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Beautifully illustrated, the first full-length biography of Harold Godwinsson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England whose death at the Battle of Hastings ushered in the Norman Conquest.
Customer Reviews:
A great achievement.......2003-12-08
This book has enough detail and judicious use of sources to be of great use to the academic historian, while the author's lucid writing style and the sensible structure of the book will no doubt make it accesible to the interested layperson. Well done!
If your looking for a good book on Harold, this is the one.......2003-08-26
In terms of English history,not much is ever really said about Harold. Those who are looking for an informative and surprisingly entertaining work on the Monarch should look no further.
Ian Walker has left no stone unturned in the telling of Harold Godwineson and his family. Starting from his grandfather and father and ending with his grandson becoming the prince of Kiev.
After reading the book, you come away with a sense of the time that he lived in and more importantly a sense of the man. Walker is also very good at surmising how certain decisions and choices that were made having an effect on the people at the time. Case in point the effect of how Harold's contemporaries veiwed his oath breaking to William. Few historians are able to do this.
The author does love his dates and locations, but he is very thorough when it comes to extended family. Also and most importantly, he writes with a point. Instead of going off on a half page tangent, Walker writes in brief and consise paragraphs. When a major player such as William, Tosti or Harald Hardrada comes along, he writes a full chapter.
I have been looking for a book on this king for long time and this has surpassed my expectations. A definite "must-have" for English Monarch and Anglo-Saxon enthusiasts.
Thoroughly enjoyable and informative study........2003-02-10
Everyone who takes English history probably remembers 1066, William of Normandy, the Battle of Hastings, and King Harold; essentially the date, the location and the leaders of the combatant armies. Some may remember that the fight was over the right of succession to the throne of England after the heirless death of King Edward the Confessor. A few may even remember that Edmond Halley's famous comet made an appearance just beforehand, creating great consternation that was immortalized in the Bayeux tapestry. For most, Harold's reign seems almost a foot note, hardly more than an intermission before the main event of the Norman conquest. With William and his successors come castle building, classic knighthood, feudal society, all the "romance" of the middle ages. Harold is so often treated as a cipher to all of this that the true drama of this transitional age is often lost on the student. Harold is just "the loser."
Ian Walker's book brings this period more into focus. He approaches his subject by examining, not only Harold's own life and career, but that of his grandfather and father, creating a sense of the venue for the events of the Conquest. Harold is no longer just "the loser." He is a powerful and intelligent warrior, dealing as often in diplomacy as in bloodshed, able to play the chess game of power politics in a very turbulent time. He was in fact "the last Anglo Saxon king," and his time, like the withdrawal of the elves from Tolkien's Middle Earth, is the end of an era. His predecessor Edward was the last of the line of Alfred the Great, the king who had wielded the tiny Anglo Saxon kingdoms into the one kingdom of England. William and his successors would turn the island into a developing nation state striving for a place in a world among other rising nation states.
I found particularly interesting the author's approach to the period as one of a family biography. Harold was not just a famous figure in history, he was a member of an ambitious extended family. Like the Borgias in a later time and place, Harold's father and his grandfather played major roles in English political life during the years preceding the Conquest, as did he and his brothers in their own time. Walker follows these careers, because it is the net created by their liaisons that defined the period. Pull out any of these lynch pins, and the history of the era would have been vastly different. Interesting too were the careers of Harold's children, who went on to carry the family into succeeding generations of international leaders. I have often wondered what the fates of descendants of famous people have been. What did happen to Cleopatra's surviving children for instance? At least in this instance, more is documented about Harold's children which gives a sense of closure to Walker's book.
Thoroughly enjoyable and informative study.
Fantastic!.......2000-12-03
This is a great book for anyone interested in the mysterious and obscure events of England in the year 1066. Walker does a great job, trying to bring Harold Godwinson to life.
Five stars!.......1999-04-27
This was an excellent, intense account of a unique king's biography. I read this book to get more info on William the Conqueror, but now I'm obsessed with Harold II. A must-read for history buffs.
Book Description
On September 27, 1066, Duke William of Normandy sailed for England with hundreds of ships and over 8,000 men. King Harold of England, weakened by a ferocious Viking invasion from the north, could muster little defense. At the Battle of Hastings of October 14, he was outflanked, quickly defeated, and killed by William's superior troops. The course of English history was altered forever.Three years later, Walt, King Harold's only surviving bodyguard, is still emotionally and physically scarred by the loss of his king and his country. Wandering through Asia Minor, headed vaguely for the Holy Land, he meets Quint, a renegade monk with a healthy line of skepticism and a hearty appetite for knowledge. It is he who persuades Walt, little by little, to tell his extraordinary story.And so begins a roller-coaster ride into an era of enduring fascination. Weaving fiction round fact, Julian Rathbone brings to vibrant, exciting, and often amusing life the shadowy figures and events that preceded the Norman Conquest. We see Edward, confessing far more than he ever did in the history books. We meet the warring nobles of Mercia and Wessex; Harold and his unruly clan; Canute's descendants with their delusions of grandeur; predatory men, pushy women, subdued Scots , and wily Welsh. And we meet William of Normandy, a psychotic thug with interesting plans for the "racial sanitation" of the Euroskepics across the water.Peppered with discussions on philosophy. dentistry, democracy, devils, alcohol, illusions, and hygiene, The Last English King raises issues, both daring and delightful, that question the nature of history itself. Where are the lines between fact, interpretation, and re-creation? Did the French really stop for a two-hour lunch during the Battle of Hastings?
Customer Reviews:
Zzzz.......2007-07-11
I really, really wanted to like this book. But I just couldn't. I'm not going to re-write all of the negatives others have posted. Take my advice and believe the other posters. Don't spend a lot of money on this book if you must buy it. And a warning: there is an incestuous relationship between Harold and Edith in this story. Yuck!
It's a novel.......2006-04-01
Please don't be put off by other criticisms of this book. The most important thing is it that is well written. People looking for it to fit into the trashy proliferation of reworked, under-researched historical fiction might find it too subtle or non formulaic for their tastes. It's funny and it makes several interesting points. If you are religious (christian) you might not like some of the points it makes so don't waste your time reading it and then choosing to dislike it for other reasons. It paints a vivid picture of life at the time and, as I wasn't around in the 11th century, I can't say whether it's an accurate look at people, places or events. I can tell you that, as with his other books, it's done with style, wit and some humor.
I wish I could rate it higher.............2004-07-06
The Last English King has the primary ingredients for an outstanding historical novel: Harold Godwinson, Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror and the epic events which culminated in the Battle of Hastings. This is the Norman Conquest, 11th century England, political power-play and court intrigue at it's best. Yet, somehow, Julian Rathbone manages to take these ingredients and present something of a flop.
He selects Walt, a Godwinson housecarl (bodyguard), as his protagonist who fails to die with his king at Hastings and, guilt-ridden, wanders the breadth of Europe seeking to find himself. Along the way, he meets a defrocked monk who communicates in anachronistic psycho-jargon, an illusionist whose 11th-century repertoire would put David Copperfield to shame, and a wealthy, bewigged gem dealer whose intense interest in these transients is never fully explained. This wandering troupe is the audience to which Walt tells his story. Indeed, disconcertingly, an audience is all they ever become.
Rathbone chooses to employ a strictly modern vernacular which takes something away from the period setting. But, it is in Walt's recounting of events where this novel begins to find some merit. As with most historical novels, the reader can extract swaths of information about the life and times in which it is set. The Norman Conquest is a compelling story and even Rathbone's somewhat nonsensical premise cannot destroy it.
Still, The Last English King manages to conclude itself with a final nod toward mediocrity. Walt's tale finished, he abruptly bids adieu to his traveling companions in Asia Minor and hops aboard an adjacent ship loading for England. If readers haven't spotted the artifice of this traveling band of "ears" and the utter superfluousness of their trek, they will now and they will likely be disappointed.
I'd love to rate The Last English King higher because it's easy to see what it could have been. As it is, it is largely forgettable and, given the subject matter, this is a shame. 3 stars.
Rambling.......2004-06-12
The book rambles. The historical bits are fascinating but the fictional bits get in the way. I ended up skipping here and there to read the interesting bits.
Free anglo-saxons - Brutal battles - Doubtful title.......2004-03-27
The title "the last English king" is quite doubtful: In the battle with Hastings (1066) the last anglo-saxon king Harold Godwinson fell. The following norman rulers continued to call themselves kings of England. The term England was deduced from the tribe of the "Angeln". The English nation in the today's sense should result however only later from the fusion of the different peoples (Celts, Anglo-Saxons, Danes, Norwegians and french Normans).
Walt, the ony survivor of King Harold's body guard, reaches on his migrations until small Asia. There he, who had lost his right hand at the battle of Hastings, tells his story till the end of the battle to his way companions . He describes the complicated relationships between the former scandinavian and anglo-saxon kings, as well as their connections to the normans. Beyond that the reader gets a view of social conditions of the time before William the conquerer, in which old traditions of legislation, administration were determining taxes and iurisdiction. The king had to succeed in relation to regional rulers and was dependent on their support in the Witan. Beside the noble ones and their attendants the national defense was incumbent on the duty of a people army of all free men (Fyrd). Some church dignitary did not take it too exactly with the canonical right and had wife and/or a loving. The feudalism of the invaders, which they along-brought from normandy, prepared, in the shoulder conclusion with the Roman church, an end for these conditions. A taut and centralistic leaning system suppressed from now on the in former times quite free population and it exploited with taxes and deliveries. The military affairs of the conquerers, which beside armored, noble riders (knights), who had already proven their superiority against the sign barrier from foot people at Hastings, based on the structure of strong castles whose sould lend those the norman England a singular impact force.
The open and honest epilog of the author puts aside the discussion more numerously speak and conceptual anachronisms. In modern Prosa the written, nevertheless as the one which can be designated historically, novel avails itself of a crude, sometimes brutal and vulgaeren language. The battles of Stamford Bridge (against the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada) and Hastings are described in drastic way in detail and are nothing for readers with tender mind. While the passages, which are concerned with events from anglo-saxon view interesting and informative are, work those from Walt's journey something fatiguing.
Additional visualization by a historical map and a family tree of the kings, would have amounted to to a better understanding and the novel revaluations to know. Summa summarum the novel is to be evaluated with three amazonstars.
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Three Lives of the Last Englishmen (Garland Library of Medieval Literature)
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
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A Handful of Summers is a cult classic. It's a delightfully uninhibited insider's account of tennis on the international circuit - both on and off the court - in the fifties and sixties, the glory days of Fred Perry, Roy Emerson, and Virginia Wade.
Forbes begins with his childhood on a farm in South Africa, where he learned to play tennis on a gravel court. His game takes him to Europe, as a South Africa Davis Cup player, and finally to Wimbledon. Along the way he cavorts with extraordinary characters among the world-class players, and their tales, and his, shine throughout this memoir of irresistible wit and humility.
Customer Reviews:
A great book on life, not only tennis.......2001-07-31
I think this book was named the best book on tennis by some or other panel. Though I have not read all that many books on the sport, I cannot imagine a better book on tennis, or any other sport for that matter. Forbes is a delightful author, writing with gentle wit and charm about his childhood on a farm in the Eastern Cape, his tennis career and his life after tennis. Reading the book it is impossible not to mourn the passing of an era when sport was played for the enjoyment thereof, and sports star were friends.
A book that should be read by everybody, not only people interested in tennis or sport.
A writen account of tennis when the game was pure........1999-09-25
Gordon Forbes has captured the essence of what sport used to and should still be. From South African farmlands to the lawns of Wimbledon "Forbsie" paints a humorous picture of tennis in the fifties and sixtys. The cast of characters become personal friends and the author like a big brother. A Handful of Summers is among the classics on my bookshelf.
You don't need to be a tennis buff to find this hilarious!.......1998-09-14
This is a journey through one man's life in an era so different from today. An insight into the world of 'amateur' tennis and its twists of professionalism. An era when tennis was played for the joy of the game, travelling, a varied existence, and a lack of anything better to do!
This traces the realities of life on the tennis tour in the 50s and 60s and the ups and downs which went with it, especially given that Gordon Forbes was from a culture as complex as that of South Africa.
This books gets you really involved in the lives of some of the greatest tennis legends of all time, and others who strove to reach their heady heights, but never quite made it to the top! This book contains so much passion and honesty that it draws you in. You can almost believe that you are right beside these tennis greats, treading in their every footstep, hearing their every breath. You feel as if you grew up with them, laughed their every laugh, and suffered their every defeat.
This is a must for every lover of tennis, and should not be written off by those who have no interest in the game. This is no ordinary tennis chronicle.
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- Great book, awful edition
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HANDFUL OF SUMMERS
GORDON FORBES
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Binding: Paperback
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Customer Reviews:
Great book, awful edition.......2007-09-01
"A Handful of Summers" is the most informative and entertaining book on tennis I've read.
But the 1997 HarperCollins edition is dreadful: the paper quality is poor, and -- most importantly -- all the photographs are missing. I was so disgusted with it I returned it to Amazon and bought a second-hand copy instead.
The five-star rating is for the writing, not the edition.
Be warned.
Book Description
Celluloid China: Cinematic Encounters with Culture and Society by Harry H. Kuoshu is a lucid introduction to the cinema of mainland China from the early 1930s to the early 1990s.
Emphasizing both film contexts and film texts, this study invites film scholars and students to a broad cinematic analysis that includes investigations of cultural, cross-cultural, intellectual, social, ethnic, and political issues. Such a holistic evaluation allows for a better understanding of both the genesis of a special kind of film art from the People’s Republic of China and the culture exemplified in those films.
The fifteen films include: Two Stage Sisters; Hibiscus Town; Farewell My Concubine; Street Angel; Three Women; Human, Woman, Demon; Judou; Girl from Hunan; Sacrificed Youth; Horse Thief; Yellow Earth; Old Well; Red Sorghum; Black Cannon Incident; and Good Morning, Beijing.
Discussions of each film have an introduction, passages from the director’s own notes whenever available, and a scholarly article. Discussion questions are found in an appendix. Within its complete bibliography, the book also features a suggested reading list for Chinese film classes.
Celluloid China: Cinematic Encounters with Culture and Society is the first book to provide such an exhaustive study of the art and cultural context of Chinese cinema.
Customer Reviews:
15 top Chinese movies: 1930-2000.......2006-07-19
Kuoshu gives a long overdue summary of the mainland Chinese movie history, spanning 1930-2000. A period of tremendous turbulence and change. He does this by analysing 15 films that he considers to be the best (or amongst the best). The analysis places each film in the context of Chinese society when it was produced. The themes, ideals and aspirations embedded in the movies often reflect the prevailing values of the society.
The author is ethnic Chinese, living in the US. He could say what he wants about the Chinese Communist Party. But the book is actually quite respectful of the Party. While there certainly is censorship in China, he gives high praise to the book's films. Which can be instructive to an American reader. You should not assume that a movie made in a democracy is automatically "better" than one made in China. Garbage movies can be made under any political system.
Most of the films he discusses may be unknown to a non-Chinese reader. And some might be hard to obtain outside China. Though these days, with the resources on the Web, you may well be able to find a legitimate copy of a film from a vendor in your country. Nor it is clear that the movies are subtitled; necessary for the non-Chinese speaking viewer. But even if you can't see or follow a movie, the book does offer a better understanding of the achievements of Chinese film makers and actors.
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The Great composers, their lives and times
Manufacturer: Marshall Cavendish Corp
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Lavishly illustrated in b&w. This is a series of individual booklets, intended to be gradually assembled and kept in a binder. Classical music on records were accompanied by these oversize booklets of twelve pages each. The contents page shows a projected 24 recordings. Each of the essays has biographical information on the composer and notes on the specific piece or pieces of music for that particular record. Note: this product description is only for the assembled booklets in their binder -- not including records. Composers include Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Strauss, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Bach, Handel, Wagner, Brahms, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Haydn, Schubert, Grieg, and Berlioz.
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- Style, Style, Style
- Kung Fu Action!
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Hong Kong Action Theatre!, 2E.
Lucien Soulban
Manufacturer: Guardians of Order
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With action stars like Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, and Chow Yun Fat heating up the silver screen, Hong Kong cinema is at the height of its popularity. Now is the perfect time for the new and improved second edition of the critically acclaimed Hong Kong Action Theatre! HKAT! 2nd Edition improves upon the game that put fast-paced, high-flying, over-the-top action role-playing on the map. As part of Guardians Of Order`s new Tri-Stat Compatible line, this game features all new artwork, an improved and expanded resource material on Hong Kong and the film industry, and fast-paced action resolution. Come and enter the adrenaline-charged role-playing game of Hong Kong action movies!
Customer Reviews:
Style, Style, Style.......2003-05-27
Hong Kong Action Theatre! 2nd Edition is a game based on Chinese action films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Killer. It attempts to accurately portray the style of these films and tries to cover all the genres: kung fu, wire fu, gunplay, and so on.
Players portray actors in Hong Kong cinema. Characters are created using Guardians of Order's simple Tri-Stat system, rounding out the character with skills like gun combat and kung fu and special attributes to set the actor apart like Director's Friend or Cantopop Star.
The actor is the character that players will be portraying every single game. Their abilities and attributes will remain stable. However, the character's Role changes from one session to the next.
Each session is a movie, and the Role is the actor's part in the movie. A Role can be anything from Triad Assassin to Hard-Boiled Cop to Drunken Fisherman. Each Role has unique abilities that stack on top of your actor's for that specific session.
Another interesting quirk of the game is Stunts. During combat, players are encouraged to have their characters do the wild and death-defying stunts of Hong Kong cinema. The wilder and more dangerous the stunt, the better the reward. Characters are rewarded by the gamemaster with Star Power points which represent the Actor's pull in the cinema world and his or her popularity with the audience. These can be cashed in for rerolls and other goodies such as script rewrites (e.g. the villain happens to be standing next to barrels of flammable liquid).
The game also contains a lot of "real-world" information on Hong Kong and the history of Hong Kong cinema that some might find interesting and others might find to be a waste of space in a roleplaying game book.
The game is great. With an energetic group with a feel for the Hong Kong action genre, you can make movies to rival Hong Kong blockbusters. In some respects, I feel that HKAT lumps too many of the genres together with no demarcation between gun fu, kung fu, and wire fu films, and so they all get smushed together. In general, it's fun, original, creative game and a worthy second edition to the original by Gareth Michael-Skarka.
Gameplay is episodic, with each game session being a "movie" independent of other game sessions. The movies can cover any of the traditional Hong Kong action film genres.
Kung Fu Action!.......2002-02-26
This is a solid system for a Kung Fu movie action game. This is made by Guardians of Order, so it uses the Tri-Stat System (if you've played BESM, this will be very familiar). The basic system is based on three stats: body, mind, and soul. You use these base stats to calculate your health, energy, starting star power, and attack and defense values. You then buy attributes and defects that customize your character. HKAT! 2 offers a wide variety of attributes and defects that allow you to build any kind of character. And if the attribute or defect you need doesn't exist, you can make a new one! (The GM, of course has say on what is allowed.) HKAT! 2 has the unique concept that the PCs (Player Characters) are actors playing roles in movies. When you make your character you make an actor, and can only buy an attributes and defects that are open or actor only. Then you use star power to bid on the role you want to play. Now you buy role attributes and defects to add to your character to simulate the special effects crews and such (the role attributes and defects go away at the end of a movie), and you can use leftover star power to improve the role too. What's cool about the role/actor concept is that your group can play a wide variety of games, say a horror action thriller one time, then a waxia (as in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) next. Also using star power, one person can have the lead role one movie, and some else can outbid him for the lead next time, so everyone gets a chance to be at the center of a game. At the end of a movie, the GM hands out star power rewards you use on the next movie. What you get is based on what you bid as well as how well everyone did and bonuses the GM may hand out. This encourages everyone to work as a group, as if the group "wins" the movie, everyone will get more star power. Another good point is that if you die, it's not necessarily bad, because it's only your role that dies, not your actor, and if you die heroically, this can be worth bonus star power!
Make no mistake, this is a Role-playing game, with emphasis on role-playing rather than dice roles and statistics and rules. While creation is a little involved, it's fairly straightforward one you get use to it. For resolving actions the Tri-Stat system offers one of the simplest systems I've seen.
Combat is also petty simple, I won't go into the details here, if you've played other tri-stat games, you'll be on familiar turf. HKAT! 2 does, however offer some optional combat rules that are worth mention. When you attack, you can choose whether to deliver a high, low, or medium kick or punch and you can target an opponent high, low or torso. The type of blow you deliver gives a bonus or penalty to your damage and initiative, for example, a light punch will let you attack sooner, but won't do as much damage as a hard kick. The attack location affects your opponent's defense, if you attack low, but you opponent defends high, your opponent will have a harder time defending.
The system, in summary is simple, yet flexible enough to handle any thing from swordplay and magic attacks in ancient China to a fierce shootout in modern Hong Kong.
And finally, I'll cover the quality of the book. As is typical of Guardians of Order, this is a well-done book. It's a good read with cool art and it is very clear. There is also a lot of extra martial here besides just the game. There is a section on Hong Kong, one on the history of Hong Kong film, one with summaries on a lot of Hong Kong films, and finally some sample adventures to get you started. The extra info is really great, especially for some like me who only has little knowledge on Hong Kong film; this book is a treasure trove of info for creating you own Hong Kong action film game. The only flaw I saw in this book is that the last line in some of the sidebars at the beginning of the book was truncated, and while this is annoying, no impotent information was lost (it was mostly flavor text) and this flaw doesn't greatly detract from enjoyment. Given how error riddled other role-playing games (just look at the errata on 3rd edition D&D) are, I couldn't justify taking off a point for this. I highly recommend this book if you want a simple and flexible system for an action Hong Kong style game.
Book Description
Can a celebrity fund manager truly beat the market? Can an individual investor fiddling with a blue chip portfolio achieve a stellar rate of return? ""Not likely,"" says veteran analyst Mike Oyster. ""Our low-return world calls for cutting-edge solutions."" In Mission Possible, financial whiz Oyster demystifies investing in today’s volatile climate. Written for intermediate and advanced investors, this book provides a highly critical review of ""active management"" investment practices. Showing that active investing provides only an illusion of control, the author tells readers exactly how to outperform the market without ever timing it or picking stocks. According to Oyster, the convergence of new theory, regulation, and technology will inhibit traditional active investors from achieving their goals.
Lightning-fast delivery of electronic data gives everyone the same information at the same time. Mission Possible also debunks the myth of the ""alpha edge""-that portion of an investment fund’s return generated solely by the portfolio manager’s skill and knowledge. Unlike other books on investing, Mission Possible provides a blueprint for workable approaches-protected leverage, enhanced indexing, covered call writing, portable alpha, and alternative instruments such as hedge funds and derivatives.
Mike Oyster shows readers:
• Four fundamental truths of investing that work successfully over time
• Behavioral idiosyncrasies that trip up individual investors and professionals alike
• How to choose appropriate risk/return perimeters to meet their objectives
• Why passive investing in index funds, though a good idea, yields a gap in total wealth at the end of the investment horizon
• A fresh way of thinking for a new era
Customer Reviews:
Mike Oyster offers unique strategies for investor outperformance.......2005-08-30
Mike Oyster's Mission Possible is a smart book written by an intelligent man at a time when the investment industry is at a critical crossroads due to today's low return environment. Given Oyster's extensive experience in both the institutional and retail investment arenas, he is able to provide a unique insight and strong recommendations for both institutional and retail investors to enhance their returns. Oyster's careful analysis of new investment strategies within a modern asset allocation framework is of particular importance to the institutional investor seeking better-than-benchmark returns with only a slight increase in overall portfolio risk. For the retail investor, Oyster makes it painstakingly clear why retail investors are considered the "cash cow" of the investment industry, providing huge windfalls for the industry and below benchmark returns for the vast majority of investors. Oyster also introduces advanced concepts for retail investors to improve their portfolio's performance through the use of derivatives and exchange traded funds (ETFs). In sum, this book provides useful strategies that both institutional and retail investors can apply to their portfolios in an effort to produce superior returns.
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