Fiasco

2006-07-25 History

Author : Thomas E. Ricks
Release : 2006-07-25
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 401/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Fiasco written by Thomas E. Ricks. This book was released on 2006-07-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • One of the Washington Post Book World's 10 Best Books of the Year • Time's 10 Best Books of the Year • USA Today's Nonfiction Book of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book "Staggeringly vivid and persuasive . . . absolutely essential reading." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "The best account yet of the entire war." —Vanity Fair The definitive account of the American military's tragic experience in Iraq Fiasco is a masterful reckoning with the planning and execution of the American military invasion and occupation of Iraq through mid-2006, now with a postscript on recent developments. Ricks draws on the exclusive cooperation of an extraordinary number of American personnel, including more than one hundred senior officers, and access to more than 30,000 pages of official documents, many of them never before made public. Tragically, it is an undeniable account—explosive, shocking, and authoritative—of unsurpassed tactical success combined with unsurpassed strategic failure that indicts some of America's most powerful and honored civilian and military leaders.

Fiasco

2012-07-18 Fiction

Author : Stanislaw Lem
Release : 2012-07-18
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 106/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Fiasco written by Stanislaw Lem. This book was released on 2012-07-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A stunningly inventive fantasy about cosmic travel” from the Kafka Prize–winning author of Solaris (The New York Times). The Hermes explorer ship represents the epitome of Earth’s excellence: a peaceful mission sent forth to make first contact with an alien civilization, and to use the expansive space technology developed by humanity to seek new worlds, friendships, and alliances. But what its crew discovers on the planet Quinta is nothing like they had hoped. Locked in a seemingly endless cold war among themselves, the Quintans are uncommunicative and violent, refusing any discourse—except for the firing of deadly weapons. The crew of the Hermes is determined to accomplish what they had set out to do. But the cost of learning the secrets hidden on the silent surface of Quinta may be grave. Stark, startling, and insightful, Fiasco has been praised by Publishers Weekly as “one of Lem’s best novels.” It is classic, thought-provoking hard science fiction, as prescient today as when it was first written.

F.I.A.S.C.O.

2009 Derivative securities

Author : Frank Partnoy
Release : 2009
Genre : Derivative securities
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Book Rating : 816/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book F.I.A.S.C.O. written by Frank Partnoy. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this behind-the-scenes look at one of the world's top Wall Street investment firms, Partnoy recounts his experience during the annual drunken skeet-shooting competition where he and his colleagues sharpen the killer instincts they're encouraged to use against competitors, clients, and each other.

Fiasco

1999-02-01 Business & Economics

Author : Frank Partnoy
Release : 1999-02-01
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 796/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Fiasco written by Frank Partnoy. This book was released on 1999-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FIASCO is the shocking story of one man's education in the jungles of Wall Street. As a young derivatives salesman at Morgan Stanley, Frank Partnoy learned to buy and sell billions of dollars worth of securities that were so complex many traders themselves didn't understand them. In his behind-the-scenes look at the trading floor and the offices of one of the world's top investment firms, Partnoy recounts the macho attitudes and fiercely competitive ploys of his office mates. And he takes us to the annual drunken skeet-shooting competition, FIASCO, where he and his colleagues sharpen the killer instincts they are encouraged to use against their competitiors, their clients, and each other. FIASCO is the first book to take on the derivatves trading industry, the most highly charged and risky sector of the stock market. More importantly, it is a blistering indictment of the largely unregulated market in derivatives and serves as a warning to unwary investors about real fiascos, which have cost billions of dollars.

Fiesta Fiasco

2018-01-01 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Ann Whitford Paul
Release : 2018-01-01
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 024/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Fiesta Fiasco written by Ann Whitford Paul. This book was released on 2018-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brian and Rosi Amador perform the story with energy and a smile, giving distinct voices to each character and presenting the Spanish-language words (nicely defined in the text and in an accompanying glossary) with brío. Light original music with a Mexican flavor dances in the background. A delightful production." -School Library Journal

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