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  • Household Finance

    A Functional Approach

    by Sumit Agarwal, Wenlan Qian, Ruth Tan ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Household finance studies is a relatively recent field, exploring a growing understanding of how households make financial decisions relating to the functions of consumption, payment, risk management, borrowing and investing; how institutions provide goods and services to satisfy these financial functions of households; and how interventions by firms, governments and other parties affect the ... Read more

    $140.99 CAD

  • Rivers of the Asian Highlands

    From Deep Time to the Climate Crisis

    by Ruth Gamble, Gillian G. Tan, Hongzhang Xu, Sara Beavis, Petra Maurer, Jamie Pittock, John Powers, Robert J. Wasson ...
    Series series Routledge Planetary Spaces Series
    Rivers of the Asian Highlands introduces readers to the intersecting headwaters of Asia’s eight largest rivers, focusing on the upper reaches of two river systems: the Brahmaputra’s highland tributaries in the eastern Himalayan Mountains and the Dri Chu (upper Yangzi), which descends from the Tibetan Plateau’s east through the Hengduan Mountains.This book guides its readers through these two ... Read more

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  • Irrational Exuberance

    Revised and Expanded Third Edition

    by Robert J. Shiller ...
    Why the irrational exuberance of investors hasn't disappeared since the financial crisisIn this revised, updated, and expanded edition of his New York Times bestseller, Nobel Prize–winning economist Robert Shiller, who warned of both the tech and housing bubbles, cautions that signs of irrational exuberance among investors have only increased since the 2008–9 financial crisis. With high stock and ... Read more

    $25.29 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Tigers of the World

    The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris

    Edited by Ronald Tilson, Philip J. Nyhus ...
    Series series Noyes Series in Animal Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, and Management
    Tigers of the World, Second Edition explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible. In 1988, when the first edition was published, tiger conservation was still in its infancy, and two decades later there has been a revolution not only in what is known, but how information about tigers is obtained and disseminated. In the fast ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Finance for Normal People

    How Investors and Markets Behave

    by Meir Statman ...
    Finance for Normal People teaches behavioral finance to people like you and me - normal people, neither rational nor irrational. We are consumers, savers, investors, and managers - corporate managers, money managers, financial advisers, and all other financial professionals. The book guides us to know our wants-including hope for riches, protection from poverty, caring for family, sincere social ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Biodiversity Conservation, Indigenous Knowledge and practices: A Naga Perspective

    by Martemjen ...
    Conservationist has been contemptuous of Indigenous peoples and their knowledge. As such, all the modern polices, acts and laws in biodiversity conservation intends to follow a “top down” approach, where decisions to be enacted upon the local people, their land, biodiversity, forest etc are done at the top level without the local peoples consent, which ultimately leads to conflict. As such, the ... Read more

    $0.86 CAD

  • Private Equity

    Fund Types, Risks and Returns, and Regulation

    Edited by Douglas Cumming ...
    Series Book 10 - Robert W. Kolb Series
    A comprehensive look at the private equity arenaWith private equity differing from other asset classes, it requires a whole new approach for those trained in more traditional investments such as stocks and bonds. But with the right guidance, you can gain a firm understanding of everything private equity has to offer.This reliable resource provides a comprehensive view of private equity by ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

  • Permafrost and Culture

    Global Warming and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russian Federation (Study Guide for Environmental Education)

    by Hiroki Takakura, Yoshihiro Iijima, Vanda Ignatieva, Alexander Fedorov, Masanori Goto, Toshikazu Tanaka ...
    Series Book 26 - Center for Northeast Asian Studies Report
    This book is an attempt to understand the impact of Climate Change on the Arctic human societies from the indigenous perspectives, by focusing on the peoples living in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation. Historically, and also today, the livelihood of the Sakha people is closely related to permafrost. Scientific evidence shows that the thawing of the permafrost through ... Read more

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  • What Investors Really Want: Know What Drives Investor Behavior and Make Smarter Financial Decisions

    by Meir Statman ...
    A pioneer in the field of behavioral finance presents an investment guide based on what really drives investorsPerfectly timed to give readers a real edge for investing in post-crash marketsAuthor is a leading authority on the theory and application of behavioral finance and a fixture in The Wall Street Journal and other leading media outletsPoised to become the definitive text on how investors ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • A Walk Up The Hill

    Living with People and Nature

    by Madhav Gadgil ...
    Madhav Gadgil was born in Pune in 1942, just as Salim Ali's superbly illustrated Book of Indian Birds was published. Influenced by his birdwatcher father, he learnt to recognize birds from their pictures even before he could read. He is an unusual combination of a person fascinated by the diversity of the natural world, of the landscapes and the life they support, as well as the diversity of ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Capital Budgeting Valuation

    Financial Analysis for Today's Investment Projects

    Edited by Philip English, H. Kent Baker ...
    Series Book 13 - Robert W. Kolb Series
    An essential guide to valuation techniques and financial analysisWith the collapse of the economy and financial systems, many institutions are reevaluating what they are willing to spend money on. Project valuation is key to both cost effectiveness measures and shareholder value.The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive examination of critical capital budgeting topics. Coverage ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers and the Development of Farming Civilisations in Asia

    by Peter D. Clift, Jade d'Alpoim Guedes ...
    The Asian monsoon and associated river systems supply the water that sustains a large portion of humanity, and has enabled Asia to become home to some of the oldest and most productive farming systems on Earth. This book uses climate data and environmental models to provide a detailed review of variations in the Asian monsoon since the mid-Holocene, and its impacts on farming systems and human ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD