Author: Rebecca Aldridge
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: leaders, world, modern, ban
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2009-02-28
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1604130709
ISBN-13: 9781604130706

As a child in South Korea, Ban Ki-moon wrote a letter to the U.N. secretary-general regarding the Hungarian uprising against Russia. A few years later in the United States, he met President John F. Kennedy. From then on, Ban desired to work for peace, an aspiration that led him to become South Korea’s foreign minister in 2004, at a time when tensions between North Korea and its neighbors were heated. Two years later, he ascended to the position of U.N. secretary-general. Ban has worked to show the benefits of diplomatic approaches in solving conflict, and has called for the world’s

Author: Rebecca Aldridge
Publisher: Creative Education
Keywords: investigate, presidency
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-08
List price: $28.50
ISBN-10: 1583412611
ISBN-13: 9781583412619

Surveys the person and the office of the president of the United States, covering such aspects as its history, the role of the first lady, the vice presidency, life in the White House, and campaigning.

Author: Irene Aldridge
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: trading, systems, wiley, strategies, guide, practical, frequency, algorithmic
Number of Pages: 339
Published: 2009-11-25
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0470563761
ISBN-13: 9780470563762

The Evolution of Trading Amazon-exclusive content from author Irene Aldridge It seems just yesterday traders were chit-chatting with their executing brokers or customers over the telephone, while processing orders. Now, the days of turtle trading are over. Fueled by the plummeting costs of computers, financial sector has managed to dramatically increase profitability by entrusting computers with data analysis, trade signal generation and trade execution. Computers, capable of processing information much faster than humans, began trading rapidly, opening and closing positions to capture minute

Author: Alan Aldridge
Publisher: Polity
Keywords: concepts, key, market
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2005-09-30
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 074563222X
ISBN-13: 9780745632223

The Market addresses one of the most controversial answers to the question, ’how is social order possible?’ Ever since Adam Smith conceived the idea of an ’invisible hand’, advocates of the market have argued that social cohesion, material prosperity and political vitality are best achieved not by central control and planning but by laissez-faire - the policy of non-intervention. In this book, Alan Aldridge guides readers through the complex interplay between analysis, description and ideology that characterizes social theorizing on the market. A

Author: Delores P. Aldridge
Publisher: Lexington Books
Keywords: studies, africana, development, revolution
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 2003-09
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0739105477
ISBN-13: 9780739105474

In Out of the Revolution, Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young collect thirty-one of the nation’s top scholars to provide a complete reference for understanding the impetus for, the development of, and future considerations for the discipline of _Africana_ studies. Topics addressed include epistemological considerations; humanistic perspectives; the role of bureaucracy and the academic institution; the social, psychological, political, and economic dimensions; the position of black women in the field; and how the discipline has empowered the black student. This invaluable resource for e

Author: Alan Aldridge
Publisher: Polity
Keywords: concepts, key, market
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2005-09-30
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0745632238
ISBN-13: 9780745632230

The Market addresses one of the most controversial answers to the question, ’how is social order possible?’ Ever since Adam Smith conceived the idea of an ’invisible hand’, advocates of the market have argued that social cohesion, material prosperity and political vitality are best achieved not by central control and planning but by laissez-faire - the policy of non-intervention. In this book, Alan Aldridge guides readers through the complex interplay between analysis, description and ideology that characterizes social theorizing on the market. A

Author: Alan Aldridge
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: lyrics, illustrated, beatles
Number of Pages: 267
Published: 1991-11-04
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 039559426X
ISBN-13: 9780395594261

The only major collection of illustrated Beatles lyrics in book form, this commemorative edition features autobiographical comments and quotes from the Fab Four, interpretation of the lyrics from 206 songs, lavish, full-color illustrations, and specially commissioned photographs.