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"The third edition of this popular textbook offers several new updates. The book presents the basics of fixed-income securities. It requires a minimum of prerequisites. The author presents a coherent theoretical framework for understanding all basic models. The author's pricing model is widely used in today's securities industry."

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: The Movement for Reproductive Justice -- 1. Culture Shift Work -- 2. Collaborating across Difference -- 3. Youth Mobilization -- 4. From Self- Care to Healing Justice -- Conclusion: Reproductive Justice Advocacy in the "Post- Truth" Era -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Reproductive Justice Organizations Consulted -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author

This book proposes a way to look at the history of information that is relevant to observers in other disciplines and familiar to historians of business, economics, sociology and technology. The author presents that with theoretical and historiographical discussions of what information ecosystems and infrastructures are and their value.

"Recent changes in the global production and flow of energy have remade the world. In this book, the author reveals the forces shaping the future of energy, both renewable and fossil fuel. The New Map offers a new vision of the world's energy reserves and, therefore, the future of geopolitics."

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Garden-Variety Psychopaths -- Chapter Two: Psychopathic Organizations -- Chapter Three: There Is No "I" in Psychopath -- Chapter Four: My Cold Dead Hands -- Chapter Five: Rocking the Vote -- Chapter Six: Ctrl-Alt-Delete -- Chapter Seven: Taking Control -- Conclusion -- About the Author -- Endnotes -- Index -- Copyright.

In Indigenous and Christian Perspectives in Dialogue, the author uses the discipline of comparative theology to illumine how Indigenous insights can unearth a fresh theology of place. He proposes that certain places are kairotic, and so kenotic, harmonic, poetic and especially enlightening at the margins where we meet the religious other.

"Given the high cost of military operations, the author offers readers insights as to what motivates kingdoms, countries, and groups to engage in religious conflict. The insights of preeminent religious and political scholars are integrated into this analysis, leading to an answer to the question: Is the killing worth it?"--

"This study examines US diplomatic relations with Australia and New Zealand during the Cold War. The author emphasizes the role of lower-ranking diplomats in policy formation and examines the impact of recruitment and deployment practices of the diplomatic corps, as well as the influence of diplomats' families"--Provided by Publisher

This book addresses the questions of what contributions Christian sin-talk can make toward an adequate, interdisciplinary diagnosis of the surface-level symptoms and underlying causes of ecological damage. The author offers a perspective form the global South by employing a conceptual toolkit derived from the theological critique of apartheid..

Cover -- A Note on the Author -- Dedication -- Title -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Histories -- 2 The System -- 3 What is White Privilege? -- 4 Fear of a Black Planet -- 5 The Feminism Question -- 6 Race and Class -- 7 There's No Justice, There's Just Us -- Aftermath -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Copyright Page

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Logistical Governance in the Smart City -- Chapter 1. Design: Optimizing the Ad-Funded Smart City -- Chapter 2. Control: Calculating the On-Demand Worker -- Chapter 3. Predict: The Logistics of Police Reform -- Conclusion: Toward an Urban Counterlogistics -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Entries -- List of Primary Documents -- Preface -- Introductory Essays -- Overview of the War with ISIS (1999-2018) -- Causes of the War with ISIS -- Consequences of the War with ISIS -- A-Z Entries -- Primary Source Documents -- Chronology -- Recommended Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- About the Author.

In India, the diets of rural populations are often monotonous and unhealthy. The author analyzes how agricultural diversity and market access can combat undernutrition and offers a novel examination of how economic preferences such as risk and altruism are shaping consumption choices and nutrition security, even in environments of food scarcity.

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 -- The Idea of a Hindu Nation -- Rediscovering National Icons -- Understanding RSS and Fringe Elements -- Nation from the Historical Lens -- Part 2 -- Being Muslim -- Jamaat and Religion -- Islam and Practices -- Not Being the Other -- Part 3 -- Everybody an Immigrant -- References -- About the Author.

"This book examines the power of food as a communicative tool to bring people of diverse backgrounds together. The author argues that food enables people to look past their differences and focus on their similarities, thus creating a stronger sense of community via the sharing of a meal"--