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Are you getting a true picture of your company’s performance? The disturbing answer, for most senior managers and CFOs today, is no. The culprit? Current management accounting practices produce financial statements that are unnecessarily complex and confusing. As a result, most companies are run by executives who do not fully understand their own financial information. This explosive issue and its implications are fully explored in Real Numbers.

Gifted pastry chef Spike Ridley knows most everything about cooking, but the recipe for home has eluded her. Have mixer will travel has been her motto, and now she has lost the one person who’d loved her from childhood. When she crashes into famed quarterback Tate Ransom, life takes an abrupt turn. Tate has suffered a deep personal loss of his own, and coupled with a career-threatening injury, the ground beneath him is shifting. Forced into a road trip toward uncertain futures, the snarky sprite and celebrity jock get glimpses beneath the other’s veneer, and what they find surprises them.

An invitation arrives; Abbey Coote, professor of American studies, has won an extended stay in a historic bed and breakfast: Pine Tree House. The timing is perfect. Abbey is recovering from an accident which left her abusive boyfriend dead, and her with little memory of the event.

Ça se corse pour oss 117 ! Informé que les Russes installent en divers points du globe des bases ultrasecrètes dans des grottes sous-marines, le chef du service action de la CIA envoie son agent OSS 117 sur l'île de Beauté, où vient de disparaître un homme-grenouille surentraîné. Mais tout se corse. Pour avoir oublié, dans le feu de l'action, que son Beretta ne contenait que huit balles au lieu des dix de son J. C. Higgins resté dans l'autre poche, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath a failli perdre la vie... mais aussi Brigitta, pour qui il éprouve une immense tendresse.

East London, 1940. At the outbreak of war, hopeless romantic Prue Carmichael and her sister must leave their rural parish behind when their father is posted to a church in Stepney. To Prue, the blitz-ravaged streets of London seem an unlikely place for love to bloom – until a chance encounter throws rakish engineer Jack Quinn into her path. But as their connection deepens, his troubled past begins to emerge, and Prue realises Jack has secrets to hide.

Deuce Mora’s one tough cookie: a female sleuth with a conscience and an attitude; fiery, tough, athletic, a dirty fighter when she has to be. In Jean Heller’s first mystery featuring the scrappy newspaper columnist, Deuce finds out in short order that if you mess with organized crime, you have to be tough—and you’d better be as much detective as reporter. When she walks into a seedy neighborhood bar in a suburb of Chicago—all six feet of her, topped with auburn curls—she’s searching for a human-interest story.

L'ouverture des archives russes, il y a dix ans, permet de porter un regard neuf sur les grands personnages de l'histoire soviétique, à commencer bien sûr par Staline, l'une des figures les plus énigmatiques de l'histoire du XXe siècle. Comprendre l'homme des épurations politiques et physiques, des procès truqués, des millions de morts au cours de la famine de 1932 - 1933, de la déportation d'une quinzaine de peuples, du Goulag, de la guerre froide, c'est aussi reprendre sous un autre angle la question de "l'œuvre noire" du communisme.

L'ouverture des archives russes, il y a dix ans, permet de porter un regard neuf sur les grands personnages de l'histoire soviétique, à commencer bien sûr par Staline, l'une des figures les plus énigmatiques de l'histoire du XXe siècle. Comprendre l'homme des épurations politiques et physiques, des procès truqués, des millions de morts au cours de la famine de 1932 - 1933, de la déportation d'une quinzaine de peuples, du Goulag, de la guerre froide, c'est aussi reprendre sous un autre angle la question de "l'œuvre noire" du communisme.

Two of the world's leading experts explain the vital link between health and wealth that could add years to your life and dollars to your retirement savings. All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if we can't get out of bed. And the healthiest body in the world won't stay that way if...

It's never too soon to think about the rest of your life. Do you ever wonder what your future holds? Although much of what lies ahead for you may be unknown, God reveals what is known through his Word. This known part is strength for the journey, no matter what twists and turns life takes. God's promises and instructions contain just what you need.

Insights from the latest research on team emotional intelligence and TalentSmartEQ’s research trends from working with over 200 teams (with 2000+ team members) combine to bring EQ know-how to the team level. Team Emotional Intelligence 2.0 delivers practical strategies and showcases how an emotionally intelligent team is far more than the sum of its parts. This book delivers 53 strategies and a step-by-step process for increasing team EQ skills so team leaders and anyone who’s a member of a team can achieve peak performance and reach their goals.

From a New York Times bestselling author and George H.W. Bush's former Chief of Staff, pivotal life lessons from a leader that left a mark on people's hearts and souls. Character Matters is a reminder of the importance of character when defining true leadership. Colleagues, friends, and family...

Retour au Vieux Royaume ! "J'ai quand même un ragot à vous servir, et du lourd ! Figurez-vous que ce n'est point avec moi que les elfes ont commencé à grenouiller dans les affaires de l'État. Bien loin de là ! Il y a deux bons siècles déjà, au moment de l'Émancipation de Cidualia, ils nous ont joué un tour à leur façon. Et les marles en tâtent tellement pour la barabille que l'un d'entre eux, sans même pointer son joli minois dans notre belle cité, nous a tous jetés dans une sacrée flanche ! Jugez-en par vous-même."

From Chelsea House’s Galaxy of Superstars series comes the story of Britney Spears, who began her career in the 1990s update of The Mickey Mouse Club.

Simon MacCoinneach's vengeance runs deep. The blade is the only way to end the bloodthirsty Nordmen's reign upon Scottish soil. His soul might be lost, but the mystical Healer he kidnaps from the isles could be the answer for his ailing mother...and his heart. Isles-born Gwyn reluctantly agrees to a marriage alliance with this heathen Scot in return for the sanctuary of her younger brother from her abusive Norse father. Her brother's condition is beyond the scope of her Ancient power, for larger healings steal breaths of life from her own body.

Scholar, philosopher, and expert in the study of human capacity Jean Houston invites us into her home for a remarkably intimate look at her life and philosophy - from her earliest childhood memories to her profound vision for the future

In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof. Prompted by...

When travelling, do you want to journey off the English-speaking path, meet people and communicate easily? If so then you need to Get Talking. Through 10 common scenarios plus culture and travel advice, you'll learn the skills for understanding and the confidence to speak French in just 10 days. Practise the most frequent words and expressions for: introducing yourself, booking a room, checking into a hotel, asking for directions, getting in touch with an old friend, meeting an old friend for coffee, booking a table at a restaurant, arriving at a restaurant for dinner...

Rien n'est plus comme avant : le monde tel qu'on le connaît semble avoir vacillé, plus d'électricité ni d'essence, les trains et les avions ne circulent plus. Des rumeurs courent, les gens fuient. Nell et Eva, dix-sept et dix-huit ans, vivent depuis toujours dans leur maison familiale, au cœur de la forêt. Quand la civilisation s'effondre et que leurs parents disparaissent, elles demeurent seules, bien décidées à survivre.

Mit der "Phädra" Racines hat die Tragödie des französischen Barockklassiszismus unbestritten ihren Höhepunkt erreicht. Farbiger und subtiler als die Dramen Corneilles, die ganz vom Ehrbegriff und vom Staatsgefühl des Grand Siècle getragen sind, wird die Tragödie bei Racine zum Tableau menschlicher Leidenschaft, in dem selbst das Pathologische nicht ausgespart ist. Die Liebe als alles beherrschende Macht ist Racines ureigenstes Thema, und es deutet auf jansenistische Vorstellungen hin...