A witty modern murder mystery, which reinvents the Golden Age country house whodunnit for the twenty-first century.
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'A glorious debut' - SUNDAY EXPRESS 'An affectionate homage to classic murder mysteries' - DAILY MAIL 'Recommended reading for a long winter night' - GUARDIAN A snowstorm. A country house. Old friends reunited. It's going to be murder... Torben Helle - art historian, Danish expat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers - has been dragged to a remote Northumbrian mansion for a ten-year reunion with old university friends. But when some shocking revelations from their host, a reclusive and irritating tech entrepreneur, are followed by an apparent suicide, the group faces a test of their wits... and their trust. Surrounded by enigmatic housekeepers and off-duty police inspectors, suspicion and sarcasm quickly turn to panic. Only by drawing upon all the tricks of Golden Age detectives past will Torben be able to solve the mystery: how much money would it take to turn one of his old friends into a murderer? But he'd better be quick, or someone else might end up dead... This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic country house whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman and Janice Hallett. 'A witty repurposing of the Golden Age country house' - FINANCIAL TIMES 'An entertaining whodunnit in the classic Christie style' - MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A glorious feat that intrigues, surprises and delights' - JANICE HALLETT 'A love letter to the classic country house murder mystery' - J.M. HALL
'A delightful mix of classic crime fiction and Robert Galbraith' - IAN MOORE 'Witty, compelling and an intriguing fiendish murder' - J.M. HALL 'Brilliantly entertaining and fiendishly fun' - PHILIPPA EAST A dead art historian. Cold War skulduggery. A reluctant Danish sleuth. And an extremely hungry dog. Dame Charlotte Lazerton - eminent art historian and mentor of Danish academic Torben Helle - is dead. And to make things worse, she was found partially eaten by her Irish wolfhound, Mortimer. While the police believe that she died of natural causes, Torben becomes convinced that Charlotte was murdered, although as usual no-one pays any attention to him. That is, until he gains the confidence of a policeman who has watched too many Nordic Noir television shows, and is ready to listen to any Scandinavian in a fetching woolly jumper. Aided by his old friend Leyla, Torben soon realises that there are plenty of people who might have wanted Dame Charlotte dead, from her competitors for a prestigious academic presidency, to old enemies from her time in intelligence during the Cold War. One thing is for sure: Torben Helle is woefully unqualified to catch a killer, and the killer knows it... This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic Golden Age whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Tom Hindle, Richard Osman and Janice Hallett.
Discover your inner-roar with Ida, and your inner kindness with Hedge Lion! Ida sees Hedge Lion every day on her walk around town. Hedge Lion wants everyone to think he’s a hedge. Nobody’s scared of hedges. But Ida is brave, she notices things that other people don’t, and she’s not fooled. She knows Hedge Lion is a lion, she just needs to help him find his roar… Along the way, Ida learns to be patient and kind, and Hedge Lion learns to be brave and confident.
Discover your inner-roar with Ida, and your inner kindness with Hedge Lion! Ida sees Hedge Lion every day on her walk around town. Hedge Lion wants everyone to think he’s a hedge. Nobody’s scared of hedges. But Ida is brave, she notices things that other people don’t, and she’s not fooled. She knows Hedge Lion is a lion, she just needs to help him find his roar… Along the way, Ida learns to be patient and kind, and Hedge Lion learns to be brave and confident.
The fall from the top can be a long one...
"Helen Moore not only has her own distinctive voice, she has also marked out her own territory, a territory at once local and universal. You could say she has globalised the local or rather localised the global, for her concern is nothing less than our mental and physical sanity, our survival in a dark time...This troubling and troubled book is instinct with life. 'Poetry and hope are one', writes Yves Bonnefoy. Helen Moore: keep on writing poems, keep hope alive!" (Anthony Rudolf)
Authentic Witchcraft for Spiritual ExplorersIn this first-ever collaboration, best-selling author Lisa Chamberlain teams up with hedge witch Stacey Carroll for an introduction to one of the most fascinating and powerful forms of witchcraft today. Stacey is the magical creatrix behind "The Country Witch's Cottage". She brings plenty of personal experience with hedge witchcraft to the table, as well as a down-to-earth sensibility and an Australian perspective to a field largely dominated by writers from the Northern Hemisphere.This book provides a working roadmap to help you build your practice, and a foundation for exploring the ever-changing and evolving path of hedge witchcraft in a modern world. You'll find plenty of information within these pages, including: The historical context and basic practices of hedge witchcraftWays of working with Spirit: ancestors, animal guides, elementals, familiars, and moreSkills, tools, and methods for traveling to Otherworld (or "crossing the hedge")Lore and magical uses for hedge herbs and treesRituals for safe hedge crossing, communing with ancestors, and calling animal guidesCharms and recipes of the hedge witch
In this exploration of hedge witchery, Rachel gives us a deep dive into the details, magic and benefits of hedge riding born from years of experience. The practical nature of the book and Rachel's expert knowledge of herbs, candles and much more, provides a solid foundation in this vital and underused process of travelling to realms and worlds outside our own. With her down-to-earth advice, examples and guidance, Hedge Witch will prove to be a valuable resource you will want to dip into for years to come.
Hedge School is Irish poet Pat Boran's 8th collection of poems, finding inspiration and consolation in the local and near-at-hand, in the examples of our neighbours (human and creaturely), in the roots and shoots of what turns out to be a vibrant global network. Against a backdrop of climate concern and increasing international unrest, Hedge School responds to the subjects of home and home-lessness, belonging and welcome, knowledge and discovery, putting its faith in connection and communication, and trusting in small but robust forms to stand against the chill winds of our troubled and troubling times."A writer of great tenderness and lyricism" - Agenda, UK"... local and international, personal and scientific, full of wisdom and wry humor ..." - Irish Literary Supplement, USA
Hedge Funds
now publishers Inc
2005
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Hedge Funds summarizes the academic research on hedge funds and commodity trading advisors. The hedge fund industry has grown tremendously over the recent years. According to some industry estimates, hedge funds have increased from $39 million in 1990 to about $972 million in 2004 and the total number of hedge funds has gone up from 610 to 7,436 over the same period. At the same time, hedge fund strategies have changed significantly. In 1990 the macro strategy dominated the industry while in 2004 the equity hedge strategy had the largest share of the market. There has also been a shift in the type of investor in hedge funds.The first part of this book summarizes hedge fund performance, including comparisons of risk-return characteristics of hedge funds with those of mutual funds, factors driving hedge fund returns, and persistence in hedge fund performance. The second part reviews research regarding the unique contractual features and characteristics of hedge funds and their influence on the risk-return tradeoffs. The third part reviews the role of hedge funds in a portfolio including the extent of diversification benefits and limitations of standard mean-variance framework for asset allocation. Finally, the authors summarize the research on the biases in hedge fund databases.
Hedge Funds. These lightly regulated funds continually innovate new investing and trading strategies to take advantage of temporary mispricing of assets (when their market price deviates from their intrinsic value). These techniques are shrouded in mystery, which permits hedge fund managers to charge exceptionally high fees. While the details of each fund’s approach are carefully guarded trade secrets, this book draws the curtain back on the core building blocks of many hedge fund strategies. As an instructional text, it will assist two types of students: Economics and finance students interested in understanding what “quants” do; and software specialists interested in applying their skills to programming trading systems. Hedge Fund Secrets provides a needed complement to journalistic accounts of the hedge fund industry, to deepen the understanding of nonspecialist readers such as policy makers, journalists, and individual investors. The book is organized in modules to allow different readers to focus on the elements of this topic that most interest them. Its authors include a fund practitioner and a computer scientist (Balch), in collaboration with a public policy economist and finance academic (Romero).
Creatures trapped for centuries, free at last...to kill The forest has always been there, and the high hedge around it has stood since Roman times. No one remembers anymore why the hedge was built, and bit by bit, as houses and modern life advance, the ancient barrier is being torn down. Slowly, creatures that have been trapped within for centuries are creeping through the gaps in the wall, hungry for revenge for their long imprisonment. As murder and horror spread through the nearby town of Hedge End, a stranger arrives, eager to give the residents a May Day celebration they will never forget.
Hedge and Anteater: Brim Book
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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What We Have in Common Brim Books display the similarities of related animals. In this series, Hedgehog and Anteater are compared. The hedgehog and the anteater are small animals. They have spikes on their bodies. They fold up when enemies come by.
Hedge and Anteater: Brim Coloring Book
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
nidottu
What We Have in Common Brim Coloring Books enable children to color the drawings as they read along The books display the similarities of related animals. In this series, the hedgehog and the anteater are compared.Hedgehog and Anteater are small animals. They have spikes on their bodies. They fold up when enemies come by.
