Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies

The life story of the Victorian novelist George Eliot is as dramatic and complex as her best plots. This new assessment of her life and work combines recent biographical research with penetrating literary criticism, resulting in revealing new interpretations of her literary work. *A fresh look at George Eliot's captivating life story *Includes original new analysis of her writing *Deploys the latest biographical research *Combines literary criticism with biographical narrative to offer a rounded perspective.

“The Life of Robert Frost” presents a unique and rich approach to the poet that includes original genealogical research concerning Frost's ancestors, and a demonstration of how mental illness plagued the Frost family and heavily influenced Frost's poetry. • A widely revealing biography of Frost that discusses his often-perplexing journey from humble roots to poetic fame, revealing new details of Frost's life • Takes a unique approach by giving attention to Frost's genealogy and the family history of mental illness, presenting a complete picture of Frost's complexity • Discusses the traumatic effect on Frost of his father's early death and the impact on his poetry and outlook • Presents original information on the influence of his mother's Swedenborgian mysticism

“The Life of Daniel Defoe” examines the entire range of Defoe's writing in the context of what is known about his life and opinions. • Features extended and detailed commentaries on Defoe's political, religious, moral, and economic journalism, as well as on all of his narrative fictions, including Robinson Crusoe • Places emphasis on Defoe's distinctive style and rhetoric • Situates his work within the precise historical circumstances of the eighteenth-century in which Defoe was an important and active participant

The invaluable handbook for acing your on-camera appearance. “On-Camera Coach” is your personal coach for becoming great on camera. From Skype interviews and virtual conferences to shareholder presentations and television appearances, this book shows you how to master the art of on-camera presentation to deliver your message clearly, effectively, and with confidence. Fear of public speaking is common, but even the most seasoned speakers freeze in front of a single lens-being on camera demands an entirely new set of skills above and beyond the usual presentation to an audience you can actually see. It requires special attention to the way you move, the way you speak, and even the way you dress. This book provides the guidance and tools you need to ace it every time. Video is powerful, and it is everywhere; corporate YouTube channels, webinars, virtual meetings, TedTalks, and more are increasingly turning the lens on those who typically remain behind the scenes. This relatively recent trend will continue to expand as media plays a larger role in business, and the ability to appear confident, authoritative, and polished is becoming a necessary job skill. This book shows you everything you need to know about being on camera, from preparation through presentation and beyond. • Learn how to prepare for an on-camera appearance • Tailor your presentation to on-camera demands • Discover how the camera interprets wardrobe and body language • Appear dynamic, confident, and engaged when the lens points your way The lens captures everything-the awkward pauses, the nervous fidgets, poor posture, and every false start and mistake is captured for posterity. Is that the image you want to present? You want to get your message across and be heard; to do that, you must portray authority, energy, and confidence-even when you don't feel it. “On-Camera Coach” provides the expert instruction and insider secrets that help you make your message sing.

Build a fixed income portfolio that will weather volatility and instability. Designing a fixed income portfolio is an essential skill of any investment manager or advisor. This book outlines the critical components to successfully navigate through stable and turbulent markets, using real-life lessons from a seasoned institutional asset manager. The first section includes commentary on the changing fixed income market and overall economy, while the second section outlines the processes to navigate these ever-evolving markets including portfolio construction, the Federal Reserve, credit analysis and trade execution. “Ladder Methodology” is highlighted and the book discusses its pros and cons, gives examples of both well-constructed and poorly executed laddered bond portfolios and offers alternatives to traditional asset classes. • Benefit from lessons learned, providing real life examples of market scenarios and trades • Prepare fixed income portfolios that can weather any storm • Written by Sean P. Simko, an expert on fixed income investing, who shares his investing experiences from the past 16 years • Outlines the key principles of the Ladder strategy From strategy to execution, “Strategic Fixed Income Investing” offers the road map to help investment managers prepare portfolios that will insulate investments against adverse market conditions.

Discover analytical tools and practices to help improve the quality of risk management in government organizations. Federal agencies increasingly recognize the importance of active risk management to help ensure that they can carry out their missions. High impact events, once thought to occur only rarely, now occur with surprising frequency. Managing Risk in Government Agencies and Programs provides insight into the increasingly critical role of effective risk management, while offering analytical tools and promising practices that can help improve the quality of risk management in government organizations. • Includes chapters that contribute to the knowledge of government executives and managers who want to establish or implement risk management, and especially Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), in their agencies • Features chapters written by federal risk managers, public administration practitioners, and scholars Showing government officials how to improve their organization's risk management capabilities, Managing Risk in “Government Agencies and Programs” meets a growing demand from federal departments and agencies that find themselves increasingly embarrassed by risky events that raise questions about their ability to carry out their missions.

Down to earth, real answers on how to manage technology-from renowned IT leaders. Filled with over thirty contributions from practitioners who handle both the day-to-day and longer-term challenges that Information Technology (IT) departments and their parent businesses face, this hands-on, practical IT desk reference is written in lay terms for businesspeople and IT personnel alike. Without jargon and lofty theories, this resource will help you assist your organization in addressing project risks in a global and interconnected world. • Provides guidance on how businesspeople and IT can work together to maximize business value • Insights from more than thirty leading IT experts • Commonsense, rational solutions for issues such as managing outsourcing relationships and operating IT as a business Offering solutions for many of the problems CIOs face, this unique book addresses the Chief Information Officer's role in managing and running IT as a business, so the IT department may become a full strategic partner in the organization's crucial decisions.

“Companion to Dental Anthropology” presents a collection of original readings addressing all aspects and sub-disciplines of the field of dental anthropology-from its origins and evolution through to the latest scientific research. • Represents the most comprehensive coverage of all sub-disciplines of dental anthropology available today • Features individual chapters written by experts in their specific area of dental research • Includes authors who also present results from their research through case studies or voiced opinions about their work • Offers extensive coverage of topics relating to dental evolution, morphometric variation, and pathology

Presents a fresh account of the life history and creative imagination of Jonathan Swift Classic satires such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub express radical positions, yet were written by the most conservative of men. Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin and spent most of his life in Ireland, never traveling outside the British Isles. An Anglo-Irish Protestant clergyman, he was a major political and religious figure whose career was primarily clerical, not literary. Although much is known about Swift, in many ways he remains an enigma. He was admired as an Irish patriot yet was contemptuous of the Irish. He was both secretive and self-dramatizing. His talent for friendship was matched by his skill for making enemies. He hated the English but yearned to live in England. The Life of Jonathan Swift explores the writing life and personal history of the foremost satirist in the English language. Accessible and engaging, this critical biography brings Swift's writing and creative sensibility into the narrative of his life. Author Thomas Lockwood provides the historical and modern critical context of Swift's prose satires and poetry, as well as his political journalism, essays, manuscripts, and personal correspondence. Throughout the book, biographically contextualized descriptions of Swift's most famous works help readers better understand both the writing and the writer. • Provides critical profiles of Gulliver's Travels, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, Drapier's Letters, and Swift's other famous works • Offers insights into Swift's relationships with Esther Johnson, "Stella," and Esther Vanhomrigh, "Vanessa" • Highlights Swift's poetry and how verse writing was a vital part of his creative being • Summarizes and contextualizes lesser-known works such as The Conduct of the Allies • Addresses the historic critical bias against comedy or satire as inferior forms of art, both in Swift's lifetime and the present The Life of Jonathan Swift is an essential resource for general readers of literature and literary biography, university instructors and researchers, and undergraduate students taking courses in English literature.