Are you, or a loved one, desperate to stop smoking once and for all? Do you think you will never stop? In: "Smoking - The Secret Art Of Stopping", Stephen Ross shows how he, and his friends quit after thirty years of chain smoking, with minimum drama, little effort, and absolutely no willpower! Based on the principles of Sun Tzu's "The Art Of War", this book takes everything you thought you knew about stopping smoking, and turns it upside down. Creating nothing less than a radically new wa...

Some mysteries you don't solve.You survive!Thornton Thacker had never met a girl like Caroline Greer. It was love at first sight, and trouble thereafter.Thacker is no stranger to trouble. He's a trench coat-wearing teenage detective living in a city of shadows and sirens - a concrete jungle with more secrets than streetlamps - and he's made a habit of chasing the things that bite back.A missing Egyptian mummy, cryptic hieroglyphs, and a curse older than the con...

He was one of the brightest stars at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, a brilliant young banker on his way to the top. But Brian Molony had a secret obsession: he loved to gamble. The unsuspecting bank was soon fuelling that obsession, as Molony helped himself to hundreds of thousands, then millions, of dollars in fraudulent loans. Despite falling deeper and deeper in the hole, Molony convinced himself he could win it all back. Before long, the mild-mannered assistant manager had bec...

NEW WARRIORS IN AN ANCIENT BATTLE…The ongoing battle against the immortal Elder Gods enters the modern age. Magic, mayhem, and murder no longer reign in dusty books discovered in decrepit libraries. Today's monsters can be called by more than uncanny rituals in candlelit basements. Madness lurks on the internet and lives in the locker room. It breeds in the mall and ambushes its victims outside the club.But those who fight this vast evil have also moved int...

A partire dalla crisi finanziaria del 2007/2008, il contesto di riferimento della corporate finance ha vissuto turbolenze fortissime. Incertezza è la parola d'ordine: i manager finanziari devono fronteggiare mercati finanziari più volatili, tassi di interesse bassissimi sino al 2021 e ora crescenti e poco prevedibili e, infine, decisioni di investimento molto più complesse rispetto al passato. I titoli pubblici hanno spesso registrato rendimenti negativi, l'inflazione è stata a lungo vicin...

From the Teddy Boys of the post-war decade to the heroin chic of “Cool Britannia,” the many subcultures of Britain's teenagers have often been at the forefront of social change. Youth Culture and the Post-War British Novel is the first book to chart that history through the work of some of the most influential contemporary British writers.In this vivid work of cultural history, Stephen Ross explores:· The manic teenage vision of Absolute Beginners· ...

Spectrality in Modernist Fiction argues that key modernist writers, chiefly Conrad, Forster, Butts, and Bowen, use spectral rhetoric to tackle problems of sex and sexuality, revolution, imperialism, capitalism, and desire all through complicated ethical engagements. These engagements invariably come packaged in, and are shaped by, the language of spectrality. In its capacity to articulate a particular sort of relationship between the past, the present and the future, the spectral ...

He was one of the brightest stars at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, a brilliant young banker on his way to the top. But Brian Molony had a secret obsession: he loved to gamble. The unsuspecting bank was soon fuelling that obsession, as Molony helped himself to hundreds of thousands, then millions, of dollars in fraudulent loans. Despite falling deeper and deeper in the hole, Molony convinced himself he could win it all back. Before long, the mild-mannered assistant manager had bec...

Navigate the evolving world of sport public relations.Now in its fourth edition, Sport Public Relations provides students, educators, and professionals with the foundational knowledge and modern strategies needed to navigate the evolving world of public relations (PR) in sport.The textbook presents essential topics such as media relations, digital and social media engagement, crisis communication, ...

A judge hands down a stretch in a local, state, or federal prison. It's time for some serious life lessons. With the crime rates soaring in the United States and the prison population growing faster than at any other time in American history, staying alive and well - both mentally and physically - is tougher than ever.

“Should be required reading for anyone interested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Well researched and eloquently presented.” —The Atlantic * “Delivers Cormac McCarthy-worthy drama; while the nonfictional asides imbue that drama with the authority of documentary.” —The New York Times Book ReviewA celebrated journalist takes a fiercely divided America and imagine...

Sport Public Relations, Third Edition With HKPropel Access, offers a comprehensive examination of the value and practice of public relations in sport. Extensively updated and substantially reorganized, this third edition reflects the evolution of the field with modern applications across a wide range of media channels. The book’s topics align with the Common Professional Component topics outlined by the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA).The author team b...