD amazon price: $26.00 USD |
For centuries,the young men of the Dodecanese Islands, a string of islands in the Aegean Sea between Greece and the coast of Asia Minor, earned their living by diving for sponges. They would descend to the bottom of the sea on just a single breath of air, using as a weight and rudder a flat, marble diving stone called a bellstone. They used this ancient technique of "naked diving" until 1863 when the deep-sea diving suit was introduced into the sponge-fishing industry. read more »
Bottled Water
 | author: Alexander Holloway asin: 0978777336 binding: Paperback list price: $15.50 USD amazon price: $13.95 USD |
What do Chris, the narrator, and his two travel buddies, Seb and Leo, have in common with Cuba, Israel, Turkey, and Bulgaria, the main countries they encounter in Bottled Water? read more »
