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An extraordinarily brave memoir about faith, family, shame and
addiction - an Observer, New Statesman and Sunday Times Book of the
Year Matt Rowland Hill grew up the son of a minister in an
evangelical Christian church. It was a childhood fraught with
bitter family conflict and the fear of damnation. After a
devastating loss of faith in his late teens, Matt began his search
for salvation elsewhere, eventually becoming addicted to crack and
heroin - an ordeal that stretched over a decade and culminated in a
period of hopeless darkness. Recklessly honest, and as funny as it
is grave, Original Sins is an extraordinary memoir of faith,
family, shame and addiction. It's about looking for answers to
life's big questions in all the wrong places, how hope can arrive
in the most unexpected forms, and how the stories we tell might
help us survive. 'Remarkable, funny, arrestingly well-written...
Brings to mind Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose novels, but is
also entirely, exhilaratingly its own thing' The Times 'Electric...
Artfully structured with novelistic verve... Hill is a blazing
talent' Observer 'A beautifully controlled tale of a life
spiralling out of control... One of the best books I've read this
year' Sunday Times LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR
NON-FICTION AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST
BIOGRAPHY PRIZE
** A Sunday Times, New Statesman and Guardian Book of the Year **
**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2022** 'A stunningly
well-written, funny, heartrending and utterly gripping memoir about
learning how to live with who we are. Read it. Read it now' Nathan
Filer Matt Rowland Hill grew up the son of a minister in an
evangelical Christian church in south Wales and then south-east
England. It was a childhood fraught with bitter family conflict and
the fear of damnation. After a devastating loss of faith in his
late teens, Matt began his search for salvation elsewhere, turning
to books before developing a growing relationship with alcohol and
drugs. He became addicted to crack and heroin in his early
twenties, an ordeal that stretched over a decade and culminated in
a period of hopeless darkness. Recklessly honest, and as funny as
it is grave, Original Sins is an extraordinary memoir of faith,
family, shame and addiction. But ultimately it is about looking for
answers to life's big questions in all the wrong places, how hope
can arrive in the most unexpected forms, and how the stories we
tell might help us survive. 'I tore through this brilliant,
fearless book. From the first page to the last, it's funny,
insightful and beautifully written' Joe Dunthorne
Heinrich von Stackelberg's book, "Grundlagen einer reinen
Kostentheorie", published in 1932 was at the forefront of a growing
conceptual revolution in the theory of the firm, a theory which
appears more relevant than ever in today's economic climate. In
this work, Stackelberg masterfully built a theoretical framework
which he later developed in Market Structure and Equilibrium.
Foundations of a Pure Cost Theory represents the first translation
of the original German version into English. This substantial book
offers readers a critical and technical understanding of the firm,
how firms function and the environments in which they operate.
Fundamental notions of cost production, market economy, optimum
position and velocities of production are given prominence.
Ultimately, this work, which remains largely unknown, can be seen
as a milestone text in our understanding of the strategies adopted
by firms as a whole. The book has been meticulously translated from
the German into English, retaining the author's examples in their
historical context and capturing the spirit of the time with all
its subtlety and significance.
In his book "Marktform und Gleichgewicht", published initially in
1934, Heinrich von Stackelberg presented his groundbreaking
leadership model of firm competition. In a work of great
originality and richness, he described and analyzed a market
situation in which the leader firm moves first and the follower
firms then move sequentially. This game-theoretic model, now widely
known as Stackelberg competition, has had tremendous impact on the
theory of the firm and economic analysis in general, and has been
applied to study decision-making in various fields of business. As
the first translation of von Stackelberg's book into English, this
volume makes his classic work available in its original form to an
English-speaking audience for the very first time.
Heinrich von Stackelberg's book, "Grundlagen einer reinen
Kostentheorie," published in 1932 was at the forefront of a growing
conceptual revolution in the theory of the firm, a theory which
appears more relevant than ever in today s economic climate. In
this work, Stackelberg masterfully built a theoretical framework
which he later developed in Market Structure and Equilibrium.
Foundations of a Pure Cost Theory represents the first
translation of the original German version into English. This
substantial book offersreaders a critical and technical
understanding of the firm, how firms functionand the environments
in which they operate. Fundamental notions of cost production,
market economy, optimum position and velocities of production are
given prominence. Ultimately, this work, which remains largely
unknown, can be seen as a milestone text in our understanding of
the strategies adopted by firms as a whole.
The book has been meticulously translated from the German into
English, retaining the author s examples in their historical
context and capturing the spirit of the time with all its subtlety
and significance."
In his book "Marktform und Gleichgewicht", published initially in
1934, Heinrich von Stackelberg presented his groundbreaking
leadership model of firm competition. In a work of great
originality and richness, he described and analyzed a market
situation in which the leader firm moves first and the follower
firms then move sequentially. This game-theoretic model, now widely
known as Stackelberg competition, has had tremendous impact on the
theory of the firm and economic analysis in general, and has been
applied to study decision-making in various fields of business. As
the first translation of von Stackelberg's book into English, this
volume makes his classic work available in its original form to an
English-speaking audience for the very first time.
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