A major biography of Michael Faraday (1791--1867), one of the giants of 19th century science and discoverer of electricity who was at the centre of an extraordinary scientific renaissance in London.  Faraday's life was truly inspirational. Son of a Yorkshire blacksmith who moved to London in 1789, he was a self-made, self-educated man whose public life was underpinned by his devotion to a minor Christian sect (the Sandemanians) and to his wife. He was also a fine writer and brilliant lecturer.  This book is a passionate exploration of his life, work and times (he was a pioneering scientific all-rounder who also experimented with electromagnetism, techniques for preserving meat and fish, optical glass, the safety lamp, and the identification of iodine as a new element).  It will also tell the story of the dawn of the modern scientific age and interweave Faraday's life with the groundbreaking work of the Royal Institution and other early scientists like Humphrey Davey, Charles Babbage, John Herschel and Mary Somerville.

Faraday: The Life

James, Hamilton

History

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

A major biography of Michael Faraday (1791--1867), one of the giants of 19th century science and discoverer of electricity who was at the centre of an extraordinary scientific renaissance in London. Faraday's life was truly inspirational. Son of a Yorkshire blacksmith who moved to London in 1789, he was a self-made, self-educated man whose public life was underpinned by his devotion to a minor Christian sect (the Sandemanians) and to his wife. He was also a fine writer and brilliant lecturer. This book is a passionate exploration of his life, work and times (he was a pioneering scientific all-rounder who also experimented with electromagnetism, techniques for preserving meat and fish, optical glass, the safety lamp, and the identification of iodine as a new element). It will also tell the story of the dawn of the modern scientific age and interweave Faraday's life with the groundbreaking work of the Royal Institution and other early scientists like Humphrey Davey, Charles Babbage, John Herschel and Mary Somerville.

Faraday : The Life

Harper Collins Pb

Landscape painter J.M.W. Turner was reticent about his private life. In this blend of biography and art history, the author introduces Turner to a new generation, scotches many Turner myths and depicts him as a giant of the 19th century and a beacon for the 21st.

Turner: A Life

Arts & Photography

Hodder&Stoughton

The power to probe: A study of congressional investigations

Vintage Books

London Lights

Europe

John Murray

From the time of Nelson's death at Trafalgar to the opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London spread like a disease across the fields of Middlesex and Surrey. This title describes the men and women who, through their genius and courage, luck and misfortune, put London at the cutting edge of cultural change.

John Murray Publishers, Ltd.

This timely 160-page book provides analysis of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, which not only overhauls the regulatory scheme for commodities exchanges but also cuts across regulatory boundaries. This Act amends securities and banking laws, as well as the recent financial services modernization Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, addressing legal certainty for U.S. derivatives markets and repealing the ban on trading single stock futures. The full text of the enacted law, H.R. 5660 is included, along with selected text of the Committee Report on H.R. 4541, the precursor Bill to H.R. 5660

Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000: Law and Explanation

Business & Money

J.D.

LL.M.

Charles W. Edwards

Heather Montgomery

Finance

CCH, Inc.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Law and Explanation

CCH, Incorporated

The Guide to Internal Controls under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act examines the mandate of Section 404 effective November 2004 for most companies. The SEC rules implementing the statute require the management of public companies to assess the effectiveness of the company's internal controls over financial reporting and the company's auditor to report on and attest to management's assessment of the internal controls. The guide also examines the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on this auditor attestation. In addition, best practices relating to internal controls are examined.

Guide to Internal Controls

Reference

Catalogs & Directories

As of July 26, 2006, the SEC completed the most sweeping overhaul of executive compensation and related party transaction disclosure in fourteen years. Executive Compensation and Related-Party Disclosure: SEC Rules and Explanations provides timely and thorough explanations, implications and full text of these reforms. The revision puts in place a principles-based disclosure regime designed to give investors the information they need on executive compensation to make informed investment decisions and demystify any financial dealings between executives and their companies. The new rules also enhance and consolidate into one item director independence and related corporate governance disclosure requirements. The heart of the reforms is the new Summary Compensation Table and the new Compensation Discussion and Analysis. The Summary Compensation Table is the principal vehicle for executive compensation, showing the total compensation for each of the named executive officers. For the first time, SEC rules require that all elements of executive compensation must be disclosed and that a total individual compensation number be provided for the five named executive officers. Other tables will display post-retirement compensation and options exercises. The new Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&amp;A) section is a narrative principles-based overview explaining material elements of the company’s compensation for named executive officers. It provides a company with both an obligation and an opportunity to explain its compensation policies, focusing on the most important factors. It will be filed and thus subject to Sarbanes-Oxley certification. The SEC also mandated a new compensation committee report requiring the committee to state if it has reviewed and discussed the CD&amp;A with management and recommended to the board that the CD&amp;A be included in the annual report.

Executive Compensation and Related-Party Disclosure: SEC Rules and Explanation

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