Nan: 303 books

This book provides an overview of Chinese RMB exchange markets and its risk management strategies. The view that RMB is playing an increasingly international role has been widely accepted by practitioners as well as scholars worldwide. Moreover, the Chinese government is opening the control of RMB...

The middle years of schooling are increasingly recognised as a crucial stage in students' lives, one that has significant consequences for ongoing educational success. International research indicates that young adolescents benefit from programs designed especially for their needs. Teaching...

This book presents a novel analysis of how US grand strategy has evolved from the end of the Cold War to the present, offering an integrated analysis of both continuity and change. The post-Cold War American grand strategy has continued to be oriented to securing an ‘open door’ to US capital around...

This brief examines current research on improving Vehicular Networks (VANETs), examining spectrum scarcity due to the dramatic growth of mobile data traffic and the limited bandwidth of dedicated vehicular communication bands and the use of opportunistic spectrum bands to mitigate congestion. It reviews...

Individual Counseling and Therapy, 3rd edition, goes beyond the typical counseling textbook to teach the language of therapy from the basic to the advanced. Lucidly written and engaging, this text integrates theory and practice with richly illustrated, real-life case examples and dialogues that demystify...

This research volume outlines the scientific foundations that are central to our current understanding of light scattering, absorption and polarization processes involving ice crystals. It also demonstrates how data from satellite remote sensing of cirrus clouds can be combined with radiation parameterizations...

This book presents both the fundamental theory and numerical calculations and field experiments used in a range of practical engineering projects. It not only provides theoretical formulations and various solutions, but also offers concrete methods to extend the life of existing bridge structures...

Cahal Wallace is the perfect man: handsome, athletic, and famously successful - and he is also the first man Lila ever loved. While being the wife of a professional hockey player may seem like a dream, for Lila it became a nightmare of betrayal and infidelity. Now, just as she's about to finalize...

Heir to the throne of enEdlia on the magical world of Irth, Crown Patriarch Thairyn insistently claims that he has a magical birth-gift, even though there is no evidence of it. His family fears he is not just a late bloomer, but magicless like his mother and older sister. The rebellious Xens...

Things are changing in enEdlias palace on the world of Irth. High Patriarch Brokt has just died, leaving his wife, Narrian, a heartbroken widow, and his realm tumbling into political upheaval. Twelve-year-old Nizza is more than thrilled that her eldest brother, Crown Patriarch Merrick, is returning...

Gemeinsam machen Marion und Art Fowler eine Pauschal-Busreise zu den Niagarafällen, wohin sie dreißig Jahre zuvor auch ihre Hochzeitsreise führte. Im Gepäck befindet sich ihr gesamtes Barvermögen, denn Art glaubt zu wissen, wie man beim Roulette gewinnen kann. Sie schmuggeln das Geld nach Kanada...

Emily Maxwells Mann ist gestorben. Nun soll das Sommerhaus am Lake Chautauqua im Staat New York verkauft werden. Ein letztes Mal trifft die ganze Familie dort zusammen – eine alte Tradition. Eine Woche Ruhe will man, aber die Harmonie ist brüchig, mit Emilys Tochter Meg, der Alkoholikerin, deren...

In einer amerikanischen Kleinstadt bricht eine Seuche aus. Jacob Hansen, Sheriff, Leichenbestatter und Pastor, muss hilflos zusehen, wie die Bewohner seine Warnungen vor der Krankheit in den Wind schlagen und alle Quarantänemaßnahmen missachten. Die Zahl der Toten wächst dramatisch, von der friedlichen...