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Questa

by Stephanie Fleischmann ...

Narrated by Valerie Landsburg, Dorothy Lyman, Alma Martinez, Bianca Sanchez, Christopher Dreyer ...

Unabridged

52 min

Jessie, who hasn’t seen her mother since she was 14, is on her way home, bringing with her a foster child who won’t talk and a runaway they’ve picked up along the way. Meanwhile, her estranged mother awaits their arrival at the bus station in Questa, New Mexico, next to a woman who longs for a disappeared love to return.Questa debuted at the historic CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center in New York ... Read more

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Jessie, who hasn’t seen her mother since she was 14, is on her way home, bringing with her a foster child who won’t talk and a runaway they’ve picked up along the way. Meanwhile, her estranged mother awaits their arrival at the bus station in Questa, New Mexico, next to a woman who longs for a disappeared love to return.Questa debuted at the historic CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center in New York
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Simulation in Computational Finance and Economics: Tools and Emerging Applications

Edited by Biliana Alexandrova-Kabadjova, Serafin Martinez-Jaramillo, Alma Lilia Garcia-Almanza, Edward Tsang ...

Simulation has become a tool difficult to substitute in many scientific areas like manufacturing, medicine, telecommunications, games, etc. Finance is one of such areas where simulation is a commonly used tool; for example, we can find Monte Carlo simulation in many financial applications like market risk analysis, portfolio optimization, credit risk related applications, etc. Simulation in ... Read more

$195.99 CAD

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Simulation has become a tool difficult to substitute in many scientific areas like manufacturing, medicine, telecommunications, games, etc. Finance is one of such areas where simulation is a commonly used tool; for example, we can find Monte Carlo simulation in many financial applications like market risk analysis, portfolio optimization, credit risk related applications, etc. Simulation in
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Theatre and Cartographies of Power

Repositioning the Latina/o Americas

by Violeta Luna, Jorge Dubatti, Ileana Diéguez, Patricio Vallejo Aristizábal, Gustavo Ott, Gad Guterman1, Brian Eugenio Herrera3, Diana Taylor4, Migdalia Cruz5, Diego La Hoz6, Virginia Grise8, Katherine Zien9, Carlos Cortez Minchillo0, Concepción León Mora2, Debra A. Castillo3, Elaine Romero4, Beatriz Rizk5, Roxana Avila Harper6, Diego Aramburo7, Ana Correa8, April Sweeney9, Astrid Hadad0, Eberto B. García Abreu2, Claudio Valdés Kuri4, Jean Graham-Jones6, Alma Martinez7, Natalie Alvarez8, Josefina Báez9, Jorge Huerta0, Guillermo Verdecchia1 ...

Translated by Anna White-Nockleby, Alejandra Marín Pineda, J. Engel Szwaja Franken, Paul Carranza0, Gad Guterman2, Armando Garcia7, Kevin G. McDonald1, Judith Iliana Villanueva1, Martha Herrera-Lasso3, Hector Garza5 ...

Series series Theater in the Americas
From the colonial period to independence and into the twenty-first century, Latin American culture has been mapped as a subordinate “other” to Europe and the United States. This collection reconsiders geographical space and power and the ways in which theatrical and performance histories have been constructed throughout the Americas. Essays bridge political, racial, gender, class, and national ... Read more

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From the colonial period to independence and into the twenty-first century, Latin American culture has been mapped as a subordinate “other” to Europe and the United States. This collection reconsiders geographical space and power and the ways in which theatrical and performance histories have been constructed throughout the Americas. Essays bridge political, racial, gender, class, and national
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Bump

by Chiara Atik ...

Narrated by Lucy DeVito, Anna Lyse Erikson, Alma Martinez, Ana Ortiz, André Sogliuzzo, Anna Mathias, Devon Sorvari, Herbert Siguenza, Inger Tudor, Moira Quirk ...

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1 hour 35 min

When Claudia gets pregnant she has a very clear plan for how she wants to give birth. Her pre-natal anxieties inspire her father to create a device for safer deliveries and Claudia realizes that nothing ever goes quite as expected. Includes a conversation with playwright Chiara Atik and Dr. Judith Reichman, an OB/GYN and longtime medical contributor to The Today Show.Bump is part of L.A. Theatre ... Read more

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When Claudia gets pregnant she has a very clear plan for how she wants to give birth. Her pre-natal anxieties inspire her father to create a device for safer deliveries and Claudia realizes that nothing ever goes quite as expected. Includes a conversation with playwright Chiara Atik and Dr. Judith Reichman, an OB/GYN and longtime medical contributor to The Today Show.Bump is part of L.A. Theatre
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In the Time of the Butterflies

by Julia Alvarez ...

Narrated by Noemi De La Puente, Alma Cuervo, Blanca Camacho, Melanie Martinez ...

Unabridged

13 hours 23 min

It is November 25, 1960, and the bodies of three beautiful, convent-educated sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. El Caribe, the official newspaper, reports their deaths as an accident. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of ... Read more

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It is November 25, 1960, and the bodies of three beautiful, convent-educated sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. El Caribe, the official newspaper, reports their deaths as an accident. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

by Julia Alvarez ...

Narrated by Blanca Camacho, Annie Henk, Annie Kozuch, Noemi De La Puente, Melanie Martinez ...

Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "simply wonderful" How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents captures the vivid lives of the Garcia sisters, four privileged and rebellious Dominican girls adapting to their new lives in America. In the 1960s, political tension forces the Garcia family away from Santo Domingo and toward the Bronx. The sisters all hit their strides in America, adapting and thriving ... Read more

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Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "simply wonderful" How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents captures the vivid lives of the Garcia sisters, four privileged and rebellious Dominican girls adapting to their new lives in America. In the 1960s, political tension forces the Garcia family away from Santo Domingo and toward the Bronx. The sisters all hit their strides in America, adapting and thriving
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Wandering Souls

A Novel

by Cecile Pin ...

Narrated by Ainsleigh Barber, Aoife Hinds, Ioanna Kimbook ...

Unabridged

5 hours 13 min

This program includes a multicast narration."Aoife Hinds, Ioanna Kimbook, and Ainsleigh Barber perform this stunning debut historical novel, which follows three orphaned Vietnamese refugees." - AudioFile Magazine"A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope."—Ocean VuongA boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, expanding into ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

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This program includes a multicast narration."Aoife Hinds, Ioanna Kimbook, and Ainsleigh Barber perform this stunning debut historical novel, which follows three orphaned Vietnamese refugees." - AudioFile Magazine"A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope."—Ocean VuongA boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, expanding into
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High-Frequency Trading

A Practical Guide to Algorithmic Strategies and Trading Systems

by Irene Aldridge ...

Series Book 459 - Wiley Trading
A hands-on guide to the fast and ever-changing world of high-frequency, algorithmic tradingFinancial markets are undergoing rapid innovation due to the continuing proliferation of computer power and algorithms. These developments have created a new investment discipline called high-frequency trading.This book covers all aspects of high-frequency trading, from the business case and formulation of ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

A hands-on guide to the fast and ever-changing world of high-frequency, algorithmic tradingFinancial markets are undergoing rapid innovation due to the continuing proliferation of computer power and algorithms. These developments have created a new investment discipline called high-frequency trading.This book covers all aspects of high-frequency trading, from the business case and formulation of
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The Handbook of Trading: Strategies for Navigating and Profiting from Currency, Bond, and Stock Markets

by Greg N. Gregoriou ...

Series series McGraw-Hill Financial Education Series
Make the post-meltdown markets work for you, using the unparalleled insight of today’s top global investing experts!“This book provides a collection of papers that examine trading execution, technical trading, and trading strategies, as well as algorithms in different markets (equities, forex, fixed income, exchange traded funds, derivatives, and commodities) around the world. This is particularly ... Read more

$124.99 CAD

Make the post-meltdown markets work for you, using the unparalleled insight of today’s top global investing experts!“This book provides a collection of papers that examine trading execution, technical trading, and trading strategies, as well as algorithms in different markets (equities, forex, fixed income, exchange traded funds, derivatives, and commodities) around the world. This is particularly
... Read more
On the Plaza

The Politics of Public Space and Culture

by Setha M. Low ...

Robert B. Textor Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology, American Anthropological Association, 2000Honorable Mention, Victor Turner Award, Society for Humanistic Anthropology, 2001Leeds Prize, Society of Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology, 2001Friendly gossip, political rallies, outdoor concerts, drugs, shoeshines, and sex-for-sale—almost every aspect of Latin ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Robert B. Textor Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology, American Anthropological Association, 2000Honorable Mention, Victor Turner Award, Society for Humanistic Anthropology, 2001Leeds Prize, Society of Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology, 2001Friendly gossip, political rallies, outdoor concerts, drugs, shoeshines, and sex-for-sale—almost every aspect of Latin
... Read more
Operational Risk Toward Basel III

Best Practices and Issues in Modeling, Management, and Regulation

by Greg N. Gregoriou ...

Series Book 481 - Wiley Finance
This book consists of chapters by contributors (well-known professors, practitioners, and consultants from large and well respected money management firms within this area) offering the latest research in the OpRisk area. The chapters highlight how operational risk helps firms survive and prosper by givingreaders the latest, cutting-edge techniques in OpRisk management. Topics discussed include: ... Read more

$74.99 CAD

This book consists of chapters by contributors (well-known professors, practitioners, and consultants from large and well respected money management firms within this area) offering the latest research in the OpRisk area. The chapters highlight how operational risk helps firms survive and prosper by givingreaders the latest, cutting-edge techniques in OpRisk management. Topics discussed include:
... Read more
Hybrid Cultures

Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity

by Nestor Garcia Canclini ...

Translated by Christopher L. Chiappari, Silvia L. Lopez ...

When it was originally published, Hybrid Cultures was foundational to Latin American cultural studies. This now-classic work features a new introduction in which Nestor Garcia Canclini calls for a cultural politics to contain the damaging effects of globalization and responds to relevant theoretical developments over the past decade.Garcia Canclini questions whether Latin America can compete in a ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

When it was originally published, Hybrid Cultures was foundational to Latin American cultural studies. This now-classic work features a new introduction in which Nestor Garcia Canclini calls for a cultural politics to contain the damaging effects of globalization and responds to relevant theoretical developments over the past decade.Garcia Canclini questions whether Latin America can compete in a
... Read more

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