Shepheard Walwyn imprint: 34 books
Ricardo's Law
House Prices and the Great Tax Clawback Scam
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2006
Presenting insights into how income and wealth are produced and distributed, this study analyzes how, despite two centuries of capital accumulation, poverty persists in rich nations. Relying on the theories of David Ricardo—a 19th-century economist credited with developing the theory of rent—a...
The Traumatised Society
How to Outlaw Cheating and Save Our Civilisation
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
The author was the first to forecast (in 1997) the events that ruptured the global economy in 2008 by applying an analysis that exposes the fault lines in the structure of the market economy. Now, he extends his analysis to the future of the West, to evaluate fears from distinguished commentators...
The Science of Economics
The Economic Teaching of Leon MacLaren
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Based on a three-year course prepared by Leon MacLaren for the School of Economic Science in London in the late 1960s, this book reassesses the first principles of economics. Leon MacLaren (1910–1994) was a barrister, politician, philosopher, and the founder of the School of Economic Science. In...
Friend to Mankind
Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499)
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Eighteen essays reexamine Ficino’s life and work focusing on three essential aspects: his significance in his own times, his spreading influence throughout Europe and over subsequent centuries in many areas of thought and creativity, and his enduring relevance today. Translation of his major works...
On the Nature of Poetry
An Appraisal and Investigation of the Art Which for 4000 Years Has Distilled the Spoken Thoughts of Mankind
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
The entire history of Western poetry is surveyed in this study, from the ancient world, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the modern period. Two hundred poems extracts are included, and 10 poets are covered in depth, with critical appraisals of their lives and work. Problems of translation...
by R. S. Attack
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Providing a firsthand account of the land enclosure movement of the 19th century from a major English poet, this extensively researched study gives modern readers an appreciation of the divisive effects of such policies. Structured chronologically, this exploration of John Clare’s life highlights...
by John Vyvyan
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Looking at some of the Shakespearean comedies, author John Vyvyan suggests they express a consistent, profoundly Christian philosophy of life based on the Platonic ideas of beauty and love. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, and All’s Well That Ends Well, the heroines bring to life...
Saviour of the Nation
An Epic Poem of Winston Churchill's Finest Hour
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
This engaging poem depicts Winston Churchill as a hero, in traditional epic style and echoes the works of Homer and Virgil. The metre adds an emotional intensity to the events of 20th century history more usually found within Classical literature. The narrative covers the period from 1940, when Great...
No Debt, High Growth, Low Tax
Hong Kong's Economic Miracle Explained
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Governments around the world are wrestling with the problems of enormous debts, low growth, high unemployment and a gap between the demands of public expenditure and what can be raised through taxation. There are two small islands with no natural resources which have enjoyed high growth combined with...
by John Butler
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
A personal account of searching for spiritual understanding initially outside Christian teaching, this book takes the position that there are as many ways to God as there are paths up a mountain. Interpreting his own spiritual breakthroughs, the author describes them as "windows of realization"...
The President
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Arguing that an efficient economic system can be compatible with a fair share for all, this novel centers on a United States president who changes his mind about his policies. A deliberate parable about today’s political wars, the novel illustrates the reforms posed by a real 19th-century figure,...
Shakespeare and the Rose of Love
A Study of the Early Plays in Relation to the Medieval Philosophy of Love
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Offering an unusual and exceptionally clear insight into Shakespeare’s philosophy and a viewpoint seldom considered, this book argues that his philosophy was consistent, consciously held, and profoundly Christian. Showing that Shakespeare appreciated the danger faced in writing at a time of major...
Espana Britannia
A Bitter-Sweet Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
This historical analysis of the political and religious relationship of Britain and Spain, from 12th-century dynastic alliances to the Spanish support of the English-American invasion of Iraq, asserts that there have been many significant links between the two countries over the past 800 years. While...
by John Vyvyan
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Originally published in 1959, this book has long been out of print and largely neglected by Shakespearean scholars. It offers a viewpoint seldom considered: an unusual and exceptionally clear insight into Shakespeare’s philosophy. It does so with freshness, modesty and conviction. Appreciating the...