A Financial Bestiary : Chesham Bois : 9780956663504 : 0956663508 : 01 Dec 2010 : This is an applied book, using the bare minimum of mathematics to givea good understanding of finance. It is ideal for people just startingout in their financial career or those who have some financialexperience who want to broaden and refresh their knowledge.A bestiary was a medieval book containing pictures and descriptions ofmythical beasts each with its own moral tale to edify the reader. Thisis a bestiary of finance, and as such starts with a picture book ofjobs and traded instruments in finance. Then the "Foundations" sectionsets out the broad picture of who does what and why in financialmarkets. Finally there are detailed chapters on financial instrumentsgrouped into sections on "Fixed Income," "Credit," and "Forwards, Futures and Options." The book contains many figures and fully workedexercises to clarify the concepts.