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The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law
Ward Farnsworth
University Of Chicago Press, 2007
This is an Exceptional book
It provides the reader with an overview of the principle methods used in legal reasoning. Using simple, but realistic examples Farnsworth shows the ambiguity facing the various parties in a legal setting. He shows how various "tools" can be used in thinking about legal ...
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Blood on the Street: The Sensational Inside Story of How Wall Street Analysts Duped a Generation of Investors
Charles Gasparino
Free Press, 2005
Top Pick for a Behind-the-Scenes Look at "Street" Games
Did you lose money in the tech bubble during the late 90's? Gasparino goes behind the scenes to reveal how investors were completely duped by the world's largest investment firms. If anyone wants to know the games Wall Street plays with the markets, this is often my ...
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How I Became a Quant: Insights from 25 of Wall Street's Elite
Wiley, 2007
A Must read for newbie Quants
This book is a must read for all those who are entering or considering entering the world of Quantitative finance. Whilst there might be some omissions like Hull, Joshi, Rebonato, Jaeckel, Carr, Dowd , Thorp and the like (hopefully these will be featuring in the next ...
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Ethics for Behavior Analysts: A Practical Guide to the Behavior Analyst Certification board Guidelines for ...
Jon S. Bailey, Mary R. Burch
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005
much needed text on ethics
The field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has experienced explosive growth over the last decade and a half. The over-riding goal of any ABA effort must be to increase the autonomy of the individual, his/her ability to make choices for his or her own life and to ...
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How to Think Like a Behavior Analyst
Jon Bailey, Mary Burch
Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc, 2006
The Thinking Behind ABA
This book is an ideal introduction to applied behavior analysis (ABA). It's brief, easy to understand, and interesting. It describes basic principles and procedures, then illustrates them with anecdotes, case studies, or research -- and does it all in nontechnical ...
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The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts)
James Hollis
Inner City Books, 1993
A true eye opener
This book was life changing for me. It is a must-read for anybody facing midlife challenges. Hollis is thought provoking and insightful. He is philisophical yet I never found it difficult to read or understand the concepts presented. His gentle tone throughout the ...
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The Business Analyst's Handbook
Howard Podeswa
Course Technology PTR, 2008
The Business Analyst (BA) provides an important role -- liaison between business stakeholders and the technical team (software developers, vendors, etc.) in order to ensure that business needs are reflected in any software solution. Despite the importance of the job, there is currently no book specifically designed as an on-the-job handbook for ...
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UML for the IT Business Analyst: A Practical Guide to Object-Oriented Requirements Gathering
Howard Podeswa
Course Technology PTR, 2005
Must read for business analysts
UML is an excellent tool for communicating business and functional requirements. Podeswa does an excellent job how to best utilize UML, as when as how to elicit better requirements. With his background as a BA and trainer, the book is excellently written and very ...
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Fire Your Stock Analyst: Analyzing Stocks On Your Own (Definitive Guides (Financial Times/Prentice Hall))
Harry Domash
FT Press, 2006
Great book on analyzing stocks on your own..........
This book is well written, simple and easy steps to analyze any stock traded. It is written in easy language and very simple steps. I use it in my investments class with my college students and I have had great feedback from my students. So much so that many of my ...
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Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts)
Marie-Louise von Franz
Inner City Books, 1997
Deep insight into the inner meaning of fairy tales
In this volume Marie-Louise Von Franz takes six fairy tales and analyses them from a Jungian perspective. Marie-Louis's insight and clear writing style make this book very readible and her use of Jungian constructs is only used to open up a deeper level of meaning in ...
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Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst: A True Story of Inside Information and Corruption in the Stock Market
Daniel Reingold, Jennifer Reingold
Collins Business, 2007
Rate This One A Buy
This book was a great insight in to the world of telecom analysts who worked on Wall Street during the late 90s to early millenium years. The years of the dot com boom and bust. I was active in IT during those years and remember well when it came out that Worldcom had ...
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The Analyst
John Katzenbach
Ballantine Books, 2003
The Analyst
This is the best thriller I ever read. I was on holidays at the beach, my wife bought the book and finished it in only 2 days!!!. When I saw that I started reading it; from the first page and I was caught by the misterious tales that Mr. Katzenbach brought to us. After ...
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Swamplands of the Soul: New Life in Dismal Places (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts)
James Hollis
Inner City Books, 1996
Strengthened with literature and poetry
I have read several of this author's books. I found this book to be his most compelling book. Each chapter can be taken separately if you like and I like to wonder back through, re-reading different chapters to get a closer study. More than most psychology writers and ...
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Under Saturn's Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts)
James Hollis
Inner City Books, 1994
Painful but necessary reading
I am total James Hollis fan. I have now read four of his books and have found them liberating. Visit his website for a clue for why he is so effective - he is not 30 years of age with limited life experience. He commenced his training only after he completed another ...
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The Bank Analyst's Handbook: Money, Risk and Conjuring Tricks
Stephen M. Frost
Wiley, 2004
An excellent discussion of banking and finance.
It is refreshing to read a book that is written like a conversation and not like a textbook, yet one that contains the appropriate financial rigors.
If you want to catch up with modern banking and look at it from an analyst's view, this is your book. I enjoyed it ...
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