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David Savran
A Queer Sort of Materialism : Recontextualizing American Theater (Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance)

2003 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book Description In engaging, accessible prose, leading theater critic and cultural commentator David Savran explores the intersections between art and culture, offering smart, compelling interpretations of the economic and social contexts of theatrical texts and practices. Acknowledging theater`s marginal status in U.S. culture, A Queer Sort of Materialism takes on `the trouble-makers--the ghost, closeted homosexual, masochist, drag king, Third World laborer, even the white male as victim`--who figure more prominently in theater than in other cultural forms. In impeccably researched and argued essays that range in subject matter from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Paula Vogel, from Suddenly Last Summer to Iron John, Savran uncovers the ways that such troublemakers both challenge and reinforce orthodox social practices. The selections presented here are by turns entertaining, informative, sophisticated, and polemical, reflecting the author`s dual citizenship as rigorous… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0472068369
Book size: —; Page extent: 246.

 

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National Research Council, National Research Council, Committee for a Study Promoting Access to Scientific, Technical Data for the Public Interest
A Question of Balance: Private Rights and Public Interest in Scientific and Technical Databases

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: New legal approaches, such as the European Union`s 1996 Directive on the Legal Protection of Databases, and other legal initiatives now being considered in the United States at the federal and state level, are threatening to compromise public access to scientific and technical data available through computerized databases. Lawmakers are struggling to strike an appropriate balance between the rights of database rights holders, who are concerned about possible commercial misappropriation of their products,and public-interest users of the data such as researchers, educators, and libraries. A Question of Balance examines this balancing act. The committee concludes that because database rights holders already enjoy significant legal, technical, and market-based protections, the need for statutory protection has not been sufficiently substantiated. It also recognizes that some additional limits against wholesale misappropriation of databases may be necessary. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0309068258
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William D. Nordhaus
A Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies

2008 y.
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Description: As scientific and observational evidence on global warming piles up every day, questions of economic policy in this central environmental topic have taken center stage. But as author and prominent Yale economist William Nordhaus observes, the issues involved in understanding global warming and slowing its harmful effects are complex and cross disciplinary boundaries. For example, ecologists see global warming as a threat to ecosystems, utilities as a debit to their balance sheets, and farmers as a hazard to their livelihoods. In this important work, William Nordhaus integrates the entire spectrum of economic and scientific research to weigh the costs of reducing emissions against the benefits of reducing the long-run damages from global warming. The book offers one of the most extensive analyses of the economic and environmental dynamics of greenhouse-gas emissions and climate change and provides the tools to evaluate alternative approaches to slowing global warming. The author… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0300137486
Book size: —; Page extent: 256.

 

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Ian Rankin
A Question of Blood

2005 y.
Publisher: Orion
Description: At a private school two teenagers are killed by an ex-Army loner who then turns the gun on himself. As Dl John Rebus puts it, `there`s no mystery… except the why`. But this question takes him into the heart of a shattered community - and to a link with his own troubled past. Rebus becomes fascinated by the killer. The man had friends and enemies to spare, from politicians to the local Goths, and left behind a legacy of secrets and lies. Формат: 11 см x 17,5 см. [detailed...]

ISBN: 978-0-7528-7713-6
Book size: —; Page extent: 464.

 

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Thad A. Gaebelein, Ron P. Simmons
A Question of Character: Life Lessons to Learn from Military History

— y.
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Description: From the boardroom to the Beltway, questions of character are making the headlines. Does it matter what kind of person you are if you`re doing a good job? In this environment of moral ambivalence, does character count for anything? You bet it does. In this intriguing new book, a successful businessman and former West Point professor argue that you can never escape your character. With inspiring stories, the authors use lessons from military history to explain why when all else is equal, the better personwill always win. Using historical accounts from Napoleon to the jungles of Vietnam, you`ll learn the value of good character in your career, your relationships, and your everyday life. A Question of Character harks back to the original American spirit of honesty, integrity, ingenuity and perseverance. From presidents to generals to the man in the street, character is an issue that we cannot afford to neglect. This thought-provoking book will help settle our nation`s debate over… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1578260191
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Qiu Zhijie, Gonkar Gyatso, Marine Hugonnier, Khin Khin Su
A Question of Evidence

2009 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Inspired by visits to Asian countries under dictatorship, A Question of Evidence examines the inroads artists can make into the status of political documents. Most of the contributing artists collaborate with grassroots collectives that manage to conduct research and disseminate information through Internet-based networks, video and film databases. [detailed...]

ISBN: 3865605699
Book size: —; Page extent: 190.

 

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R. Dwayne Betts
A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison

2009 y.
Publisher: —
Description: A powerful debut memoir from a published poet and emerging writer. At the age of sixteen, R. Dwayne Betts- a good student from a lower-middle-class family-carjacked a man with a friend. He had never held a gun before, but within a matter of minutes he had committed six felonies. In Virginia, carjacking is a `certifiable` offense, meaning that Dwayne would be treated as an adult under state law. A bright young kid, weighing only 126 pounds- not enough to fill out a medium T-shirt -he served his eight-year sentence as part of the adult population in some of the worst prisons in the state. A Question of Freedom is a coming-of-age story, with the unique twist that it takes place in prison. Utterly alone-and with the growing realization that he really is not going home any time soon-Dwayne confronts profound questions about violence, freedom, crime, race, and the justice system. Above all, A Question of Freedom is about a quest for identity-one that guarantees Dwayne`s survival in a… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1583333487
Book size: —; Page extent: 256.

 

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Douglas C. Waller
A Question of Loyalty

2005 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book Description A Question of Loyalty plunges into the seven-week Washington trial of Gen. William `Billy` Mitchell, the hero of the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I and the man who proved in 1921 that planes could sink a battleship. In1925 Mitchell was frustrated by the slow pace of aviation development, and he sparked a political firestorm, accusing the army and navy high commands -- and by inference the president -- of treason and criminal negligence in the way they conducted national defense. He was put on trial for insubordination in a spectacular court-martial that became a national obsession during the Roaring Twenties. Uncovering a trove of new letters, diaries, and confidential documents, Douglas Waller captures the drama of the trial and builds a rich and revealing biography of Mitchell. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0060505486
Book size: —; Page extent: 480.

 

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Alison Porcelli, Cheryl Tyler, Lucy Calkins
A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time, K-2 (Workshop Help Desk)

2008 y.
Publisher: —
Description: In A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time Alison and Cheryl explain how choice-time workshops can be structured to help English language learners imagine, create, and explore language through play. They outline two units of study for choice-time workshops, the first using open-ended materials, the other using literature to inspire play. A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time is part of the Workshop Help Desk series. About the Workshop Help Desk seriesThe Workshop Help Desk series is designed for teachers who believe in workshop teaching and who have already rolled up their sleeves enough to have encountered the predictable challenges. If you`ve struggled to get around quickly enough to help all your writers, if you`ve wondered how to tweak your teaching to make it more effective and lasting, if you`ve needed to adapt your teaching for English learners, if you`ve struggled to teach grammar or nonfiction writing or test prepa?¦if you`ve faced… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0325026157
Book size: —; Page extent: 96.

 

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Shanna Schwartz, Lucy Calkins
A Quick Guide to Making Your Teaching Stick, K-5 (Workshop Help Desk)

2008 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Recognizing that there is a vast difference between children getting it and children holding on to what they have learned, Shanna lays out the universal principles of “stickiness” and describes how they can be used to tweak your teaching for a more lasting impact on young writers. A Quick Guide to Making Your Teaching Stick is part of the Workshop Help Desk series. About the Workshop Help Desk seriesThe Workshop Help Desk series is designed for teachers who believe in workshop teaching and who have already rolled up their sleeves enough to have encountered the predictable challenges. If you`ve struggled to get around quickly enough to help all your writers, if you`ve wondered how to tweak your teaching to make it more effective and lasting, if you`ve needed to adapt your teaching for English learners, if you`ve struggled to teach grammar or nonfiction writing or test prepa?¦if you`ve faced these and other specific, pressing challenges, then this series is for you. Provided in a… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0325025967
Book size: —; Page extent: 104.

 

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M. Colleen Cruz, Lucy Calkins
A Quick Guide to Reaching Struggling Writers, K-5 (Workshop Help Desk)

2008 y.
Publisher: —
Description: In A Quick Guide to Reaching Struggling Writers Colleen Cruz shows how to stop struggling with writers who struggle. You`ll find effective support for students who say: I`m not a good writer, My hand hurts, I don`t know how to spell, I don`t have anything to write about, I never get to write anything I want to write, I`m done. A Quick Guide to Reaching Struggling Writers is part of the Workshop Help Desk series. About the Workshop Help Desk seriesThe Workshop Help Desk series is designed for teachers who believe in workshop teaching and who have already rolled up their sleeves enough to have encountered the predictable challenges. If you`ve struggled to get around quickly enough to help all your writers, if you`ve wondered how to tweak your teaching to make it more effective and lasting, if you`ve needed to adapt your teaching for English learners, if you`ve struggled to teach grammar or nonfiction writing or test prepa?¦if you`ve faced these and other specific, pressing challenges,… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0325025959
Book size: —; Page extent: 96.

 

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Sarah Picard Taylor, Lucy Calkins
A Quick Guide to Teaching Persuasive Writing, K-2 (Workshop Help Desk)

2008 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Children have voices that need to be heard and ideas that need to be understood. Building on this premise Sarah describes why you should try a persuasive writing unit of study, describes two units of study for the primary classroom, and lists tips and ideas for helping students get their persuasive writing out into the world. A Quick Guide to Teaching Persuasive Writing is part of the Workshop Help Desk series. About the Workshop Help Desk seriesThe Workshop Help Desk series is designed for teachers who believe in workshop teaching and who have already rolled up their sleeves enough to have encountered the predictable challenges. If you`ve struggled to get around quickly enough to help all your writers, if you`ve wondered how to tweak your teaching to make it more effective and lasting, if you`ve needed to adapt your teaching for English learners, if you`ve struggled to teach grammar or nonfiction writing or test prepa?¦if you`ve faced these and other specific, pressing challenges,… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0325025975
Book size: —; Page extent: 96.

 

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R. J. Ellory
A Quiet Belief in Angels

2007 y.
Publisher: Orion
Description: 1939. In the small, rural community of Augusta Falls, twelwe-year-old Joseph Vaughan hears of the brutal assault and murder of a young girl, the first in a series of killings that will blight the community over the next decade. Joseph and his friends are determined to protect Augusta Falls against the evil in their midst and form The Guardians. But the murderer evades them and they watch helplessly as one child after another is taken. Even when the killings cease, a shadow of fear follows Joseph for the rest of his life. The past won`t stay buried and, fifty years later, Joseph must confront the nightmare that has overshadowed his entire life… Формат: 13 см x 19,5 см. [detailed...]

ISBN: 978-0-7528-8263-5
Book size: —; Page extent: 416.

 

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Douglas Wood
A Quiet Place

2005 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book Description `Sometimes a person needs a quiet place.` A place that`s far away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life -- a place that isn`t ringing or talking or roaring or playing. But sometimes thatplace isn`t easy to find. Explore what it`s like to find a special someplace where we all can think our own thoughts and feel our own feelings. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0689876092
Book size: —; Page extent: 32.

 

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Mary Elizabeth King
A Quiet Revolution: The First Palestinian Intifada and Nonviolent Resistance

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 1560258020
Book size: —; Page extent: 480.

 

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R. J. Ellory
A Quiet Vendetta

2006 y.
Publisher: Orion
Description: When Catherine Ducane disappears in the heart of New Orleans, the local cops react rapidly - she is the daughter of the Governor of Louisiana, after all. But the case gets very strange, very quickly. Her bodyguard turns up dead in the trunk of a car, and when the kidnapper calls, he doesn`t want money, he wants time alone with Washington Organised Crime Investigator Ray Hartmann. Hartmann cares more about trying to repair his marriage than his job, and has no idea why the kidnapper has asked for him. But as the story unravels, reaching back fifty years, from Cuba to Los Angeles - and to the heart of the Italian Mafia - Hartmann realises they may already be too late… Формат: 13 см x 19,5 см. [detailed...]

ISBN: 978-0-7528-7740-2
Book size: —; Page extent: 528.

 

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Patricia Schonstein
A Quilt of Dreams: A Novel

2006 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Set in Grahamstown, South Africa, during the 1990s at the height of political unrest and opposition to apartheid, this is the bittersweet story of two people whose lives intertwine without them knowing each other—one a heavy-drinking white man and the other the young daughter of a black activist. Reuben Cohen van Tonder`s battle with unresolved grief and his search for hidden peace and Vita Mbuli`s innocent resolve to remove the bad luck that has troubled her family for generations climax together in a wondrous resolution of personal and national triumph. In this captivating and heartfelt novel, Patricia Schonstein captures the harsh and brutal realities of South Africa`s past with its raw and sore racism, interlacing them with enchantment, tenderness, forgiveness . . . and hope. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0060562447
Book size: —; Page extent: 320.

 

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Debbie Field
A Quilter`s Journal (Granola Girl Designs)

2004 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Debbie Field offers serious quilters an opportunity to record their thoughts, photographs and tell the story of their own special occasion quilts. Space for photos or fabrics and refillable pages. [detailed...]

ISBN: 189062182X
Book size: —; Page extent: 128.

 

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Cory Buckner
A Quincy Jones

2007 y.
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Description: Archibald Quincy Jones (1913-79) was a Los Angeles-based architect and educator who shared the Case Study goal of reinventing the house as a way of redefining the way people lived in post-war America. A pioneer in `greenbelt` planning and `green` design, Jones raised the level of the tract house in California from the simple stucco box to a structure of beauty and logic surrounded by gardens and integrated into the landscape. He introduced new materials and a new way of living within the built environment: his work bridged the gap between custom- and developer-built homes. The exquisite detailing and siting of Jones` houses, churches, civic and university buildings make them quintessential embodiments of mid-century American architecture.This is the first ever book to be published on Jones. It documents his full career, from his post-war planning projects to his long association with Palo Alto building magnate Joseph Eichler. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0714848433
Book size: —; Page extent: 272.

 

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Jeffrey Archer
A Quiver Full of Arrows

2005 y.
Publisher: St. Martin`s Paperbacks
Description: Ordinary Heros, Extraordinary Deeds The bestselling author of Kane &, Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and Honor Among Theives once again astonishes, delights, and electrifies his legions of fans. From London to China, andNew York to Nigeria, Jeffrey Archer takes the reader on a tour of ancient heirlooms and modern romance, of cutthroat business and kindly strangers, of lives lived in the realms of power and lives freed from the gloom of oppression. Fortunes are made and squandered, honor betrayed and redeemed, and love lost and rediscovered. Embracing the passions that drive men and women to love and to hate, A Quiver Full of Arrows will captivate the hearts and souls of readers of everywhere. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0312937695
Book size: —; Page extent: 288.

 

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Jeffrey Archer
A Quiver Full of Arrows

2003 y.
Publisher: Pan Books
Description: Two friends fall under the spell of a New York beauty - with quite unexpected results. An offhand remark is taken seriously by a Chinese sculptor, and a British diplomat becomes the owner of a priceless work of art. An insurance claims advisor has a most surprising encounter on the train home to Sevenoaks. The openings to three of this marvellous collection of stories that ends with a hauntingly-written, atmospheric account of two undergraduates at Oxford in the thirties, a tale of bitter rivalry that ends in a memorable love story. Формат: 11 см x 17,5 см. [detailed...]

ISBN: 978-0-330-41901-7
Book size: —; Page extent: 288.

 

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Khadra, Yasmina
A Quoi Revent Les Loups

2004 y.
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ISBN: 9782266132824
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Carolyn Keene
A Race Against Time

2004 y.
Publisher: Aladdin
Description: If I`m in the game, I play to win. So as captain of my team in the River Heights Biking for Bucks charity road race, my goals are to bring my team over the finish line first -- and to catch a thief along the way! See, all of the money we raised before the racehas been stolen -- and I know I can find it. With two days, practically no clues, and a bike race to win, I`ve got my work cut out for me. But with Bess, George, and Ned on my team, what could stand between us and the gold? [detailed...]

ISBN: 0689865678
Book size: —; Page extent: 160.

 

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Edited by Uma Kothari
A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies

2005 y.
Publisher: Zed Books
Description: In this book some of the leading thinkers in Development Studies trace the history of their multi-disciplinary subject from the late colonial period and its establishment during decolonization all the way through to its contemporary concerns with poverty reduction. They present a critical genealogy of development by looking at the contested evolution and roles of development institutions and exploring changes in development discourses. These recollections, by those who teach, research and practise development, challenge simplistic, unilinear periodizations of the evolution of the discipline, and draw attention to those ongoing critiques of Development Studies, including Marxism, feminism and postcolonialism, which so often have been marginalized in mainstream development discourse. The contributors combine personal and institutional reflections with an examination of key themes, including gender and development, NGOs, and natural resource management. The book is radical in… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1 84277 525 1
Book size: —; Page extent: 240.

 

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Edited by Frank Ormsby
A Rage for Order: Poetry of the Northern Ireland Troubles

1994 y.
Publisher: Blackstaff Press
Description: This anthology celebrates what the speaker in Derek Mahon`s poem at first dismisses or underestimates but later concedes - the values of art in times of violence. In particular, though not exclusively, it celebrates the poetry written during the phase of Northern Ireland`s Troubles which began in 1968. Формат издания: 15 см х 23,5 см. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0-85640-490-X
Book size: —; Page extent: 384.

 

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Rule
A Rage to Kill

2007 y.
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ISBN: 978-0-75152-999-9
Book size: —; Page extent: 393.

 

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Cindi Broaddus
A Random Act : An Inspiring True Story of Fighting to Survive and Choosing to Forgive

2005 y.
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Description: Book Description Sometimes life throws a curveball … and sometimes it drops a bomb Cindi Broaddus didn`t realize that her life was about to be forever altered as she sat in the passenger seat of a car on a lonely highway, speeding toward the airport in the early morning hours of June 5, 2001. The sister-in-law of Dr. Phil McGraw, a single mother of three, and a delighted new grandmother, she was thinking only of her imminent, well-earned vacation when a gallon glass jar filled with sulfuric acid, tossed from an overpass by an unknown assailant, came crashing through the windshield. In a heartbeat, Cindi was showered with glass and flesh-eating liquid, leaving her blinded, screaming in agony, and burned almost beyond recognition.When she reached the hospital, the attending doctors gave her little better than a 30 percent chance of survival. But Cindi Broaddus did survive -- and after excruciating years of recuperation and seemingly endless sessions of… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0060735147
Book size: —; Page extent: 224.

 

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Burton G. Malkiel
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, Ninth Edition

2007 y.
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Description: The million-copy bestseller, revised and updated with new investment strategies for retirement and the insights of behavioral finance. Updated with a new chapter that draws on behavioral finance, the field that studies the psychology of investmnt ndecisions, here is the best-selling, authoritative, and gimmick-free guide to investing. Burton G. Malkiel evaluates the full range of investment opportunities from stocks, bonds, and money markets to real estate investment trusts and insurance, home wnership, and tangible assets such as gold and collectibles. This edition includes new strategies for rearranging your portfolio for retirement along with the book`s classic life-cycle guide to investing, which matches the needs of investors in any age brcket. A Random Walk Down Wall Street long ago established itself as a must-read, the first book to purchase before starting a portfolio, and it remains the best investing guide money can buy. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0393330338
Book size: —; Page extent: 416.

 

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Jennifer McCullough, Leeanne E. Alonso, Piotr Naskrecki, Yaw Osei-Owusu
A Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana: RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment #47 (Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program)

2008 y.
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ISBN: 1934151092
Book size: —; Page extent: 184.

 

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A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Mantadia-Zahamena corridor, Madagascar: RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment #32 (Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program)

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 1881173860
Book size: —; Page extent: 202.

 

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Benjamin Thomas Solomon
A Rational Approach to Unsystematic Risk: Re-Thinking Modern Finance

— y.
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Description: The market fall during the week of April 10th to 14th, 2000, is a timely reminder that modern finance is unable to monitor the `health` of a market. `A Rational Approach to Unsystematic Risk, Re-Thinking Modern Finance` enables market managers to determine the health of their markets. Unsystematic risk is composed of financial, operational, economic and strategic risks. Systematic risk on the other hand, is the day-to-day share price risk exhibited by a market. New financial models, based on heterogeneous investors? expectations, derived from John Burr Williams`s Dividend Discount Model demonstrate that portfolios consist of 80% unsystematic risk and 20% systematic risk. In essence, unsystematic risk is vital to managing markets, portfolios and companies. A wide range of financial issues from corporate risks, portfolio management, stock exchange management, market players and market manipulation are discussed. These topics inform us on how unsystematic risk can be used to… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0972011617
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