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In this title one of the best classical methods of technical analysis is brought up to date. This book offers a modern treatment of Hurst's original system of market cycle analysis. It will teach you how to get to the point where you can isolate cycles in any freely-traded financial instrument and make an assessment of their likely future course. Although Hurst's methodology can seem outwardly complex, the logic underpinning it is straightforw...

Grafton reveals the microdynamics of the scholarly life through a series of essays on institutions and on scholars ranging from early modern polymaths to modern intellectual historians to American thinkers and writers. Grafton¿s engaging, erudite essays could be a rallying cry for the revival of the liberal arts.

A comprehensive handbook on water resource issues, from a global perspective.

Sue Grafton ups the ante for private investigator Kinsey Millhone like never before in this "taut, terrifying, transfixing"* #1 New York Times bestselling mystery in the Alphabet series.Kinsey Millhone's elderly neighbor, Gus Vronsky, may have been the original inspiration for the term "Grumpy Gus." A miser and a hoarder, Gus is so crotchety that after he takes a bad fall, his only living relative is anxious to find someone to take care of him...

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K IS FOR KILLER, the next installment in Sue Grafton's New York Times bestselling alphabet seriesJanice Kepler is on the way home from the support group she joined after the death of her beloved daughter, Lorna. When she sees a light on in the offices of Millhone Investigations, she believes it's a sign...and decides to knock on the door.Janice has waited long enough for Lorna's case to pick up steam, and she is relieved when Kinsey Millhone a...

The next in the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet mystery series from bestselling author Sue Grafton."J" is for Jaffe: Wendell Jaffe, dead these past five years. Or so it seemed until his former insurance agent spotted him in the bar of a dusty little resort halfway between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz."In truth, the facts about Wendell Jaffe had nothing to do with my family history, but murder is seldom tidy and no one ever said revelations operate in a ...

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The perfect new package for Sue Grafton's #1 "New York Times" bestselling series. Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege whose adoring father quietly handled her many scrapes with the law-but he wasn't there when she was convicted of embezzlement and sent to the California Institute for Women. Now she's about to be paroled, and her father wants to make sure she stays on the straight and narrow. It seems like an easy assignment for Kinsey ...

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A spiderweb of dangerous relationships lies at the heart of this daring Kinsey Millhone mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton.Private detective Kinsey Millhone feels a bit out of place in any department store's lingerie section, but she's entirely in her element when she puts a stop to a brazen shoplifting spree. For her trouble she nearly gets run over in the parking lot by one of the fleeing thieves-and later learns t...

Stylish and erudite study of the use of footnotes by historians and philosophers including Swift, Gibbon and Hegel.

Blandtrap is a small village in the Midwest, but could be located anywhere. Existing in the shadow of larger towns, a closeness of residents develops that is unfamiliar to inhabitants of most cities. The lack of attention villages receive from city residents manifests itself as a chip on the shoulder of villagers when dealing with the larger population. In the form of letters to the editor of a small town newspaper, you will get to know the re...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Alphabet series comes a collection of stories that "combines glimpses of her series detective, Kinsey Millhone, with a revealing self-portrait" (Publishers Weekly).In 1982, Sue Grafton introduced Kinsey Millhone and created an iconic female detective. Here, in a story collection divided into two parts, Sue Grafton provides a glimpse of her own early life in the guise of the charact...

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The latest repackage in Sue Grafton's #1 "New York Times" bestselling series. Cases don't get much colder than that of Violet Sullivan, who disappeared from her rural California town in 1953, leaving behind an abusive husband and a seven-year-old named Daisy. But P.I. Kinsey Millhone has promised Daisy she'll try her best to locate Violet, dead or alive. Kinsey tries to pick up a trail by speaking to those who remember her-and perhaps were mo...

This book is a powerful and imaginative exploration of themes in the history of European ideas. Elegant and accessible, it is a deliberate evocation of E. H. Carr's celebrated Trevelyan Lectures, What Is History?.

This collection of elegant clip art motifs features scenes from mythological, historical, and biblical sources as well as vines and leaves, floral elements, real and legendary beasts, and geometric patterns. 823 images.

The ninth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look