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In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street. Derman details his adventures in this field - analyzing the incompatible personas of traders and quants, and discussing the dissimilar nature of knowledge in physics and finance. Throughout this tale, he also reflects on the appropriate way to apply the refined methods of physics to the hurly-burly world of markets.

What makes us happy? What makes us sad? How do we come to feel a sense of enthusiasm? What fills us with lust, anger, fear, or tenderness? Traditional behavioral and cognitive neuroscience have yet to provide satisfactory answers. The Archaeology of Mind presents an affective neuroscience approach - which takes into consideration basic mental processes, brain functions, and emotional behaviors that all mammals share - to locate the neural mechanisms of emotional expression. It reveals - for the first time - the deep neural sources of our values and basic emotional feelings.

Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its relevance, The Book That Made Your World will transform your perception of its influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization. Vishal Mangalwadi reveals the personal motivation that fueled his own study of the Bible. Learn how the Bible transformed the social, political, and religious institutions that have sustained Western culture for the past millennium, and discover how secular corruption endangers the stability and longevity of Western civilization.

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before. The audiobook of Hogfather is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Vanity Fair, Quiz). BAFTA and Golden...

C.S. Lewis’s famous work on the nature of love divides love into four categories: Affection, Friendship, Eros and Charity. The first three are loves which come naturally to the human race. Charity, however, the Gift-love of God, is divine in its source and expression, and without the...

Die Ereignisse auf Borkum haben Dr. Bernhard Sommerfeldt zutiefst erschüttert. Jetzt ist die Zeit gekommen, gegen das Organisierte Verbrechen in Ostfriesland und auf den Inseln vorzugehen. Doch dafür braucht er einen guten Plan, denn der neue Gangsterboss, den sie den »Brasilianer« nennen, geht äußerst raffiniert vor. Dabei hat er einen bekannten Verbündeten: Hauptkommissar Rupert und Dr. Bernhard Sommerfeldt verfolgen jetzt ein gemeinsames Interesse an der ostfriesischen Küste.

"Will you have a mistress?" "I will always be discreet." After a rocky and reluctant start to their arranged marriage, it doesn't take long for socialite Millie Davenport to throw herself into the role of a dutiful wife by day, and an enthusiastic lover by night. But when a chance encounter with...

A river gives up its dead, but not its secrets . . . Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson, private investigators in Asheville, North Carolina, are hired when a local environmentalist dies while monitoring water quality in the nearby Pigeon River. With no soil or water samples found near the body...

A dynamic remastering of the second BBC Radio 4 full-cast serial – Fit the Seventh to Fit the Twelfth – which spawned a phenomenal hitchhiking legend The second original series of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy remastered by Dirk Maggs (director of the Tertiary, Quandary and...

How can a nation create the conditions for economic growth and prosperity? And what, once these conditions are achieved, can it do to sustain this progress? Discover the answers (which may surprise you) in these 24 lectures that guide you through a stimulating and, above all, accessible examination of what economists know and don't know about the elusive search for economic prosperity.

From politics and religion to workplace negotiations, ace the high-stakes conversations in your life with this indispensable guide from a persuasion expert. In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have a reasonable conversation with anyone who has a different opinion. Whether...

When conflicts become entrenched over generations, the language of war infiltrates everyday life, concealing destruction and hardening positions. Nowhere is this truer than in the Middle East. Award-winning author Raja Shehadeh explores the politics of language and the language of politics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reflecting on the walls that they create - legal and cultural - that confine today's Palestinians just like the borders, checkpoints and so-called "Separation Barrier".

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER George Stephanopoulos, the legendary political news host and former advisor to President Clinton, recounts the history-making crises from the place where twelve presidents made their highest-pressure decisions. No room better defines American power and its role in...

The Decline of the West - Volume 1 published in 1917, Volume 2 in 1922 - has exercised and challenged opinion ever since. It was a huge undertaking by Oswald Spengler (1880-1936), formerly an unpublished historian and philosopher who set out to radically reconsider history - the rise and fall of world civilisations and their cultures. His primary view was to reject the established Eurocentric paradigm (ancient/classical, Medieval - and, following the Renaissance - modern) and to take a totally new perspective.

Brought to you by Penguin. ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021*** Germany, 1945: a country in ruins. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the population are where they do not belong or do not want to be. How can a functioning society ever emerge from this chaos?...

Das Finale der Romantasy-Trilogie von TikTok-Star Lauren Roberts endlich auf Deutsch! Paedyn kehrt nach Ilya zurück und muss sich dort einer lebensverändernden Entscheidung stellen. Ihr Beschluss wird ihr Schicksal – und auch das des gesamten Königreichs – für immer verändern. Wer wird im Kampf um Liebe und Loyalität die Oberhand erlangen?Noch nie war der Enemies-to-Lovers-Trope mitreißender! Band 3 der großen Romantasy-Saga von TikTok-Star Lauren Roberts endlich auf Deutsch!

When a master craftsman dwarf is fired, he threatens retaliation. The rogues-for-hire known as Riyria are commissioned to find and stop him. Traveling to the paradise resort of Tur Del Fur, the two are granted a lavish allowance that, along with the easy job, promises to turn the trip into a vacation. Everything would have been perfect except that the disgruntled employee’s last name is Berling and the target of his wrath is the legendary towers of Drumindor.

On his 13th birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry gets a bag of sand in the mail - his only inheritance from his father and mother. He soon learns that this is no ordinary bag of sand. It is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians who are taking over the world by spreading misinformation and suppressing truth. Alcatraz must stop them, using the only weapon he has: an incredible talent for breaking things.

Zieht mit Dotti und ihrer Familie in die Konradstraße, wo Gefühle eine magische Gestalt bekommen! Doch die gefühlsstarke Dotti ist gar nicht begeistert von ihrem neuen Zuhause und plant wegzulaufen. Ausgerechnet jetzt freundet sich Dotti mit dem Nachbarsjungen Gurke und dem lebendigen Zuckerwattemännchen Sugar an. Plötzlich merkt sie: Die Konradstraße könnte das fantastischste Zuhause der Welt sein!

At the heart of investment banking and finance fundamentals is the realm of private equity financing. This is how most wall street investors and ce os of enterprises make millions of dollars every year. If you're interested in learning about finance fundamentals or considering a job in investment banking or private equity, are an entrepreneur or a startup founder; this is a subject you must master. This audiobook offers a deeper understanding of what private equity is all about!