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UNINA9910461129403321 |
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Autore |
Weiss Stephen L. <1955-> |
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The big win [[electronic resource] ] : learning from the legends to become a more successful investor / / Stephen L. Weiss |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 |
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1-118-23358-1 |
1-280-58831-4 |
9786613618146 |
1-118-22127-3 |
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[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Investments - United States |
Portfolio management - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The legends I have met : a behind the scenes look at what makes a legend -- Follow the money : the ugly reality of whale watching -- The glass ceiling of performance : Rene Haugerud -- The boom goes bust : James S. Chanos -- Conclusion : so there you have it?. |
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A rousing and practical look at the extremely successful investments of top investors In his first book, The Billion Dollar Mistake, author Stephen L. Weiss showcased the biggest blunders of some of the world's legendary investors-which lost them billions of dollars on a single investment. Incredibly, the mistakes they made were the same mistakes made by everyday investors but for the magnitude of the loss. Weiss's second book, The Big Win: Learning from the Legends to Become a More Successful Investor, highlights financial successes, explaining how the world's most su |
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UNISA996247974703316 |
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Autore |
Mir Farina |
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The social space of language : vernacular culture in British colonial Punjab / / Farina Mir |
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Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
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©2010 |
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1-282-77178-7 |
9786612771781 |
0-520-94764-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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South Asia across the disciplines ; ; 2 |
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Panjabi literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Panjabi literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Literature and society - India - Punjab - History - 19th century |
Literature and society - India - Punjab - History - 20th century |
Punjab (India) Intellectual life 19th century |
Punjab (India) Intellectual life 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- Forging a language policy -- Punjabi print culture -- A Punjabi literary formation -- Place and personhood -- Piety and devotion -- Conclusion. |
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This rich cultural history set in Punjab examines a little-studied body of popular literature to illustrate both the durability of a vernacular literary tradition and the limits of colonial dominance in British India. Farina Mir asks how qisse, a vibrant genre of epics and romances, flourished in colonial Punjab despite British efforts to marginalize the Punjabi language. She explores topics including Punjabi linguistic practices, print and performance, and the symbolic content of qisse. She finds that although the British denied Punjabi language and literature almost all forms of state patronage, the resilience of this popular genre came from its old but dynamic corpus of stories, their representations of place, and the moral sensibility that suffused them. Her |
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multidisciplinary study reframes inquiry into cultural formations in late-colonial north India away from a focus on religious communal identities and nationalist politics and toward a widespread, ecumenical, and place-centered poetics of belonging in the region. |
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UNINA9910786358903321 |
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Autore |
Cuéllar Mariano-Florentino |
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Governing security [[electronic resource] ] : the hidden origins of American security agencies / / Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Law Books, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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National security - United States |
Internal security - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Chapter 1. The Twin Problems of Governing Security -- Chapter 2. Rethinking Law, Security, and Organizational Structure -- Chapter 3. Arming Democracy -- Chapter 4. Just How Secure Are You at This Moment? -- Chapter 5. Democracies Need Not Always Be Weak -- Chapter 6. Crosscurrents or Greater Velocity -- Chapter 7. Maybe It’s Time to Think Big -- Chapter 8. The Political Logic and Early Legacy of DHS -- Chapter 9. No Matter What Fate May Have in Store -- Chapter 10. An Organizational Gloss on Separation of Powers -- Conclusion. One Supreme Objective for the Future -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Statutes and regulations are frequently designed to affect the public in specific ways. But exactly how these laws ultimately impact the public often depends on how politicians go about securing control of the complex public agencies that implement policies, and how these |
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organizations in turn are used to define the often-contested concept of "national security." Governing Security explores this dynamic by investigating the surprising history of two major federal agencies that touch the lives of Americans every day: the Roosevelt-era Federal Security Agency––which eventually became today's Department of Health and Human Services––and the more recently created Department of Homeland Security. By describing the legal, political, and institutional history of both organizations, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar offers a compelling account of crucial developments affecting the basic architecture of our nation. He shows how Americans end up choosing security goals not through an elaborate technical process, but in lively and overlapping settings involving conflict over statutory programs, agency autonomy, presidential power, and priorities for domestic and international risk regulation. Ultimately, as Cuéllar shows, ongoing fights about the scope of national security reshape the very structure of government and the intricate process through which statutes and regulations are implemented, particularly during––or in anticipation of––a national crisis. |
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