Author: Stephen Knight
Publisher: Cornell University Pre
Keywords: biography, mythic, hood, robin
Number of Pages: 247
Published: 2009-11-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 080148992X
ISBN-13: 9780801489921

The only figure in the Dictionary of National Biography who is said never to have existed, Robin Hood has taken on an air of reality few historical figures achieve. His image in various guises has been put to use as a subject of ballads, nationalist rallying point, Disney cartoon fox, greenclad figure of farce, tabloid fodder, and template for petty criminals and progressive political candidates alike. In this engaging and deeply informed book Stephen Knight looks at the different manifestations of Robin Hood at different times and places in a mythic biography with a thematic structure. The b

Author: Stephen Thomas Knight
Publisher: Cornell University Pre
Keywords: biography, mythic, hood, robin
Number of Pages: 247
Published: 2003-05-01
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0801438853
ISBN-13: 9780801438851

The only figure in the Dictionary of National Biography who is said never to have existed, Robin Hood has taken on an air of reality few historical figures achieve. His image in various guises has been put to use as a subject of ballads, nationalist rallying point, Disney cartoon fox, greenclad figure of farce, tabloid fodder, and template for petty criminals and progressive political candidates alike. In this engaging and deeply informed book Stephen Knight looks at the different manifestations of Robin Hood at different times and places in a mythic biography with a thematic structure. The be

Authors:John Knight, Stephen Satchell,
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinema
Keywords: finance, quantitative, models, factor, linear
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2005-02-11
List price: $108.00
ISBN-10: 0750660066
ISBN-13: 9780750660068

The determination of the values of stocks, bonds, options, futures, and derivatives is done by the scientific process of asset pricing, which has developed dramatically in the last few years due to advances in financial theory and econometrics. This book covers the science of asset pricing by concentrating on the most widely used modelling technique called: Linear Factor Modelling.Linear Factor Models covers an important area for Quantitative Analysts/Investment Managers who are developing Quantitative Investment Strategies. Linear factor models (LFM) are part of modern investment processes th

Authors:Stephen Satchell, John Knight,
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Keywords: finance, quantitative, distributions, return
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2001-01-17
List price: $131.00
ISBN-10: 0750647515
ISBN-13: 9780750647519

Quantitative methods have revolutionised the area of trading, regulation, risk management, portfolio construction, asset pricing and treasury activities, and governmental activity such as central banking. One of the original contributions in this area is the classic by Cootner entitled ’The Random Nature of Stock Market Prices’. This work investigated the statistical properties of asset prices and was one of the first works to investigate this area in a rigorous manner.Much has happened in this field in the last 35 years and ’Return Distributions in Finance’ contains

Authors:Stephen Satchell, John Knight,
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Keywords: quantitative, finance, second, markets, volatility, financial, forecasting
Number of Pages: 420
Published: 2002-10-08
List price: $117.00
ISBN-10: 0750655151
ISBN-13: 9780750655156

’Forecasting Volatility in the Financial Markets’ assumes that the reader has a firm grounding in the key principles and methods of understanding volatility measurement and builds on that knowledge to detail cutting edge modelling and forecasting techniques. It then uses a technical survey to explain the different ways to measure risk and define the different models of volatility and return. The editors have brought together a set of contributors that give the reader a firm grounding in relevant theory and research and an insight into the cutting edge techniques applied in this f

Authors:Thomas Love Peacock, Stephen Knight,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: library, volume, routledge, popular, culture, folklore, fiction, marian, robin, hood, classic, maid
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2005-10-27
List price: $325.00
ISBN-10: 0415220041
ISBN-13: 9780415220040

Subjects: Historical fiction Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

Authors:Allyson Olm, Stephen Knight, Michael Petrov,
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Keywords: using, api, php, guide, complete, web, publishing, filemaker
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2007-07-31
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1598220411
ISBN-13: 9781598220414

FileMaker Web Publishing: A Complete Guide to Using the API for PHP, offers an unparalleled development strategy for database managers, web designers, and programmers who are interested in getting the most out of FileMaker databases on the web. The book introduces the basics of HTML, cascading style sheets, and PHP, then moves on to specific concepts such as database portals, value lists, and complex navigation systems. Advanced topics include uploading and referencing files within the database and sending dynamically formatted emails. With this book: Learn the fundamentals of working w