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Michael Brein’s Washington DC Travel Guide helps you get to the city's top 50 points of interest easily and cheaply using Washington DC's excellent Metro system. From the Washington Monument to the White House, with this ultra simple guide you have all you need to discover and get to Washington...

Michael Brein’s Chicago Travel Guide helps you get to the city's top 50 points of interest easily and cheaply using Chicago’s excellent public transit system including the ‘L’ (elevated/subway), Metra suburban rail, and selected buses. From Navy Pier to the Field Museum, with this ultra simple...

Michael Brein’s Prague Travel Guide helps you get to the city's top 50 points of interest easily and cheaply using Prague's excellent Metro and tram systems. From the Charles Bridge to Prague Castle, with this ultra simple guide you have all you need to discover and get to Prague’s 50 top points...

Michael Brein’s Amsterdam Travel Guide helps you get to the city's top 50 points of interest easily and cheaply using Amsterdam’s excellent public transit system, including the Tram, the Metro, canal boats, and selected buses. From Centraal Station to the Rijksmuseum with this ultra simple guide...

Michael Brein’s Barcelona Travel Guide helps you get to the city's top 50 points of interest easily and cheaply using Barcelona’s excellent Metro system. From the Sagrada Familia to Las Ramblas, with this ultra simple guide you have all you need to discover and get to Barcelona’s top 50 points...

Futures and forwards contracts are not the most complicated of all the derivatives instruments, but they are often used as the building blocks for more exotic structures therefore a solid understanding of the product features and price drivers is essential. This book gives a detailed view inside how...

Author Preface: In this volume I have attempted to give an architectural[v] description of all the cathedral churches of England, Wales, and Scotland, together with a brief history of each see. In order to include any adequate account of each church and bishopric in one volume of portable...

Aircraft Museums of the United Kingdom has been written for the aviation enthusiast with an interest in aircraft from the past. Aircraft range throughout the museums from 1909 up to recent years. Thirty-five museums are listed within this book and each is presented on its merits for the aircraft displayed....

Financial Risk Management: A Simple Introduction presents a detailed guide to some of the central ideas and tools of financial risk management, with theory, examples, formulas, and calculations to illustrate the analysis. Calculate leverage, duration, modified duration, and convexity to find...

Hailed as "extraordinarily learned" (New York Times), "blithe in spirit and unerring in vision," (New York Magazine), and the "definitive record of New York's architectural heritage" (Municipal Art Society), Norval White and Elliot Willensky's book is an essential reference...

The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this picturesque country. Explore the remote Isle of Skye, visit the well-trodden Royal Mile during the world-famous Edinburgh Festival, or tackle Scotland's...

The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring Florence and Tuscany. Visit Michelangelo's David at the Galleria dell'Accademia, marvel at Siena's tiger-striped Duomo, or eat and drink your way around the...

Return again to the scene of the crime and visit the secret hideouts of Nazi saboteurs, anarchist plotters, charlatans, fakers, gangsters, and even a love-sick matron dubbed the "Torso Killer." See up close the murdering matrimonial bluebeard Johann Hoch and probe the unsolved mysteries...

Togus, located 4.5 miles east of Augusta, Maine, was formerly part of the town of Chelsea. After the Civil War, Congress enacted laws and established a system of facilities that collectively became known as �National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.� The critical need to establish an eastern...