| Description |
1 online resource (422 pages, 12 pages of plates) : illustrations |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
desLibris. Books collection.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
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Issued as part of the desLibris books collection. |
| Summary |
The biography of value investor Peter Cundill - marathon runner, world-traveler, philosopher, cultural enthusiast, and playboy. |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE""; ""1 Some Family History""; ""2 An Unusual Childhood""; ""3 Rites of Passage""; ""4 The Early Journals: A Sampler""; ""5 New Challenges""; ""6 Vancouver-Bound""; ""7 Apprenticeship on the Move""; ""8 Going It Alone""; ""PART TWO""; ""9 Taking the Plunge""; ""10 Epiphany and a Fallen Idol""; ""11 The Cundill Value Fund""; ""12 Tilting at Windmills""; ""13 European Experiments and Expeditions""; ""14 A Tale of Two Cities""; ""15 Cycles and Sashimi""; ""16 Crisis and Opportunity"" |
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""17 A Farewell and a Promise""""PART THREE""; ""18 Vintages �48 and �38""; ""19 The Everest Trek""; ""20 The International High Life""; ""21 In Dante�s Dark Wood""; ""22 Confidence Regained""; ""23 Reclaiming the Initiative""; ""24 Travelling with Purpose""; ""25 Alarums and Excursions""; ""PART FOUR""; ""26 Reality Checks""; ""27 Now We Begin Again""; ""28 A Year of Anniversaries""; ""29 The Perfect Balance""; ""30 The Turn of the Tide""; ""31 The Seeds of a Troubled Decade""; ""32 Confronting Mortality""; ""PART FIVE""; ""33 A Bachelor Again""; ""34 Time Present"" |
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""35 Triumph and Disaster""""36 The Turn of the Screw""; ""PART SIX""; ""37 A Brief Respite""; ""38 The Tide Turns Again""; ""39 The Spark of Life Regained""; ""40 Living in the Moment""; ""41 Fast Lane to the Finish""; ""Epilogue""; ""APPENDICES""; ""Appendix A: Net-net Work Sheet""; ""Appendix B: Notes from a Battle-Scarred Warrior""; ""Index"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cundill, Peter.
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Capitalists and financiers -- Canada -- Biography.
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Capitalists and financiers. |
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Canada. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Philanthropists -- Canada -- Biography.
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Philanthropists. |
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Value investing.
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Value investing. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version 9780773544727 |
| ISBN |
9780773596870 electronic |
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0773596879 |
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9780773596887 |
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0773596887 |
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9780773544727 |
| Music No. |
447717 CaOOCEL |
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