european-school-of-economics
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Comeback
Published in Hardcover by McGraw-Hill (November, 1992)
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The frighteningly prolific mystery writer Donald E. Westlake, a.k.a. Richard Stark, ended his legendary series of books about a career criminal known only as Parker with 1974's Butcher's Moon. He cited too much competition from copycats in print, on film, and on television. Persuaded by fans and family, Westlake has resurrected Parker with a welcome burst of energy and imagination. The felon and his long-time lady friend Claire are enjoying the quiet life in their New Jersey lakeside home when Parker's invited to become part of a plan to remove a large sum of cash from a glossy TV-preacher named William Archibald. It's a heist that goes wrong from the start and turns into a tense, chaotic ballet of betrayal and death. One of Parker's partners is a weak babbler, another a cold traitor. Archibald's security chief is a tenacious pursuer, intent on retrieving his employer's money. Along the way, we learn how to hide crooks, cars, and cash in a small city with an efficient police force; how to escape from a variety of traps and sealed rooms; and most of all how Parker has managed to stay alive--in readers' minds as well as in the brain of his creator--for all these years.
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Classic Parker - Stark/Westlake, But.....
Thank God He's Back!!!I just finished COMEBACK by Donald Westlake writing as Richard Stark. It was a heist novel starring "Parker" , the thief from Stark's novels written in the 1970's. It was great to see Parker back in this updated adventure. I hope Westlake writes more of them. In this book, Parker and his crew rip off a TV Preacher during his stadium show. Doublecrosses, violence, and cat-and-mouse games ensue. Westlake never gives the name of the city that 99% of the action takes place, but he seems to be dropping many clues. Its not California, the Midwest, Memphis or Baltimore. Can anyone tell me the setting for this novel? My guess is Philadelphia, although I can't be certain. Anyway, go out and read this book. Make some noise about it, too, so Westlake writes some more. This wasn't the best Parker novel ever, but it was head and shoulders above most of the crime novels written today. Also, if you are intersted in seeing where Quentin Tarantino got many of his ideas, read other Parker novels.
Rob Peter to Pay ParkerAfter a very long hiatus, arch criminal Parker is back. This time he is involoved in the robbery of a Jim Baker-like tele evangelist's revival. After he steals the money, one of his partners tries to double cross him and steal the money from Parker, but he fails. Now Parker must find and nutralize the traitor, find his other partners who are lost, and avoid the law and the evangelist's head of security. Like all the other Parker books, "Comeback" is fast paced, action packed and contains ingenious capers I myself wouldn't stake my life on. But in Richard Stark's world, the cops aren't that bright, most of the crooks aren't either, and Parker is nearly omnipitant. It is still a lot of fun to read, and for some reason, these robbery thrillers never get old.
Computational Methods for the Study of Dynamic Economies
Published in Hardcover by Oxford Univ Pr on Demand (April, 1999)
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not well-writtenI need to do some parameterized expectation work. I read Chapter 7. It is not well-written. The authors first introduce the general framework, and then introduce a series of examples. People would be stuck at the general framework part. They don't know WHY do we do that.
A better way to introduce this method would be to use one or two completely worked out examples, paying particular attention to explain the ideas behind doing what we are doing. This way people will know the ideas behind the method, even though not necessarily the general framework (who need to know the general framework anyway?) Then introduce the general framework, and more examples.
I agreewith the reviewer from Chile. This is a very good book covering a fairly wide range of material at a level that is surprisingly accessible. It is well edited, and makes solid use of the internet to provide programs for buyers to download and try for themselves. Highly recommended.
A complete survey of how to solve dynamic economiesThis book has the merit of collecting many major recent contributions from authors that continuosly make serious research in numerical and computational methods of solving the now basic problems we face in macroeconomics principally (but that serves in other areas in economics too), that put them in a simple theoretic and practical way for the economist. It perfectly serves as an introductory book for graduate studies in this area and as an complete reference book for further research.
Balancing National and Local Responsibilities: Education Management and Finance in Four Central European Countries
Published in Paperback by Central European University Press (May, 2003)
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The Baltic States on their way to the European Union : security aspects : an international conference organized by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation : 3 December 1994, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga : conference proceedings
Published in Unknown Binding by Latvian Institute of International Affairs Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (1995)
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Central and East European Information (London Business School Sourceguide)
Published in Hardcover by Gale Group (October, 1994)
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Choice of schools in six nations France, Netherlands, Belgium, Britain, Canada, West Germany (SuDoc ED 1.310/2:316478)
Published in Unknown Binding by U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center ()
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The Common Market: Uniting the European Community
Published in School & Library Binding by Franklin Watts, Incorporated (September, 1977)
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The Domestic Structure of European Community Policy-Making in West Germany (Outstanding Theses from the London School of Economics and Political Scie)
Published in Hardcover by Garland Pub (August, 1987)
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EC-CMEA European perspectives : papers from the conference at Esbjerg Folk High School, Denmark, September 13-14, 1989
Published in Unknown Binding by South Jutland University Press (1989)
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Education and Culture in European Community Law (European Community Law, 8)
Published in Hardcover by Athlone Pr (March, 1995)
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I found Comeback to be a bit disappointing, however - it was too easy a read. Amazon so helpfully shows the books dimensions (slightly larger than your typical paperback) and it's page count (304), but when it arrived and I opened it, I was dismayed to see that the book had huge margins and very generous line spacing - I had to doubletake and be sure I had not ordered the "large print" version!
Overall, a good story, there just wasn't quite as much of it as I had expected.