1970 results for '"Porter, Charles A.'

Continuous-Time Models in Corporate Finance synthesizes four decades of research to show how stochastic calculus can be used in corporate finance. Combining mathematical rigor with economic...

First published in 1973, Gravitation is a landmark graduate-level textbook that presents Einstein’s general theory of relativity and offers a rigorous, full-year course on the physics of gravitation...

A fully revised edition of the acclaimed field guide to the birds of the Middle EastThe Middle East is home to some of the most spectacular birdlife in the world. This field guide covers all...

This richly evocative novel-in-letters tells the story of two Persian noblemen who have left their country—the modern Iran—to journey to Europe in search in wisdom. As they travel, they write home to...

The second volume is packed with intriguing developments, as Schulz continues to create his tender and comic universe. It begins with Peanuts' third full year and a cast of eight: Charlie Brown,...

The description for this book, Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870, will be forthcoming.

This book is the first biography of the legendary American writer, Edward Dahlberg(1900-1977) whose stormy literary career spanned five decades and saw twenty controversial volumes published.

Hailed by its proponents as a doctrine that promises more equitable doctor-patient relationships, informed consent has also been decried as posing serious threats to the quality of care in this...

This is the first accessible and comprehensive history of the early modern Habsburg monarchy to appear in any language. Professor Ingrao challenges the conventional notion of Habsburg state and...

This title examines the process of purge and rehabilitation of memory in the person of Virius Nicomachus Flavianus. Hedrick describes how Flavian was condemned for rebellion, erased from public...

This unique and extraordinarily rich collection of writings offers a thematic approach to understanding the various theories of art that illumined the direction of nineteenth-century artists as...

Cover has only light wear. Pages are lightly tanned, but otherwise very clean and unmarked. Ships fast from California.

One night in the antebellum South, a slave owner and his African-American butler stay up to all hours until, too drunk to face their wives, they switch places in each other's beds. The result is a...