“Consider this new book the standard Bernstein biography.” - Booklist, Starred ReviewA behind-the-scenes look at the life and music of legendary Hollywood composer Elmer Bernstein, the only person to be nominated for an Academy Award in every decade from the 1950s to the 2000sOver a career spanning 54 years, he composed landmark scores in every available genre-epics, jazz, westerns, dramas, and comedies-and his credi...

★投資／風險管理世紀經典★★投資人、金融保險界、經濟學、數學及資料科學領域必讀★《投資最重要的事》作者霍華．馬克斯盛讚：「伯恩斯坦是我最喜愛的投資哲學家！」「一本針對機率撰寫，充滿野心、可讀性又趣味盎然的入門書，伯恩斯坦把人們從迷信與宿命論的桎梏框架中解放出來。」——《紐約時報》風險管理是現今一項不可或缺的技能，分辨未來可能發生什麼事，從種種可能性當中作選擇的能力，在現代社會中處處可見：無論是投資者買股票，外科醫生動手術，工程師設計橋樑，企業家創業，太空人探索宇宙，政治家競選公職……都不可避免伴隨風險，風險管理已經成為挑戰和機遇的同義詞。伯恩斯坦用精彩的歷史掌故和人物生平來追溯風險管理的起源：一位位天才以非凡的眼界，一步步如解謎般探索，教我們如何運用未來改善現在。他們讓世人了解風險的內幕，以及如何評估、衡量個中得失，把冒險變成帶動西方社會踏入現代的催化力量。從文藝復興時代的卡達諾開始，到巴斯...

A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller"Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism."—The New York Times"An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book."—The Wall Street Journal"A ...

"A lot has happened in the financial markets since 1992, when Peter Bernstein wrote his seminal Capital Ideas. Happily, Peter has taken up his facile pen again to describe these changes, a virtual revolution in the practice of investing that relies heavily on complex mathematics, derivatives, hedging, and hyperactive trading. This fine and eminently readable book is unlikely to be surpassed as the definitive chronicle of a truly historic era." John C. Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group a...

One of the foremost financial writers of his generation, Peter Bernstein has the unique ability to synthesize intellectual history and economics with the theory and practice of investment management. Now, with classic titles such as Economist on Wall Street, A Primer on Money, Banking, and Gold, and The Price of Prosperity—which have forewords by financial luminaries and new introductions by the author—you can enjoy some of the best of Bernstein in his earlier Wall Street days.

Seit jenem New Yorker Konzert vom 14. November 1943, an dem der 25jährige Leonard Bernstein für Bruno Walter einsprang, ist eine Musikerpersönlichkeit ganz besonderer Art in den Kreis der Meister des Taktstocks getreten. Obschon seine Eltern jüdische Emigranten aus Russland waren, ist er der erste große Dirigent, den die USA hervorgebracht haben und der ganz dort aufgewachsen ist. Wie kein anderer hat er sich für die amerikanische Musik unserer Zeit eingesetzt und sie an unzähligen Konzert...

Mit seinen Deutschland-Romanen führt uns Bestsellerautor Peter Prange durch die großen Entwicklungen unserer Geschichte. Mitreißend und historisch präzise verknüpft er Menschen und ihre Schicksale mit zentralen Ereignissen der deutschen Kriegs- und Nachkriegszeit. Tauchen Sie ein in drei Romane, die davon erzählen, wie wir wurden, wer wir sind.Das Bernstein-Amulett: Ein Schicksal, wie nur in Deutschland zu finden ist. Barbaras Geschichte beginnt im...

A classic collection of titles from one of the world's greatest financial writersOne of the foremost financial writers of his generation, the late Peter Bernstein had the unique ability to synthesize intellectual history and economics with the theory and practice of investment management. Now, with the Peter L. Bernstein Classics Collection e-bundle, you will be able to enjoy some of the most important and critically acclaimed books by this engaging invest...

Tenere i rischi sotto controllo è tipico dei tempi moderni, una delle grandi conquiste dell'umanità divenuta consapevole, a un certo punto della sua evoluzione, che il futuro è più di un capriccio degli dei e che gli uomini e le donne non sono passivi di fronte alla natura. Questo mutato atteggiamento nei riguardi del controllo del rischio ha permesso di incanalare la passione umana per il gioco e le scommesse verso la crescita economica, il progresso tecnologico, il miglioramento della qu...

Capital Ideas traces the origins of modern Wall Street, from the pioneering work of early scholars and the development of new theories in risk, valuation, and investment returns, to the actual implementation of these theories in the real world of investment management. Bernstein brings to life a variety of brilliant academics who have contributed to modern investment theory over the years: Louis Bachelier, Harry Markowitz, William Sharpe, Fischer Black, Myron Scholes, Robert Merto...

An " engrossing collection of rigorously researched articles" from Elizabeth Warren, Jared Bernstein, William Julius Wilson, and more ( Publishers Weekly).Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the tens of millions of Americans living in "near poverty"? In this book, some of the country's most prominent scholars, businesspeople, and community activists answ...

Think you've read it all and know everything there is to know about the moon flights? Think again!In 1998, the landmark television miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" was first broadcast. In 12 episodes, it told the daring story of Project Apollo-NASA's program to put humans on the moon. This book provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of each episode of the miniseries and covers Apollo from start to finish, and then some! More than a simple episode guide, this companio...