Francisco Vidal Luna is Professor of Economics at Universidade de S¿Paulo. Herbert S. Klein is the Gouveneur Morris Professor Emeritus at Columbia University and Research Fellow and Curator at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. They are co-authors of Slavery and the Economy of S¿Paolo, 1750¿1850 (Stanford, 2003).
Two Novellas. Two novellas by Bangladeshi writer Syed Shamsul Haq Blue Venom tells of a middle-aged middle manager who is arrested and taken to a cell, where he is slowly tortured to death for being a namesake of a rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. Forbidden Incense, meanwhile, tells of a womans return to her paternal village after her husband was taken by the army.
The story of Kobej Lethel, a ruthless soldier of fortune employed by a corrupt village chief, who must confront his own conscience when his employer sides with the Pakistani army in carrying out unspeakable atrocities during Bangladeshs War of Independence.
Set in the violent world of prostitution in Bangladesh, chronicling the lives of women trapped in that bleak world as they face the constant risk of physical abuse, disease, and pregnancy, while also all too often struggling with drug addiction.
From subway . . . Monday night. Wednesday morning. Friday lunchtime. Holland Bakker plans her journeys to work around the times the handsome Irish musician, Calvin McLoughlin, plays his guitar in the 50th Street subway station. Lacking the nerve to actually talk to the gorgeous stranger, Holland is destined to admire him from a distance. Then a near-tragedy causes her busker to come to her rescue, only to disappear when the police start asking...
A warm, funny novel telling the story of the most famous man of the 20th century, where a wrong number would lead to a friendship that would impact both their lives.
The YUIMA package is the first comprehensive R framework based on S4 classes and methods which allows for the simulation of stochastic differential equations driven by Wiener process, Lévy processes or fractional Brownian motion, as well as CARMA processes. The package performs various central statistical analyses such as quasi maximum likelihood estimation, adaptive Bayes estimation, structural change point analysis, hypotheses testing, async...
After overthrowing the corrupt General Sawtooth and claiming the Goblin Crown, Billy Smith's perilous journey to save the goblin race has just begun. Now Billy, Lexi, Hop, and Kurt set off in pursuit of a mysterious Fallen Star, perhaps their only hope for defeating the powerful Hanornian Army.
Nicholas Royle's magnificent second novel combines a page-turning story about literary theft, adultery and ambition with a deeply moving investigation into our relationship to birds and the environment.
An autobiography from the founder of Sire Records, who spotted the talent of many bands and artists, such as The Ramones, Madonna, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, The Cure, Ice-T, Lou Reed and Seal. Covers both Stein's professional and personal life.
The first of Steiger's dystopian series introduces 17-year-old prodigy Mindwalker Lain Fisher, a therapist who uses a direct neural link to erase a patient's traumatic memories. When classmate Steven asks her to wipe a horrific childhood experience from his mind, Lain's superiors warn her to stay away.
Journey Through the USA offers a look at the landscape, culture and people of the United States, from the exciting buzz of New York, along the Appalachian Trail through many of the states along it's route, via Chicago and the Great Lakes, through the southern states and cowboy country to the sunshine and surf of California and Hawaii.Journey Through offers young readers the chance to take a trip through exciting world countries using different...
Part of a quintet of books revolved around the four seasons, this is a beautifully atmospheric picture book based around de la Mare's eight-line poem in which readers join a farmer and his family as they enjoy a picnic dinner in the late summer sun. Full color.
When Lain Fisher wakes up in a hospital bed she can't remember anything from the last few months. It's no ordinary amnesia. As a trained Mindwalker, Lain knows all about wiping memories. She just never thought it would happen to her in this sequel to "Mindwalker.
