Derivatives were responsible for one of the worst financial meltdowns in history, one from which we have not yet fully recovered. However, they are likewise capable of generating some of the most incredible wealth we have ever seen. This book asks how we might ensure the latter while avoiding the former. Looking past the usual arguments for the regulation or abolition of derivative finance, it asks a more probing question: what kinds of social institutions and policies would we need to put...

Are you sick of waking up in the middle of the night? Do you feel sleepy and unrefreshed when you wake up? If you want to get deep, rejuvenating sleep and wake up feeling refreshed every morning, "Sleep Optimization Guide: Unlocking the Secrets to Restful Nights" is the answer.This book delves deeply into the science of sleep, revealing the key elements that affect your quality of sleep, such as circadian rhythms, stress, and technology. You'll discover natural solutions that encou...

A critical synthesis of the work of Lauren Berlant, Moishe Postone, and Michael Silverstein.The Treadmill Affect draws upon the work of three University of Chicago professors, each a former program director at the Center for Transcultural Studies: literary and cultural critic Lauren Berlant, historian and social theorist Moishe Postone, and linguist Michael Silverstein. Through this intellectual synthesis, Benjamin Lee demonstrates the critical possibiliti...

Banking today has become unduly complex because new forms of risk such as technological and compliance risks are evolving and growing. They amplify the fundamental risks inherent in any bank – those of credit, market, operational and liquidity. While established concepts and principles of risk management flourish, new prescribed practices such as those of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision continually unfold over the years. All in all, the discipline can appear complicated to many....

Mine to Protect. Mine to Punish. Mine.I’m a lone wolf, and I like it that way. Banished from my birth pack after a bloodbath, I never wanted a mate.Then I meet Kylie. My temptation. We’re trapped in an elevator together, and her panic almost makes her pass out in my arms. She’s strong, but broken. And she’s hiding something.My wolf wants to claim her. But she’s human, and her delicate flesh won't survive a wolf's mark.I'm t...

“YOU BROKE THE RULES, LITTLE HUMAN. I OWN YOU NOW.”I am an alpha wolf, one of the youngest in the States. I can pick any she-wolf in the pack for a mate. So why am I sniffing around the sexy human attorney next door? The minute I catch Amber’s sweet scent, my wolf wants to claim her.Hanging around is a bad idea, but I don’t play by the rules. Amber acts all prim and proper, but she has a secret, too. She may not want her psychic abilities, but they’re a gif...

In Talking Heads, Benjamin Lee situates himself at the convergence of multiple disciplines: philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, and literary theory. He offers a nuanced exploration of the central questions shared by these disciplines during the modern era—questions regarding the relations between language, subjectivity, community, and the external world. Scholars in each discipline approach these questions from significantly different angles; in seeking to identify and define t...

Cultural Analysis in an Age of Globalization draws upon contemporary work in anthropology, philosophy, linguistics, and literary theory to analyze the rise of “speculative capital” and its role in a global shift from production-centered to circulation-centered capitalism.

I BOUGHT HER. I OWN HER. BUT SHE'LL NEVER BE MINE…A Vampire King…The moment she stepped on stage, I had to have her in my bed. My submissive, kneeling at my feet.But this captive virgin is more than what she seems…A spy in my kingdom. A weapon honed by my enemy. She hates me, but hate is a passion perilously close to love...A captured queen…All my life I’ve trained for one p...

She’s the one girl this player can’t have. A human.I’m dying to claim the redhead who lights up the club every Saturday night.I want to pull her into the storeroom and make her scream, but it wouldn’t be right.She’s too pure. Too fresh. Too passionate.Too human.When she learns my secret, my alpha orders me to wipe her memories.But I won’t do it.Still, I’m not mate material—I can’t mark her and bring her into ...

A werewolf, an owl shifter, and a scientist walk into a bar…SamI was born in a lab, fostered out to humans, then tortured in a cage. Fate allowed me to escape, and I know why.To balance the scales of justice. Right the misdeeds of the harvesters.Nothing matters but taking down the man who made me what I am: A monster driven by revenge, whatever the cost.Then I meet Layne. She thinks I’m a hero.But she doesn’t...

MY CAPTIVE. MY MATE. MY PRIZE.I didn’t order the capture of the beautiful American she-wolf.I didn’t buy her from the traffickers. I didn’t even plan to claim her. But no male shifter could have withstood the test of a full moon and a locked room with Sedona, naked and shackled to the bed. I lost control, not only claiming her, but also marking her, and leaving her pregnant with my wolfpup.I won’t keep her prisoner, as much as I’d like to. I allow h...