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from easy and general to the more formulaic:
Options: The investor's complete toolkit, by Robert W. Kolb, paperback 216 pages
Financial Derivatives, by Robert W. Kolb, paperback 208 pages
Options Analysis,
by Robert G. Tompkins, hardback 597 pages
Options Explained,
by Robert Tompkins, paperback 301 pages
Options Markets,
by John C. Cox and Mark Rubinstein, hardback 498 pages, - a classic but not
that easy to understand
Managing Financial Risk: a guide to derivative products financial engineering and value maximization, by Charles W. Smithson et al, hardback 538 pages
Options Pricing: an international perspective, by Gordon Gemmill, paperback 275 pages
Black-Scholes and Beyond: Option Pricing Models, by Neil A. Chriss, hardback 496 pages excellent for binomial trees!
The Handbook of Exotic Options Instruments, Analysis and Applications, ed. Israel Nelken, hardback 362 pages- excellent for exotics!
Financial Options from theory to practice, edited by Stephen Figlewski et al, paperback 579 pages, really useful explanations of formulae
Option Volatility and Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques, by Sheldon Natenberg, hardback 469 pages, $50 $41.96 - another must keep!
The Mathematics
of Financial Derivatives a student introduction, by Paul Wilmott et
al, paperback 317 pages
An Introduction to the Mathematics of
Financial Derivatives, by Salih N. Neftci, hardback 352 pages
Financial Calculus: an introduction to derivative pricing, by Martin Baxter and Andrew Rennie, hardback 233 pages
Option Pricing: mathematical models and computation, by Paul Wilmott et al, hardback 457 pages - all those partial differential equations!
Over the Rainbow: developments in exotic options and complex swaps, edited by Robert Jarrow, RISK BOOK paperback 343 pages
How Mutual Funds Work, by Albert J. Fredman and Russ Wiles, paperback 334 pages
A Primer on Securitization, edited by Leon T. Kendall and Michael J. Fishman, hardback, 189 pages
Continuous-Time Finance, by Robert C. Merton, paperback732 pages
Dynamic Hedging: Managing vanilla and exotic options, by Nassim Taleb, hardback 506 pages
Investments, by Bodie Kane & Marcus, hardback 115 pages
Volatility in the Capital Markets: State-of-the Art Techniques for Modeling, Managing and Trading Volatility, ed. Israel Nelken, hardback 224 pages
Investment under Uncertainty, by Avinash K. Dixit and Robert S. Pindyck, hardback 468 pages one of the first books about real options
The Evaluation of Risk in Business Investment, by JC Hull, paperback 177 pages
Risk, by John Adams, paperback
228 pages,
The Handbook of Risk Management and Analysis, edited by Carol Alexander, hardback 367 pages essays
Market Volatility, by Robert J. Shiller, paperback 464 pages
Against the Gods: the remarkable story of risk, by Peter L. Bernstein, hardback 383 pagesgood novel
Know Your Net (spiral-bound), easy to read, good introduction to anyone who wants to know about the Internet
Lotus Notes Release 4 for Dummies - Quick Reference, also easy to read.
The Practical SQL Handbook, by Bowman et al, a pink paperback, that explains everything about SQL database query language clearly.
Using Access 95, by Roger Jennings, a thick paperback that explains what you need to know to build and use this popular Microsoft database
Forecasting: methods and applications 2nd ed, by Makridakis Wheelwright and McGee, hardback 926 pages
Time Series Analysis, by James D. Hamilton, hardback 799 pages
Probability for Applications, by Paul E. Pfeiffer, hardback 679 pages
Probability an introduction, by Samuel Goldberg, paperback 322 pages
Numerical Analysis 2nd ed., by David Kincaid and Ward Cheney, hardback 804 pages
Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers 2nd ed., by R.W. Hamming, paperback 721 pages
Statistical Methods for Survival Data Analysis 2nd ed., by Elisa T. Lee, hardback 482 pages
An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications vol. 1, by William Feller, hardback 509 pages
An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications Vol. 2, by William Feller, hardback 669 pages, $89.95 $96.95
Response Surface Methodology: Process and Product Optimization Using Designed Experiments, by Raymond H. Myers and Douglas C. Mongomery, hardback 700 pages
Bayesian Analysis of Linear Models, by Lyle D. Broemeling, paperback 454 pages
Categorical Data Analysis, by Alan Agresti, hardback 558 pages
Mathematical Methods for Physicists 4th ed., by George B. Arfken and Hans J. Weber, hardback 1029 pages
Calculus of Variations with applications to Physics and Engineering, by Robert Weinstock, paperback 326 pages
Ordinary Differential Equations: an elementary textbook for students of mathematics engineering and the sciences, by Morris Tenenbaum and Harry Pollard, paperback 808 pages
Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers, by Stanley J. Farlow, paperback 414 pages
Essential Calculus with applications, by Richard A. Silverman, paperback 292 pages
A First Course in Partial Differential Equations with complex variables and transform methods, by H.F. Weinberger, paperback 446 pages
A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation, by Jean-Jacques Laffont and Jean Tirole, hardback 705 pages
From Regulation to Competition: New Frontiers and Electricity
Markets, by Michael. Einhorn, hardback 286 pages
Spot
Pricing of Electricity, by Schweppe Carmanis Tabors and Bohn, hardback
355 pages, $138 limited availability original classic!
Competition and Choice in Electricity, by Sally Hunt and Graham Shuttleworth, hardback 237 pages, limited availability - much sought after, name your price
Retail
Wheeling: a guide for end-users, by Peter C. Christensen, hardback 271 pages
Limited availability
Using Consensus Building to Improve Utility Regulation, by Jonathan Raab, paperback 316 pages
The Electric Industry in Transition, published by Public Utilities Reports, paperback 287 pages
Electricity
Transmission Pricing and Technology, edited by Michael Einhorn and Riaz Siddiqi,
hardback 282 pages
Privatization: an economic analysis, by John Vickers and George Yarrow, paperback 454 pages
Industrial Organization: theory and applications, by Oz Shy, paperback 466 pages
The Economics of Regulation: principles and institutions, by Alfred E. Kahn, paperback 360 pages
International Comparisons of Electricity Regulation, edited by Richard J. Gilbert and Edward P. Kahn, hardback 500 pages
Econometric models & Economic Forecasts, by Robert S. Pindyck & Daniel L. Rubinfeld, hardback 596 pages
A Guide to Econometrics, by Peter Kennedy, hardback 238 pages, librarybook
The MIT Dictionary of Modern Economics, 4th ed by David W. Pearce, paperback 474 pages
The Analytics of Uncertainty and Information, by Jack Hirshleifer and John G. Riley, paperback 465 pages
Economic
Literacy: what everyone needs to know about money and markets, by Jacob
de Rooy, paperback 420 pages
A Course in Game Theory,
by Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein, paperback 352 pages
Game Theory: mathematical models of conflict, by A. J. Jones, paperback 309 pages