Finally...the first international restaurant guidebook by the real insiders: over 400 of the world's top chefs. From bargain noodle joints to high-end restaurants; late night haunts to all day breakfasts; neighborhood eateries to destination restaur…
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The exploding cost of health care in the United States is a source of widespread alarm. Similarly, the upward spiral of college tuition fees is cause for serious concern. In this concise and illuminating book, well-known economist William Baumol exp…
'Bad Science' hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science, becoming a 400,000 copy bestseller. Now Ben Goldacre puts the $600bn global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope. What he reveals is a fascinati…
Fair trade is widely regarded as a universal good. This fascinating anthropological study takes a closer look at a coffee-growing community and cooperatives in Costa Rica - and subjects the fair trade movement to critical scrutiny. As with conventio…
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'This book will give you an understanding of what has made Toyota successful and some practical ideas that you can use to develop your own approach to business' - Gary Convis, Managing Office of Toyota. Fewer man-hours. Less inventory. The highest q…
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The Management of Hotel Operations adopts an innovative approach to the study of hotel management based on the concept of key result areas. The book identifies and explores the fundamental issues facing the manager - such as profitability, productiv…
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Many experts agree that energy is the defining issue of this century. Climate change, decimated wildlife, lost farmlands and foreign wars are only a few of the results of our dependence on oil. In Terra Nova, landscape ecologist Eric Sanderson takes…
In this provocative and broad-ranging work, the authors argue that the ways in which knowledge - scientific, social and cultural - is produced are undergoing fundamental changes at the end of the twentieth century. They claim that these changes mark…
Myofascial Trigger Points: Pathophysiology and Evidence-Informed Diagnosis and Management's emphasis is on the etiology of trigger points with a critical overview of current concepts. The contributing authors are the most respected myofascial pain r…
This is the never-before-told story of Patron Tequila - the brand that revolutionized an industry. How a billion-dollar business ascended from a forgotten dusty agave field in central Mexico. The Patron Way details the unorthodox building of the bra…
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The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies in this field of Tourism. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical regions, to provide…
Cases in Clinical Medicine brings the study of medicine to life with over 100 patient case studies that simulate actual clinical practice. Addressing a comprehensive range of medical conditions - from cardiovascular diseases to psychiatric illnesses…
The new edition of Maritime Economics combines a sophisticated historical and theoretical analysis of this large and complex market with a practical explanation of all aspects of the shipping industry. New and enlarged chapters in this substantially…
For 5000 years shipping has served the world economy and today it provides a sophisticated transport service to every part of the globe. Yet despite its economic complexity, shipping retains much of the competitive cut and thrust of the "perfect" ma…
This title features more than 300 high-yield flashcards that cover must-know information for the EMT certification exam. McGraw-Hill's EMT Flashcards offer a succinct, comprehensive, and easy-to-carry review of the essential concepts students need t…
Event Studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned events. This book focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events and the meanings attached to them, the dynamic processes shaping e…
En monografi som kompletterar Good to Great. Nu har Jim Collins senaste bidrag kommit – en kort skrift om hur idéen om det enastående – det som är GREAT – hör lika mycket hemma i våra organisationer utan vinstmål som i de vanliga f…
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The Russian oil industry--which vies with Saudi Arabia as the world's largest producer and exporter of oil, providing nearly 12 percent of the global supply--is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through the Russian economy and wor…
This is a practical book aimed at those whose daily task it is to think about and manage or regulate the risks of hazardous technologies. The book is not targeted at any one domain, but attempts to identify general tools and principles that are appl…
A A wide ranging analysis of the Disney empire by a leading scholar A Studies Disney from a variety of perspectives: as a global business, the content of Disney products, and how they are received by audiences A Discusses Disney theme parks as well…
An international bestseller, Twilight in the Desert has generated a firestorm of media attention from publications such as the Los Angeles Times, BusinessWeek, the Wall Street Journal, and even a cover story in the acclaimed New York Times Magazine.
Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline. In this exhaustively researched book, veteran oil industry analyst Matthew Simmons draws on his three--plus decades of insid…
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'This collection of classic essays in the study of visual culture fills a major gap in this new and expanding intellectual field. Its major strength is its insistence on the importance of three central aspects of the study of visual culture: the sig…
The honey bee is a miracle. It is the cupid of the natural world. It pollinates crops; making plants bear fruit and helping farmers make money. But in this age of vast industrial agribusiness, never before has so much been asked of such a small wond…
This book sheds light on how global warming has caused the ongoing environmental disaster in the Arctic, namely its melting. This development, if left unabated, will have a major negative environmental impact, not only on the Arctic itself, but on t…
"Services Marketing Management" builds on the success of the previous editions, formally entitled "The Management and Marketing of Services", to provide an easily digestible approach to the service industry with a specific focus on the management an…
The world's bestselling anesthesiology book Morgan and Mikhail's Clinical Anesthesiology, 5e is a clinically oriented presentation of the basic principles essential to the practice of anesthesiology. It features up-to-date discussion of all relevant…
This comprehensive, multi-disciplinary introduction to public policy and planning as carried out by governments and associated agencies covers the rights of the person as a citizen in terms of their needs and requirements for leisure, travel and spo…
In this star-studded autobiography, Clive Davis shares a personal, candid look into his remarkable life and the last fifty years of popular music as only a true insider can.In the history of popular music, no one looms as large as Clive Davis. His c…
If you're like most people, you bet your career and company on innovation - because you must. "Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation" offers you a new way to think about and manage innovation that will dramatically improve the odds of success.…
Companies can't survive without innovating. But most put far more emphasis on generating Big Ideas than on executing them turning ideas into actual breakthrough products, services, and process improvements. That's because 'ideating' is energizing an…
Sepp Holzer farms steep mountainsides in Austria 1,500 meters above sea level. His farm is an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, waterways and tracks, well covered with productive fruit trees and other vegetation, with the farmhouse…
A comprehensive guide to transport and separation processes, covering both fundamental principles and practical applications. Part 1 covers the essential principles underlying transport processes and Part 2 covers key separation processes, including…
Photojournalism: A Professionals' Approach, 6th edition blends insightful interviews with professionals, practical experience, current equipment and camera technology, and high-impact photographs to create the definitive book on photojournalism. The…
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This bestselling all-in-one guide to the event planning business is back and better than ever, fully updated and revised to reflect the very latest trends and best practices in the industry. This handy, comprehensive guide includes forms, checklists…
"Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse", sa romerne: "Å seile er nødvendig, selv om sjøfolk må ofres" Det er velkjent at norske sjøfolk gjorde en fremragende innsats i norsk utenriksflåte under krigen. Over tusen norske skip deltok, og 3.800…
Now available in paperbackwith a new preface and interview with Jessica Livingston about Y Combinator Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days is a collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in…
This groundbreaking book examines the ways in which questions of culture and diversity impact on the values and ethics of social work. Using detailed case studies to illustrate key points for practice, Richard Hugman discusses how social workers can…
