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by Y. S. Lee
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
In a tale steeped in action, romance, and the gaslit intrigue of Victorian London, Mary Quinn’s detective skills are pitted against a cunning and desperate opponent.
Mary Quinn has a lot on her mind. James Easton, her longtime love interest, wants to marry her; but despite her feelings, independent-minded...
by Anita Y. Tsuchiya
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK There has never been a pitcher in baseball history–not Walter Johnson, not Lefty Grove, not Sandy Koufax, not Tom Seaver, not Roger Clemens–who was more overwhelming than the young Pedro. —Joe Posnanski, Sports Illustrated I always said you need four things to be...
by Y. Michael Xu
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
A game strategy guide that focuses solely on maximising your in game earning. Whether you are new pilot plugging into your first capsule or have years of experience in EVE, this book is for you. No prior knowledge of EVE Online required.
The Almighty Black P Stone Nation
The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
This exposé investigates the evolution of the Almighty Black P Stone Nation, a motley group of poverty-stricken teens transformed into a dominant gang accused of terroristic intentions. Interwoven into the narrative is the dynamic influence of leader Jeff Fort, who—despite his flamboyance and high...
Complete Wing Chun
The Definitive Guide to Wing Chun's History and Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Master the many styles of Wing Chun Kung Fu with this expert martial arts guide.
With the fame of Bruce Lee, the conditions in Hong Kong, and the hard work and effort of many of his classmates, the Wing Chun of the late master Yip Man became one of the most well-known and popular Chinese martial...
Taking Measure of Charter Schools
Better Assessments, Better Policymaking, Better Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2010
Charter schools offer something that public school systems, parents, and teachers need: a way to experiment with alternative ways of teaching, motivating students, organizing schools, using technology, and employing teachers. While people came down on both sides of support for or against charter schools,...
FinTech
The Technology Driving Disruption in the Financial Services Industry
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Everything that we know about the world of finance is changing before us. Innovation is happening constantly, despite the protests of the traditional financial industry. With all the new technology that we have today, it is almost mind-blowing to think about the kind of technology that we will have...
Think Excellence
Harnessing Your Power to Succeed Beyond Greatness
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Reviews “Think Excellence is truly an enriching compendium of thought-provoking principles and values that help inform our lives. The nine power principles, as presented in this book, challenge our ability and capacity to expand our personal and professional aspirations and skills beyond the status...
by John Y. Lee, Mark J. Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
Featured in Volume 20 are articles on: information overload and multiple constituency values related to environmental and social disclosures; the extent to which product life cycle cost analysis, customer involvement and cost management contribute to the competitive advantage of firms; the development...
Banking Reform in Nigeria
The Aftermath of the 2009 Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
This book captures Nigeria's crisis management experience and lessons learnt during the five-year tenure of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as CBN Governor. It provides a backdrop of the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the US characterised by the Lehman Brothers debacle in 2007-08, which precipitated global economic and financial crisis.
Finite Approximations in Discrete-Time Stochastic Control
Quantized Models and Asymptotic Optimality
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
In a unified form, this monograph presents fundamental results on the approximation of centralized and decentralized stochastic control problems, with uncountable state, measurement, and action spaces. It demonstrates how quantization provides a system-independent and constructive method for the reduction...
Strategic Asset Allocation
Portfolio Choice for Long-Term Investors
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2002
Academic finance has had a remarkable impact on many financial services. Yet long-term investors have received curiously little guidance from academic financial economists. Mean-variance analysis, developed almost fifty years ago, has provided a basic paradigm for portfolio choice. This approach usefully...
by Duran Oğaç, Eylem Yılmaz
Language: Turkish
Release Date: February 21, 2016
Language: Turkish
Release Date: February 21, 2016
Gezi eylemlerinin son dönem politik tarihindeki yerini tekrar anımsamak için eşsiz bir fırsat bu çalışma. Kara mizahi bir tarzla, Gezi'nin siyasi diskurumuza kattığı sözleri ve deyişleri derleyen, zevkle okunan bir çalışma.
Boardroom Secrets
Corporate Governance for Quality of Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2009
Boardroom Secrets focuses on the, processes, and behaviours for a board of directors to ensure good governance. The book focuses on behavioral aspects of governance such as how to evaluate and process information provided to the board, how to critically question without de-motivating, and how to balance interests of different stakeholders.