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A companion to film noir

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Finance : applications & theory / by Cornett, Marcia Millon

Table of Contents: “…: introduction -- Introduction to financial management -- Financial statements -- Reviewing financial statements -- Analyzing financial statements -- Valuing of future cash flows -- Time value of money -- Analyzing single cash flows -- Time value of money Analyzing annuity cash flows -- Valuing of bonds and stocks -- Understanding financial markets and institutions -- Valuing bonds -- Valuing stocks -- Risk and return -- Characterizing risk and return -- Estimating risk and return -- Capital budgeting -- Calculating the cost of capital -- Estimating cash flows on capital budgeting projects -- Weighing net present value and other capital budgeting criteria -- Working capital management and financial planning -- Working capital management and policies -- Financial planning and forecasting -- Capital structure issues -- Assessing long-term debt, equity, and capital structure -- Sharing firm wealth: dividends, share repurchases, and other payouts -- Issuing capital and the investment banking process -- Other topics in finance -- International corporate finance -- Mergers and acquisitions and financial distress -- Answers to time-out -- Appendix A: Present value and future value tables -- Appendix B: Selected answers to end-of-chapter problems -- Index.…”

The economics of consumer credit

Table of Contents: “…Crook -- Regulation, formal and informal enforcement, and the development of the household loan market: lessons from Italy / Luca Casolaro, Leonardo Gambacorta, Luigi Guiso -- Housing wealth and the accumulation of financial debt: evidence from U.K. households / Sarah Bridges, Richard Disney, Andrew Henley -- Credit cards: facts and theories / Carol C. …”
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From Ellis Island to JFK New York's two great waves of immigration / by Foner, Nancy, 1945-

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Institutional pathways to equity addressing inequality traps /

Table of Contents: “…/ Arjan de Haan -- Institutional transitions and pathways towards equity -- Indigenous political voice and the struggle for recognition in Ecuador and Bolivia / José Antonio Lucero -- Cash transfers for older people reduce poverty and inequality / Armando Barrientos -- Mineral wealth, conflict, and equitable development / Michael L. …”
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Persuasion IQ the 10 skills you need to get exactly what you want / by Mortensen, Kurt W.

Table of Contents: “…The new rules of success and wealth -- Persuasion resistance: ten common obstacles that limit your persuasion success -- PQ skill #1: Mental programming of top persuaders -- PQ skill #2: Understanding how your audience thinks -- PQ skill #3: Instant rapport and social synchronization -- PQ skill #4: Establishing automatic trust -- PQ skill #5: Command attention with power and authority -- PQ skill #6: The ability to influence other people -- PQ skill #7: How to motivate yourself and others every time -- PQ skill #8: Advanced presentation and communication skills -- PQ skill #9: Preplanned anticipation: the secret formulas of the pros -- PQ skill #10: Self-mastery and personal development -- Final thoughts: time to capture your greatness.…”
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The social sciences and biblical translation

Table of Contents: “…Demaris -- Sins and forgiveness: release and status reinstatement of the paralytic in Mark 2:1-12 / Dietmar Neufeld -- The degraded poor and the greedy rich: exploring the language of poverty and wealth in James / Alicia Batten -- God-zealous or jealous but never envious: the theological consequences of linguistic and social distinctions / John H. …”
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Contact and conflict in Frankish Greece and the Aegean, 1204-1453 : crusade, religion and trade between Latins, Greeks and Turks /

Table of Contents: “…New frontiers : Frankish Greece and the development of crusading in the early thirteenth century / Nikolaos Chrissis -- The Latin Empire and western contacts with Asia / Bernard Hamilton -- Golden athens : episcopal wealth and power in Greece at the time of the crusades / Teresa Shawcross -- Demetrius kydones' History of the crusades : reality or rhetoric? …”
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Contact and conflict in Frankish Greece and the Aegean, 1204-1453 : crusade, religion and trade between Latins, Greeks and Turks /

Table of Contents: “…New frontiers : Frankish Greece and the development of crusading in the early thirteenth century / Nikolaos Chrissis -- The Latin Empire and western contacts with Asia / Bernard Hamilton -- Golden athens : episcopal wealth and power in Greece at the time of the crusades / Teresa Shawcross -- Demetrius kydones' History of the crusades : reality or rhetoric? …”
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Introduction to international political economy / by Balaam, David N., 1950-, Dillman, Bradford L.

Table of Contents: “…-- Laissez-faire : the economic liberal perspective -- Wealth and power : the mercantilist perspective -- Economic determinism and exploitation : the structuralist perspective -- Constructivism -- Structures of international political economy -- The global production structure -- The international trade structure -- The international finance and monetary structure -- The global security structure -- The international knowledge structure : controlling flows of information and technology -- States and markets in the global economy -- The development challenge -- The fragmentation of the European Union : the crossroads redux -- Moving into position : the rising powers -- The Middle East and North Africa : things fall apart -- Transnational problems and dilemmas -- The illicit global economy : the dark side of globalization -- Energy and the environment : navigating climate change and global disaster -- Global health : refugees and caring for the forgotten.…”

Introduction to international political economy / by Balaam, David N., 1950-, Dillman, Bradford L.

Table of Contents: “…-- Laissez-faire : the economic liberal perspective -- Wealth and power : the mercantilist perspective -- Economic determinism and exploitation : the structuralist perspective -- Constructivism -- Structures of international political economy -- The global production structure -- The international trade structure -- The international finance and monetary structure -- The global security structure -- The international knowledge structure : controlling flows of information and technology -- States and markets in the global economy -- The development challenge -- The fragmentation of the European Union : the crossroads redux -- Moving into position : the rising powers -- The Middle East and North Africa : things fall apart -- Transnational problems and dilemmas -- The illicit global economy : the dark side of globalization -- Energy and the environment : navigating climate change and global disaster -- Global health : refugees and caring for the forgotten.…”

Demography of aging

Table of Contents: “…Burkhauser -- Income, wealth, and intergenerational economic relations of the aged / Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Timothy M. …”
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Individualization institutionalized individualism and its social and political consequences / by Beck, Ulrich, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…30 -- 4 The ambivalent social structure: Poverty and wealth -- in a 'self-driven culture' 42 -- 5 From 'living for others' to 'a life of one's own': -- Individualization and women 54 -- 6 On the way to a post-familial family: From a community -- of need to elective affinities 85 -- 7 Division of labour, self-image and life projects: -- New conflicts in the family 101 -- 8 Declining birthrates and the wish to have children 119 -- 9 Apparatuses do not care for people 129 -- 10 Health and responsibility in the age of genetic technology 139 -- 11 Death of one's own, life of one's own: Hopes from transience 151 -- 12 Freedom's children 156 -- 13 Freedom's fathers 172 -- 14 Zombie categories: Interview with Ulrich Beck 202.…”
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The work of the university by Levin, Richard C.

Table of Contents: “…-- The spirit of adventure -- Yale time -- Beginnings -- Welcome to Yale -- The university's role in society -- Universities and our common wealth -- The American university as an engine of economic growth -- Universities as urban citizens -- The global university -- The graduate's role in society -- Education for self and for others -- On controversy -- Taking the next step -- The task of citizenship -- Beyond community service: the nation and the wider world -- Reflections on revolution -- China on my mind -- Thinking about September 11 -- Building a better Yale -- Yale's fourth century -- Yale at 300 -- Honoring schools, teachers, and traditions -- An embryonic democracy -- A salute to Princeton -- Remembering Oxford -- Chasing after society -- James Tobin, scholar-hero -- A devoted mentor -- Shimon Peres -- Blessed is the match -- Reflections on the American economy -- Can America compete in world markets?…”
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The lure of the dark side Satan and western demonology in popular culture /

Table of Contents: “…Telford -- Celluloid vampires, scientization, and the decline of religion / Titus Hjelm -- A man of wealth and taste : the strange career of Hannibal Lecter / Brian Baker -- Demons of the new polytheism / George Aichele -- Scriptural dimensions of evil : Biblical text as timepiece, talisman, and tatoo / Larry J. …”
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The lure of the dark side Satan and western demonology in popular culture /

Table of Contents: “…Telford -- Celluloid vampires, scientization, and the decline of religion / Titus Hjelm -- A man of wealth and taste : the strange career of Hannibal Lecter / Brian Baker -- Demons of the new polytheism / George Aichele -- Scriptural dimensions of evil : Biblical text as timepiece, talisman, and tatoo / Larry J. …”
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Corporate capital structures in the United States

Table of Contents: “…Mason, and Eric Rosenfeld -- Capital structure change and decreases in stockholders' wealth / Wayne H. Mikkelson -- Real determinants of corporate leverage / Alan J. …”
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Demography of aging

Table of Contents: “…Burkhauser -- Income, wealth, and intergenerational economic relations of the aged / Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Timothy M. …”
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Individualization institutionalized individualism and its social and political consequences / by Beck, Ulrich, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…30 -- 4 The ambivalent social structure: Poverty and wealth -- in a 'self-driven culture' 42 -- 5 From 'living for others' to 'a life of one's own': -- Individualization and women 54 -- 6 On the way to a post-familial family: From a community -- of need to elective affinities 85 -- 7 Division of labour, self-image and life projects: -- New conflicts in the family 101 -- 8 Declining birthrates and the wish to have children 119 -- 9 Apparatuses do not care for people 129 -- 10 Health and responsibility in the age of genetic technology 139 -- 11 Death of one's own, life of one's own: Hopes from transience 151 -- 12 Freedom's children 156 -- 13 Freedom's fathers 172 -- 14 Zombie categories: Interview with Ulrich Beck 202.…”
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The work of the university by Levin, Richard C.

Table of Contents: “…-- The spirit of adventure -- Yale time -- Beginnings -- Welcome to Yale -- The university's role in society -- Universities and our common wealth -- The American university as an engine of economic growth -- Universities as urban citizens -- The global university -- The graduate's role in society -- Education for self and for others -- On controversy -- Taking the next step -- The task of citizenship -- Beyond community service: the nation and the wider world -- Reflections on revolution -- China on my mind -- Thinking about September 11 -- Building a better Yale -- Yale's fourth century -- Yale at 300 -- Honoring schools, teachers, and traditions -- An embryonic democracy -- A salute to Princeton -- Remembering Oxford -- Chasing after society -- James Tobin, scholar-hero -- A devoted mentor -- Shimon Peres -- Blessed is the match -- Reflections on the American economy -- Can America compete in world markets?…”
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