Vulnerability to sudden supply chain disruption is one of the major threats facing companies today. The challenge for businesses today is to mitigate this risk through creating resilient supply chains.Addressing this need, ***Supply Chain Risk Management***guides you through the whole risk management process from start to finish. Using jargon-free language, this accessible book covers the fundamentals of managing risk in supply chains. From identifying the risks to developing and i...

Role Models is a personal invitation into one of the most unique, perverse, and hilarious artistic minds of our time.From the incomparable John Waters, a paean to the power of subversive inspiration that will delight, amuse, enrich—and happily horrify readers everywhere.Role Models is, in fact, a self-portrait told through intimate profiles of favorite personalities—some famous, some unknown, some criminal, some surprisingly middle-of-the-...

In this all-in-one volume containing all four Swapping Spouses books, we follow the swap of two pairs of neighbours. In the first book, Swapping Spouses, Bobby initiates the swap and details his night spent with Stephanie. In Swapping Spouses: The Other Couple, Bobby's wife, Carrie, shares her experiences with Tyler, the hottie who lives next door. Swapping Spouses: The Aftermath details Stephanie's time with Bobby and explores what she goes through in the days following the swap. The last...

Sometimes birthday wishes do come true.All Jake Crane wants for his birthday is for something to change. He’s not expecting the change to come in the form of an incredibly handsome man showing up at his door out of the blue—he doesn’t know the six-feet of gorgeous standing on his welcome mat—or does he?After struggling to recover from the death of his father, it turns out good things do sometimes happen to good people. On the most awesome birthday of his li...

A slow-burn, friends to lovers, sizzling romance.Five years ago, Grayson traded his SEAL trident for a badge in law enforcement. When his sister calls from the Pacific Northwest asking for help, he agrees to come home, but falling in love wasn't part of the deal.Hunting for evidence on a case, he meets Holly."Other than attracting men's attention and causing a disturbance, have you noticed any suspicious activity around the resort?"...

**ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 50 BEST THRILLERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY"An absolute ripper of a tale. . .not just a twisty Gothic melodrama but a proto-feminist swashbuckler, brimming with queer eroticism and adventure."—The New York Times“Superb storytelling … so suspenseful and twisting is the plot that for the last 250 pages, I read at breakneck speed.”—USA Today“Deliciously brazen…a smart and seductive enchantment.”—Los Angeles Times

The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste, Containing over Two Hundred Recipes for Italian Dishes is a classic culinary work by Mrs. W. G. Waters, first published in 1901. Inspired by the structure of Boccaccio’s Decameron, the book opens with a charming fictional narrative in which a group of cultured friends, stranded by the sudden departure of their cook, decide to take turns preparing meals for each other. This engaging introduction sets the stage for a comprehensive exploration of Italia...

The New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the circuitous road and tumultuous times leading to the opening of what is arguably America's most influential restaurant.When Alice Waters opened the doors of her "little French restaurant" in Berkeley, California in 1971 at the age of 27, no one ever anticipated the indelible mark it would leave on the culinary landscape—Ali...

Kayla stands in the eye of a hurricane. Past and present are on a collision course, and her tactical experience won't save her. She's the target on a serial killer's radar. The media brews a storm of confusion, pointing at the warriors stationed at Coronado. To catch the killer, she has to relinquish hope, and the Navy SEAL protecting her.Navy SEAL Thane (Ghost) Austen is forced to choose between Kayla and his duty. If he deploys, she'll die. If she returns to Canada, he'll lose th...

There's a love story for every season in this complete collection box set of 5 full-length gay romances plus 3 bonus stories!Read along as the men of Rosedale fall in love through summer, fall, winter, and spring in this steamy, feel-good small-town m/m romance box set.Fall in love with Rosedale, Connecticut with His Coffee Shop Crush, then stay for the seasons with Cool for the Summer, Autumn Crush, Winter Under the Covers

“Chez Panisse is an extraordinary dining experience. . . . It is Alice Waters's brilliant gastronomic mind, her flair for cooking, and her almost revolutionary concept of menu planning that make Chez Panisse so exciting.”—James BeardJustly famed for the originality of its ever-changing menu and the range and virtuosity of its chef and owner, Alice Waters, Chez Panisse is known throughout the world as one of America's greatest restaurants. Dinner there is always an ...

No one knows more about everything—especially everything rude, clever, and offensively compelling—than John Waters. The man in the pencil-thin mustache, auteur of the transgressive movie classics Pink Flamingos, Polyester, Hairspray, Cry-Baby, and A Dirty Shame, is one of the world’s great sophisticates, and in Mr. Know-It-All he serves it up raw: how to fail upward in Hollywood; how to develop musical taste, from Nervous Norvus to Mari...