A Craig: 193 books
Theodor Fontane
Literature and History in the Bismarck Reich
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 1999
First published in Germany to popular and critical acclaim, this is a unique portrait of the life and work of Theodor Fontane, the greatest German novelist of his age, as well as a major poet and theater critic and much loved travel writer. Gordon A. Craig, one of the foremost scholars of German history,...
Josephus Daniels
His Life and Times
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
As a longtime leader of the Democratic Party and key member of Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, Josephus Daniels was one of the most influential progressive politicians in the country, and as secretary of the navy during the First World War, he became one of the most important men in the world. Before that,...
Fitz H. Lane
An Artist's Voyage through Nineteenth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Fitz H. Lane�s maritime masterpieces are known throughout the world, but the man himself has eluded both historians and art critics for over a century.The Luminist painter�s successful career began in his early childhood in picturesque Gloucester, Massachusetts and his talents developed and matured...
Metal Men
Marc Rich and the $10 Billion Scam
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
This true story of the multibillionaire who fled to Switzerland “reads like a mystery novel” (USA Today).
How did Marc Rich make over ten billion dollars while paying hardly any taxes? Journalist A. Craig Copetas infiltrated the inner circle of the commodities market and Rich’s associates...
by Erin A. Craig
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019
Get swept away in Erin A. Craig's mesmerizing House of Salt and Sorrows. As one by one her beautiful sisters mysteriously die on their isolated island estate, Annaleigh must unravel the curse that haunts her family. Be careful who you dance with. . . .
In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters...
by Andrew W. Lo, A. Craig MacKinlay
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
For over half a century, financial experts have regarded the movements of markets as a random walk--unpredictable meanderings akin to a drunkard's unsteady gait--and this hypothesis has become a cornerstone of modern financial economics and many investment strategies. Here Andrew W. Lo and A. Craig...
by Martin P. A. Craig
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Critically synthesising a range of disparate literatures and debates, this book asks what is at stake in mounting a decisive response to the ‘socio-ecological crisis’ - a crisis of humanity’s relationship with the rest of nature that places social life as we know it in jeopardy. Martin Craig...
South Africa’s BPO Service Advantage
Becoming Strategic in the Global Marketplace
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Since 2007, South Africa has been one of the world's upcoming Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) offshore destinations. This book is based on the authors' most recent research into high performance BPO globally and new research streams specifically on South Africa.
by R. A. Craig, D. V. M.
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Damned If You Do
Dilemmas of Action in Literature and Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
Problems of individual moral choice have always been closely bound up with the larger normative concerns of political theory. There are several reasons for this continuing connection. First, the value conflicts involved in private moral choice often find themselves reproduced on the public stage:...
Excellence in Online Journalism
Exploring Current Practices in an Evolving Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
Like the technologies that support it, the craft of online journalism is evolving quickly. This timely book helps students develop standards of excellence, through interviews with more than 30 writers, editors and producers, and dozens of examples of strong work. The author provides a framework of...
Pamphlet Architecture 32
Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
The competition for Pamphlet Architecture 32 centered on the theme of resilience. By addressing the capacity to cope, the ability to bounce back, and the mitigation and management of risk, participants were asked to showcase a fresh understanding of the architectural opportunities found in resilience....
by John Y. Campbell, Andrew W. Lo, A. Craig MacKinlay
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
The past twenty years have seen an extraordinary growth in the use of quantitative methods in financial markets. Finance professionals now routinely use sophisticated statistical techniques in portfolio management, proprietary trading, risk management, financial consulting, and securities regulation....
Toward a Political Economy of Culture
Capitalism and Communication in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2003
Several of the most important and influential political economists of communication working today explore a rich mix of topics and issues that link work, policy studies, and research and theory about the public sphere to the heritage of political economy. Familiar but still exceedingly important topics...