Dirk: 1047 books

Nicht nur die Finanzkrise, sondern auch die Beschlüsse rund um Basel III haben die Rahmenbedingungen mit Blick auf die Unternehmensfinanzierung fundamental verändert. Daher gilt es neue Wege der Unternehmensfinanzierung zu bestreiten,um die Vorgaben aus Basel III gar nicht erst zur Bedrohung werden...

Foreword by Eric Maskin (Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2007) This volume brings together the collected contributions on the theme of robust mechanism design and robust implementation that Dirk Bergemann and Stephen Morris have been working on for the past decade. The collection is preceded by...

The explosion in data volumes, processing power, and Artificial Intelligence, known as the "digital revolution", has driven our world to a dangerous point. One thing is increasingly clear: We are at a crossroads. We need to make decisions. We must re-invent our future.[This book includes 32...

This balanced and thoughtful book presents a thorough analysis of the dynamics of China’s foreign relations. Sebastian Heilmann and Dirk H. Schmidt provide a comprehensive and discriminating view of the complex, often competing factors (domestic influences, regional tensions, global uncertainties)...

Libya is coming in from the cold, but for most of the three decades following the 1969 revolution, the country was labelled a pariah state by the West. Dirk Vandewalle, one of only a handful of western scholars to visit during the time, is intimately acquainted with the country. This history - based...

Majid, a half-dragon, wishes to end a war that has been fought for a thousand years. The vampires have only one desire and that is to enslave the elves and destroy their homes. In the mean time the dragons have joined on the side of elves and are fighting against the vampires. Majid must now...

Die Männer des Walfangschiffes kommen aus aller Herren Länder. Hier muss sich der junge Ismael bewähren und findet in einem der Harpuniere einen Freund. Kapitän Ahab ist besessen von der Jagd auf Moby Dick, den weißen Wal. Das dramatische und spannende Geschehen treibt seinem Höhepunkt entgegen,...

In Your Face = Trigger Warnings This book contains twenty-two original and reprinted speculative fiction stories dealing with provocative themes. These stories are confronting, but with a firm purpose. They will make you uncomfortable, because they are a bit too hard-hitting or close to the bone....

First published in 1984, this is Dirk Bogarde's third novel. Set in the shadow of Hollywood opulence – the gaudy wastes of Los Angeles – West of Sunset is a sharp and potent satire of movie-making America. However, the excessive glitter is embedded in a deeper plot about a successful man's...

First published in 1997, this is Dirk Bogarde's sixth and final novel. The Grayles have lived at Hartleap since Canute. They know this and are proud of the fact. Now they stand around the deathbed of their longest-serving nanny who is about to slip away. Ada Stephens – known as Nanny...

Amy discovers special powers only after she's been abducted and must escape the horrors of the child sex trade.Award-winning writer Dirk Cutter spins this heartbreaking and unforgettable dark tale. Also included are two bonus stories: "Dark Shuffle" and "Tight Ass."For more information about his work, see www.dirkcutter.com.

First published in 1986, Backcloth is volume four of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs Filling the gaps left between his previous memoirs, as well as highlighting new episodes, Backcloth explores the patterns of pleasure and pain that have made up Bogarde's extraordinary life. Based...

On his sixtieth birthday, Sacramento Real Estate Broker, Rick Vernor, receives in the mail—along with birthday cards and assorted advertisements—a note accusing him of being “An abomination in the sight of God,” who is next to die for his “sins” for writing “dirty books” forty years...

This book is an independent publication of the chapter about the English highwayman Dick Turpin in my book about Black Peter (Zwarte Piet). An extra chapter about the secret life of John Wilkes Booth and about the role he played in his assassination of USA-president Abraham Lincoln, was added to the...