Ein Virus breitet sich auf der ganzen Welt aus und verwandelt die gesamte Menschheit in wilde Katzen. Die wenigen Überlebenden, die noch Menschen sind, suchen Zuflucht, um sich gegen die katzenartige Horde zu wehren. Kunagi, kämpft nur mit seinem Verstand und seinem Überlebenswillen darum, sich zu behaupten.
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How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become the preeminent musical storyteller of the 21st century? Daniel Pollack-Pelzner traces Miranda's path from a friendly but often isolated child to the winner of multiple Tonys and Grammys for his Broadway hits Hamilton and In the Heights and his songs in Disney's Moana and Encanto. Drawing on interviews with Miranda's family, friends and mentors - and many conversations with Miranda himself - Pollack-Pelzner delves into the formative experiences that shaped Miranda as an artist, from his early musicals in high school and college to the creation of his Broadway and Hollywood triumphs. With full access to Miranda's inner circle, this behind-the-scenes origin story is both captivating and inspiring.
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A "Dead is the New Fabulous" Mystery (#2) "Lindsay Maracotta has created in Lucy an exhilarating smart and sassy character. Her insider's take crackles with fresh insight and laugh-out-loud one-liners." —Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author "Killingly amusing. Lindsay Maracotta wields the sharpest tongue since Nora Ephron banged out Heartburn. The book's social observations are right on the money." —The Chicago Tribune Lucy Frampton just wants to make animated movies and to raise as functional a family as possible in the midst of Hollywood's special brand of madness. Unfortunately, when her producer-husband Kit scores his first blockbuster movie, he is stricken with dreaded "Mogus Virus"—(a common ailment!), which compels seemingly down-to-earth people to hire personal chefs and trainers and share enough air-kisses to inflate the Hindenburg. And adding to the crazy is the suspicious on-location death of his director, the much-despised whiz-kid Jeremy Lord. What's a rational wife to do? Suddenly Lucy's only hope of maintaining some semblance of domestic bliss is to dive alone into the Pacific Palisades shark pool of actors, agents, industry honchos, lavish spenders, spoiled brats, ex-wives and voluptuous nannies, and surface with the killer. Her only weapon in this ocean of sex, lies, and camera phones is her irreverence and smarts —and they may not be formidable enough to protect Lucy from the dangerous predator who's circling....
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Le 11 février 2002, trois personnes meurent. Les victimes n’ont aucun lien entre elles. Leurs assassins non plus. Mais les routes de ces derniers, ainsi que celles de ceux qui les poursuivent, finiront par se croiser. Le lecteur suivra ainsi, par chapitres formant une boucle : Fouad Tazenahte, journaliste enquêtant sur la piste d’une inquiétante affaire de contamination au virus VIH qui le conduira à pourchasser le Dr Ruben, figure de l’extrême-droite locale ; Vincent Erno, jeune lieutenant de police sous les ordres de son mentor, le capitaine « rouge » Martin Rogé, enquêtant sur Sandra Stéfanelli, possiblement coupable de trois crimes ; Dominique Saint Calais, patron du Cube, officine des services secrets ayant substitué à la chanteuse Hélène Parker son sosie (presque) parfait afin de confondre Paul Moisan, l’amant d’Hélène, fonctionnaire au Quai d’Orsay, impliqué dans un trafic de drogue international ; Les passagers du cargo Singapore, parmi lesquels Claire Lucenec, la compagne de Frédéric Erno, le frère du lieutenant de police Vincent Erno, embarquée pour un tour du monde de trois mois et qui découvrira que le cargo, à chaque escale, ne débarque et n’embarque pas qu’une cargaison innocente. Et comprendra que ses compagnons de voyage ne sont pas à bord par hasard ; Enfin, Frédéric Erno, guitariste de blues, en panne d’inspiration, réfugié dans une ancienne ferme transformée en studio d’enregistrement au pied du pic de "Nore", en contact quotidien avec Claire sur son cargo jusqu’à ce que le Singapore ne réponde plus... <br> <br> À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR <br> <br> Désormais installé en Provence, <b>Philippe Paternolli </b>partage son temps entre l'écriture, un travail de correcteur d'un genre particulier - dit "traque-boulette" - et la photographie de la montagne Sainte-Victoire et des passereaux au lever du jour.
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Für seine Verbrechen an der Menschheit sitzt Charles Xavier auf seinem eigenen Anwesen hinter Gittern. Eine grausame Strafe, die er reumütig akzeptiert, bis ein telepathischer Virus ihn langsam dahinrafft. Zur Flucht gezwungen, sucht er die Hilfe der X-Men.
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Presents a multitude of topics relevant to the quantitative finance community by combining the best of the theory with the usefulness of applications Written by accomplished teachers and researchers in the field, this book presents quantitative finance theory through applications to specific practical problems and comes with accompanying coding techniques in R and MATLAB, and some generic pseudo-algorithms to modern finance. It also offers over 300 examples and exercises that are appropriate for the beginning student as well as the practitioner in the field. The Quantitative Finance book is divided into four parts. Part One begins by providing readers with the theoretical backdrop needed from probability and stochastic processes. We also present some useful finance concepts used throughout the book. In part two of the book we present the classical Black-Scholes-Merton model in a uniquely accessible and understandable way. Implied volatility as well as local volatility surfaces are also discussed. Next, solutions to Partial Differential Equations (PDE), wavelets and Fourier transforms are presented. Several methodologies for pricing options namely, tree methods, finite difference method and Monte Carlo simulation methods are also discussed. We conclude this part with a discussion on stochastic differential equations (SDE's). In the third part of this book, several new and advanced models from current literature such as general Lvy processes, nonlinear PDE's for stochastic volatility models in a transaction fee market, PDE's in a jump-diffusion with stochastic volatility models and factor and copulas models are discussed. In part four of the book, we conclude with a solid presentation of the typical topics in fixed income securities and derivatives. We discuss models for pricing bonds market, marketable securities, credit default swaps (CDS) and securitizations. * Classroom-tested over a three-year period with the input of students and experienced practitioners * Emphasizes the volatility of financial analyses and interpretations * Weaves theory with application throughout the book * Utilizes R and MATLAB software programs * Presents pseudo-algorithms for readers who do not have access to any particular programming system * Supplemented with extensive author-maintained web site that includes helpful teaching hints, data sets, software programs, and additional content Quantitative Finance is an ideal textbook for upper-undergraduate and beginning graduate students in statistics, financial engineering, quantitative finance, and mathematical finance programs. It will also appeal to practitioners in the same fields.
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If you want to avoid making bad investments in residential real estate, you have to abandon traditional market valuation methods. Their weakness is that they calculate the value of real estate by only selective means rather than over the entire investment cycle. This often leads to incorrect forecasts. With the Dynamic Method, George Salden presents for the first time an instrument that takes the dynamic value development of a property into account and thus creates a better basis for your investment decision-making. Contents: - Overview of valuation and real estate valuation procedures - The dynamic method in detail - The residential property in the capital marketExtra: - Access to the valuation software developed by the author (Testversion)
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The new, fully-updated edition of the popular introduction to the Tudor-Stuart period--offers fresh scholarship and improved readability. Early Modern England 1485-1714 is the market-leading introduction to the Tudor-Stuart period of English history. This accessible and engaging volume enables readers to understand the political, religious, cultural, and socio-economic forces that propelled the nation from small feudal state to preeminent world power. The authors, leading scholars and teachers in the field, have designed the text for those with little or no prior knowledge of the subject. The book's easy-to-follow narrative explores the world the English created and inhabited between the 15th and 18th centuries. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest scholarship on the subject, such as Henry VIII's role in the English Reformation and the use of gendered language by Elizabeth I. A new preface addresses the theme of periodization, while revised chapters offer fresh perspectives on proto-industrialization in England, economic developments in early modern London, merchants and adventurers in the Middle East, the popular cultural life of ordinary people, and more. Offering a lively, reader-friendly narrative of the period, this text: * Offers a wide-ranging overview of two and half centuries of English history in one volume * Highlights how social and cultural changes affected ordinary English people at various stages of the time period * Explores how the Irish, Scots, and Welsh affected English history * Features maps, charts, genealogies and illustrations throughout the text * Includes access to a companion website containing online resources Early Modern England 1485-1714 is an indispensable resource for undergraduate students in early modern England courses, as well as students in related fields such as literature and Renaissance studies.
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