Search Results: Authors starting with F from Infinity Books Japan

US: CRC Press, 2002. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This richly-illustrated book looks at tunnelling in Switzerland, including both historical background of underground constructions and 20 century projects. The book includes 50 case studies including urban tunnels, an area which has become prominent in recent years. Switzerland, with it's mountainous terrain has enormous experience in tunnel-building, and this is brought together in this volume.

US: Watchmaker Publishing, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

US: Atlantic Books, 2014. Paperback. Good. A hero is forged in battle and a legend is born in this second installment in the Vespasian series Thracia, AD30: Even after four years of military service at the edge of the Roman world, Vespasian can't escape the tumultuous politics of an Empire on the brink of disintegration. His patrons in Rome have charged him with the clandestine extraction of an old enemy from a fortress on the banks of the Danube before it falls to the Roman legion besieging it. Vespasian's mission is the key move in a deadly struggle for the right to rule the Roman Empire. The man he has been ordered to seize could be the witness that will destroy Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard, and ruler of the Empire in all but name. Before he completes his mission, Vespasian will face ambush in snowbound mountains, pirates on the high seas, and Sejanus's spies all around him. But by far the greatest danger lies at the rotten heart of the Empire, at the nightmarish court of Tiberius,… Read More

US: Canongate Books Ltd, 2003. Paperback. Good. Sugar, a 19-year-old whore in the brothel of Mrs Castaway, yearns for a bet ter life. Her ascent through the strata of 1870s London society offers the reader a host of characters. At the heart of the story, however, is a young woman's struggle to lift her body and soul out of the gutter.

US: Canongate Books Ltd, 2000. Paperback. Good. The novel centres around a female character, Isserly, who seems to be obses sed with picking up male hitch-hikers, as long as they are muscular and fit . As the story unfolds, the reader comes to realise that Isserly's motives are rather unusual.

London: Walker Books, 2015. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Mango Allsorts is good at all sorts of things, not just karate and chess. B ambang is most definitely not-a-pig and is now lost in a very busy city. Wh en the two unexpectedly meet, a friendship begins, filled with adventures, and of course, plenty of banana pancakes Mango and the muddle -- Bambang's pool -- Bambang puts on a hat -- The song of the Tapir.

US: Irwin Professional Pub, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamage.

US: Mcgraw-Hill, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. For nearly two decades, individual and institutional investors have relied on The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities as the world's leading reference for fixed income information. This new edition continues to define the field, while broadening its focus with new chapters on derivatives, a greater focus on structured finance and international markets, and more emphasis on applied material for today's time-pressed practitioner. Influential editor Frank J. Fabozzi and today's top fixed income authorities address the latest developments, financial instruments, and portfolio strategies. Money managers and institutional investors will turn to this thoroughly revised edition for: • Strategies for managing corporate bond portfolios • Expanded coverage on asset backed securities • Techniques for hedging risk… Read More

Mcgraw-Hill, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. For years, individual and institutional investors have relied on the Handbo ok to help them understand the dynamics and opportunities within the fixed income market. Now, in this completely revised and updated Fourth Edition, Frank Fabozzi and T. Dessa Fabozzi once again assemble the leading authorit ies in the field to address the latest development, financial instruments, and porfolio strategies. The Fourth Edition introduces 19 new chapters that explore such timely topics as: valuation of bonds with embedded options; n ew duration measures for risk management; risk measures for foreign bonds; the management of high-yield bond portfolios; treasury bond futures mechani cs basis valuation.

US: Mcgraw-Hill, 1996. Hardcover. Good/Good. Don't let the conservative nature of many fixed income intruments mislead y ou! These are complex, potentially risky investments, and Fixed Income Math ematics is required reading if you are to maximize both income and capital growth from fixed income investing. An expert, thorough analysis of this vo latile market's latest developments is presented in the straight-forward, c omprehensive style that has become a Fabozzi trademark. It will leave you w ith a greater ability to utilize and take advantage of basic strategies as well as the newest advances in fixed income analysis and research.

US: Probus Publishing Co, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The standard reference for fixed income portfolio managers Despite their conservative nature, fixed income instruments are among the investment industry's most complex and potentially risky investments. Fixed Income Mathematics is recognized worldwide as the essential professional reference for understanding the concepts and evaluative methodologies for bonds, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and other fixed income instruments. This fully revised and updated fourth edition features all-new illustrations of the future and present value of money, with appendices on continuous compounding and new sections and chapters addressing risk measures, cash flow characteristics of credit-sensitive mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, and more.

Worldwide Library, 1998. Near Fine. Owen Keane, the philosophical and mildly alienated seminary dropout seen be fore in The Lost Keats and Deadstick, is working as a newspaper copy editor on the New Jersey coast. His interest is captured by an anniversary story about the unsolved murder of a local family 20 years ago that left a young girl orphaned, a cop obsessed, and now provides just the kind of lost cause Keane thrives on. At the time, there were three likely suspects: the dead dad's business partner with mob connections, a hippie guru of a nearby reli gious compound and a down-on-his-luck local handyman. But in the following decades the handyman died, the partner committed suicide and the guru vanis hed. The surviving girl is now grown up and wants the case reopened. The pa rtner's widow claims to possess valuable evidence. The girl's insistence so on leads to another murder. Faherty toggles among his trio of suspects and expertly manipulates several subplots that explore guilt and obsession.

US: 9780199764112, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. A comprehensive guide to the language of argument, Rhetorical Style offers a renewed appreciation of the persuasive power of the English language. Drawing on key texts from the rhetorical tradition, as well as on newer approaches from linguistics and literary stylistics, Fahnestock demonstrates how word choice, sentence form, and passage construction can combine to create effective spoken and written arguments. With examples from political speeches, non-fiction works, and newspaper reports, Rhetorical Style surveys the arguer's options at the word, sentence, interactive, and passage levels, and illustrates the enduring usefulness of rhetorical stylistics in analyzing and constructing arguments.

US: Dell, 2010. Paperback. Good. Aboard a long-range research vessel, in the vast reaches of the South Pacif ic, the cast and crew of the reality show Sealife believe they have found a ratings bonanza. For a director dying for drama, a distress call from Hend ers Island--a mere blip on any radar--might be just the ticket. Until the f irst scientist sets foot on Henders--and the ultimate test of survival begi ns. For when they reach the island's shores, the scientists are utterly unprepared for what they find--creatures unlike any ever recorded in natural history. This is not a lost world frozen in time; this is Earth as it might have looked after evolving on a separate path for half a billion years--a fragment of a lost continent, with an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards.

Kobe: The Kobe Shimbum, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 250 pp, 300 colour illustrations.Text in English and Japanese.

US: Overlook Books, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A comprehensive reference source from the authors of The Beauty Bible discusses positive aging, showing how to slow or stop the aging process for body and mind, and exploring such areas as cosmetic surgery, sleeping techniques, skincare, and more.

Pinnacle, 1980. Very Good+.

London: Time Warner, 2005. Very Good+. A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: A quiet beginning, but once the engine is running, this one hits top gear.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Product Description After a lull of four years, the 'silk stocking rapist' is back at work on the Upper East side, but this time Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman have perfect DNA evidence to work with. They also have a much older case to work on - a skeleton has been found entombed in the wall of a house Edgar Allan Poe once lived in, but it turns out to be a relatively modern murder - from 1978. On the day the discovery of this body is leaked to the press, Alex gets a call that the silk stocking rapist has struck again, this time fatally. Or has he? The m.o. isn't precisely the same as the others, and it transpires that the victim worked in Poe's old house in 1978. Are the cases linked or is someone trying to silence possible witness to a thirty-five-year-old murder? With consummate skill,… Read More

US: Simon + Schuster Inc, 2004. Good.

POCKET BOOKS @. Near Fine.