Business, Finance & Law Books

Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction to Securities Trading and Markets 2. Securities Markets 3. Financial Market Utilities and Securities Trading Support 4. Institutional Trading 5. Regulation of Trading and Securities Markets 6. Adverse Selection, Trading, and Liquidity 7. Random Walks, Risk and Arbitrage 8. Arbitrage and Hedging with Fixed Income Instruments and Currencies 9. Arbitrage and Hedging with Options 10. Evaluating Trading Strategies and Performance 11. The Mind of the Investor 12. Market Efficiency 13. Trading Gone Awry

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. What is Pharmacology? 2. How Different Tissues Process Drug Response 3. Drug–Receptor Theory 4. Pharmacological Assay Formats: Binding 5. Drug Targets and Drug-Target Molecules 6. Agonists: The Measurement of Affinity and Efficacy in Functional Assays 7. Orthosteric Drug Antagonism 8. Allosteric Modulation 9. The Optimal Design of Pharmacological Experiments 10. Pharmacokinetics 11. Safety Pharmacology 12. The Drug Discovery Process 13. Selected Pharmacological Methods

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart I Introduction 1. Introduction to the Holocene glacial landscapes 2. Homogenisation of cosmic-ray exposure ages 3. Quaternary interglacials 4. Synthesis of Holocene glacial landscapes in Europe Part II Climate changes during the Holocene in eastern North Atlantic and Europe 5. Introduction to the Holocene climate 6. Greenlandian Stage (Early Holocene, 11.7_8.2 ka) 7. Northgrippian Stage (Middle Holocene, 8.2_4.2 ka) 8. Meghalayan Stage (Late Holocene, 4.2 ka_present) 9. Synthesis and perspectives: drivers, rhythms, and spatial patterns of Holocene climate change Part III The European glacial landforms during Holocene 10. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Russian Arctic and the Urals 11. Holocene glacial landscapes of Svalbard 12. Holocene glacial history and landforms of Iceland 13. Early Holocene glacial landscapes and final-stage deglaciation of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet 14. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Scandinavian Peninsula 15. Holocene glacial and periglacial landscapes of Britain and Ireland 16. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in Northern Central Europe 17. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in the Tatra Mountains 18. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in the Romanian Carpathians 19. Holocene glacier variations in the Northern Caucasus, Russia 20. Holocene glacier variations in the Alps 21. The Pyrenees: glacial landforms from the Holocene 22. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Iberian Mountains 23. Holocene glacial landscape of the Apennine Mountains 24. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Atlas Mountains, Morocco 25. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Balkans 26. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Anatolian Peninsula Part IV Synthesis of the European Landscapes during the Holocene 27. The European Glacial Landscapes from the Early Holocene 28. The European Glacial Landscapes from the Middle Holocene 29. The European glacial landscapes from the Late Holocene 30. Recent evolution and perspectives of European glacial landscapes

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Book SynopsisSir Alan Sugar is chairman of Amshold Group Ltd. In 2009 he was appointed by PM Gordon Brown as Enterprise Champion to advise the government on small business and enterprise, and was also awarded a life peerage, becoming Alan, Baron Sugar of Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney. He continues to appear in The Apprentice. He is also the author of The Way I See It and Unscripted.Trade ReviewBrilliantly upfront -- Andrew Billen * The Times *Brash and bold are two adjectives used to describe this ruthless businessman turned TV personality. But Lord Sugar is a self-made man and one of Britain's finest business brains. His story so far is inspirational to the end * The Sun *Sugar is unusual among celebrity memoirists in that he's a clever man who has done a lot with his life, and the tale of his rise from nothing, and nowhere is genuinely revealing * Private Eye *I'm addicted to autobiographies and What You See Is What You Get is one of the best i've read. Love him or loathe him, Baron Sugar of Clapton is the walking, snarling embodiment of all the values he espouses on The Apprentice. He believes in loyalty, hard work, looking after your family and enjoying your success. His rise to success from a tiny council house in East London is extraordinary and he tells it in the kind of blunt, no-nonsense way that has made him such a hit on television -- Piers MorganAnyone reading an autobiography of Alan Sugar will want to glean some of his business savvy. And he delivers. Even his section on running Tottenham Hotspur FC provides insights into his attitudes and working methods * Sunday Herald *Aspiring entrepreneurs will welcome the business advice that is ladled out liberally * Sunday Telegraph *He tells the story with characteristic wit and honesty, adding enough juicy bits of gossip to keep non-business readers onside. Having set the task of writing and marketing a bestselling book there's little doubt he'll be on the winning team * Director magazine *

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Book SynopsisThe pressure of coalitions and interest groups, the self- interest of politicians and bureaucrats may all work against a solution being found for some of the most urgent social and economic problems of our times.Table of ContentsIntroduction - PART 1 DOWNS - Democracy and Consent - Organisations and Interests - PART 2 OLSON - Free Riders and Free Markets - Collective Action and Economic Growth - PART 3 HIRSCH - Social Limits and Collective Action - Reference Notes - Index

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Book SynopsisThe Competitive Advantage of Nations is one of the most influential business and management books of all time.Trade Review'America's top business guru...Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School is...consultant to the world on what makes economies hum. His status as an international authority on the right way to manage rests on a quarter of a century of mining data from the corporate coalface.' - The Times 'He's one of the two or three so-called gurus on competitiveness who've had more impact over the past 50 years than anyone else.' - Leo Murray, Director, Cranfield School of Management 'Porter (is) the world's foremost authority on corporate strategy.' - South China Morning Post 'Michael Porter is a guru. In the overcrowded parking lot of management gurus he is the flaming red one with a turbo charged, 32 valve, three litre engine, a GURU1 number plate and a CD changer in the boot. Porter, a professor at Harvard Business School, has not only taught generations of ambitious executives how to run business better, but his CV reads more like Henry Kissinger's diary than the life of an average academic.' - Neil Bennett, Sunday Telegraph 'Porter is the undisputed global authority on strategic management thinking and national competitive advantage.' - Carol Kennedy, Business Highlights, Booksellers' Buyers Guide 2000 'Michael Porter reaches his conclusions the old fashioned way: he earns them through solid research. The lessons of the book are sharp and deep.' - Robert M. Solow, Nobel Laureate in Economics, MIT 'The Competitive Advantage of Nations creates a new sphere in economics: an innovative socio-economic approach that will bring fresh insights to economists and industrialists.' - Shinji Fukukawa, Former Vice Minister, MITI, Japan 'A quite extraordinary achievement. The book's influence is certain to be widespread and profound. ' - Sir Christopher Hogg, Non-executive Chairman, Reuteres Holdsins plc, Chairman, Courtaulds plc ' Michael Porter clearly expresses the virtues of competition, innovation and risk-taking. His book offers insightful diagnoses of chronic economic ills and useful guidelines to a more prosperous economy. It should be read by policymakers and citizens alike.' - Senator Bill Bradley 'Michael E. Porter is an undoubted business guru...This book is, by any standards, a tour de force.' - The Good Book Guide 'Porter's prose is clear, his argument is engaging, and his case thoroughly supported by detailed evidence ... as a framework for understanding, and for effective industrial and political decision-making, it remains essential.' - Euroabstracts 'A classic text.' - Dr Ian Smith, Cardiff Business School 'Professor Michael Porter (is) one of the world's most influential authorities on corporate strategy...(the book) stands to become a standard text for the analysis of relative national economic performance.' - Independent on Sunday 'Michael Porter builds up an all-embracing view of economic change that amounts in the end to a powerful analytical framework...he has done for international capitalism what Marx did for the class struggle.' - The Economist 'The Competitive Advantage of Nations pulls off the seemingly impossible. It adds a fresh dimension to the international competitiveness debate, which has been going on since Adam Smith and David Ricardo.' - The Times 'This book can be envisaged to have a major impact on the thinking of management and government policy-makers.' - International Journal of Information Research ManagementTable of ContentsPreface Introduction to 1998 Edition The Need for a New Paradigm PART 1: FOUNDATIONS The Competitive Advantage of Firms in Global Industries Determinants of National Competitive Advantage The Dynamics of National Advantage PART 2: INDUSTRIES Four Studies in National Competitive Advantage National Competitive Advantage in Services PART 3: NATIONS Patterns of National Competitive Advantage: The Early Postwar Years Emerging Nations in the 1970s and 1980s Shifting National Advantage The Competitive Development of National Economies PART 4: IMPLICATIONS Company Strategy Government Policy National Agendas Epilogue Appendices

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Book SynopsisNICK HANLEY is Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Stirling, UK.JASON F. SHOGREN is Stroock Distinguished Professor of Natural Resource Conservation and Management at the University of Wyoming, USA. BEN WHITE is Profesor and Head of the School of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia, Australia.

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Book SynopsisThe question of how to generate sufficient revenue to pay for health care has become a serious concern for nearly all European policy-makers. This book examines the advantages and disadvantages of funding arrangements currently in use across Europe. Adopting a cross-national, cross-disciplinary perspective, it assesses the relative merits of the main methods of raising resources including taxation; social, voluntary and supplemental forms of insurance; and self-pay including co-payments. Chapters written by leading health policy analysts review recent evidence and experience in both eastern and western Europe. The volume is introduced by a summary chapter which integrates conceptual issues in funding with an overview of the main advantages and disadvantages of each method of funding drawn from the expert chapters. This is an important book for students of health policy, health economics, public policy and managment, and for health managers and policy makers.Table of ContentsNotes on contributorsSeries editors' prefaceForewordFunding health carean introductionFinancing health caretaxation and the alternativesSocial health insurance financingHealth financing reforms in central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet UnionPrivate health insurance and medical savings accountstheory and experienceVoluntary health insurance in the European UnionUser charges for health careInformal health payments in central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Unionissues, trends and policy implicationsLessons on the sustainability of health care funding from low- and middle- income countriesFunding long-term carethe public and private optionsStrategic resource allocation and funding decisionsFunding health care in Europeweighing up the optionsReferencesIndex.

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Book SynopsisReviewersâ comments on the first editionâœZygmunt Bauman presents a cogently argued and compelling thesis... an important book from a distinguished scholar, that adds a new dimension to the poverty debate.âBritish Journal of Sociology âœIt will be of great interest and value to students, teachers and researchers in sociology and social policyâ [Bauman] provides a very forceful and sophisticated statement of the case; and a very well written one too. As a wide ranging analysis of our present discontents it is an admirable example of the sort of challenge which sociology at its best can offer to us and our fellow citizens to re-assess and re-think our current social arrangements.âWork, Employment and Society âœThis is a stylish and persuasive analysis of the transition between the age of the âsociety of producersâ to that of the âsociety of consumersâ.âPolitical Studies It is one thing to be poor in a society of producers and universal employmentTable of ContentsSeries editor’s forewordIntroductionPart one1 The meaning of work: producing the work ethic2 From the work ethic to the aesthetic of consumptionPart two3 The rise and fall of the welfare state4 The work ethic and the new poor5 Work and redundancy in the globalized worldPart three6 Prospects for the new poorNotesIndex

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Book Synopsis"An invaluable collection for anyone researching or teaching cult cinema ... The Cult Film Reader is an authoritative text that should be of value to any student or researcher interested in challenging and transgressive cinema that pushes the boundaries of conventional cinema and film studies." Science Fiction Film and Television"A really impressive and comprehensive collection of the key writings in the field. The editors have done a terrific job in drawing together the various traditions and providing a clear sense of this rich and rewarding scholarly terrain. This collection is as wild and diverse as the films that it covers. Fascinating." Mark Jancovich, Professor of Film and Television Studies, University of East Anglia, UK"It's about time the lunatic fans and loyal theorists of cult movies were treated to a book they can call their own. The effort and knowledge contained in The Cult Film Reader will satisfy even the most ravenousTable of ContentsThe Concepts of Cult1.Harry Allan Potamkin (1932), Film Cults.2. Walter Benjamin (1936). The work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.3. Susan Sontag (1964). Notes on Camp.4. Andrew Ross (1989). The Uses of Camp.5. Umberto Eco (1986). Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage.6. Barry Keith Grant (1991). Science Fiction Double Feature; Ideology in the Cult Film.7. Anne Jerslev (1992). Semiotics by Instinct: Cult Film as a Signifying Practice between Film and Audience.8. Jeffrey Sconce (1995). Trashing the Academy: Taste, Excess and an Emerging Politics of Cinematic Style.9. Joan Hawkins (2000). Sleaze Mania, Euro-Trash and High Art: the Place of European Art Films in American Low Culture.10. Matt Hills (2002). Media Fandom, Neo-Religiosity and Cult(ural) Studies.11. Mark Jancovich (2002). Cult Fictions: Cult Movies, Subcultural Capital and the Production of Cultural Distinctions.Cult Case Studies12. Jean Vigo (1932). Un chien andalou.13. Joan Hawkins (2000), The Anxiety of Influence: Georges Franju and the Medical Horror Shows of Jess Franco.14. Eric Schaefer (1997). The Obscene Seen: Spectacle and Transgression in Postwar Burlesque Film.15. Parker Tyler (1963). Orson Welles and the Big Experimental Film Cult.16. Gary Hentzi (1993). Little Cinema of Horrors.17. Welch Everman (1993). What is a Cult Horror Film?18. Harry Benshoff (2000). Blaxploitation Horror Films: Generic Reappropriation or Reinscription.19. Chibnall, Steve (2003). Get Carter in Context.20. Noel Carroll (1998). The Future of Allusion: Hollywood in the Seventies (and beyond).21. Janet Staiger (2000). Hitchcock in Texas: Intertextuality in the Face of Blood and Gore.22. Steven Jay Schneider (2004). The Essential Evil in/of Eraserhead.23. Lawrence O’Toole (1979). The Cult of Horror.24. J.P. Telotte (2001). The Blair Witch Project Project: Film and the Internet.National and International Cults25. J. Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaum (1983) El Topo: Through the Wasteland of Counterculture.26. Gary Needham (2003), Playing with Genre: Defining the Italian giallo27. Leon Hunt (2000). Han’s Island Revisited: Enter the Dragon as a Transnational Cult Film.28. Annalee Newitz (1995). Magical Girls and Atomic Bomb Sperm; Japanese Animation in America.29. Jinsoo An (2001). The Killer: Cult Film and Transcultural (Mis)Reading.30. Harmony Wu (2003). Trading in Horror, Cult, and Matricide: Peter Jackson’s Phenomenal Bad Taste and New Zealand Fantasies of Inter/National Cinematic Success.31. Sheila J. Nayar (2004). Invisible Representation; the Oral Contours of a National Popular Cinema.32. Nezih Erdogan (2002), Mute Bodies, Disembodied Voices: Notes on Sound in Turkish Popular Cinema.33. Tom Mes (2003). Ichi the Killer.Cult Consumption34. Siegfried Kracauer (1926), The Cult of Distraction.35. Pierre Bourdieu (1979), Distinction.36. Bruce Austin (1981). Portrait of a Cult Film Audience: the Rocky Horror Picture Show.37. Gina Marchetti (1986). Subcultural Studies and the Film Audience: Rethinking the Film Viewing Context.38. David Sanjek (1990), Fans' notes: the Horror Film Fanzine.39. Henry Jenkins (1992). Get a Life: Fans, Poachers, Nomads.40. John Fiske (1992). The Cultural economy of Fandom.41. Martin Barker, Jane Arthurs and Ramaswami Harindranath (2001), The Crash Controversy: Reviewing the Press.42. I.Q. Hunter (2000) Beaver Las Vegas; a Fan Boy’s Defence of Showgirls.43. Martin Barker, Ernest Mathijs & Xavier Mendik (2006), Menstrual Monsters: the Reception of the Ginger Snaps Cult Horror Franchise.Bibliography of Cult Film ResourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisAnimation is one of the fastest-growing fields in film and television, and it is also integral to video games and web development. Once an esoteric and hard-won skill, technology has advanced to the point that simple animated projects can now be produced on a home PC. Its many enthusiasts have fuelled a range of new courses in universities, and in public and private colleges. Drawing on their extensive experience in the field, the authors offer a systematic overview of the role of the animation producer and the production process. They explain how to develop a concept, pitch it to obtain funding, and find a market. They offer detailed advice on recruiting a team, managing different stages of production (including overseas suppliers), quality control, budgeting and scheduling. They also outline the key aspects of 2D and 3D production.From project development, seeking investment to pre- and post-production, for film, television, and the web, The Animation Producerâs Handbook is theTable of ContentsChapter One - Animation: A Definition and HistoryChapter Two – The ProducersChapter Three – The Concept and The Pitch BibleChapter Four – Project DevelopmentChapter Five – Setting Up The Pre-Production Process Chapter Six – The 2D Production Proccess – Part OneChapter Seven – The 2D Production Process – Part TwoChapter Eight – 2D ProductionChapter Nine – Pre-Production – 3D AnimationChapter Ten – Production – 3D AnimationChapter Eleven – Picture Post-Production/Sound Post-ProductionChapter Twelve – Producing Flash, Stop Motion & Multipath MoviesGlossaryAppendix

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Book Synopsis"There are several books on the market now that claim to take readers into the intricacies of health economics 'from first principles'. To me, this book succeeds better than any." Gavin Mooney, Honorary Professor, University of Sydney and University of Cape Town; Visiting Professor, Aarhus University, the University of New South Wales and the University of Southern Denmark"This book would be an excellent choice for anyone wishing to be introduced to the field of health economics â it is undoubtedly the best âHealth Economics 101â textbook around ... There is a desperate need for a greater understanding of health economics principles among health system policy-makers, managers and researchers; this book will contribute enormously to developing such understanding." Professor Di McIntyre, South African Research Chair of Health and Wealth, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town This practical text offers the ideal introduction to the economic tecTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction Section 1: Economics and Health EconomicsKey concepts in health economics Macroeconomics, globalization and health Section 2: Demand and SupplyA simple model of demand Measuring demandSupply: Production in the long and short run Supply: Costs, economics of scale and the supply curve Section 3: MarketsA simple market model Health care markets and efficiency Section 4: Health Care Financing The changing world of health care finance Provider payments Private health insurance Achieving universal coverage Section 5: Economic EvaluationWhat is economic evaluation and what questions can it help to answer? Counting the costs Identifying, measuring and valuing consequences Economic evaluation and decision-making Section 6: Equity and the Role of GovernmentPromoting equity and the role of governmentGlossary

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Book SynopsisâœUnderstanding organisational politics is critical for coaches who want to bring a systemic lens to their work. This fascinating title brings this topic to life, blending insight and practice on diverse themes from gender to digital and from presence to psychological safety.âProf Jonathan Passmore, Professor of Coaching & Behavioural Change, Henley Business School, UKâœThis book is an invaluable guide for anyone wanting to create an inclusive work environment despite the complexities of office politicsâ Whether you're a seasoned executive or just starting your career, this book is a must-read for anyone seeking to thrive in today's competitive business environment.âDr Riza Kadilar, EMCC Global President, The NetherlandsFor employees, managing politics is a core skill. For coaches and mentors, there is the constant dilemma of how to help a client thrive in a political environment while remaining authentic. CoachinTable of ContentsChapter 1: What do we mean by politics?Chapter 2: Political dilemmas in the workplaceChapter 3: Ground-rules for political conversationsChapter 4: How coaches can help?Chapter 4: Ethical mentoringChapter 5: When politics are poisonousChapter 6: The role of coach supervisionChapter 7: What can politics (capital P) teach us about coaching and business?

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Book SynopsisThis book is an innovative alternative to traditional Careers guides, written for anyone creating or delivering a Careers programme to pre-18 learners. It creates a bridge between the concepts of Employability and Careers to highlight how learners can be supported to better understand those first few decisions about study and work . Informed by research and shaped by practice from Careers professionals and educators in pre-18 and higher education, these tried and tested frameworks use two new scaffolding concepts to draw all your activities together, where each idea and activity is underpinned by the principle of âThink like the learnerâ. The book will help you build on your existing work to enhance and get more impact from your Careers programme.This book:âIdentifies five key challenges for learners on their Careers and Employability journeysâMaps the environmental issues around learning and work that affect learnersâRedefTable of ContentsIntroduction: Welcome!Part 1: ContextWhy does it matter to find better ways to talk to learners about Careers and Employability?What are the challenges young people face in making decisions about their future?The EnvironmentIntroducing Careers and EmployabilityPart 2: CareersThe Three Stage JourneyActivity 1: Encourage and enable self-awarenessActivity 2: What does it mean to be Explore, Encounter or Embark?Activity 3: Triage current delivery to Explore Encounter EmbarkActivity 4: Create activity learning gainsActivity 5: Audit your activities across your journey stagesActivity 6: Enable learners to see their learning gainActivity 7: Make work experience meaningfulActivity 8: Make conversations meaningfulActivity 9: Get dataActivity 10: BrandCareers: Summary Part 3: EmployabilityWhat is Employability?KnowledgeAttributesSkillsExperienceIn Around BeyondPart 4: Overcoming the ChallengesPart 5: TransitionsBefore I started work, I wish I’d known…A note on Digital Skills and the workplaceBefore I started university, I wish I’d known…

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Book SynopsisLeadership is a vital part of delivering high quality healthcare for all healthcare professionals. With the introduction of the NHS Leadership Academy, Leadership Framework and the Competency Framework there has never been a better time for paramedics to hone their leadership skills and expertise. This is the first book of its kind to demonstrate just how vital leadership skills are for all paramedics and explore how paramedics can lead in their everyday practice. Divided into two parts the book looks at both the context of contemporary leadership for paramedic practice and then the specific skills of leadership. The book includes chapters on:What is leadership and who does it?Communication skills & leadership Working as a team Decision making Conflict resolution Mentorship and preceptorshipEach chapter includes case studies, examples and quotes from real life paramedic practice to show what good leadership looks like in everyday clinical settingTable of ContentsAbout the contributorsHow to use this bookIntroductionParamedic profilesPart 1 Introducing leadership1 Paramedic leadership & the NHS clinical leadership career framework2 Paramedic leadership: what is it and who does it?3 Clinical leadership in the NHS: implications for paramedics4 Understanding the organisationPart 2 The skills of leadership5 Communication: its impact on leadership6 Working as a team: understanding group dynamics7 Decision making8 Managing and leading change9 Conflict resolution10 Mentorship and preceptorshipIndex

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Book SynopsisThe bestselling and highly influential author of Flow gives his new vision for happiness and success in the workplace.Trade ReviewPraise for FLOW:'Flow requires a mind ... Mr Csikszentmihalyi illuminates the accuracy of what philosphers have been saying for centuries: that the way to happiness lies not in mindless hedonism but in mindfull challenge' * The New York Times *

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Book SynopsisIn a radically new approach, Mark Forster provides the techniques that will enable anyone to achivee time mastery

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Book Synopsis*The classic New York Times Bestseller*''Hugely enjoyable...it reads like a novel, a fantasy tale of rags and riches that happens to be true'' Sunday Times''A superb book... Lewis makes Silicon Valley as thrilling and intelligible as he made Wall Street in his best-selling Liar''s Poker'' Time''A fascinating journey into the Wild West of American capitalism'' Daily Telegraph__________ In the last years of the millennium, Michael Lewis sets out to find the world''s most important technology entrepreneur, the man who embodies the spirit of the coming age. He finds him in Jim Clark, the billionaire who founded Netscape and Silicon Graphics and who now aims to turn the healthcare industry on its head with his latest billion-dollar project. Lewis accompanies Clark on the maiden voyage of his vast yacht and, on the sometimes hazardous journey, takes the reader on the r

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Book SynopsisFrom the authors of bestselling FISH!, exciting real-life applications of the FISH! philosophy to boost morale and quality of business in the workplaceTrade ReviewPraise for FISH!:This is one fish story that doesn't exaggerate. It shows you how changing your attitude lets you enjoy your work and your life. Hook into it, it's quite a catch. * Spencer Johnson, author of Who Moved My Cheese? *The story of the world famous Pike Place fish market is fantastic. But this book is not just about selling fish; it's a love story that can happen in your organisation too. * Ken Blanchard *I recommend this book to anyone, on any level, who wants to make a difference at work. * Hyrum Smith, co-chairman Franklin Covey Co. *

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Book SynopsisYou may think you know what you want in life, but having the idea, the goal, the means, the business plan or the enthusiasm will only get you halfway there. Whatever it is that you want to make happen - whether a new business, community project or innovative idea - the one crucial factor by which it will stand or fall is how well you can communicate it to others. This invaluable book explains just why good communication is so critical and reveals the secrets of honing your skills to ensure your goal is realised. From planning your initiative tois realised. From planning your initiative to making an effective pitch when the stakes are high, international communication coach Juliet Erickson presents the best insights and techniques of persuasive communication that are essential to really make your great ideas happen.Trade ReviewA book that goes a long way to take the mystery out of effective communication * Independent on Sunday *We all know what we want, and this book will help us get it with a smile * You *A HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE for the communications age * Independent on Sunday *

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Book Synopsis''A compelling portrait of early 21st-century casino capitalism ... essential reading.'' - The Times On 13 September 2007, Robert Peston broke the news that Northern Rock had become a victim of the global credit crunch and was seeking an emergency loan from the Bank of England. It was the latest in a long line of scoops by this award-winning journalist. Over the weeks that followed, the Government found itself exposed to the Rock to the tune of 57 billion, or almost 2000 for every taxpayer. As Robert Peston shows in this fascinating book, the seeds for the collapse of Northern Rock and the upheavals in the financial markets were sown years before.Who Runs Britain? is the first time anyone has drawn all the threads together to weave a story that''s rich in extraordinary characters and outrageous feats of economic bravado. This book is about the widening gap between the super-rich and the rest of us. It explores and explodes the mythTrade ReviewA compelling portrait of early 21st century casino capitalism ... essential reading. -- Howard Davies * The Times *Fluent, incredibly up to the minute look at Britain ... Peston, in relaxed, conversational style is a great travelling companion along the highways of finance. * Observer *This lucid and timely guide to the world of turbo-capitalism ... absorbing book, essential reading for anyone who wants to know how the British economy now operates. -- Peter Wilby * Guardian *Peston catches the zeitgeist of Britain and the paradox that is Gordon Brown. * Financial Times *Peston is our rock... The triumph of Robert Peston makes me proud of my old paper, the BBC and of journalism in general. -- Sarah Sands * Independent on Sunday *A devastating account of Blair's producer capture by high finance... Peston navigates with ease the shark-infested waters of hedge funds, sub-prime borrowing, defined-benefit pensions and loans for honours. -- Simon Jenkins * Sunday Times *This remains the most riveting book on finance you may ever bother to read. * Evening Standard *Engaging -- Harry Mount * Telegraph *wonderful clarity * Sunday Telegraph *Starkly lucid -- Polly Toynbee * Guardian *Book of the year * Financial Times *I recommend this book -- Nicholas Lezard * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisYou read a book, you recommend it to a friend. That friend tells another friend. And another... until the book becomes this year''s word-of-mouth sensation. This is the first to analyze the power of the ''pass-it-on'' phenomenon, introducing us to the architects of the mightily efficient, money-spinning model known as the Viral Loop - the secret behind some of the most successful businesses in recent history. Outfits such as Google, eBay, Flickr and Facebook all employ the model at their core; all have seen their stock valuations skyrocket within years of forming. The genius lies in the model''s reliance on replication: what''s the point of using Facebook if none of your friends can see your profile, or using Flickr if you can''t share your photos? Where''s the joy in posting a video on YouTube if no one watches it? In creating a viral product that people want, need and desire, growth can, and will, take care of itself. Find out why the Loop will catch us allTrade ReviewOne of the most astounding things about the Web age is how the best advertising is often no advertising at all. Penenberg masterfully explains how this works with case studies of products that were designed to spread. Every product can use a dose of this technique; this is the book to get to learn how. Recommended! * Chris Anderson, bestselling author of The Long Tail and Free *In tight, engaging prose, Adam captures the essence of the ever-scaling power of the virus. It's not just for geeks any more. * Seth Godin, author of Tribes *Penenberg has unlocked the secret to the most successful digital businesses. An indispensable read. * Robert Safian, Editor-in-Chief, Fast Company *Adam Penenberg's lively book opens a window to all of our futures. * Ken Auletta, author of Backstory *If you want to understand all things viral, this is the place to start. Penenberg's reporting gives us a ringside seat for some of the biggest viral success stories in history, from Tupperware to Ning. * Dan Heath, co-author of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die *Penenberg discovers the perpetual motion machine for business and marketing... Buy this book. Catch a virus. Make a fortune. * Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do? *Instead of entrusting your business to a guru with an agenda and a ghostwriter, you should be turning to a pro journalist like Adam Penenberg, who understands the way media and money interact, has the critical faculty to engage with these phenomena in an unbiased fashion, and the technical facility to explain them to you in an entirely engaging, informative, and actionable way. * Douglas Rushkoff, author of Media Virus and Life Inc. *An intriguing expose of a simple idea worth its weight in gold and then some. * Cairns Post *Word of mouth is nothing new in terms of marketing a product... This is "the power of pass-it-on", according to Penenberg, who looks at how an old idea has been made new again by the likes of Facebook, MySpace and Hot or Not... Penenberg writes accessibly about this "paradigm-busting phenomenon" and makes it all sound so simple. * The Sunday Mail Brisbane, and The Sunday Telegraph *Viral Loop tidily presents a history of viral case studies from analog to digital...This history of social networking benefits from in-depth first-person research. * Courier Mail *

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Book SynopsisA powerful collection of bestselling books that will help you love the work you do - even if you can't always do work that you love.Trade ReviewThis is one fish story that doesn't exaggerate. It shows you how changing your attitude lets you enjoy your work and your life. Hook into it, it's quite a catch! * Spencer Johnson, author of Who Moved My Cheese? *I recommend their book to anyone, on any level, who wants to make a difference at work. * Hyrum Smith, co-chairman Franklin Covey Co. *The story of the world famous Pike Place Fish market is fantastic. But this book is not just about selling fish; it's a love story that can happen in your organisation too. * Ken Blanchard, from the Foreword *'I think that this book should be given to any new employee...on their first day of work... Buy it.' * Amazon Reader Review *

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Book SynopsisThis accessible and comprehensive survey of phonetic theory is an ideal introduction to phonetics for undergraduates approaching the subject for the very first time.Trade Review'This volume is an excellent introduction into the field of phonetics. It presents an impressive account of the articulatory, acoustic and perceptual aspects of human speech sounds. What makes this book especially useful are the various exercises in the chapters, and the addition of online audio materials to let readers develop their practical skills with ear-training exercises'. Marc Swerts, Professor of Communication and Information Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands'the comprehensive content with clear explanations make[s] it a tool that students can use with confidence. It is remarkable in its potential to facilitate connections across the breadth of phonetics, providing excellent foundations for the reader's future career as a phonetician.'Times Higher EducationTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsSymbols for transcribing EnglishIPA chart1. Starting phonetics2. The role of the larynx3. Place of articulation4. Manner of articulation5. Airstream mechanisms6. Describing vowels7. Further parameters of variation in vowels8. Further parameters of variation in consonants9. Connected speech - segment dynamics10. Beyond the segmentAnswers to exercisesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe business environment is a fundamental subject in any Business Studies degree course. This new, student-friendly book divides the subject into the internal and external environment and, where relevant, discusses the interface between the two. It is written with the outward-looking student in mind and, as a result, encourages readers to reflect on what they have read and to consolidate their learning through regular self-testing exercises and discussion points. The text contains highly relevant and ''household name'' case studies, ensuring that it is a highly topical and engaging book. Where organisational styles differ, the authors put forward the pros and cons of different points of view, ensuring that students have the information necessary to make up their own minds and develop management strategies of their own.Table of ContentsIntroduction The rise of management Strategy, mission and stakeholders Structure, size and growth Communication across the functions Leadership and motivation Organisational culture and change The external micro-environment The macro-environment: political influences The macro-environment: economic influences The macro-environment: socio-cultural influences The macro-environment: technological influences The macro-environment: legal influences The macro-environment: environmental influences The macro-environment: demographic influences

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Book SynopsisThis is the book that budding entrepreneurs everywhere have been waiting for. Dragon''s Den star Peter Jones will demonstrate how anyone can becomesuccessful - you just need guts, determination and ideas. In Tycoon, Peter offers his personal insight into the qualities and skills he believes every successful entrepreneur possesses. His Ten Golden Rules provide key building blocks for turning your ideas into successful businesses. He shows how to road test your ideas, create momentum behind a project, inject investors with enthusiasm for your ideas, and how to have the courage to risk failing in order to see your vision become a money-spinning reality.A hugely inspiring book- it''s the ultimate guide to thinking like a millionaire and becoming one.Trade ReviewThis book will inspire you to achieve great success * Philip Green, retail billionaire *The voice of lucrative experience * The Financial Times *Budding entrepeneurs everywhere have been eagerly awaiting the release of Tycoon, and the book is certainly one they will treasure * The Herald *Tycoon may just be the book that kickstarts the rest of your life * Sunday Business Post *

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Book SynopsisINTRODUCED BY LISSA EVANS''I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens. She''s beady eyed, big hearted and blissfully funny'' NINA STIBBE ''Wherever her eye falls, it finds the exact, significant detail, and her ear for dialogue is unerring'' OBSERVER ''Monica''s naked curiosity and general bolshiness are easy to identify with'' LISSA EVANS Poppy, newly recruited cub reporter at the Downingham Post, is determined to prove to the editor that he''s wrong in his belief that ''Women are a nuisance in the office''. He certainly doesn''t think she''s a nuisance when it''s time for the tea round - a job which never fails to fall to the only female reporter.What Poppy lacks in experience, she makes up for in spirit and ambition. She''ll make the Downingham Post the best regional newspaper there is - even if she occasionally gets the names wrong in court hearings. Life for a single professional womaTrade ReviewWherever her eye falls, it finds the exact, significant detail, and her ear for dialogue is unerring * Observer *I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens. She's beady eyed, big hearted and blissfully funny -- Nina StibbeOne of the most affectionate and humorous observers of the English scene, particularly of the pretensions of genteel suburban life, that we have. Not only this, but she can always tell a good story -- John BetjemanMonica Dickens is an author who needs to be rediscovered in a modern age -- Jacqui Howchin * Hunts Post *Monica's naked curiosity and general bolshiness are easy to identify with, and as a narrator she always tells us what we're longing to know - it's like listening to a friend's anecdote, and egging them on -- Lissa Evans

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Book SynopsisIn this landmark work, NEW YORKER columnist James Surowiecki explores a seemingly counter-intuitive idea that has profound implications. Decisions taken by a large group, even if the individuals within the group aren''t smart, are always better than decisions made by small numbers of ''experts''. This seemingly simply notion has endless and major ramifications for how businesses operate, how knowledge is advanced, how economies are (or should be) organised and how nation-states fare. With great erudition, Surowiecki ranges across the disciplines of psychology, economics, statistics and history to show just how this principle operates in the real world. Along the way Surowiecki asks a number of intriguing questions about a subject few of us actually understand - economics. What are prices? How does money work? Why do we have corporations? Does advertising work? His answers, rendered in a delightfully clear prose, demystify daunting prospects. As Surowiecki writes: ''The hero Trade ReviewA bright and lucid columnist for THE NEW YORKER . . . [Surowiecki] knows how to make a convincing, sometimes entertaining case * SUNDAY TIMES *Erudite and entertaining . . . he has a rare gift for combining rigorous thought with entertaining examples * FINANCIAL TIMES *Dazzling . . . will turn your world upside down. It's an adventure story, a manifesto, and the most brilliant book on business, society and everyday life that I've read in years * Malcolm Gladwell, author of THE TIPPING POINT *A handsome addition to the books that combine the verve of smart magazine writing with a whiff of academia . . .a fantastically stylish counter to the expert-knows-best line . . . an offbeat argument for democracy. In the future, "crowd pleaser" might no * GQ *

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Book SynopsisTruly eye-opening . . . There is almost no situation that Harford cannot dissect with his sharp economist''s tools . . . economics has never been this cool'' NEW STATESMANIf humans are so clever, why do we smoke and gamble, or take drugs, or fall in love? Is this really rational behaviour? And how come your idiot boss is so overpaid? In fact, the behaviour of even the unlikeliest of individuals - prostitutes, drug addicts, racists and revolutionaries - complies with economic logic, taking into account future costs and benefits, even if we don''t quite realise it. We are rational beings after all.Trade ReviewThe chapter "Why is Your Boss Overpaid?" is in itself worth the price of this book * Sunday TELEGRAPH *This is no minor thesis . . . If you loved [The Tipping Point and Freakonomics] you'll love this * FINANCIAL TIMES *

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Book Synopsis* The very best letters from Tim Harford's celebrated Financial Times 'Dear Econonmist' column, collected herewith NEW letters for the paperback editionTrade ReviewTim Harford is a riveting expositor of the field, lively and fair minded, and his books The Undercover Economist and its macroeconomic companion piece The Undercover Economist Strikes Back are excellent places to start, both because they are so interesting in themselves and also because they give a good initiation in how economists think and study these sorts of questions -- John Lanchester

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Book SynopsisFrom a wartime beach in Wales to the gleaming skyscrapers of twenty-first-century Manhattan, the extraordinary career of Fleet Street legend Harold Evans has spanned five decades of tumultuous social, political and creative change. Just how did a working class Lancashire boy, who failed the eleven-plus, rise to a position where he could so effectively give voice to the unheard?Born in the bleak years between the wars in the sprawl of Greater Manchester into a thrifty, diligent and loving family, Evans inherited only the privilege of his parents'' example. Theirs was a work ethic that led Evans through night school classes, national service and a passionate commitment to regional life, and, finally, to his unassailably successful editorship of one of our greatest newspapers, the Sunday Times. Whether unpicking the murderous chaos of Bloody Sunday, pursuing a foreign correspondent''s murderers or uncovering the atrocity of Thalidomide, this consummate newsman evokes his contagTrade Review** 'In Harold Evans's cottage, behind a beach dune in Quogue, Long Island, there is a black-and-white photograph of a news conference at The Sunday Times when Evans was editor. "For me," he writes, "it has the exalted resonance of a Nocturne painting" by Whistler. It represents "the culmination of my life in journalism, 35 years, from reporting in Lancashire to the Manchester Evening News, to foreign reporting in Europe and south-east Asia and the United States for the Evening News and The Guardian, to five years of daily newspaper editing in Darlington and then 14 more years editing The Sunday Times of London * Melvyn Bragg TELEGRAPH *** 'Reading these evocative and enjoyable memoirs, one feels the warmth of his sunny personality even as the lights seem to be going outin much of print journalism. He saw the best of it - o, lucky man! * Robert Harris SUNDAY TIMES *** 'Amid the pervasive gloom surrounding the future of newspapers, Harold Evans has produced a memoir to lift the spirits * Lionel Barber FINANCIAL TIMES *** 'SIR Harold "Harry" Evans remains one of the great figures of modern journalism. For this reason, and because the kind of campaigning, reporting-based work he stood for is threatened as never before, his autobiography, written as he turned 80, is both * ECONOMIST *

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Book SynopsisA brilliant, thought-provoking look at British manufacturing industries, and whether it matters that we don't produce like we used to, from the much-loved Today presenter, Evan DavisTrade ReviewCould not be more relevant * Scotland on Sunday *A lively, upbeat account of the way we make our living -- Sean O'Grady * Independent on Sunday *Hits the spot. Upbeat, balanced . . . Filled with interesting facts . . . An engaging book written by an author whose passion and command of his subject shine through * City AM *

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Book Synopsis''A Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychology/behavioural economics primer'' Evening StandardLow-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to companies that tell us ''your call is important to us''. How did we get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so effective that it''s become the communications strategy of our times? This brilliantly insightful book steps inside the panoply of deception employed in all walks of life and assesses how it has come to this. It sets out the surprising logic which explains why bullshit is both pervasive and persistent. Why are company annual reports often nonsense? Why should you not trust estate agents? And above all, why has political campaigning become the art of stretching the truth? Drawing on behavioural science, economics, psychology and of course his knowledge of the medTrade ReviewA Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychology/behavioural economics primer * Evening Standard *Subtle and wide-ranging, written with the generous intelligence and wry humour that admirers of his broadcasting will recognise * New Statesman *His care and his determination to make complicated ideas accessible show, above all, why he is such a good broadcaster * Observer *Davis's journey through the bullshit swamplands makes fascinating reading for anybody involved in communication -- Roland White * Sunday Times *

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Book Synopsis''Highly instructive . . . provides thoughtful analysis'' Financial Times''Exactly what any prospective-or sitting-board member needs'' Arianna Huffington''A must read . . . highly engaging . . . an indispensable guide to how boards function, malfunction, and, most importantly, should operate better'' Mohamed A. El-ErianCorporate boards are under great pressure. Scandals and malpractice at companies like GE, Theranos and WeWork have raised justified questions among regulators, shareholders, and the public about the quality of corporate governance. Boards face ever-louder demands to weigh in on questions of climate change, racial and gender equity, data privacy, and other social issues that range far beyond their traditional mandate: choosing the CEO and endorsing corporate strategy.In HOW BOARDS WORK, prizewinning economist, veteran board director, and bestselling author Dambisa Moyo offers an insider''s view of corporate bTrade ReviewHow Boards Work is exactly what any prospective-or sitting-board member needs to understand the true rigors and realities of board life. Having seen it all, Dambisa Moyo offers valuable guidance on how boards can best focus their time and energy while grappling with social, governance, and environmental issues -- Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global, and former Uber board memberHow Boards Work offers a thorough and nuanced take on the ever-evolving role of corporate boards today. Dambisa Moyo provides a candid assessment of the challenges and opportunities that directors face and wisely warns of the dangers of stasis. The book is not only a must-read for the most tenured and experienced board members, but it also provides critical context to those who one day hope to have a seat at the table. CEOs and corporate leaders everywhere would also be wise to pick up this book -- Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO Ariel Investments; Chair of the Board of Directors, Starbucks; Board Member, JP Morgan; former Dreamworks board chair; and former Estee Lauder board memberThis highly engaging book will rightly attract those interested not just in good corporate governance but also the well-functioning of market-based economies. Drawing on her direct involvements on several boards of companies facing difficult decisions, as well as her global economic expertise, Dr Moyo has written an indispensable guide to how boards function, malfunction, and, most importantly, should operate better. In not shying away from arguing for more assertive boards to overcome costly corporate failures and malaise, she sets out an action-oriented agenda for improving governance - to deal better with long-standing challenges, including better globalization and management of our environment, and to meet mounting new ones in a post-pandemic world. Simply put, this is a must-read for those who realize that, anchored by a more diverse mindset and modernized governance structures, companies can and must play a more important role in helping society overcome too many years of low, unequal, and non-sustainable growth, as well as proliferating mistrust and spreading marginalization -- Mohamed A. El-Erian, President of Queens’ College, Cambridge University; Board Member, Under Armour; and author of THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN and WHEN MARKETS COLLIDEBoards have incredible power to impact how companies and their stakeholders meet the challenges of the modern age. But boards are complex and living organisms that require more than just getting smart people in a room. Dr. Moyo's book, informed by real-world experience in negotiating complex situations, should be a must-read for any board that wants to excel and have an impact today -- Dan Loeb, Founder & CEO, Thirdpoint, and former Sothebys board member

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Book SynopsisA million readers bought The Undercover Economist to get the lowdown on how economics works on a small scale, in our everyday lives. Since then, economics has become big news. Crises, austerity, riots, bonuses - all are in the headlines all the time. But how does this large-scale economic world really work? What would happen if we cancelled everyone''s debt? How do you create a job? Will the BRIC countries take over the world? Asking - among many other things -- what the future holds for the Euro, why the banks are still paying record bonuses and where government borrowing will take us, in The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, Tim Harford returns with his trademark clarity and wit to explain what''s really going on - and what it means for us all.Trade ReviewTim Harford is a brilliant explainer of economics . . . A superb guide, whatever your level of expertise -- William Leith * Evening Standard *Tim Harford is a brilliant explainer of economics . . . beautifully clear . . . A superb guide -- William Leith * Scotsman *Tim Harford is a riveting expositor of the field, lively and fair minded, and his books The Undercover Economist and its macroeconomic companion piece The Undercover Economist Strikes Back are excellent places to start, both because they are so interesting in themselves and also because they give a good initiation in how economists think and study these sorts of questions -- John LanchesterTim has a really exceptional talent for telling a simple and a very easily understood and yet still incredibly interesting story about economics -- Planet Money * The Indicator *Every Tim Harford book is cause for celebration. He makes 'the dismal science' seem like an awful lot of fun -- Malcolm GladwellOur chief economic storyteller ... thanks to people such as Harford, the profession will gain a better informed audience * Independent *Clear-thinking and easy to read ... he has mastered the art of dealing with this subject without the use of a single diagram or mathematical equation * Sunday Times *Reading Harford is like finding yourself next to the funniest, smartest fellow at the party. It is such fun that readers will hardly notice that, by the end, they've mastered macroeconomics * Financial Times *An excellent primer for me, a non-economist who wants to understand the financial crisis -- Simon Singh * Observer *

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Book SynopsisBased on the series produced for the BBC World ServiceWho thought up paper money? How did the contraceptive pill change the face of the legal profession? Why was the horse collar as important for human progress as the steam engine? How did the humble spreadsheet turn the world of finance upside-down?The world economy defies comprehension. A continuously-changing system of immense complexity, it offers over ten billion distinct products and services, doubles in size every fifteen years, and links almost every one of the planet''s seven billion people. It delivers astonishing luxury to hundreds of millions. It also leaves hundreds of millions behind, puts tremendous strains on the ecosystem, and has an alarming habit of stalling. Nobody is in charge of it. Indeed, no individual understands more than a fraction of what''s going on. How can we make sense of this bewildering system on which our lives depend?From the tally-stick to Bitcoin, the canal locTrade ReviewI love these fact-filled micro-documentaries, steeped in history... A masterclass in socioeconomic storytelling * Financial Times on BBC World Service's Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy *They are real masterpieces of brevity and audio storytelling . . . brilliant sideways glances . . . I've been surprised by every episode * Monocle Arts Review on BBC World Service's Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy *This is what BBC radio is for. The series is utterly compelling and low-key... Just brilliant ideas, told simply. A wonderful, wonderful programme * The Times on BBC World Service's Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy *Harford's script is immaculate and so is his presentation * Times of India on BBC World Service's Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy *Short chapters are a delight in this frenetic age . . . Best of all, the book is constantly surprising. It brims with innovations I didn't know about, as well as ones I thought I knew about but did not * The Times *Packed with fascinating detail . . . Harford has an engagingly wry style and his book is a superb introduction to some of the most vital products of human ingenuity * Sunday Times *Harford's richness of detail bespeaks skill both as an economic analyst and as a popular commentator. His sections on barbed wire, passports, the contraceptive pill, infant formula, the bar code and even that IKEA staple, the Billy bookcase, are well researched, racily written and genuinely thought-provoking. His five page essay on the pill is infinitely subtler (and more feminist) than the usual stuff about empowerment . . . This is an entertaining book that might distract you from your gramophone for more than an evening and will find a secure place beside Harford's other books on your Billy bookcase * Times Literary Supplement *Tim Harford, always excellent, turns his eye towards inventions. The plough, the gramophone, the pill, the Billy bookcase. Over and over, Harford shows us, inventions have all sorts of knock-on effects * Evening Standard *Tim Harford is a master at picking out the perfect little story that explains some huge economic principle ... he's been my go-to guy for learning about the economics and math behind the world at large... perfectly crafted to light up the pleasure centres of my nerd brain -- Roman Mars, 99% Invisible

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Book SynopsisThis ambitious and thought-provoking new work offers an overarching analysis of decision-making in all walks of life.

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Book Synopsis''Here''s the history that really matters'' FINANCIAL TIMES''Pitch perfect, fast-moving, brilliantly well-judged'' ADAM TOOZE''A terrific achievement, covering clearly but with subtlety everything from the spinning jenny to Covid-19''ADITYA CHAKRABORTTY, GUARDIAN''Outstanding! Written in a chatty way but contains a remarkable depth and intelligence''MATTHEW SYEDThe UK is, at the same time, both one of the world''s most successful economies and one of Europe''s laggards. The country contains some of Western Europe''s richest areas such as the south east of England, but also some of its poorest such as the north east or Wales. Looking into the past helps understand why.The debates about the balance between economic openness and sovereignty that re-emerged after Brexit would have been familiar to Peel and Cobden in the 1840s. The size of the government''s deficit has dominated politics sinTrade ReviewPitch perfect, fast-moving, brilliantly well-judged. Immensely relevant. This is a history Britain needs. -- Adam ToozeIn just 300 pages his narrative races from the early 1700s to the Covid pandemic, taking in everything from the South Sea Bubble to the impact of the financial crisis. -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *A terrific achievement, covering clearly but with subtlety everything from the spinning jenny to Covid-19. Along the way, Weldon makes some intriguing arguments, such as how successive generations of politicians swear they're fixing problems, only for a new variant to pop up a little later. And he takes on Keynes's assertions that ideas are ultimately what shape history. They don't: what matters most is political power. -- Aditya Chakrabortty, Senior Economics Commentator * Guardian *Could hardly be more timely ...Impressively researched, succinctly written and highly readable * The Times *For all the popular history published about, say, Anne Boleyn's third cousin thrice-removed, books that outline the fundamental forces of British history - the tectonic economic changes beyond any individual's or even government's control - are surprisingly rare. Thankfully, Duncan Weldon has written just such a book. He pans out from the trees we've become so accustomed to squinting at to show us a vast, wild and unpredictable wood. Here is the history that really matters. * Financial Times *Duncan Weldon's Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through argues that more muscular intervention in the economy will only be accomplished through a wider overhaul of the British way of thinking * Prospect *A former British-economy correspondent reflects on 200 years of the country's economic history, showing how politics and the economy have interacted since the Industrial Revolution * The Economist Books of 2021 *Outstanding! Written in a chatty way but contains a remarkable depth and intelligence. Every economics student should read it -- Matthew Syed

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Book Synopsis''Life-changing'' Daily ExpressIf you want to take control of your career - and your life - make sure you''re not too busy to read this book.Today''s world is one of too much: too much work to do, too much communication, too much competition, too much uncertainty and too much information. We are striving to keep up, but inevitably we''re falling behind, leaving us with a nagging sense of failure that is hard to shake off. In Busy, Tony Crabbe debunks the myth that satisfaction at work comes from getting everything done.Instead, he demonstrates that what will enable you to thrive is regaining a sense of mastery over your life, focusing on making an impact, engaging with loved ones and creating the momentum necessary to make changes.''You''ll want to ban busy from your vocabulary after reading this delightful takedown of busyness as an excuse . . . a very smart, fun and enlightening read'' Success Magazine

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Book Synopsis''Full of seriously good leadership wisdom - a must read for those who aspire to greatness'' Richard Koch, bestselling author of The 80/20 Principle ''One of the most stimulating books to read on leadership'' Philip Kotler, Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management ''Loaded with practical, thought-provoking ideas on leadership that can profoundly affect your life'' Brian Tracy, bestselling author of How the Best Leaders Lead and Eat That Frog! Have you ever wondered what characteristics are shared by successful business leaders? Have you ever asked yourself what it is that they do differently which makes them and their organisations stand out from the crowd? And what can you learn from them to ensure your own success? If so, The Book of Leadership is for you.Over the last six years, Anthony Gell has conducted interviews with some of the most successful CEOs, entrepreneursTrade ReviewA very human approach to the topic of leadership and all the more readable for it - Robert Senior, CEO EMEA of Saatchi and SaatchiFull of seriously good leadership wisdom - a must read for those who aspire to greatness - Richard Koch, bestselling author of The 80/20 PrincipleOne of the most stimulating books to read on leadership. Everyone can be a leader who has focus, passion and caring - Philip Kotler, Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of ManagementA very practical guide to excellence in leadership. Read it all or dip in - either way it will be time well spent! - Jon Moulton, Chairman, Better CapitalYou simply must read this book - easily applied lessons, with guaranteed results - Philippa Snare, CMO, MicrosoftA world class leadership book for people and avatars alike - Philip Rosedale, Founder, Second LifeThe wisdom in this book will, if adopted, enable you and your team to get world class results - Sir Stuart Rose, Chairman, Ocado and former CEO, Marks and SpencerThis wonderfully wise and insightful book is loaded with practical, thought-provoking ideas on leadership that can profoundly affect your life - Brian Tracy, bestselling author of How the Best Leaders Lead and Eat That Frog!

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Book SynopsisAre you the next million dollar woman? Women run an increasing number of businesses, but female entrepreneurs still tend to think small, and their companies rarely reach the heights of those of their male counterparts. Most are stuck running kitchen-table businesses, just getting by, or in many cases, running out of cash. Julia Pimsleur aims to change that with Million Dollar Women, which will show you how to take your business to that million-dollar mark and beyond.Million Dollar Women is a fun, accessible business guide combining Pimsleur''s own story with the experiences of seven other women who have raised capital, developed powerful networks, and built multimillion-dollar companies from scratch. It teaches you the concepts and the vocabulary you need to secure funding and scale up. It explains how to make the right connections, when to delegate, and when to seek coaching and support. Drawing on her own experience of becoming a CEO, Pimsleur Trade ReviewUseful and inspiring -- Diane Von FurstenbergDo you have an ambitious vision for your business, but aren't sure what to do next? Million Dollar Women is both encouraging and realistic - it's packed with insights, practical advice, and real-life examples. Successful entrepreneur Julia Pimsleur provides an invaluable guide for any woman who wants to make a big jump -- Gretchen Rubin, author of Better Than Before and The Happiness ProjectMillion Dollar Women gives women a roadmap to getting over the million dollar mark with their businesses . . . A must read for women who care about their financial futures -- David Bach, author of Smart Women Finish Rich and Start Late, Finish RichBuilding your million dollar business often requires finding, convincing and working with outside investors. And those angels and venture capitalists are mostly all men. Million Dollar Women provides the map, compass and inspiration to enable female entrepreneurs to enter that world and emerge victorious! -- Adam Quinton, Investor, CEO of Lucas Point Ventures

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Book Synopsis''With The Sell, Fredrik Eklund has created the modern day How to Win Friends and Influence People. If you''re looking for how to achieve success in the 21st century, the answer is in your hands'' Tom Doctoroff, CEO, J. Walter Thompson, and author of Twitter is Not a StrategyJust over a decade ago, Fredrik Eklund moved to New York City from his native Sweden with nothing but a worn-out pair of sneakers and a dream: to make it big in the city that never sleeps. Despite having no experience in real estate and no contacts, Fredrik transformed himself into the best seller in the most competitive real estate market on the planet, brokering multimillion-dollar deals for celebrities, selling out properties all over the city and charming TV audiences as one of the stars of Million Dollar Listing New York.Blending personal stories and the expertise he''s gained from his meteoric rise, The Sell is the modern guide to becoming successfuTrade ReviewFredrik is one of the most fun and talented people in real estate sales today. He always delivers with undeniable charisma and this book is no exception -- Ivanka Trump, assistant to President Trump, VP of real estate development and acquisitions at the Trump Organization and bestselling author of The Trump CardFredrik could sell ice to an Eskimo. I can't do a high kick, but I'm excited to learn his other tricks! -- Andy Cohen, television host and producer, and author of New York Times bestseller The Andy Cohen DiariesThe number one trait I always looked for when I was hiring someone for my company and what I look for now when I'm investing in entrepreneurs on Shark Tank is passion, a need to succeed. Someone who'd rather die than not be the best. That's Fredrik, and after reading this book, that will be you, too -- Barbara Corcoran, founder of the Corcoran Group, ABC's Shark Tank investor, and author of Shark TalesWith The Sell, Fredrik Eklund has created the modern day How to Win Friends and Influence People. If you're looking for how to achieve success in the 21st century, the answer is in your hands -- Tom Doctoroff, CEO, J. Walter Thompson, and author of Twitter is Not a Strategy

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Book Synopsis''A terrific and important book . . . it''s a great, fresh take on how the 21st century is transforming the way we select everything from food to music'' David Bodanis, author of E=MC2In the past two years humanity has produced more data than the rest of human history combined. We carry a library of data in our pockets, accessible at any second. We have more information and more goods at our disposal than we know what to do with. There is no longer any competitive advantage in creating more information. Today, value lies in curation: selecting, finding and cutting down to show what really matters.Curation reveals how a little-used word from the world of museums became a crucial and at times controversial strategy for the twenty-first century. Today''s most successful companies - Apple, Netflix, Amazon - have used curation to power their growth, by offering customers more tailored and appropriate choices.Curation answers the questioTrade ReviewA fascinating account ... and also a useful guide -- Andy Miller Spectator Full of illuminating detail, Bhaskar's writing eloquently confronts problems of excess -- New Statesman New Statesman A terrific and important book ... it's a great, fresh take on how the 21st century is transforming the way we select everything from food to music -- David Bodanis, author of E=MC2 In his outstanding new book, Michael Bhaskar reveals that curation, formerly the preserve of art galleries and specialists, has become an essential part of our overloaded lives. Dispelling the old mantra that more is better, Bhaskar teaches us that value today lies not in creating more choices, but training ourselves to choose better. Whether operating a business or choosing your own self identity, Curation rightly shifts our focus from producing more and more to finding what matters -- Sheena Iyengar, author of THE ART OF CHOOSING This book is a must have ... Bhaskar penetrates to the very essence of man- and machine-made choices -- Roman Tschappeler, co-author of THE DECISION BOOK

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