Markov chains and mixing times

Introduction to finite Markov chains --
Classical (and useful) Markov chains --
Markov chain Monte Carlo : metropolis and Glauber chains --
Introduction to Markov chain mixing --
Coupling --
Strong stationary times --
Lower bounds on mixing times --
The symmetric group and shuffling cards --
Random walks on networks --
Hitting times --
Cover times --
Eigenvalues --
Eigenfunctions and comparison of chains --
The transportation metric and path coupling --
The Ising model --
From shuffling cards to shuffling genes --
Martingales and evolving sets --
The cutoff phenomenon --
Lamplighter walks --
Continuous-time chains --
Countable state space chains --
Coupling from the past --
Open problems --
Appendix A : Background material --
Appendix B : Introduction to simulation