New Releases by Marc Roche

CAE Cambridge Writing: Advanced English Masterclass: (Includes Complete C1 Phrasal Verbs Masterclass)- C1 English Writing Preparation for Cambridge Advanced1 This 2 in 1 book is the new and improved edition of both the "CAE Writing Masterclass" and the "English Phrasal Verbs & Collocations Masterclass". This new version of the bestselling CAE Cambridge Writing book "CAE Writing Masterclass", offers an advanced English masterclass, including a complete C1 Phrasal Verbs training section for C1 English writing preparation for the Cambridge Advanced exam.

"TOEFL Vocabulary Advanced Masterclass. Master TOEFL Essay Vocabulary, Summary Vocabulary & Speaking Vocabulary for Quick TOEFL Test Revision. Essential TOEFL IBT Book", from the Essential TOEFL IBT Test Book Series, is a complete TOEFL self-study book which focuses on practical English usage and vocabulary for the official TOEFL Test.The writing part of the TOEFL test is often the most intimidating for many students, and this TOEFL vocabulary book, is a full self-study course for successful, ambitious students who wish to maximize their time. This book is based on years of classroom experience, and contains TOEFL writing exercises and secret exam strategies to quickly improve your general English writing skills, summary writing, vocabulary and essay writing.This Masterclass Book will give you the vocabulary, skills, tools, knowledge and practice needed to get an excellent score in the TOEFL test.

TOLES Legal English: Advanced English for Lawyers, Plain & Simple. International Legal English for Lawyers, Law Professionals & Law Students ( "Master Legal Vocabulary & Terminology" TOLES Edition)Most lawyers whose first language is not English face a problem when it comes to setting time aside to improve their communication skills in English, mainly due to a lack of time. This self-study book aims to bridge that gap by providing a structured framework under which law students, lawyers and other law professionals can significantly improve their knowledge of Legal English, contract law and the English legal system.You will be taken through the main vocabulary and grammar structures in commercial contracts and allowed to practise them through highly targeted activities which aim to develop, not only your lexical and grammatical skills, but also your confidence and overall competence within international legal settings. At the end of the book you will find a link to a short glossary with all the main terms of contract law and legal English, together with a phrasal verb mini-dictionary which includes definitions and exercises to perfect your mastery of this area of English. This book provides a complete preparation for Advanced Legal English vocabulary and grammar (from Basic to Advanced level) in the TOLES exam (Legal English)

INCLUDES 300+ PREMIUM DOWNLOADABLE PPT TEMPLATES!!Persuasive Presentations: A Pocket Guide to Persuasive Presentations & Public speaking beyond Presentation Design. Public Speaking Playbook for the Exceptional Presenter. Including 300+ Professional PPT Templates!!!Professional presentations, whether you are a trainer, teacher, business professional or presenter, are too important to mess up. They are seen as a reflection of your level of preparation. As such, they can be life-changing in either a positive way or a negative way. This presentation skills book will enable you not only prepare mentally for your public speaking but also to understand the psychology and neuroscience of your audience, so that you can present in a way that appeals to the nature of the human brain. The same presentation or class can get you a standing ovation or a cold unsympathetic audience depending on the way it''s delivered and the context in which it''s delivered, so you have to pay attention to the basic psychological factors. Even if you gave exactly the same presentation to the same group of people, in a different context they might interpret your words and body language differently, as they may approach it with a different mind-set, together with a different set of beliefs and expectations. When you approach a presentation, class or meeting in a professional setting, you need to decide exactly what you want from the exchange from the outset, and then, what context you are interacting in.

BE FEARLESS & DEMOLISH PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY THROUGH SCIENCE & MINDSET Public Speaking 2.0: Speak to Win. How to Master Public Speaking through Mindset & Science. Effective Speaking, Speech Training & CommunicationWe''re all spectacularly flawed humans, and we all need to be more proactive in some parts of our lives. This chapter comes from my observations, research and personal experience as a teacher, coach and human. I spend a lot of time one on one with many different people on a daily basis, and this gives me a little bit of an insight into our learning process and how we view that process. I''ve also learnt a few things from other people along the way.

"If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you''ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren''t so lazy"Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men The One Hour Business Plan for Starting a Small Business: The Solopreneur''s Guide on How to Write a Business Plan & Start a Business. Escape the 9 to 5. Beginner to Advanced Small Business Planner (Business Planning Series)If you are going to go into business for yourself, then you should be applauded. Being an entrepreneur is a very noble profession. You are helping the economy with your business, you might be employing people and you are in with a fighting chance of turning your own dreams into reality. People say that if you find your passion then you will never work a day in your life. Unfortunately, having a passion is not going to cut it when you want your business to be successful. You can be as passionate as you want, but if you don''t do the research and planning, then your business may be doomed before it even begins. Think of it this way. If you were to go on a road trip across the U.S., you would have to have a general idea of where you want to end up (New York City) and where you want to start (Los Angeles), and you would need to know the various roads in the middle, or at least have a clear, accurate map. If you were to just hit the road and go, well you might get to your destination, but it would take much longer, you may get lost and you might not enjoy the journey as much. Since you didn''t plan where you would get gas, you may run out and end up stranded in the middle of nowhere. That is not going to make a great trip for you. If you wanted to make the journey cheaper, smoother, faster and more comfortable, first, you would get a map and you would plan the journey down to the last detail. You would plan where to stay, where you to get gas and the best places to visit. It may be excessive, but now that you have planned everything you are going to have a quicker journey and there are going to be less hiccups. As long as you have a good, detailed plan and you follow through, adapting to any changes along the way, you will arrive at your destination. This is essentially how this business plan is going to work for you. It is your road map to entrepreneurial success. It will detail what your business is, how it will compete, where the money is coming from and why customers will choose your business rather than your competitors''. Without a business plan, even if you have a revolutionary product, the chances of success are greatly reduced. This business plan is your best friend when you are starting out with your company.WHY THIS BUSINESS PLANThere are many reasons to have a business plan in place when you are looking to start or grow your business. VALIDATE YOUR IDEAFirst, it will test just how feasible the business is. If the business is not feasible, the business plan will show that, and you will be able to adjust your strategy or move on to a new idea that will be more successful. FUNDINGIf you want any sort of funding, from venture capitalists to your local bank loan, you are going to need a business plan. A business plan shows you have done your due diligence and is going to attract investors. GOALS AND STRATEGYA business plan is not just about starting a business, as the next section will show. A business plan will help you find ways to expand your successful business, to understand the roles of employees and to determine the future goals of the company.

''Mind Funk: An Introvert''s Guide to Effective Business Communication & Emotional Intelligence: How to Communicate Effectively with EQ. Boost Public Speaking, Meetings, Writing & Emotional IntelligenceWe''re all spectacularly flawed humans, and we all need to be more proactive in some parts of our lives. This chapter comes from my observations, research and personal experience as a teacher, coach and human. I spend a lot of time one on one with many different people on a daily basis, and this gives me a little bit of an insight into our learning process and how we view that process. I''ve also learnt a few things from other people along the way.Idea 1: Ideas about biologically defined limits can be life-changing. The idea that you are born a certain way, with a certain set of strengths and weaknesses, can have a profound effect on your motivation and on how you feel about yourself. How your brain actually works is that it adapts and changes to be the best it can be in the environment you''re normally in. For instance, if you need to navigate routes on a daily basis, your brain will change its shape and the size of some of its areas to become more efficient at navigating. Idea 2: One of the things emotionally intelligent people do automatically is that they think about whether or not they might be guilty of ''transference''. ''Transference'' is when we transfer behaviour and intentions onto other people based on our previous social experiences. When we are more aware of how others may perceive us, and our intentions, or how we ourselves may misunderstand people, we are better equipped to differentiate between "friend or foe". When we are better able to differentiate between real threats and perceived threats, we are free to capitalize on opportunities that present themselves, as we are less preoccupied with our own negative feelings. Idea 3: We react to everything people say to us in four basic ways, either positively, neutrally, defensively or angrily. Sometimes our responses are appropriate and sometimes they are a result of incorrectly judging the context of the message we are receiving. Idea 4: Positive, ''emotionally intelligent'' people do something automatically that many people don''t even know is possible. They often view the world as having more than one reality or ''story'' that is being told, or that could be told. In other words, different versions of the truth in any given situation. They have the ability to detach themselves from the situation and look at it objectively and in a way that is useful for them. Idea 5: How you tell the story of your past, determines the path for your futureOur brains are naturally hard-wired to criticize every possible move and critically evaluate every situation. It''s arguably a survival mechanism there to protect us from life in the wild. The problem is, we don''t need it in such an obvious way anymore, so we misunderstand it. The majority of humans don''t go out to hunt in packs anymore. We don''t chase down giant beasts and kill them with hand-made weapons and we don''t have to fend off wild animals on a daily basis. Our brains are an amazing thing, so they have adapted to our new lifestyles. In that adaptation, they have become critical of our every move so as to produce tactical advantages in today''s world. The problem comes when we misinterpret that critical view and we become preoccupied with our own feelings. If your brain is telling you that you didn''t do something well, it''s not intended to knock you down, it''s intended as a warning so that you can perfect your technique and gain a tactical advantage. Idea 5: People who are not overly worried about their own butt-hurt little feelings train their brain to see things as they are, no better no worse. Once they are able to do this, they see the situation in their favor and think tactically.

About this Professional Email BookProfessional emails are too important to mess up. They are evidence of something that you said or did, and as such, they can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. Every day, a staggering amount of business communication takes place. This book will help you not only write more professional business e-mails but also improve your overall business English. "Know your context as well as your audience." Like everything in life, emails are not created equal. The same email can be digital gold or digital poop depending on the situation in which it''s deployed, so you must always pay attention to context. Even if you send exactly the same email to the same audience, in a different context they will interpret your email differently, as they will approach it with a different mind-frame, together with a different set of beliefs and expectations. When you approach an email in a business setting, the first thing to do is to decide exactly what you want from the exchange and then, what context you are writing in. Is this a close colleague but there is a not-so close colleague included into the email exchange? Is this an invitation to have drinks after work with someone who has worked with you for years and has suddenly decided to change paths in their career? Are you about to fire someone you respect immensely? Are you sending a group email to organise a meeting, or are you asking someone to pay you because they haven''t paid their invoice on time again? All these things matter, and are particularly important because you don''t have the benefit of body language or facial expressions when you write. People also tend to forget verbal exchanges more readily, but the written word is powerful. "The pen is "mightier than the sword..." (Edward Bulwer-Lytton) and people will judge you based on how you use your pen.I could not possibly list all the people who have influenced me through their work, but I will try to mention a few of the ones who spring to mind in no particular order. These are my business heroes, and without their contribution through their work, I would never have been able to write this book. If I could write a note of advice about emails and business communication to 25-year old me, I would probably send myself the following checklist. I wish someone had told me all this. 1.Forget your ego. Never write with the objective of impressing someone, even if that someone is you! Sometimes we write and then re-read what we have written a few times, then we give ourselves a mental round of applause before sending it. The problem is, our priority wasn''t communication in this scenario, it was to feed our ego. Trying to impress people with long over-complicated sentences and words has the opposite effect. Always keep clear communication and context in mind in every exchange. 2.Aim to explain difficult concepts or problems in a simple easy-to-understand way. This shows intelligence, because it means you have digested the concepts and are skilful enough to explain them. When you make concepts sound more complicated than they are, it gives people the impression that you don''t understand, because you probably don ́t. 3.If it''s not relevant to the situation or the decision being made, don''t mention it, it will clutter your communication and could cause confusion. 4.When you need to write important or sensitive emails, stick to the facts. Your emotions or opinions are not important or relevant in most cases.BUSINESS EMAIL: WRITE TO WIN. Business English & Professional Email Writing Essentials: How to Write Emails for Work, Including 100+ Business Email Templates

Business vocabulary is obviously essential in order to be able to speak about, write about and understand business concepts. However, it is also the key which will allow you to research business related topics and gain more specific knowledge of finance, strategy, economics and many other areas. Gaining an understanding of key business vocabulary also vastly improves your written English and speaking skills, as well as your listening comprehension and grammar. "Business Vocabulary Masterclass (c), Essential Business Vocabulary Builder for Professionals of All Disciplines," from the Business English Originals (c) series, is packed full of business vocabulary, including specialized exercises and explanations. Business Vocabulary Masterclass (c), Essential Business Vocabulary Builder for Professionals of All Disciplines, is the new business vocabulary book by Marc Roche, containing essential business vocabulary, with vocabulary exercises for business settings and business speaking vocabulary for meetings and presentations. Business Vocabulary Masterclass (c), Essential Business Vocabulary Builder for Professionals of All Disciplines, is ideal for anyone who has problems understanding, remembering and using business English vocabulary and for anyone who wants to speak better business English with fluency and confidence. Don ́t waste hours upon hours researching vocabulary and trying to understand its meaning. This book will make your learning more efficient with less of your own effort, which means more spare time to review other concepts.

Use of English Masterclass: Basic English Grammar for Advanced Learners (Phrasal Verbs & Collocations)English grammar is incredibly important if you want to communicate fluently in English. Improving your grammar and vocabulary for Use of English, will not only help you achieve the results you want, but it will also improve your confidence and social skills in English. "Use of English Masterclass: Basic English Grammar for Advanced Learners (Phrasal Verbs & Collocations)," is a relatively short book packed full of grammar and vocabulary exercises and explanations to help you perfect your use of English. This grammar book focuses on phrasal verbs and collocations, and is ideal for anyone who has problems understanding, remembering and using English vocabulary and grammar.

English Grammar for IELTS 8.5: English Phrasal Verbs & Collocations (English Grammar for IELTS Booster Volume 1) Grammar and vocabulary are an essential component if you want to achieve a high band score in the IELTS test. Improving your grammar and vocabulary for IELTS, will not only help you achieve the grade you need, but it will also improve your listening comprehension, speaking and writing skills for the exam. English Grammar for IELTS 8.5: English Phrasal Verbs & Collocations (English Grammar for IELTS Booster Volume 1) is packed full of grammar and vocabulary exercises and explanations to help you maximize your IELTS score. This short IELTS book is ideal for anyone who has problems understanding, remembering and using English vocabulary and grammar, and who wants to speak English fluently and confidently. Don ́t waste time researching phrasal verbs and trying to understand their exact meaning. This book will make your IELTS preparation more efficient with less of your own effort, which means more spare time to review other concepts.

English grammar is incredibly important if you want to achieve a high test result in the Cambridege English Advanced CAE Use of English exam. Improving your grammar and vocabulary for the CAE Use of English exam, will not only help you achieve the results you need in this part of the test, but it will also improve your listening comprehension, speaking and writing skills for the exam. Basic English Grammar Rules for CAE Use of English: English Phrasal Verbs & Collocations. (English Grammar Rules for CAE Mini-Booster Volume 1), is a short, basic introductory book packed full of grammar and vocabulary exercises and explanations to help you maximize your Use of English score. This mini-grammar book focuses on phrasal verbs and collocations for the exam, and is ideal for anyone who has problems understanding, remembering and using English vocabulary and grammar.

Business English Business English Writing Masterclass: How to Communicate Effectively & Communicate with Confidence: How to Write Emails, Business Letters & Business Reports provides a structured framework under which business students, business professionals, entrepreneurs and other professionals can significantly improve their writing skills. You will be taken through the main vocabulary and grammar structures in business writing, and you''ll be allowed to practise them through highly targeted activities, which aim to develop, not only your Business English skills, but also your confidence and overall competence within business settings. The last section of this book, contains an amazing selection of business email and letter templates to guide you through writing letters, reports and many other documents. It will be an invaluable resource for your studies and career in business.

"This guide is an essential resource for any IELTS candidate seeking to achieve a distinguished band score. It is written to support learners at all levels, offering both foundational teachings and advanced strategies.Prepare for the IELTS with a comprehensive approach that guarantees proficiency in both Academic and General Training writing sections. The IELTS Writing Master Guide offers an exhaustive curriculum designed to elevate your command of the English language and enhance your analytical writing skills." --

"Master Legal Vocabulary & Terminology: Legal Vocabulary In Use: Contracts, Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs + 425 Downloadable Expert Legal Documents & Templates in English!", provides a structured framework under which law students, lawyers and other law professionals can significantly improve their knowledge of legal vocabulary and terminology. You will be taken through the main vocabulary and grammar structures in commercial contracts and allowed to practise them through highly targeted vocabulary and grammar activities, which aim to develop, not only your lexical and grammatical skills, but also your confidence and overall competence within international legal settings. Towards the end of the book you will find a short glossary with all the main terms of contract law and legal vocabulary in English, together with a phrasal verb mini-dictionary which includes definitions and exercises to perfect your mastery of this area of English. Finally, the last section of this book, contains an amazing selection of 425 legal templates to guide you through drafting contracts, letters, affidavits and many many other documents. It will be an invaluable resource for your studies and career in the legal arena.

"IELTS Vocabulary Masterclass 8.5 is ideal for any serious IELTS candidate who does not wish to waste hours researching phrasal verbs and trying to understand their exact meaning."--Publisher.

A complete IELTS preparation self-study book which focuses on practical English writing skills for the official IELTS exam.

Phrasal verbs are essential in order to improve your spoken and written English, as well as your listening comprehension, grammar and vocabulary skills for the exam. Master English Phrasal Verbs quickly with "Phrasal Verbs Masterclass: Learn English Grammar & English Speaking", which is packed full of phrasal verbs exercises and explanations. "Phrasal Verbs Masterclass" is a new phrasal verb vocabulary book by Marc Roche and IDM Business & Law Publications, containing essential vocabulary, a phrasal verbs dictionary, phrasal verbs exercises, English phrasal verbs and speaking vocabulary. This book is ideal for anyone who has problems understanding, remembering and using phrasal verbs in English, and who wants to speak English fluently and confidently. Don ́t waste hours upon hours researching phrasal verbs and trying to understand their exact meaning. This book will make your learning more efficient with less of your own effort, which means more spare time to review other concepts.

"TOEFL Writing Masterclass 5 ®: Learn Advanced Writing for TOEFL IBT" by Marc Roche and IDM Business & Law ®, is a complete TOEFL self-study book which focuses on practical English usage for the official TOEFL IBT Test. The writing part of the TOEFL test is often the most intimidating for many students. "TOEFL Writing Masterclass 5 ®" from the Advanced TOEFL iBT series, is a full self-study TOEFL writing course for Upper-Intermediate and Advanced students, based on years of classroom experience. It contains TOEFL writing exercises and secret exam strategies to quickly improve students'' general English writing skills, summary writing and essay writing. This Masterclass Book will give you the skills, tools, knowledge and practice needed to get an excellent score in the TOEFL writing test. This book is a step-by-step manual, and it will prepare you for all the types of questions that you might have to answer. In addition, it will show you exactly what examiners are looking for when they mark your writing and will carefully guide you through answering exam-type questions, building specialized grammar skills so that you are as confident as possible on the day of the test.

"CAE Writing Masterclass (Parts 1 & 2) Cambridge English Advanced Writing" from the CAE Cambridge Advanced series, is a full self-study CAE writing course for students of Advanced English. It is based on years of classroom experience and contains CAE writing exercises and secret exam strategies to improve students'' general English writing skills, essay writing skills, email writing skills, report writing skills, review writing and proposal writing. The writing part of the Cambridge CAE exam is often the most intimidating for many Advanced English students. CAE Writing Masterclass will give you the skills, tools, knowledge and practice needed to get excellent marks in this part of the exam. This book is a self-study step-by-step manual on how to be brilliant in the writing test. It will prepare you for all the types of questions that you might have to answer and shows you exactly what examiners are looking for when they mark your writing. CAE Writing Masterclass carefully guides you through answering exam-type questions and builds exam specific grammar skills so that you are as confident as possible on the day of the exam.

L''Angleterre est en train de gagner la bataille du Brexit ! À rebours de ses amis du vieux continent, Marc Roche, correspondant du Monde à Londres pendant vingt-cinq ans, aujourd''hui commentateur à la BBC et chroniqueur au Point, en est désormais persuadé. Mettant à rude épreuve les nerfs des négociateurs de Bruxelles, mobilisant toutes les ressources de sa diplomatie qui opère dans les coulisses de la Commission européenne, maniant le bluff comme au temps glorieux de la reine Victoria, les Anglais se révèlent d''un cynisme admirable. Plate-forme off-shore à nos portes, acceptation totale des inégalités, immigration à la carte, le pays est désormais libre de se forger un nouveau destin planétaire, avec le soutien discret de la reine Elizabeth II en personne. Marc Roche révèle une autre vision que celle, catastrophiste, selon laquelle il n''y aurait point de salut hors de l''Union européenne. Il existe au contraire une alternative : le choix d''une nation de rester maître de sa destinée. Entre récit personnel et décryptage d''une transition apparemment chaotique, une enquête qui bouscule les idées reçues.

"TOEFL Writing: Simple Advanced Writing Course for TOEFL Tasks 1 & 2" by Marc Roche and IDM Business & Law (R), is a complete TOEFL self-study book which focuses on practical English usage for the official TOEFL Writing Test. The writing part of the TOEFL test is often the most intimidating for many students. "TOEFL Writing: Simple Advanced Writing Course for TOEFL Tasks 1 & 2" from the TOEFL Writing series, is a full self-study TOEFL writing course for Upper-Intermediate and Advanced students, based on years of classroom experience. It contains TOEFL writing exercises and secret exam strategies to quickly improve students'' general English writing skills, summary writing and essay writing. This Masterclass Book will give you the skills, tools, knowledge and practice needed to get an excellent score in the TOEFL written test. This book is a step-by-step manual, and it will prepare you for all the types of questions that you might have to answer. In addition, it will show you exactly what examiners are looking for when they mark your writing and will carefully guide you through answering exam-type questions, building specialized grammar skills so that you are as confident as possible on the day of the test.

Achieve a TOEFL writing score of 5/5 in 7 days with "TOEFL Writing Simple: Advanced Writing Course for TOEFL Tasks 1 & 2." This book is a complete TOEFL self-study book which focuses on practical English usage. You will learn to hack summary writing and essay writing for instantly better English writing skills.You will learn how to write the perfect English summary You will learn how to write the perfect English essayYou will learn practical English usage in writing. You will learn TOEFL vocabulary for TOEFL IBTYou will look at real TOEFL practice tests You will look at TOEFL writing samplesYou will learn structures and tricks for your writing.

IELTS Writing: Advanced Writing Masterclass (IELTS Tasks 1 & 2) IELTS Writing: Advanced Writing Masterclass (IELTS Tasks 1 & 2) is a fully comprehensive IELTS Writing practice self-study resource designed for IELTS Academic learners who need to achieve a band score of 7.0 to 8.5 in the IELTS Academic Writing test. IELTS Writing skills are essential for success in the IELTS Academic exam In this IELTS Writing Book, students are guided step-by-step through Advanced Writing techniques for IELTS writing task 1 and IELTS writing task 2 to achieve the highest possible grade in the exam. The IELTS study materials in this book have been developed in the classroom by a highly experienced instructor who has helped hundreds of candidates reach the highest possible scores in the IELTS exam.

Students are guided step-by-step through the different tasks in the writing exam, using materials developed in the classroom, by authors with many years'' experience in helping hundreds of IELTS candidates achieve the highest possible IELTS scores.

Most lawyers whose first language is not English face a problem when it comes to setting time aside to improve their communication skills in English, mainly due to a lack of time. This self-study book aims to bridge that gap by providing a structured framework under which law students, lawyers and other law professionals can significantly improve their knowledge of Legal English, contract law and the English legal system. You will be taken through the main vocabulary and grammar structures in commercial contracts and allowed to practise them through highly targeted activities which aim to develop, not only your lexical and grammatical skills, but also your confidence and overall competence within international legal settings. At the end of the book you will find a short glossary with all the main terms of contract law and legal English, together with a phrasal verb mini-dictionary which includes definitions and exercises to perfect your mastery of this area of English. This book provides a complete preparation for Advanced Legal English vocabulary and grammar (from Basic to Advanced level) in the TOLES exam (Legal English)

"Business vocabulary is obviously essential in order to be able to speak about, write about and understand business concepts. However, it is also the key which will allow you to research business related topics and gain more specific knowledge of finance, strategy, economics and many other areas. Gaining understanding of key business vocabulary also vastly improves your written English and speaking skills, as well as your listening comprehension and grammar.

Le diamant a toujours fasciné. Dans cet univers, la discrétion est la règle absolue, ce qui fait qu’on y trouve les artifices fiscaux les plus sophistiqués, les connivences politiques les plus troubles, les fraudes les plus incroyables, les pots de vin fréquents, sans oublier les conditions trop souvent horribles de son extraction. Aujourd’hui, c’est un pur produit de la mondialisation. Jusque dans les années 1980, tout se joue en Europe. Désormais, il faut compter avec la montée en puissance de la Chine et des pays du Golfe et le rôle considérable joué par l’Inde dans la taille du diamant. À cela s’ajoute la production en masse de pierres synthétiques qui bouleverse ce marché. Pour la première fois, cette enquête nous introduit dans l’univers secret de l’extraction et de la taille des pierres précieuses jusqu’à leur vente sur les marchés du monde entier. Un voyage époustouflant de la mine à la bijouterie.

Ce n''est pas seulement la banque américaine Lehman Brothers qui est à l''origine de ce krach qui n''en finit pas, mais aussi une grande banque française, un an plus tôt. C''est une des révélations étonnantes de Marc Roche, auteur notamment de de La banque (Prix du meilleur livre financier), des Banksters et co-réalisateur du film Goldman Sachs, la banque qui dirige le monde, dans une stupéfiante enquête sur cet engrenage fatal dont les mécanismes secrets sont encore largement ignorés. Il nous dit comment l''aveuglement, l''arrogance, la cupidité de quelques-uns ont pu conduire la planète au bord du précipice. Il révèle et retrace avec minutie ce qui s''est réellement passé pendant ces quelques mois qui, d''aout 2007 à novembre 2008, ont bouleversé le monde économique, financier et politique. Un document exceptionnel sur la véritable guerre qui se joue au sommet du pouvoir, de Londres à New York en passant par Paris, et dont nous sommes les otages impuissants.