Handbook of Islamic Banking By M. Kabir Hassan, Mervyn K. Lewis
2007 | 462 Pages | ISBN: 1845420837 | PDF | 2 MB
The Handbook of Islamic Banking comprises 25 studies by leading international experts on Islamic banking and finance specially commissioned to analyse the various debates and the current state of play in the field. From its origins thirty years ago, Islamic banking has expanded rapidly to become a distinctive and fast growing segment of the international banking and capital markets. Despite this expansion, Islamic banking still remains poorly understood in many parts of the Muslim world and continues to be a mystery in much of the West. This comprehensive Handbook provides a succinct analysis of the workings of Islamic banking and finance, accessible to a wide range of readers. At the same time, it seeks to bring the current research agenda and the main issues on Islamic banking before a wider audience. Islamic banking offers, as an alternative to conventional interest-based financing methods, a wide variety of financial instruments and investment vehicles based on profit-and-loss sharing arrangements. These are all explored in detail along with other subjects such as governance and risk management, securities and investment, structured financing, accounting and regulation, economic development and globalization. M. Kabir Hassan, Mervyn Lewis and the other contributors have created an authoritative and original reference work, which will contribute to a wider understanding of Islamic banking as well as provoking further discussion and research. It will be invaluable to all scholars, researchers and policymakers with an interest in this subject.

Marilyn Coleman, "Handbook of Contemporary Families: Considering the Past, Contemplating the Future"
English | ISBN: 0761927131 | 2003 | 640 pages | PDF | 32 MB
The Handbook of Contemporary Families explores how families have changed in the last 30 years and speculates about future trends. Editors Marilyn Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong, along with a multidisciplinary group of contributors, critique the approaches used to study relationships and families while suggesting modern approaches for the new millennium. The Handbook looks at how changes within the contemporary family have been reflected in family law, family education, and family therapy.

Hamiltonian Dynamical Systems by R.S MacKay, J.D Meiss
English | 1987 | ISBN: 0852742053 | 784 pages | DJVU | 4,4 MB
Classical mechanics is a subject that is teeming with life. However, most of the interesting results are scattered around in the specialist literature, which means that potential readers may be somewhat discouraged by the effort required to obtain them.

Guide To Minimalist For Beginners: Make Your Home Always Clean, Never Boring: Everything About Minimalist For Beginners by Mr Christopher Kalist
English | September 28, 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08KBMJ7D6 | 69 pages | PDF | 2.8 Mb
Whether you're a beginner to minimalism or in the midst of decluttering, it's common to feel like the process is an overwhelming project that never ends. That was certainly the case when we first started on our minimizing journey several years ago.

Growing Up with Jazz: Twenty-Four Musicians Talk about Their Lives and Careers By W. Royal Stokes
2005 | 273 Pages | ISBN: 0195159276 | PDF | 3 MB
A jazz writer for three decades, W. Royal Stokes has a special talent for capturing the initial spark that launches a musician's career. In Growing Up With Jazz, he has interviewed twenty-four instrumentalists and singers who talk candidly about the early influences that started them on the road to jazz and where that road has taken them. Stokes offers a kaleidoscopic look at the jazz scene, featuring musicians from a dazzling array of backgrounds. Ray Gelato recalls the life of a working class youth in London, Patrizia Scascitelli recounts being a child prodigy in Rome who became the first woman of Italian jazz, and Billy Taylor tells about his childhood in Washington, DC, where his grandfather was a Baptist minister and his father a dentist--and everyone in the family seemed well trained in music. Perhaps most exotic is Luluk Purwanto, an Indonesian violinist who as a child listened to gamelan music in the morning and took violin lessons in the afternoon (on an instrument so expensive she didn't dare quit). For some, the flame burned bright at an early age. Jane Monheit sang before she could speak and was set on a musical career by age eight. Lisa Sokolov played classical piano, sang opera and choral music, and was in a jazz band--all by high school. But Carol Sudhalter, though born into a very musical family ("a Bix Beiderbecke family"), was a botany major at Smith, and only became a serious musician after college, quitting a government job to study the flute and saxophone in Italy. From Art Blakey to Claire Daly to Don Byron, here are the compelling stories of two dozen top musicians finding their way in the world of jazz.

Yasuyuki Fuchita, "Growing Old: Paying for Retirement and Institutional Money Management after the Financial Crisis"
English | ISBN: 0815721536 | 2011 | 151 pages | PDF | 1150 KB
While the immediate dangers from the recent financial crisis have abated-much of the financial system has returned to profitability and the economy is growing, albeit slowly-the damage to the economy will linger for years. Among the many impacts is the problem that may be most acute in the United States: how state and local governments and private companies will honor their obligations under defined benefit (DB) pension plans. Institutional investors also confront new difficulties in the low-interest-rate environment that has prevailed since the onset of the crisis. East Asian economies, namely in Japan, Korea, and China, also face pension issues as their populations age.

Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (Oxford World's Classics) by Immanuel Kant, edited by Robert Stern, translated by Christopher Bennett, Joe Saunders
English | February 1, 2020 | ISBN: 0198786190 | EPUB | 144 pages | 1.6 MB
[T]he present groundwork is nothing more than the identification and vindication of the supreme principle of morality.'

Gravy Recipe Adventures: Now You Can Have the Gravy Recipes of Your Dreams by April Blomgren
English | October 2, 2018 | ISBN: 1726648842 | 79 pages | Rar (PDF, AZW3) | 7.01 Mb
Gravy is a savory sauce made from meat, lentils or vegetable juices. There is a huge versatility that a range of gravies brings. There are immense health benefits of gravy. Gravy is a tasty addition to flavored poultry, meat, and vegetables. Food becomes more delicious when smothered in thick gravy.

Gothic Literature: A Gale Critical Companion by Jessica Bomarito
English | ISBN: 0787694703 | PDF | 2006 | 1757 pages | 18,3 Mb
Gothic Literature is the fourth set in the new Gale Critical Companion Collection, the series that provides a broad contextual understanding of topics and movements in literature and the humanities. This exciting new three-volume set spans all facets of the gothic, including visual and performing arts, society and culture, themes and settings and much more.

Bob Weber, "Go Fun! Spot Six Differences"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1449469019 | EPUB | pages: 128 | 28.8 mb
Puzzle lovers of all ages enjoy the fun, engaging visual challenge of Go Fun! Spot Six Differences.