Warren Buffet once memorably described derivatives as “financial weapons of mass destruction”. Read this sensational and controversial account of the often dazzling business of derivatives trading, and see if you agree. No money is ever really made in financial markets. Markets merely transfer wealth. As to how to make money? Well, it is basically theft, misrepresentation, lies...(展开全部)

“I had been in derivatives for over 25 years. Many traders hadn't been born when I stumbled accidentally into the arcane world of derivatives trading. The Indonesians were at the fag end of that career. How did I get there? I had followed the money. I had ridden the tide and currents of financial markets. I had not known very much then. Even now I only knew the many unknowns. H...(展开全部)

卡洛·M.奇波拉（Carlo M. Cipolla，1922-2000）,意大利著名经济史学家，加州大学伯克利分校经济史学教授，美国艺术与科学院、美国哲学学会、意大利猞猁之眼国家科学院、英国皇家历史学会、欧洲科学院成员。主编《欧洲经济史》，著有《工业革命前的欧洲社会与经济》《人类愚蠢基本定律》《地中海世界的货币、价格与文明》等。 译者： 宁凡，天津师范大学历史学博士，中国社会科学院世界历史研究所助理研究员，《世界历史》编辑，译有《三十年战争史》。

This book seeks to reconcile the dual forces of war and economic globalization in tracing China's early modernity. For late imperial China, there were two forms of encounter with the West; the guns of invading Europeans, and the ledgers by which trade between China and the West was measured and regulated. Even today, China's reactions to the West oscillate between business-driv...(展开全部)

Across the worlds of Shadow, Corwin, prince of blood royal, heir to the throne of Amber, gathers his forces for an assault that will yield up to him the crown that is rightfully his. But, a growing darkness of his own doing threatens his plans, an evil that stretches to the heart of the perfect kingdom itself where the demonic forces of Chaos mass to annihilate Amber and all wh...(展开全部)

罗杰•泽拉兹尼，美国国宝级科幻奇幻作家，在这两大领域均达到了极其罕见的巅峰状态。 在三十多年的创作生涯中，他一共摘取了六次雨果奖、三次星云奖和两次轨迹奖，留下了五十五部长篇和一百五十余个中短篇。1963年，他的作品被编入“著名科幻小说殿堂”，并于2010年入驻“科幻小说 名 人堂”。 他率先倡导科幻小说写作要从心理学、社会学和语言学三方面考虑，打破了太空冒险科幻一统天下的局面，被誉为“新浪潮”的领军人物。在泽拉兹尼的作品中，他创造性地将科幻、奇幻融为一体，将神话、宗教与科幻奇幻有机结合，每一个设定都如教科书般精确，营造出独特的世界观。他的科幻作品中有奇幻的瑰丽恣肆，奇幻作品有科幻的严谨设定。因此，他被视为“那个时代最伟大的科幻奇幻作家”。 在1970年代，泽拉兹尼开始倾力打造他的奇幻名篇《安珀志》，历时20年，终于得以完成这部奇幻历史上的里程碑式作品...(展开全部)

This updated paperback edition of Inside the House of Money lifts the veil on the typically opaque world of hedge funds offering a rare glimpse at how today's highest paid money managers approach their craft. Now with new commentary, author, Steve Drobny takes you even further into the hedge fund industry. He demystifies how these star traders make billions for their well-heele...(展开全部)

Every futures, options, and stock markets trader operates under a set of highly suspect rules and assumptions. Are you risking your career on yours? Exceptionally clear and easy to use, The Mathematics of Money Management substitutes precise mathematical modeling for the subjective decision-making processes many traders and serious investors depend on. Step-by-step, it unveils ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Book Description Inside the House of Money lifts the veil on the typically opaque world of hedge funds, offering a rare glimpse at how today's highest paid money managers approach their craft. Author Steven Drobny demystifies how these star traders make billions for well-heeled investors, revealing their theories, strategies and approaches to markets. Drobny, cofoun...(展开全部)

Far from always having been an isolated nation and a pariah state in the international community, North Korea exercised significant influence among Third World nations during the Cold War era. With one foot in the socialist Second World and the other in the anticolonial Third World, North Korea occupied a unique position as both a postcolonial nation and a Soviet client state, ...(展开全部)