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Intelligible beauty

recent research on Byzantine jewellery

Eds. Chris Entwistle, Noël Adams. The field of Byzantine jewellery (4th-15th centuries) is a rapidly expanding one and a large amount of important research has been conducted within the last ten years, both by scholars on the continent and in America. The intention of the ...

The business forecasting deal

exposing myths, eliminating bad practices, providing practical solutions

Practical-nontechnical-solutions to the problems of business forecasting Written in a nontechnical style, this book provides practical solutions to common business forecasting problems, showing you how to think about business forecasting in the context of uncertainty, randomness and process performance. * Addresses the philosophical foundations of forecasting ...

Credit models and the crisis

a journey into CDOs, copulas, correlations and dynamic models

The recent financial crisis has highlighted the need for better valuation models and risk management procedures, better understanding of structured products, and has called into question the actions of many financial institutions. It has become commonplace to blame the inadequacy of credit risk models, claiming ...

The trade lifecycle

behind the scenes of the trading process

Every person working in an investment bank or hedge fund has a large part of his work connected to the lifecycle of a trade. It is the glue by which all the departments are bound and the aggregated success or failure of each trade determines ...

Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare

Eds. Daniel Marston, Carter Malkasian. Throughout history armies of occupation and civil power have been repeatedly faced with the challenges of insurgency. British and American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has highlighted this form of conflict in the modern world. Armies, sometimes reluctantly, have had ...

The exchange-traded funds manual

This title offers full coverage of ETF investments from an expert in the field. The initial edition of Gary Gastineau's "The Exchange-Traded Fund Manual" was one of the first books to describe and analyze ETFs. It made the case for the superiority of the ...

Modeling risk

applying Monte Carlo risk simulation, strategic real options, stochastic forecasting, and portfolio optimization

It accompanies DVD. An updated guide to risk analysis and modeling Although risk was once seen as something that was both unpredictable and uncontrollable, the evolution of risk analysis tools and theories has changed the way we look at this important business element. In the ...

Erwin Rommel

leadership, strategy, conflict

Nicknamed 'The Desert Fox' for his cunning command of the Afrika Korps, Erwin Rommel remains one of the most popular and studied of Germany's World War II commanders. He got his first taste of combat in World War I, where his daring command earned ...

Long range desert group patrolman

the Western Desert 1940-43

Nicknamed the 'Libyan Desert Taxi Service' by the SAS, the Long Range Desert Group was tasked with strategic reconnaissance and raiding operations deep inside the enemy-held deserts of North Africa. Armed with light weapons only, and equipped with specially converted light cars and trucks capable ...

Mons Graupius ad 83

Rome's battle at the edge of the world

Il. Seán Ó'Brógáin. In AD 77, Roman forces under Agricola marched into the northern reaches of Britain in an attempt to pacify the Caledonian tribesman. For seven years, the Romans marched and battled across what is now Scotland. Finally, in AD 83, they fought ...

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

leadership, strategy, conflict

Arguably the greatest military commander in the history of the samurai, Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose from the ranks of the peasantry to rule over all Japan. A student of the great unifier Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi would later avenge the murder of his master at the battle ...

Derivatives demystified

a step-by-step guide for forward, futures, swaps and options

Derivatives are everywhere in the modern world and it is important for everyone in banking, investment and finance to have a good understanding of the subject. Derivatives Demystified provides a step-by-step guide to the subject, enabling the reader to have a solid, working understanding of ...

Impuesto sobre sociedades

Ofrece esta obra, a través de una visión práctica, un estudio riguroso que encierra nuestro sistema tributario. De una forma exhaustiva y a través de una metodología original, basada en la formulación de preguntas y respuestas sobre una infinidad de cuestiones prácticas, que desgrana toda ...

Crisis empresarial y concurso

comentarios legales

Coords. Antonio Fernández Rodríguez, Manuel Mª Sánchez Álvarez. SUMARIO: # Las soluciones preconcursales. # Aspectos financieros de las reestructuraciones empresariales. # La superación del riesgo empresarial. # El presupuesto objetivo de la insolvencia y los problemas de su concreción práctica. # Las medidas cautelares en el proceso concursal. # La conservación ...

Lost girls

sex and death in Renaissance Florence

In 1554, a group of idealistic laywomen founded a home for homeless and orphaned adolescent girls in one of the worst neighborhoods in Florence. Of the 526 girls who lived in the home during its fourteen-year tenure, only 202 walked out alive. Struck by the ...

Spanish Civil War Tanks

the proving ground for Blitzkrieg

Il. Tony Bryan. The tanks used during the Spanish Civil War are not often examined in any great detail, and are often labeled as little more than test vehicles in a convenient proving ground before World War II. But, with groundbreaking research, armor expert Steven ...

Conquer or die!

Wellington's veterans and the liberation of the New World

In the aftermath of Waterloo, over 6,000 British volunteers sailed across the Atlantic to aid Simon Bolivar in his liberation of Gran Columbia from her oppressors in Madrid. The expeditions were plagued with disaster from the start, one ship sank shortly after leaving Portsmouth ...

Afrikakorps soldier 1941-43

This book explores the experiences of the German Afrika Korps soldier during the North Africa campaign, from the Korps' arrival in-theatre in February 1941 to its eventual surrender in Tunisia in May 1943, with a particular focus on the intense period of warfare in the ...

Berbers and others

beyond tribe and Nation in the Maghrib

Eds. Katherine E. Hoffman, Susan Gilson Miller. "Berbers and Others" offers fresh perspectives on new forms of social and political activism in today's Maghrib. In recent years, the Amazigh (Berber) movement has become a focus of widespread political, social, and cultural attention in North ...

Contra la ética de la verdad

Contra la ética de la verdad significa a favor de una ética de la duda. Más allá de las apariencias, la duda no es en absoluto contraria a la verdad, sino que, en cierto sentido, implica su afirmación. Contiene por tanto un elogio de la ...