Forint Silver
February 8th, 2011
Jim Kingsland Market Commentary 08/10/11
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The Countess: A Novel of Elizabeth Bathory $7.52 Was the “Blood Countess” history’s first and perhaps worst female serial killer? Or did her accusers create a violent fiction in order to remove this beautiful, intelligent, ambitious foe from the male-dominated world of Hungarian politics? In 1611, Countess Erzsébet Báthory, a powerful Hungarian noblewoman, stood helpless as masons walled her inside her castle tower, dooming her to spend… |
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A History of Monetary Unions $41.07 In this comprehensive historical overview, the author writes about monetary unions with an admirable completeness and covers such themes as:*The Gold Standard*Monetary Unions in Countries and Areas from Latin America to The British Empire to Japan and Korea with many in between*EMU and its Policy Ramifications*the CFA Franc Zone in the former French Colonies.Written in readable and enjoyable prose… |
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Krudy’s Chronicles $25.00 A wistful and nostalgic image of the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian empire, following the bloodless democratic revolution of 1918, the Károlyi government and the short-lived Soviet Republic, and presents cameos of the leading political figures of the day, such as Ferenc Kossuth, Mihály Károli and Béla Kun…. |