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Examines the case of the Manson Family, the murders they committed and the way they have been represented on screen. Although the murders committed by the Family are almost 50 years old, fascination has only grown stronger, raising questions such as what is the undying appeal of the case for film-makers and what does it say about the audience for these films. This study is an attempt to provide answers.

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Poetry and philosophy from the time of Kant to the mid-twentieth century are centrally concerned with the question of how the Spirit - or the Holy Spirit - is present in the world. This book argues that the development of modern poetry in German and English can be seen as a protracted response to the religious crises of post-Idealist thought.

Excerpt from Stock Index Futures: The Case for Markets in Baskets of SecuritiesWe provide an explanation for the explosive growth in the popularity of Stock Index Futures contracts. In our economy there are three broad classes of traders that place orders with a competitive market maker that sets a bid-ask spread arising from adverse selection. Informed traders trade on the basis of their private information about the value of particular secur...

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This fourth volume explores how the professions responsible for enhancing the built environment's sustainability seek to deliver this new agenda, offering multi-perspective case studies and discussion to argue for a rethinking of the role of the urban development professional.

The pressure on the public sectors to streamline services is unprecedented. But what are the effects of this intense organizational change on such a varied workforce? And how can managers meet the challenges whilst maintaining the health and well-being of staff? Exploring the realities of working in the public sector, and those factors which can add meaning and purpose to working life, this book provides a practical toolkit for creating the be...

The pressure on the public sectors to streamline services is unprecedented. But what are the effects of this intense organizational change on such a varied workforce? And how can managers meet the challenges whilst maintaining the health and well-being of staff? Exploring the realities of working in the public sector, and those factors which can add meaning and purpose to working life, this book provides a practical toolkit for creating the be...

If you could save just 24 minutes a day you'd gain an extra 6 days a year. Some say the world was created in 6 days. What could you achieve? You don't have to work harder or spend hours defining your life goals in order to manage your time. The Time Master approach is full of quick painkilling solutions and long-term 'know-how'. This is more than time management, this is time mastery. Forget about complicated planning techniques and endless...

This new book explores how the professions responsible for enhancing the built environment's sustainability seek to deliver this new agenda, offering multi-perspective case studies and discussion to argue for a rethinking of the role of urban development professional. Showing how sustainability is rapidly becoming the norm for practitioners, the authors consider new types of professional knowledge, relationships between planning systems and pr...

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Träume, Wünsche, das ideale Leben - schade, dass diese Dinge Luftschlösser bleiben müssen. Oder doch nicht? Wissen Sie, was Sie am meisten ausbremst? Die Antwort ist ganz simpel: Sie stellen einfach nicht die richtigen Fragen! Deshalb bekommen Sie auch nicht, was Sie wollen. Ian Cooper weiß, wovon er spricht. Er ist gefragter Berater für Geschäfts- und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung und Autor mehrerer Bestseller. In "Frag doch einfach" stellt er s...

In 1974, The Wall Street Journal called this movie "grotesque, sadistic, irrational, obscene, incompetent, " while New York Magazine declared it "a catastrophe." Upon its initial release, Sam Peckinpah-s notorious work took a critical and commercial nosedive, but in later years, the work was heralded as a demented masterpiece--a violent, hallucinatory autobiography and a brilliant example of "pure Peckinpah." This study revisits the making of ...

The Financial Times Guide to Business Development is inspirational. It is easy to read, hard to put down and there are absolute gems on every page. Read it and get fired up.”Jonathan Straight, Chief Executive of Straight plc, Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 "Ian's insights into how business is getting it wrong, act as a powerful catalyst to help businesses of all sizes improve and develop in a tough climate.”Len Tingle, BBC Polit...

Frenzy (1972) was Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film and arguably one of his most misunderstood. This Devil's Advocate discusses the evolution of the film, its production, reception and place in Hitchcock's oeuvre, and its status as, Ian Cooper argues, a key film of `sleazy Seventies' British cinema.

The Equity Home Bias Puzzle: a Survey puts into perspective one of the strongest and most persistent empirical phenomena in finance: equity home bias. The authors not only provide a thorough review of the competing measures of home bias and the explanations for the equity home bias proposed in the current literature, but also lay out the implications of international under-diversification for portfolio formation and the cost of capital of comp...

An in-depth analysis of the home-grown horror film, each chapter anchored by close studies of key titles, consisting of textual analysis, production history, marketing and reception.

For critic Mark Kermode, the release proved to be "the single most significant horror film produced in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, " while playwright Alan Bennett called the work "the most persistently sadistic and rotten film I've ever seen.

Excerpt from Stock Index Futures: The Case for Markets in Baskets of Securities We provide an explanation for the explosive growth in the popularity of Stock Index Futures contracts. In our economy there are three broad classes of traders that place orders with a competitive market maker that sets a bid-ask spread arising from adverse selection. Informed traders trade on the basis of their private information about the value of particular sec...

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