Best Books of 2006

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" stylesrc="../_private/template_title.htm" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#333366" vlink="#000000" alink="#000000"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" cellpadding="10" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" id="table53"> <tr> <td width="50%" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <p class="header_black">Best Books of 2006</td> <td width="33%" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <p class="header2_black" align="center">Listed in no<br> particular order.</td> </tr> </table> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="4" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" cellpadding="0" id="table54"> <tr> <td width="740" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="../images/best_of_award_2006_header.gif" width="350" height="150"></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">  </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="468" id="table55"> <tr> <td> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr> </table> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table56"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap6"> <area href="../titles/boberski_david_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 132, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_boberski_david_(2006).gif" width="133" height="200" usemap="#FPMap6"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table57"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Valuing Fixed Income Futures</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table58"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">David Boberski</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap7"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_6.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap7"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap8"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_1.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap8"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2006</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap9"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/boberski_david_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap9" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0071475419/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0071475419"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0071475419" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">This book's title is wrong. It is not a book about valuing fixed income futures. It is a book for traders—and a wonderful book at that. It targets experienced traders who are familiar with concepts such as Libor or repo but may be new to trading fixed income futures. Anyone entering these markets for the first time may be confused about two issues</strong> ... <a href="../titles/boberski_david_(2006).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table59"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap30"> <area href="../titles/bluhm_and_overbeck_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 134, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_bluhm_and_overbeck_(2006).gif" width="135" height="200" usemap="#FPMap30"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table60"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Structured Credit Portfolio Analysis<br> <font size="3">Baskets and CDOs</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table61"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Christian Bluhm and Ludger Overbeck</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap31"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_5.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap31"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap32"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_4.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap32"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2006</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap33"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/bluhm_and_overbeck_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap33" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/1584886471/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=1584886471"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.1584886471" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body">For anyone who is interested in how CDOs or other instruments linked to baskets of credits are modeled, this book is essential reading. The authors are a well-known team. One is a practitioner and the other an academic ... <a href="../titles/bluhm_and_overbeck_(2006).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table62"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap18"> <area href="../titles/james_and_fusaro_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 131, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_james_and_fusaro_(2006).jpg" width="132" height="200" usemap="#FPMap18"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table63"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Energy & Emissions Markets</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table64"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Tom James and Peter Fusaro</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap19"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_6.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap19"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap20"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_1.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap20"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2006</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap21"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/james_and_fusaro_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap21" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0470821582/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0470821582"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0470821582" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">The oldest emissions trading market is the United States SO<font size="1">2</font> market that has operated since 1995. It and the more recent NO<font size="1">X</font> market have been hailed as enormous successes. There are other emissions markets emerging in the United States, but the big initiatives today are the markets developing overseas in response to the Kyoto agreement. Futures are already traded on emissions. Banks see potential in these markets and are actively trading them</strong> ... <a href="../titles/james_and_fusaro_(2006).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table65"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap26"> <area href="../titles/benaben_brice_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 134, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_benaben_brice_(2006).gif" width="135" height="200" usemap="#FPMap26"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table66"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Inflation-Linked Products</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table67"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Brice Benaben (Ed.)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap27"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_6.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap27"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap28"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_2.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap28"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2005</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap29"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/benaben_brice_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap29" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/1904339603/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=1904339603"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.1904339603" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">The inflation market is dominated by sovereign debt issuers. The largest is the US Treasury, but there is also a vibrant market in the UK and Europe. Even Japan, which has experienced deflation for the past few years, is in on the act. Corporate issuers have also emerged, and there is a fledgling derivatives market</strong> ... <a href="../titles/benaben_brice_(2006).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table68"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap53"> <area href="../titles/rubinstein_mark_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 131, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_rubinstein_mark_(2006).gif" usemap="#FPMap53" width="132" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table69"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">History of the Theory of Investments<br> <font size="3">An Annotated Bibliography</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table70"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Mark Rubinstein</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap51"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_5.gif" usemap="#FPMap51" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap52"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_2.gif" usemap="#FPMap52" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2006</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap54"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/rubinstein_mark_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap54" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0471770566/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0471770566"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0471770566" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">This is a wonderful book in which Mark Rubinstein walks readers through the classic papers of finance, starting with Fibonacci's 1202 work on present value calculations, progressing through the works of Cootner, Markowitz, Modigliani-Miller, Sharpe, Fama, and leading up to the present day</strong> ... <a href="../titles/rubinstein_mark_(2006).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table71"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap14"> <area href="../titles/felsenheimer_gisdakis_zaiser_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 141, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_felsenheimer_gisdakis_zaiser_(2006).gif" width="142" height="200" usemap="#FPMap14"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table72"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Active Credit Portfolio Management</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table73"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">J. Felsenheimer, P. Gisdakis, M. Zaiser</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap15"> <area coords="0, 0, 89, 15" shape="rect" href="../main/ratings.htm"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_6.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap15"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap16"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_3.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2006</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap17"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/felsenheimer_gisdakis_zaiser_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap17" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/3527501983/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=3527501983"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.3527501983" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">This is an astonishingly good book that goes well beyond its title. Sure, it covers the management of portfolios of credits from both an asset management and an asset-liability standpoint, but there is more—much more. Offering a sophisticated mix of market practice and finance theory, the book delves into the markets, instruments, conventions, pricing, and portfolio management of credit-sensitive instruments</strong> ... <a href="../titles/felsenheimer_gisdakis_zaiser_(2006).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table74"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap10"> <area href="../titles/davis_and_etheridge_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 133, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_davis_and_etheridge_(2006).jpg" width="134" height="200" usemap="#FPMap10"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table75"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Louis Bachelier's Theory of Speculation</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table76"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">M. Davis and A. 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