Denis: 1513 books

The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, Rhodes, Conan Doyle, Smuts, Kipling, Gandhi, Kruger and Kitchener. The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military and unexpectedly exposed the...

« Un récit haletant, qui ne se contente pas de reposer sur une intrigue. Il y est aussi question de pardon, d’amitié. » Le Figaro littéraire « Un style souple et percutant, épique même. » Spectacle du monde Depuis que sa vie a basculé, Gabriel Beauchêne s'est retiré dans...

*Selected for Simon Mayo’s BBC Radio 2 Book Club* Secretly steaming open envelopes and reading the letters inside, Bilodo has found an escape from his lonely and routine life as a postman. When one day he comes across a mysterious letter containing a single haiku, he finds himself avidly...

Tania moves from Bavaria to Montreal to fine-tune her French and fall in love. Finding work as a waitress at a low-key restaurant in a working-class area of the city, she meets Bilodo, a shy postman who writes haiku and who is passionate about calligraphy. The two hit it off but then one stormy day...

Generally, books on mathematical statistics are restricted to the case of independent identically distributed random variables. In this book however, both this case AND the case of dependent variables, i.e. statistics for discrete and continuous time processes, are studied. This second case is very...

This is an advanced guide to optimal stopping and control, focusing on advanced Monte Carlo simulation and its application to finance. Written for quantitative finance practitioners and researchers in academia, the book looks at the classical simulation based algorithms before introducing some of the new, cutting edge approaches under development.

​The introduction of Enterprise Identity Management Systems (EIdMS) in organizations even beyond the purely technological level is a costly and challenging endeavor. However, for decision makers it seems difficult to fully understand the impacts and opportunities arising from the introduction...

Revised version, May 2013. QUESTIONS ANSWERED - How can an engineering driven company develop a market based strategy? - Why develop a strategy if environment and opportunities change faster than that strategy can be executed? - How can opportunities be chased if resources are not available to address...

This book provides a through discussion of how to prepare your own living trust, including forms and instructions. As many people know, it is highly desirable to avoid probate of your property, which is what a living trust accomplishes. The book gives you detailed, precise explanations of how to prepare...

South Asia has a huge need to create more and better jobs for a growing population †“ especially in the manufacturing industries where it is underperforming as compared to East Asia. The report examines three critical and relatively understudied drivers of competitiveness: -Economies of agglomeration:...

Our life depends on money. However, most people have no idea how money works, apart from using cash or their credit cards. The rest of the system is a big mystery. This book summarizes in simple words how money works. With the help of more than 30 illustrations and 250 references, it presents: – a...

Journalism is being transformed by the digital revolution. Journalists working for media organisations are having to file and update stories across multiple platforms under increasing time pressures. Meanwhile, anyone with sufficient literacy skills and access to the internet can aspire to practise...

In less than thirty years, China has become a major force in the global economy. One feature of its rapid ascent has been an enormous expansion of the country's science and technology capabilities, leading to the emergence of a large and increasingly well-educated talent pool. Yet China finds itself...

Covering the latest equipment and technologies, this massive compendium has been an industry standard for more than a decade.This edition provides professionals with complete information on procedures, tools, standards, and equations.