If you want to diversify your portfolio & lower your risk exposure with hedge funds here's what you should know: Hedge Funds For Dummies explains all the different types of funds explores the pros & cons of funds as an investment shows you how to find a good broker & much more. Authored by Ann Logue a financial writer & hedge fund specialist this handy friendly guide covers all the bases for investors of all levels. Whether you're just building your first portfolio or you've been investing for years you'll find everything you need to know inside:* What a hedge fund is & what it does* How hedge funds are structured* Determining whether a hedge fund is right for your portfolio* Calculating investment risk & return* Short- & long-term tax issues* Developing a hedge fund investment strategy* Monitoring & profiting on macroeconomic trends* Evaluating fund performance* Evaluating hedge fund management If you're investing for the future you definitely want to minimize your risk & maximize your returns. A balanced portfolio with hedge funds is one of the best ways to achieve that sort of balance. This book walks you step by step through the process of evaluating & choosing funds incorporating them into your portfolio in the right amounts & making sure they give you the returns you expect & deserve. You'll learn all the ins & outs of funds including:* What kind of fees you should expect to pay* Picking a hedge fund advisor or broker* Fulfilling paperwork & purchasing requirements* Performing technical analysis & reading the data* How to withdraw funds & handle the taxes* Tracking fund performance yourself or through reporting services* Hedge fund strategies for smaller portfolios* Performing due diligence on funds that interest you This friendly to-the-point resource

Includes:: information you can't do without including sample portfolios that show you how to invest wisely. Hedge funds are an important part of every balanced portfolio & this friendly guide tells how to use them to your best advantage. With important resources vital information & commonsense advice Hedge Funds For Dummies is the perfect resource for every investor interested in hedge funds.

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Written in the form of letters from an experienced witch to her two apprentices solitary witchcraft is offered not as a substitute for coven worship but as a fulfilling lifestyle in its own right. This book provides spells for all the key festivals of the witch's calendar
- describing the therapeutic powers of trancework & herbalism & outlining the Pagan approach to finding a partner. Her lyrical letters accompanied by pen-&-ink sketches bring the reader to an understanding of the solitary witch's lifestyle & beliefs.
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In The Hedgehog Effect Manfred Kets de Vries presents the case for leadership group coaching as an experiential training ground for learning to function as a high performance team. His group coaching model incorporating living case studies has been developed over more than 20 years of delivering programs to top-level executives & sets the standard in the field of leadership group coaching. Written for coaches consultants leadership development directors & anyone working in or with teams The Hedgehog Effect begins with an in-depth analysis of what teams & groups are all about. The intricacies of leadership coaching are illustrated with an elaborate example of a team coaching intervention. In Part Two the author applies a psychodynamic lens to the dynamics of teams & groups taking a close look at relationship patterns how groups evolve & the phenomenon of the group-as-a-whole. Part Three takes a more systemic perspective addressing the challenges that change processes pose for people in organizations & how to create best places to work. Kets de Vries supports the whole with the story of an organizational change initiative accomplished through group coaching. ...

Hedgerows moors meadows & woods
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Its free its fun & its very tasty! Harvesting your own produce from the hedgerows meadows & woods rather than just ordering food online from the supermarket is all the rage with both towndwellers & countryfolk. The joy of turning natures bounty into delicious produce to enjoy with the family or to use to make a lovely gift is being rediscovered in kitchens across the country. This book will show you how easy it is to use your harvest in lots of different ways: fed up with just making jam? then why not try fruit leather cheese rose petal syrup or a wickedly alcoholic drink instead. The book covers FLOWERS & HIPS (elderflowers dandelions & wild roses); LEAVES (wild garlic wild sorrel nettles samphire dandelions).BERRIES (wild strawberries blackberries wild raspberries bilberries elderberries rowan berries berry mixtures); FRUIT WITH STONES (wild cherries wild plums & damsons sloes); FRUIT WITH PIPS (crab apples quinces medlars); & NUTS (hazelnuts chestnuts walnuts) This is a really practical book covering 100 recipes both sweet & savoury as well as tips on gathering seasonal guidance & the law & commonsense. ...

An exploration of everything the countryside means to us from a hundred years of the Telegraphs archive. The Telegraph is as its former editor Max Hastings identified more than any other national broadsheet the newspaper of the countryside which over the years has been written about in its pages by such distinguished writers as J.H.B. Peel John Betjeman & W.F. Deedes alongside eminent modern naturalists like Richard Mabey & even unlikely proponents of the rural life like Boris Johnson. This anthology is no bland celebration of bucolic idyll but rather an exploration of everything that the countryside represents to the British. For some it means the reintroduction of long-lost wildlife such as the red kite or ancient crafts like thatching. For others it means jouncing along a green lane in a four-wheel-drive Range Rover. To the Prince of Wales his new town of Poundbury is the countryside while subjects as diverse as crop circles second homes Mad Cow Disease & polytunnels are all flashpoints in the modern debate about what & who the countryside is for. Hugely varied by turns funny & provocative this is an essential exploration of a central aspect of our national identity. ...

Here is a book that no creative professional should be without. Written by one of the worlds leading advertising men it contains over four decades of wisdom & insight from the man who put Nick Kamen into a laundrette for Levi Strauss & gave Audi the immortal Vorsprung durch Technik amongst many many other highly successful campaigns for major brands. Hegarty on Advertising" represents the 21st centurys answer to David Ogilvys bestselling " Confessions of an Advertising Man" & provides both John Hegartys advice on the elements of advertising from pitching to the effects of new technology & the story of his career from his early days at Saatchi & Saatchi to the global force that Bartle Bogle Hegarty is today." ...

Hegemony or Survival is Noam Chomsky's essential polemic on American foreign policy. Noam Chomsky the world's foremost intellectual activist presents an irrefutable analysis of America's pursuit of total domination & the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow. From the funding of repressive regimes to the current 'war on terror' from the toppling of governments opposing its beliefs to the invasion of Iraq America pursues its global strategy no matter what the cost. With the rigour & insight that have made him our most important unraveller of accredited lies Noam Chomsky reveals the truth & the true motives behind America's quest for dominance
- & seeks also to show how the world may yet step back from the brink. A devastating history of American foreign policy since 1945 as well as a dissection of the current "war on terror"". (Tim Adams Observer). " Anybody who thinks about American foreign policy has to read & contemplate Hegemony or Survival". (Independent). " One of the radical heroes of our age. A towering intellect". (Guardian). Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political books including Hegemony or Survival Failed States Interventions What We Say Goes Hopes & Prospects How the World Works & Occupy all of which are published by Hamish Hamilton/ Penguin."
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If you love a good story then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure & return to again & again. When orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the mountains the two grow to love each other dearly. Heidi charms everyone she meets-but then her strict aunt sends her away again to live in the town. Despite a wonderful new friendship there Heidi longs to return to her happy life in the mountains. Is there any way she can have both? ...

Heidi is a much loved Puffin Classic by Johanna Spyri. Little Heidi goes to live with her grandfather in his lonely hut high in the Alps & she quickly learns to love her new life. But her strict aunt decides to send her away again to live in the town. Heidi cannot bear being away from the mountains & is determined to return to the happiness of life with her grandfather. With a delightfully nostalgic introduction by award-winning author Eva Ibbotson. Johanna Spyri (1827-1902) was born in Switzerland in the village of Hirzel which has magnificent views of the Alps. She wrote almost fifty books but it was Heidi who brought her great fame. The Puffin Classics: Red Badge of Courage; Anne of the Island; Wuthering Heights; Anne of Avonlea; Kidnapped; What Katy Did; The Happy Prince; David Copperfield; Robin Hood; Peter Pan; The Secret Garden; Black Beauty; The Call of the Wild; Huckleberry Finn; Sherlock Holmes; Little Lord Fauntleroy; The Wizard of Oz; Just So Stories; Treasure Island; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Little Women; Oliver Twist; The Wind in the Willows; The Secret Garden; & the Princess & the Goblin. ...