The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion
Histories tend to emphasize conquest by Anglo-Americans as the driving force behind the development of the American West. In this fresh interpretation, Jay Gitlin argues that the activities of the French are crucial to understanding the phenomenon of westward expansion. The Seven Years War brought an end to the French colonial enterprise in North America, but the French in towns such as New Orleans, St. Louis, and Detroit survived the transition to American rule.
Ship of Magic: Gripping first instalment of a new series from the author of The Farseer Trilogy. Wizardwood -- a sentient wood. The most precious commodity in the world.
The Mad Ship: High heroic fantasy has rarely paid enough attention to ships and sailors, the lifeblood, after all, of trade and survival in a non-technological world.
Ship of Destiny: Robin Hobb's books combine heroic adventures by land and sea with a passionate urgency about the morality which underlies her character's deeds.
Currency Trader is a full-feature monthly magazine that covers trading strategies, systems, analysis and news and for FX and currency futures traders. Click here to learn more about Currency Trader's features.
Designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice, this successful book is regarded as "the bible" in trading rooms throughout the world. The books covers both derivatives markets and risk management, including credit risk and credit derivatives; forward, futures, and swaps; insurance, weather, and energy derivatives; and more. For options traders, options analysts, risk managers, swaps traders, financial engineers, and corporate treasurers.
Written with the serious financial professional in mind, Hedge Fund
Leadership skillfully explains how to assemble, motivate, and manage a
group of traders within a fund and sheds much-needed light on the
importance of aligning traders with the overall vision and goals of a
hedge fund. Throughout the book, author Ari Kiev shares his
perspectives on various leadership themes and discusses how a delicate
balance between empowerment and control must be struck in order to
enhance the performance of today’s hedge fund.
