Business, Finance & Law Books
Cengage Learning EMEA Auditing
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction to Auditing���the Why of Auditing 2. Corporate Governance 3. The Statutory Framework for Auditing 4. Accounting Requirements of the Companies Act 2006 5. Auditing and Accounting Standards and Guidelines 6. Ethical Standards and Rules of Professional Conduct 7. Quality Control in Audit Firms 8. Accepting Appointment as Auditors 9. Accounting Systems and Internal Controls 10. Audit Planning, Audit Risk and Materiality 11. Audit Evidence and Using the Work of an Expert 12. Audit Testing, Sampling and Analytical Review Procedures 13. Systems-Based Auditing 14. Risk-Based Auditing 15. The Audit of Assets 16. The Audit of Liabilities 17. Auditing and Computers 18. Audit Working Papers 19. Internal Audit 20. Errors, Frauds and Unlawful Acts 21. Related Parties 22. Use of Service Organizations 23. Subsequent Events and Going Concern 24. Management Representations 25. The Final Review Stage of the Audit 26. Auditor���s Reports to Shareholders 27. Auditor���s Reports to Directors and Management 28. Group Accounts 29. Auditor���s Liability 30. Review Engagements and Non-Audit Assurance Assignments 31. Public Sector Audit and Value for Money Auditing 32. Performance Evaluation, Environmental Reporting and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Assignments 33. Current Issues
£52.99
Cengage Learning EMEA Strategic Management Awareness and Change
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart I. Understanding strategy and strategic management 1. What is strategy and who is involved? 2. The business model and the revenue model 3. Strategic purpose Part II. Analysis and positioning 4. The business environment and strategy 5. Resource-led strategy 6. The dynamics of competition Part III. Strategy development 7. Introducing culture and values 8. Creating and formulating strategy: alternatives, evaluation and choice 9. Strategic planning 10. Strategic leadership and intrapreneurship: towards visionary leadership? Part IV. Strategic growth issues 11. Strategic control and measuring success 12. Strategic growth: domestic and/or international? 13. Failure, consolidation and recovery strategies Part V. Strategy implementation and strategic management 14. Strategy implementation and structure 15. Leading change 16. Managing strategy in the organization 17. The strategically resilient organization Glossary Credits Index
£58.99
The Audit Process
Book SynopsisNow in its 8th edition, The Audit Process remains the essential introduction to the principles and practices of auditing for accounting students. With every step of the process carefully explained, the authors highlight the role, process and key function of auditing in today's society and prepare learners for examination success through bespoke activities, examples and exercises.
£57.99
Cengage Learning EMEA International Financial Management
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart I. The international financial environment 1. Multinational financial management: an overview 2. International trade, measurement and theories 3. International financial markets and portfolio investment 4. Ethics Part II. Exchange rate behaviour 5. Exchange rate changes 6. Exchange rate history and the role of governments 7. Forecasting exchange rates 8. International arbitrage and covered interest rate parity 9. Relationships between inflation, interest rates and exchange rates Part III. Exchange rate risk management 10. Measuring exposure to exchange rate fluctuations 11. Market insurance: currency derivatives 12. Non-market methods of transaction management 13. Economic and translation exposure management Part IV. Long-term asset and liability management 14. Foreign direct investment 15. Country risk analysis 16. Long-term financing Part V. Short-term asset and liability management 17. Financing international trade 18. Short-term financing 19. International cash management 20. Concluding comments Appendix A: Answers to self-test questions Appendix B: Maths and statistics support Online additional reading 1. Multinational restructuring 2. Multinational cost of capital and capital structure 3. Multinational capital budgeting
£59.99
Cengage Learning EMEA Business Accounting Finance
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents 1. The role of accounting in business SECTION I: Financial accounting and reporting 2. The statement of financial position 3. The statement of profit or loss 4. Applying accounting conventions 5. Depreciation and amortization 6. The statement of cash flows 7. Financial reporting by limited companies 8. Understanding financial reports: trend analysis 9. Understanding financial reports: using accounting ratios SECTION II: Management accounting 10. Management and cost accounting information 11. Costing: overview and basic techniques 12. Costing: accounting for overheads 13. Pricing 14. Marginal costing and decision making 15. Capital investment decisions 16. Budgets 17. Accounting for control 18. Performance measurement SECTION III: Financial management 19. The management of working capital 20. Financing the business Answers to self-test questions Answers to exercises Glossary Index
£49.39
Principles of Business Information Systems
Book SynopsisThe new fifth edition of Principles of Business Information Systems features new cases, new questions and assignments and the latest technologies, whilst retaining its comprehensive coverage of Information Systems issues. It also boasts a wealth of real-world examples from a broad range of countries and updated coverage of IT and technological issues, making it perfect for courses that prepare students for the modern corporate world.
£59.99
Cengage Learning EMEA Managerial Economics
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£55.09
Management Accounting for Business
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Sustainability Accounting and Reporting
Book SynopsisSustainability Accounting and Reporting: A CSRD Perspective explains sustainability within accounting and finance. In an accessible, student-friendly manner, the author outlines international reporting standards, their application and the challenges for professionals in this sector. The text takes an applied approach with many real-world examples, exercises, case studies and discussion points that students need to consider in their careers. For lecturers, online resources including lecture PowerPoint slides and Instructor's Manual are available with this textbook.
£44.99
International Marketing Strategy Analysis
Book SynopsisNow in its tenth edition, this popular text has been comprehensively updated and revised to reflect changing world events that are impacting international marketing and the challenges posed by the latest developments . The text provides accessible content from around the world including newly emerging economies as well as explaining increasingly global risks and the role of digital developments. An exciting range of features including Management Challenges, Illustrations and contemporary case studies guide you through the complexities of international marketing as it responds to a rapidly changing environment.
£56.04
Management
Book SynopsisNow in its third EMEA edition, Management has been comprehensively updated to provide students with a practical approach to key concepts and theories with up-to-date regional examples to enrich their learning and allow for a practical understanding of the topic. A wide range of inspiring real-world features are revealed as students are guided through and prepared for the various challenges facing managers today.
£55.09
Organization Development Change
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Miners in the Great War
Book SynopsisBritish miners contributed crucially to the Great War by supplying coal and enlisting en masse, facing immense sacrifices.At the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, despite many difficulties and falling manpower, coalmining was the most important industry in Great Britain. It employed around a million persons in well over 3,000 pits ranging from small hillside drift mines with a few hands to substantial collieries with workforces and pit communities the size of villages and small towns. A few months into the conflict, Lloyd George in a patriotic speech to a coal conference proclaimed that coal was ''everything for us, the country''s life and blood, its international coinage''.As well as digging coal for the war effort, often in dreadful and dangerous conditions, miners demonstrated ''their old work in a new guise'' when serving in huge numbers during the Great War. Thousands voluntarily swapped the pit for what many thought would be a better and safer option, around a quarter of a million enlisting by 1915; and about one in five of all military volunteers came from the coalfields of England, Scotland and Wales, an astonishing proportion. The massive response to the Call for Arms was most obvious in industrial areas where the so-called ''Pals battalions'' were established and it was these recruits who suffered so heavily during the disastrous Somme offensive of 1916. The sheer number and range of gallantry awards including several VCs - also testify to the immense contribution of former miners.The many thousands of pitmen who paid the ultimate price are inscribed on public war memorials in coalfield communities, often dominating the listings. Such was the response from large pits that many others are commemorated on memorials specially erected by colliery and coal companies, one the earliest in the village of Brampton in South Yorkshire on behalf of Cortonwood Colliery.Whether working below and above ground at collieries or as part of the armed forces, miners played a very significant role during the Great War of 1914-18, a total contribution that deserves to be told.
£35.54
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The British Overseas Airways Corporation
Book SynopsisThe British Overseas Airways Corporation was the British state-owned airline created in 1940 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. This is a comprehensive and well-researched history of the company, from origin to closure.
£24.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd History of British European Airways 19461972
Book SynopsisIncludes many early post-war colour photos and gives full details of aircraft and routes.
£17.09
Sage Publications Ltd Marketing Theory
Book SynopsisMarketing Theory introduces and explains the role of theory in marketing by uncovering its histories, disciplinary underpinnings, subfields, discourses and debates. From strategy and ethics to digital marketing and consumer behaviour, leading marketing experts shine a light on what can be a challenging perspective of marketing. In thisnew Third Edition there are up-to-dateexamples from global companies such as Pepsi, Amazon and H&M; entirely new chapters on Digital and Social Media Marketing, and Service-Dominant Logic (SD-L) and contributions from Global Specialists including Bob Lusch, Patrick Murphy and Susan Hart. Ideal for Upper level undergraduate and postgraduate marketing students studying marketing theory, critical marketing, and the history of marketing modules.Trade ReviewMichael Baker and Michael Saren have developed their student text on marketing further to include emerging topics, such as sustainability and social media. Other new topics include service marketing. The book covers the contemporary marketing field well, and offers a good and interesting overview of marketing. -- Christian GrönroosThis is a key text for students wishing to understand more about marketing theory. With contributions from leading international authors, the collection of chapters documents the main disciplinary influences on marketing theory and the theoretical evolution of key sub-areas. -- Pauline MaclaranTable of ContentsPART ONE: Overview of Marketing Theory Chapter 1: Marketing – Philosophy or Function? - Michael J. Baker Chapter 2: Marketing Theory - Michael Saren Chapter 3: A History of Historical Research in Marketing - D. G. Brian Jones and Mark Tadajewski Chapter 4: Marketing Ethics - Patrick E. Murphy and Kelly D. Martin PART TWO: Disciplinary Underpinnings of Marketing Theory Chapter 5: The Economics Basis of Marketing - Richard J. Varey Chapter 6: The Psychological Basis of Marketing - Allan J. Kimmel Chapter 7: The Sociological Basis of Marketing - Kjell Grønhaug and Ingeborg Astrid Kleppe Chapter 8: Cultural Aspects of Marketing - Kam-hon Lee and Cass Shum PART THREE: Theories of Marketing Management and Strategy Chapter 9: The Marketing Mix: A Helicopter View - Walter van Waterschoot, Thomas Foscht, Marion Brandstaetter and Andreas B. Eisingerich Chater 10: Marketing Strategy - Robin Wensley Chapter 11: Market Segmentation and Segment Strategy - Sally Dibb and Lyndon Simkin PART FOUR: Theoretical Sub-Areas of Marketing Chapter 12: Consumer Behaviour - Margaret K. Hogg and Rob Lawson Chapter 13: Marketing Communications in a Digital World - Julia Wolny Chapter 14: Theories of Value and Brand Equity - Mark S. Glynn and Roderick J. Brodie Chapter 15: Innovation and New Product Development - Susan Hart Chapter 16: Relationships and Networks - Kristian Møller Chapter 17: Theories of Retailing - Christopher Moore and Stephen Doyle PART FIVE: THEORIES OF SERVICE IN MARKETING Chapter 18: The New Service Marketing - Evert Gummesson Chapter 19: Service-Dominant Logic - Stephen L. Vargo, Robert F. Lusch and Kaisa Koskela-Huotari PART SIX: MARKETING THEORY, SOCIETY & THE ENVIRONMENT Chapter 20: Social Marketing Theory - Sharyn Rundle-Thiele Chapter 21: Sustainable Marketing - William E. Kilbourne and Anastasia Thyroff
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Sage Publications Ltd Template Analysis for Business and Management
Book SynopsisIn Template Analysis, Nigel King and Joanna Brookes guide you through the origins of template analysis and its place in qualitative research, its basic components, and the main strengths and limitations of this method. Practical case studies and examples from published research then guide you through how to use it in your own research project. Ideal for Business and Management students reading for a Master's degree, each book in the series may also serve as a reference book for doctoral students and faculty members interested in the method. Part of SAGE's Mastering Business Research Methods, conceived and edited by Bill Lee, Mark N. K. Saunders and Vadake K. Narayanan and designed to supportresearchers by providing in-depth and practical guidance on using a chosen method of data collection or analysis. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Philosophical Issues When Using Template Analysis Chapter 3: Doing Template Analysis: A Guide to the Main Components and Procedures Chapter 4: Case Examples of the Use of Template Analysis Chapter 5: The Use of Template Analysis in Published Research: The Careers Literature as an Exemplar Chapter 6: Strengths and Limitations of Template Analysis
£30.99
Sage Publications Ltd Public Sector Management
Book SynopsisThe seventh edition of the bestselling Public Sector Management is a rich and insightful description, analysis and critique of the management of the public sector by the UK government. NEW to the seventh edition: Now set in an international context with comparative global examples throughout Three new chapters covering: strategy and planning in the public sector; transparency, accountability and ethics; and non-profit management, including the role of social enterprise and the voluntary sector Examines the impact of the continuing financial crisis on public spending An updated companion website with tutorial videos, free access to full-text journal articles, policy documents, links to useful websites and social media resources Public Sector Management is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying public sector management as part of a business, management or politics dTable of ContentsChapter 1: The Public Sector in the United Kingdom in a Global Context Chapter 2: Politics and the Public Sector Chapter 3: Public Policy and Strategy Chapter 4: Public Spending and Financial Management Chapter 5: Managing Performance Chapter 6: E-Government Chapter 7: Accountability, Transparency and Ethics Chapter 8: Outsourcing Chapter 9: Public-Private Partnerships Chapter 10: Regulation of Infrastructure and Utilities Chapter 11: Social Enterprises, Non-Profits and the Third Sector
£37.99
Sage Publications Ltd The SAGE Handbook of Consumer Culture
Book SynopsisThe question of consumption emerged as a major focus of research and scholarship in the 1990s butthe breadth and diversity of consumer culture has not been fully enough explored. The meanings of consumption,particularly in relation to lifestyle and identity, are of great importance toacademic areasincluding business studies, sociology, cultural and media studies, psychology, geography and politics. The SAGE Handbook ofConsumerCultureis a one-stop resource for scholars and students of consumption, where the key dimensions of consumer culture are critically discussed and articulated. The editors have organised contributions from a global and interdisciplinary team of scholars into six key sections: Part 1: Sociology of Consumption Part 2: Geographies of Consumer Culture Part 3: Consumer Culture Studies in Marketing Part 4: Consumer Culture in Media and CultTrade ReviewA thorough and comprehensive guide filled with insightful and up to date articles written by foremost experts. This belongs on the bookshelves of researchers and practitioners, indeed anyone with an interest in the consumer culture that dominates the world. -- Richard WilkTwo of the most important elements of this volume are a) the truly diverse approaches to the study of consumer culture at the global level, and b) the rich bibliographies provided by each of the chapters. The authors come from around the world, teaching at institutions in at least 10 different countries, in a variety of disciplines. Academic libraries with programs in any or all of the disciplines mentioned in the book [business, psychology and sociology, geography and politics] should consider adding this volume to their collections. -- Mark SchumacherThis Consumer Culture Handbook is an exciting, useful and frankly valiant overview of the intensely multidisciplinary field that consumer culture studies have become. It will provide an excellent vantage point from which to make sense of this dynamic field. -- Don SlaterThe Sage Handbook of Consumer Culture provides a remarkably comprehensive treatment of how this controversial, contested, and consequential intersection of consumption, the market, and culture is conceptualized and investigated across diverse intellectual fields. More than just a review, each chapter recognizes past influences while articulating cutting edge ideas, new analytic tools, and anticipating future directories. The Sage Handbook of Consumer Culture allows for a ready and intellectually enriching comparison of how the complexities of consumer culture are addresses across the spheres of sociology, anthropology, history, media studies, material studies and business/marketing. In its grand finale, this collection offers a series of integrative, interdisciplinary studies that explore how forces of neoliberalism, consumer activism, discourses of sustainability, and nationalism are inflected through the marketized prism of consumer culture, generating a nexus of political and societal effects. The Sage Handbook of Consumer Culture is essential reading for anyone seeking a fuller understanding of this interdisciplinary and dynamic sphere of inquiry. -- Craig ThompsonTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction - Olga Kravets, Pauline Maclaran, Steven Miles and Alladi Venkatesh PART 1: Sociology of Consumption Chapter 2: The Emergence of Contemporary Consumer Culture - Stephen Miles Chapter 3: The Systems of Provision Approach to Understanding Consumption - Ben Fine, Kate Bayliss and Mary Robertson Chapter 4: The Making of the Consumer: Historical and Sociological Perspectives - Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel and Sophie Dubuisson-Quellier Chapter 5: Consumption, Class and Taste - Jessica Paddock PART 2: Geographies of Consumer Culture Chapter 6: Debunking the Myths of Global Consumer Culture Literature - Güliz Ger, Eminegül Karababa, Alev Kuruoglu, Meltem Türe, Tuba Üstüner and Baskin Yenicioglu Chapter 7: Consumer Culture in Socialist Russia - Olga Gurova Chapter 8: New Urbanism, Post-nationalism and Consumerist Modernity in India - Sanja Srivastava Chapter 9: Consumption and Consumer Rights in Contemporary China - Erika Kuever Chapter 10: Spaces of (Consumer) Resistance - Andreas Chatzidakis and Vera Hoelscher PART 3: Consumer Culture Studies in Marketing Chapter 11: Consumer Culture Theory: A Front-row Seat at the Sidelines - Linda Price Chapter 12: Consumer Identity Projects - Gretchen Larsen and Maurice Patterson Chapter 13: Re-presenting, Reinvigorating and Reconciling: Gift-Giving Research within and beyond the CCT Paradigm - Cele C. Otnes Chapter 14: Prosumption Tribes: How Consumers collectively Rework Brands, Products, Services and Markets - Bernard Cova and Daniele Dalli Chapter 15: Contesting Understandings of Contestation: Rethinking Perspectives on Activism - Jay Handelman and Eileen Fischer PART 4: Consumer Culture in Media and Cultural Studies Chapter 16: Consumer Culture and The Media - Mehita Iqani Chapter 17: Body Projects: Fashion, Aesthetic Modifications and Stylised Selves - Rossella Ghigi and Roberta Sassatelli Chapter 18: Who takes the first bite? A Critical Overview of Gender Representations in Food Marketing - Daniela Pirani, Benedetta Cappellini and Vicki Harman Chapter 19: Biopolitical Marketing and Technologies of Enclosure - Detlev Zwick and Janice Denegri-Knott PART 5: Material Cultures of Consumption Chapter 20: The Materiality of Consumer Culture - Paul Mullins Chapter 21: Subject/Object Relations and Consumer Culture - Shona Bettany Chapter 22: Another Consumer Culture Theory: An ANT look at consumption, or how ′market-things′ help ′cultivate′ customers - Franck Cochoy and Alexandre Mallard Chapter 23: Objects: From Signs to Design - Benoit Heilbrunn Chapter 24: The War on Cash - Brett Scott PART 6: The Politics of Consumer Culture Chapter 25: Consumer-Citizens: Markets, Marketing and the Making of ′Choice′ - Stefan Schwarzkopf Chapter 26: Are you Neoliberal Fit? The Politics of Consumption under Neoliberalism - Anisha Datta and Indranil Chakraborty Chapter 27: Sustainable Consumption, Consumer Culture and The Politics of a Megatrend - William Kilbourne, Pierre McDonagh and Andrea Prothero Chapter 28: Buying into the Nation: The Politics of Consumption and Nationalism - Eleftheria J. Lekakis Chapter 29: The Politics of Consumption - Alan Bradshaw
£999.99
Sage Publications Ltd A StepByStep Introduction to Statistics for
Book SynopsisA clear and concise introduction to statistics for business and management students, demonstrating how important statistics are in the business decision-making process and covering everything from conducting a survey and collecting data, to summarizing statistical data, and presenting findings. Each chapter features a real-world business situation and accompanying dataset, the reader is then encouraged to identify the correct statistical concept in the chapter and solve the problem outlined. Offering students a chance to use the newly learned theory in a practical way. New to the second edition: A Review of Essential Mathematics prologue, featuring tests and further links to help students refresh their knowledge of the core mathematical concepts used to calculate basic statistics. Updated screenshots on using IBM SPSS and Excel. A Statistics in the Real World feature included at the end of each chapter, demonstrating hTrade ReviewRichard N. Landers has written an excellent text. Put simply, A Step-by-Step Guide to Statistics for Business needs to be core reading for all students undertaking statistics as part of a Business or Management programme. Landers writes in an accessible and easy-to-follow style, which leads the reader from basic numeracy to inferential statistics. -- David GildingTable of ContentsPrologue: Review of Essential Mathematics Part 1. Descriptive Statistics Chapter 1. The Language of Statistics Chapter 2. Working with Numbers and Data Display Chapter 3. Central Tendency and Variability Chapter 4. Probability Distributions Chapter 5. Sampling Distributions Part 2. Inferential Statistics Chapter 6. Estimation and Confidence Intervals Chapter 7. Hypothesis Testing Chapter 8. z-Tests and One-Sample t-Tests Chapter 9. Paired- and Independent-Samples t-Test Chapter 10. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Chapter 11. Chi-Squared (x2) Tests of Fit Chapter 12. Correlation and Regression Part 3 Wrap-Up Chapter 13. Matching Statistical Tests to Business Problems A1. z-Table A2. t-Table A3. F-Table (cx = 0.5) A4. F-Table (cx = .01) A5. X2-Table (chi-squared) B1. Inferential Test Reference Table B2. Inferential Test Decision Tree C. Glossary D. Statistical Notation and Formulas E. Enabling Excel’s Data Analysis Add-In
£52.24
Sage Publications Ltd A Very Short Fairly Interesting and Reasonably
Book SynopsisIn Cross-Cultural Management, the author takes a critical, power-sensitive and culturally-aware perspective that moves beyond the paradigms debate, placing greater emphasis on the holistic nature of culture and its managerial consequences and taking into account the diversity and multiple identities apparent in cross-cultural management. Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way. Suitable for students of cross-cultural management, human resource management or workplace diversity and professionals working in organizations and intercultural training. Trade Review′An engaging, entertaining and readable introduction to a complex subject; essential reading both for people new to studying cross-cultural management and for academics and professionals looking for a good critical overview of the field.′ -- Professor Fiona MooreThe book manages to get across a critical cross-cultural perspective in a useful, relevant and not overcomplicated way that conveys current knowledge to a wide readership...not just critical scholars [but] anyone doing management in today’s diverse and global environments. In this respect the book works well, and I really wish I had written it. But I don’t think I could have written it as well as Jasmin Mahadevan. -- Terence Jackson′Much research has overlooked that cross-cultural management contexts are intertwined with power issues. Jasmin Mahadevan has a multi-ethnic and multi-lingual background that sensitized her to the important roles of ethnicity, language, gender and religion. Her insightful and thought-provoking introduction to critical CCM enables students and practitioners to uncover cultural diversity in multiple contexts and reflect upon their use of various CCM tools and viewpoints.′ -- Professor Anne-Marie Søderberg′Drawing on various disciplines, Jasmin Mahadevan builds a compelling case for an approach to cross-cultural management that takes culture and power seriously. Written in a highly accessible style, this book offers the reader an invaluable theoretical compass to navigate the complexity of contemporary organizational realities.′ -- Professor Patrizia Zanoni′This small book is quite an achievement. If you are interested in critically examining cross-cultural management studies, with expert guidance from a key scholar in this area, you will find Professor Mahadevan’s very readable book indispensable. It is rare to find a book that can appeal to student, experienced academic and international manager. This accessible book has achieved that.’ -- Professor Terence JacksonTable of ContentsIntroduction: Towards a Critical CCM Theory and Practice Chapter 1: Cultural Essentials for CCM Chapter 2: Comparative CCM Chapter 3: Intercultural Interactions and Competence Chapter 4: Diversity and Identity Chapter 5: Power and CCM Concluding Remarks
£19.70
Sage Publications Ltd Events Management
Book SynopsisEvents Management provides an introductory overview of the fundamentals in managing events from conception to delivery, highlighting both the theoretical and operational aspects, to prepare students for a career in events management and hospitality. Now in its Third Edition, the authors have included new chapters on Crowd Control and Crowd Dynamic; Expos, Conferences and Conventions; Brand Co-creation and Social Media, and have added new content on contemporary trends like the environmental and social impact of large scale events such as the Olympics. International case studies covering all manner of events are used throughout and include: The impact of the London 2012 and Rio2016Olympic Games Van Gogh Augmented Reality in Nuenen Sands EXPO and Convention Center, Las Vegas Glastonbury Music Festival Lame Horse Night Club, RussTable of ContentsPART ONE: EVENTS CONCEPTS AND MANAGEMENT Chapter 1: Introduction to Events Management Chapter 2: Events Destinations and Management Chapter 3: Event Entrepreneurship Chapter 4: Human Resource Management PART TWO: EVENTS FINANCE AND LAW Chapter 5: Financial Management in the Events Industry Chapter 6: Costing, Pricing and Capital in Events Industry Chapter 7: Project Management and Financing Chapter 8: Legal, Security, Safety and Risk Management PART THREE: EVENTS MARKETING AND MEDIA Chapter 9: Event Sponsorship Chapter 10: Marketing Process, Communications and Public Relations Chapter 11: Brand Co-creation and Social Media Chapter 12: New Multimedia Technology for Events Organizers PART FOUR: EVENTS PREPARATION AND OPERATION Chapter 13: Events Assessing, Planning and Monitoring Chapter 14: Event Logistics Chapter 15: Event Production, Design and Lighting Chapter 16: Crowd Control and Crowd Dynamic PART FIVE: EVENTS TRENDS AND ISSUES Chapter 17: Expos, Conferences and Conventions Chapter 18: Sustainable Festivals and Events Chapter 19: Long-Term Legacy and Impacts Chapter 20: The Future of the Events Industry
£999.99
Sage Publications Ltd Urban Analytics
Book SynopsisThe economic and political situation of cities has shifted in recent years in light ofrapid growth amidst infrastructure decline, the suburbanization of poverty and inner city revitalization.At the same time, the way that data are used to understand urban systems has changed dramatically. Urban Analyticsoffers a field-defining look at thechallenges and opportunities of using new and emerging data to study contemporary and future cities through methods including GIS, Remote Sensing, Big Data and Geodemographics. Written in an accessible style and packed with illustrations and interviews from key urban analysts, this is a groundbreaking new textbook for students of urban planning, urban design, geography, and the information sciences.Trade ReviewThis is a comprehensive and timely consolidation of current thinking about urban analytics. The book is fizzing with new ideas, and brimming with practical examples of the science of doing. Compulsive student reading. -- Paul LongleyUrban analytics is fast emerging as the core set of tools employed to deal with problems of big data, urban simulation, and demographics. This book is essential reading to all those involved in this newly emergent field, providing a new arsenal of analytic tools to make sense of how cities are being restructured. -- Michael BattyUrban Analytics neatly interweaves an introduction to this emerging field, with an accessible discussion of enduring themes and new approaches in quantitative geography. An engaging text that will appeal to students in a range of disciplines. -- David O′SullivanThis excellent starter text captures the excitement and enthusiasm of a new kind of urban research: one that exploits the vast new data resources that are becoming available, from social media, crowdsourcing, and sensor networks; and makes use of the unprecedented power of today′s computer technology. It fills an important gap, and will be an essential text for students in a wide range of disciplines, from civil, infrastructure, and transportation engineering to geography, planning, and urban studies. -- Michael GoodchildUrban analytics has come of age! This textbook by three leading scholars in data-driven and computational urban science is needed and welcome. It is a fantastic resource for educating the next generation of urban scholars. -- Harvey J. MillerUrban Analytics is a great introductory text for getting familiar with logics and perspectives characterising the analysis, interpretation and representation of urban data. It is a highly valuable work for urban scholars who are familiar with qualitative approaches, but would like to gain a deeper understanding of the ways data and computational techniques allow us to understand and gain meaningful knowledge of cities and urban phenomena. -- Alberto VanoloUrban analytics is integral to city infrastructure, and it is hugely important that people understand the implication and uses of City data. This book accessibly explains the underlying concepts of urban analytics for students and interested professionals. I believe this book will be very helpful, and will recommend it for my students and (business) partners in city data projects. -- Nanda PiersmaTable of ContentsQuestioning the City through Urban Analytics Sensing the City Urban Data Infrastructure Visualizing the City Differences within Cities Explaining the City Generative Urban Systems Cities as Networks and Flows The Future of Urban Analytics
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Sage Publications Ltd Reflexive Methodology
Book SynopsisPraise for theSecond Edition: In opposition to most literature on how to conduct good social science research which is either empirically oriented or gives priority to theoretical and philosophical considerations, which tends to make empirical research look odd or irrelevant, this volume on 'Reflexive Methodology' explicitly turns towards a considerationof the perceptual, cognitive, theoretical, linguistic, political and cultural circumstances as backdrop of data interpretation and research design. It showed up to be the most important and informative resource and a source of enlightenmentto my lecture on methodology at our institute. I can highly recommend the volume to lecturers and students alike. Professor Sabine Troeger, Geography Institute - Library, University of Bonn Reflexivity is aTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: The Intellectualization of Method Chapter 2. (Post-)Positivism, Social Constructionism, Neorealism: Three Reference Points in the Philosophy of Science Chapter 3. Data-Oriented Methods: Empiricist Techniques and Procedures Chapter 4. Hermeneutics: Interpretation and Insight Chapter 5. Critical Theory: The Political and Ideological Dimension Chapter 6. Poststructuralism And Postmodernism: Destabilizing Subject and Text Chapter 7. Language/Gender/Power: Discourse Analysis, Feminism and Genealogy Chapter 8. On Reflexive Interpretation: The Play of Interpretive Levels Chapter 9. Applications of Reflexive Methodology: Illustrations Chapter 10. Applications of Reflexive Methodology: Criteria and Strategies
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Sage Publications Ltd A Very Short Fairly Interesting and Reasonably
Book SynopsisThe Second Edition of International Business includes recent impacts on international business such as the financial crisis, Brexit and the changing political landscape, Chinese steel prices and the Panama Papers revelations. It includes two new chapters on understanding people and organizations in International Business as well as coverage of recent international reports from Amnesty, Oxfam and the World Bank. Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way. Suitable for students of International Business, professionals working in global organizations and anyone curious about the workings of the international business world. Trade ReviewThis book is delightfully written and a pleasure to read. But more than that, it inspires reflection, invites reaction, ignites the imagination and summons the reader to take responsibility for our global world. After all, any book about international business is also a book about us. -- Professor Monika KosteraThe shipping containers that endlessly circulate the globe are propelled by theories, as well as desire and fuel oil. In this excellent little book, Cairns and Sliwa show us why these theories matter, and why everyone needs to understand international business. The future of our planet depends upon it. -- Professor Martin ParkerThis book contains a solid critique of key approaches in the field and a rich pool of alternative ideas for scholars who are interested in critical perspectives on international business. It provides a good read for the scholars, who are tired of the contents of leading international business textbooks that hardly capture the real life challenges which international managers and especially employees are dealing with in our ′brave new world′ of globalized capitalism. -- Professor Mike GeppertThis is not just a "fairly" interesting read. By unearthing the underlying (and often hidden) assumptions of International Business and also providing a grounding in the realities of "practical wisdom", the authors provide a fascinating way to introduce a complex and important topic. -- Professor Alfonso MontuoriInternational business, global trade and multinational companies are challenged more than ever. While proponents celebrate their contribution to the world’s economic prosperity, social progress and environmental integrity, critics point to malpractices, such as sweatshops, workers’ exploitation, modern slavery, unequal distribution of value, elites’ power, environmental degradation and social inequalities, all of which have been attributed to the rise of international business. George Cairns’ and Martyna Sliwa’s book is not only short and interesting, but offers an invaluable steer through the debates and controversies of the international business world. -- Steffen BöhmTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why We Feel the Need to Write This Particular Book on International Business Chapter 1: Classical and Neo-classical Theories of International Trade Chapter 2: Twentieth-Century Developments in Trade and Investment Theories Chapter 3: Institutions of International Business Chapter 4: The International Business Organization Chapter 5: The Dynamic Landscape of International Business Chapter 6: People in International Business Chapter 7: Understanding Organizations in the IB Environment Concluding remarks References
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Fundamentals of Digital Fashion Marketing
Book SynopsisThe Fundamentals of Digital Fashion Marketing introduces and explores contemporary digital marketing practices within the fashion industry. Clare Harris clearly explains key digital marketing strategies and examines and illustrates their role in fashion through exciting and memorable industry examples. Marketing practices covered include online marketing, social media, video, mobile technologies, in-store technologies, augmented reality and digital spaces.The text features interviews and case studies from some of fashion''s biggest brands and most cutting-edge marketing companies, while also promoting active learning through engaging activities and exercises. This all combines to create a book that will inform, stimulate and inspire the next generation of creative marketers.Trade ReviewThis is a lively and visually stimulating book that covers all the key factors associated with digital fashion business. Overall, the content provides an accessible introduction to the digital fashion marketing subject and individually, the various chapters provide useful starting points for more in-depth research on key topics such as fashion blogging, mobile devices, analytics and fashion video. [This book] definitely fits the needs of our course and also aligns with the overall strategic direction of our department, which is to continue to be at the forefront of all things digital across marketing, communication, media, PR, events and fashion management. As we are not yet using a title that focuses specifically on Digital Fashion Marketing, the project has a real strength and relevance for our teaching. -- Karen Cross, Subject leader for Marketing, Fashion and Retail * Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland *I would use this book in two of my courses: Luxury Marketing (at the undergraduate level) and Entrepreneurship in the Business of Art (also undergraduate level). Marketing fashion and digital marketing is an important question and it is particularly so as it relates to luxury fashion brands. In Entrepreneurship this title will be useful because other types of products can be marketed digitally based on the fashion model. In other words, my students don’t necessarily focus on fashion (some of them do) but basically everyone would benefit from an in-depth view of how digital fashion marketing works (and why it is successful). The proposed book offers both a history of the digital space as it relates to the fashion industry AND a guide on how to profitably utilize the digital space (in all its iterations) to advance/promote/and sell fashion merchandize. In fact, this is the book’s strength as well. It is not only history, it is not just theory, it is a combination of history, theory, and practical advice derived from case studies and interviews with fashion professionals. -- Thomai Serdari, New York UniversityAn approachable, at-a-glance look at digital marketing for fashion. At the level it is pitched, it is a good offering... this sort of subject matter is pretty core to all fashion promotion/marketing courses. The author is obviously experienced in this area and seemingly a good person to write the book. -- Jon Cope, Senior Lecturer, University for the Creative Arts/Westminster University, LondonAs a focused fashion text for the digital age, this book is a great addition to the field and covers a variety of topics on the vastness of technology impacting fashion marketing. -- Tasha Lewis, Assistant Professor in Fashion Design Management, Cornell University, USAThis is a great introductory workbook for digital fashion marketing. It is written by a fashion expert in a simple jargon-free way that helps students understand the changing role of digital developments in the fashion system. -- Michelle Tellam Lawrence, Senior Lecturer, Fashion Marketing, Falmouth University, UKAn accessible how-to guide for digital fashion marketers that introduces fashion students to the latest industry practices using contemporary case studies in a key curriculum area. -- Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas, Course Leader BA Fashion Marketing, Fashion Business School, London College of Fashion, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Fashion Marketing and Digital Technologies 2. Fashion and Online Marketing 3. Social Media and Fashion Marketing 4. Fashion and Film 5. Fashion and Mobile Media 6. Digital Spaces and Innovations Bibliography Further Reading Index Picture Credits Acknowledgements
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Social Media for Fashion Marketing
Book SynopsisSocial Media for Fashion Marketing uses cutting edge case studies and detailed interviews to show how the business of fashion is changing in the digital landscape. Bendoni (@BendoniStyle) also considers the psychological impact of being a hyper-connected consumer and the generational gaps in social media communication. Using academic research, alongside her 25 years of fashion marketing experience, Bendoni offers a clear picture of the changing narrative of storytelling, social confirmation, digital nesting and how to use data to shape a brand's online presence.With practical and critical thinking activities to hone your skills into professional practice, this is the ultimate guide to social marketing, promotion, SEO, branding and communication.Featured topics- Rules of Digital Storytelling- Rethinking Gamification- Strategic Digital Marketing- The Role of Citizen Journalists- The Social Media Looking Glass- World of Influencer Marketing- Visual Consumption Economy- GlobaTrade ReviewSocial Media for Marketing encompasses the creativity and cultural diversity of the online fashion world while revealing the technical and business considerations behind a successful social media campaign. It is essential reading for all fashion students as they prepare to enter a digitally connected, ever-changing global industry. I can definitely see this being required reading for both undergraduate and postgraduate Fashion Management students. -- Karen Cross, Subject leader for Marketing, Fashion and Retail, Robert Gordon University, UKThis book's approach is exactly the format I want for my classroom pedagogy…which perhaps is why this is the most glowing review I have ever done. This is exactly (in my opinion) what students respond to….case studies, engaging stories, leading business/marketing ideas. Excellent all around. This book has so many amazing interviews. This text is current and well positioned. I have looked at TONS of new media/consumer texts…I really think the author has done a great day with key quotes from current industry leaders to validate the chapter assertions made. I love the breakdown of the text….very 2.0 thinking itself. Great use of graphics, charts, and really conveys somewhat complex economics and business markets in an easy to understand format. -- Jason Schmitt, Green Mountain College, USAThis is a very vibrant textbook giving insight into the world of digital fashion marketing and how this impacts change within fashion brands -- Barbara Diack, Lecturer in Fashion Retailing, Heriot-Watt University, UKTable of ContentsSection 1: The Digital Landscape Transforms the Fashion Industry 1. Digital Disruption of the Fashion Industry 1.1 Introduction;1.2 The Fashion Landscape Before Social Media; 1.2 Evolution of the Fashion System; Democratization of the Fashion Industry; 1.5 The Fashion Landscape Disrupted; 1.6 Blogosphere takes on the Fashion Industry; 1.7 Style Sharing Communities: User-Generated Content (UGC) 2 Introduction of the Digital Landscape 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Environment in Digital Space; 2.3 Social Exploration; 2.4 The Social Structure; 2.5 Social Media Networks; 2.6 Legally Speaking in a Social Media Space; 2.7 Uniting the World; 2.8 Exercises and Technology Corner 3 Rise of the Hyper-Connected Consumers 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Hyper-Connected Consumers; 3.3 Evolution of Social Behaviour on Social Media; 3.4 Generation Gap through the Digital Landscape; 3.5 Generation Z; 3.6 Millennials; 3.7 Generation X; 3.8 Baby Boomers; 3.9 Exercises and Technology Corner Section 2: The Business of Fashion Marketing 4 Digital Storytelling 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Storytelling in Marketing; 4.3 Storytelling Marketing; 4.4 Visual Consumption; 4.5 Social Story: The Burberry Dream; 4.6 Trending Social Stories of the #hastag; 4.7 The Science of Stories: Neurological Responses to Stories; 4.8 Storytelling Becomes Storygiving; 4.9 Social Marketing: Purposeful Stories in the Digital Age; 4.10 Exercises and Technology Corner 5 Strategic Marketing in the Digital Age 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Social Media Marketing Strategy; 5.3 Real-time Marketing Strategies by Teri Thompson; 5.4 Interview: Trina Albus, Founder of Magenta Agency; 5.5 The Social Media Team; 5.6 Creative Branding and Strategic Marketing Alliance; 5.7 Influencer Marketing/ Marketing Agencies; 5.8 Art of the Pitch; 5.9 Hidden Influencers; 5.10 Digital Curation; 5.11 Fashion On-Demand World; 5.12 Retail Science of the Digital Age; 5.13 Mobile Interactive Store Fronts; 5.14 Exercises and Technology Corner 6 The Evolving Measurable Impact of Social Media 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Power of Data; 6.3 Evolution of Fashion Data and Analytics; 6.4 Fashion Intelligence; 6.5 Data-Driven Briefs and Personas; 6.6 The Power of Search; 6.7 Introduction Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO); 6.8 Journey Mapping Case; 6.9 Exercises and Technology Corner
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC States and Markets
Book Synopsis[States and Markets] should be read by every student of international political economy.'' - International Relations Theory. Susan Strange was one of the most influential international relations scholars of the latter half of the twentieth century. She is regarded by many as the creator of the discipline of international political economy (IPE) and leaves behind an impressive body of work. States and Markets is one of Strange's seminal texts. Strange introduces the reader to a unique critical model for understanding the relationship between politics and economics centred on her four-faceted model of power consisting of: security, production, finance and knowledge. Using these terms Strange provides a rigorous analysis of the effects of political authority, including states, on markets and conversely of market forces on states. The Revelations edition includes a new foreword by Ronen Palan.Trade ReviewSusan Strange has long been one the most innovative scholars working in the broad field of international relations. In this book she once again shows that her reputation for careful analysis and fresh insights is well deserved... a refreshing look at a much studied subject and should be read by every student of international political economy. * International Relations Theory *Students, and many of their teachers, will like the book because it give a vigorous introduction to both the subject matter of IPE and the holistic cast of mind necessary for understanding it. One cannot read the book without having one's horizons broadened... it should occupy and opening slot on reading lists for IPE courses. * International Affairs *Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Prologue: Some Desert Island Tales Part I: The Study of International Political Economy 1. The Conflict of Values and Theories 2. Power in the World Economy Part II: Structures of Power in the World Economy 3. The Security Structure 4. The Production Structure 5. The Financial Structure 6. The Knowledge Structure Part III: Secondary Power Structures 7. Transport Systems: Sea and Air 8. Trade 9. Energy 10. Welfare Part IV: Pick-Your-Own, or Suit Yourself 11. Questions and Answers Notes Bibliography Index
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LexisNexis UK CryptoAssets for Private Clients
Book SynopsisPrivate client advisors will require a definitive and authoritative text on the emerging phenomenon of crypto-assets. Crypto assets range from Exchange Tokens like Bitcoin, to tokens used to access online platforms (Utility Tokens), to Security Tokens which have all the characteristics of traditional equity, bonds and other securities. All of these assets have one thing in common: they are underpinned by blockchain technology. The innovation of blockchain as a mechanism for holding and transferring assets presents a range of legal and practical questions to which lawyers, trustees, fiduciaries and their clients now need answers.The practical coverage Crypto-Assets for Private Clients: a guide for practitioners offers make it a must read for all those managing wills and estates where there is an online/digital component.
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Edinburgh University Press Hollywood and the Great Depression
Book SynopsisThis volume examines how the political, economic and social changes of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.
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Edinburgh University Press Fashion and Materialism
Book SynopsisUlrich Lehmann brings together methods and ideas from social sciences and material production to give us a new political reading of fashion in today's post-democracy. Accessing rare source material across a wide range of European languages and cultures, he gives us insight into new working structures in the manufacture of garments and textiles.
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Orion Publishing Co Signals
Book SynopsisShe predicted the financial crisis. She predicted Brexit. She predicted Trump. Now Dr Pippa Malmgren shares the signals that will protect you from the next surprise.Drawing on a wonderful range of examples - from magazine covers and supermarkets to public protests - SIGNALS is the fascinating story of the world economy told in the language of everyday objects, places and events. Malmgren explains why the size of chocolate bars, steaks and apartments are shrinking, and why the increasing near misses between America''s spy planes and the fighter jets of China and Russia are no coincidence. Rising costs and inflation are breaking the social contract between citizens and their states, causing the rise of anti-establishment voting, the return of social unrest to emerging markets and resistance to mass immigration. If the only solution is innovation, then the key question is whether governments support efforts to invest in the economy of tomorrow. Written with refreshing clarity, SIGNALS shows us who is already building the future and how to be part of it.''Rather wonderful'' FINANCIAL TIMES''It will make you feel smart'' EVENING STANDARDTrade ReviewRather wonderful * FINANCIAL TIMES *Very interesting. It will make you feel smart. -- William Leith * EVENING STANDARD *Dr Pippa Malmgren's book is essential reading -- Dr Tun Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of MalaysiaA tour de force -- Lord Rose, former CEO and Chairman Marks and SpencerPippa's work is impressive and groundbreaking -- Dr. Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of TradeA fascinating read. Full of lateral insights -- Lieutenant General Nick Pope CBE, Deputy Chief of the General StaffFascinating, stimulating book! First-class quality -- Toshihiko Fukui, former Governor of the Bank of JapanIn Signals: How Everyday Signs Can Help Us Navigate the World's Turbulent Economy, Dr Philippa Malmgren draws attention to the everyday signals - from magazine covers to shop fronts - that reveal the state of the world's economy and help us to understand recent tectonic shifts in global politics ... its anecdotal, accessible and democratising approach is welcomed -- Ed Jones * LSE blogs *
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Orion Publishing Co War Paint
Book SynopsisFrom the author of MR SELFRIDGE, the glittering story of two remarkable women - Miss Elizabeth Arden and Madame Helena Rubinstein - and their legacy which touches the lives of virtually all women today: the creation of the modern cosmetics and beauty industry.Trade ReviewI have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . the research is staggering . . . a wonderful read -- Lulu GuinnessThe definitive biography of women and their relationships to their faces in the twentieth century -- Linda Grant * GUARDIAN *What a relief it is to read so detailed and well-researched a book . . . Woodhead knows her stuff -- Fay Weldon * SUNDAY TIMES *Gripping biographies of these powder-puff prima donnas. At the same time . . . the history of make-up through the twentieth century -- Val Hennessey * DAILY MAIL *Written with humorous sensitivity and sympathy -- Nicky Haslam * LITERARY REVIEW *These were women who were tough in business, who had a single vision - an idea of what they believed in and would do anything to get there -- Bobbi Brown
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Orion Publishing Co Hit Factories
Book SynopsisIrish Independent Music Book of the YearGuardian Book of the WeekAfter discovering a derelict record plant on the edge of a northern English city, and hearing that it was once visited by David Bowie, Karl Whitney embarks upon a journey to explore the industrial cities of British pop music.Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, Glasgow, Belfast, Birmingham, Coventry, Bristol: at various points in the past these cities have all had distinctive and highly identifiable sounds. But how did this happen? What circumstances enabled those sounds to emerge? How did each particular city - its history, its physical form, its accent - influence its music? How were these cities and their music different from each other? And what did they have in common?Hit Factories tells the story of British pop through the cities that shaped it, tracking down the places where music was performed, recorded and sold, and the peoTrade ReviewThe book's a joy. I wanted to move to Hull while reading that chapter and - almost - wanted to listen to Black Sabbath for the first time since 1974 . . . I love the way Whitney makes such creative use of a good walk and I admire the way he makes the people who created the music we love seem like such nice, bright men and womenBook of the Week * Guardian *An extremely important addition to modern music writing * The Irish Times *A fine document of a golden era for music in the UK's regions * Financial Times *An interesting, sharp, swift overview of the UK's pop music history * Times Literary Supplement *Insightful and provocative * What Hi-Fi? Magazine *There are sounds here for everyone * MOJO *[Whitney's] curious compass leads this book on numerous worthwhile diversions. A trip * Q *
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Orion Publishing Co Political Risk
Book Synopsis''Smart. Informative. Overdue'' Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google Political risk - the probability that a political action could significantly affect an organisation - is changing fast, and it''s more widespread than ever before.In the past, the chief concern used to be whether a foreign dictator would nationalise the country''s oil industry. Today, political risk stems from a widening array of agents, from Twitter users and terrorists to hackers and insurgents. What''s more, the very institutions and laws that are supposed to reduce uncertainty and risk often increase it instead. This means that in today''s globalised world there are no ''safe'' bets. Political risk affects companies and organisations of all sizes, operating everywhere from London to Lahore, even if they don''t know it.Political Risk investigates and analyses this shifting landscape, suggests what businesses can do to navigate it, and explains how all of us can better Trade Review'Rice and Zegart's Political Risk should be read by every business leader. Well-written and chock-full of compelling case stories wrapped inside a coherent conceptual framework, Political Risk gets and keeps your attention, page after page. We cannot predict the future, but - with the help of this marvellous masterwork - we can prepare for it' -- Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and co-author of Great by Choice and Built to Last'Smart. Informative. Overdue. Will completely change the way you think about political risk' -- Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and Alphabet, Inc.'This book is truly excellent, both for tracing how far the political risk field has come in the last two decades, and how much further it has left to go' -- Ian Bremmer, president, Eurasia GroupClearly written and timely, this book will interest not only current and future business executives but also would-be-whistle-blowers and corporate watchdogs * Publishers Weekly *'Secretary Rice and Dr Zegart have melded their professional experiences of managing political risk at the highest levels with other case studies into a uniquely useful and profound book' -- Frederick W. Smith, chairman & CEO, FedEx Corporation
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Orion Publishing Co The Future Is Asian
Book SynopsisFive billion people, two-thirds of the world''s mega-cities, one-third of the global economy, two-thirds of global economic growth, thirty of the Fortune 100, six of the ten largest banks, eight of the ten largest armies, five nuclear powers, massive technological innovation, the newest crop of top-ranked universities. Asia is also the world''s most ethnically, linguistically and culturally diverse region of the planet, eluding any remotely meaningful generalization beyond the geographic label itself. Even for Asians, Asia is dizzying to navigate.Whether you gauge by demography, geography, economy or any other metric, Asia is already the present - and it is certainly the future. It is for this reason that we cannot afford to continue to get Asia so wrong. The Future Is Asian accurately shows Asia from the inside-out, telling the story of how this mega-region is coming together and reshaping the entire planet in the process.Trade Review'In an authoritative book which may well become a standard reference . . . Parag Khanna casts the net wider to deliver a compelling argument that Asia - rather than merely China - is the current and future lodestar for the global economy. Of Asia's nearly 5bn people, 3.5bn are not Chinese' -- James Kynge * Financial Times *'An upbeat examination of a changing "Greater Asia" . . . Eurasia's future is likely to be more ductile than fixed and hegemonic. In this new world order, actions still lead to reactions' * The Economist *'The Future Is Asian offers a valuable and thoroughly researched analysis' * Wall Street Journal *'The Future Is Asian challenges the way westerners view the continent . . . As Khanna lays out his argument and vision for the Asia's future role in global geopolitics, it is almost impossible not to be persuaded by his school of thought' * City A.M. *'A well-written, important book' * Australian Financial Review *'Offers a comprehensive worldview from an Asian perspective . . . Khanna is thorough and clear, offering abundant food for thought' * Kirkus *'Khanna illuminates the global tectonic shift to Asia - but argues provocatively that a rising China will be entangled in a multi-polar region' -- Graham T. Allison, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School, and author of Destined for War'The twenty-first century is the century of Asia. I suggest you read this book even if you are already aware!' -- Jim Rogers, International Investor and author of Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets'Understanding the global economy in this century means above all understanding that it is likely to be an Asian century. Parag Khanna's important book provides a rich perspective going well beyond the economic statistics. Everyone concerned with the future of the global economy should consider its arguments' -- Lawrence H. Summers, Former Secretary of the Treasury, Former Director of the National Economic Council, and Harvard President Emeritus'When our grandchildren want to understand how, in the early twenty-first century, Asia came to occupy - or rather, reoccupy - the cultural and economic centre of the planet, they will read the magisterial work of Parag Khanna' -- Paul Salopek, National Geographic Fellow'Parag Khanna's magisterial work weaves a powerful story where business, technology, globalization and geopolitics are intertwined. This is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the role of Asia in shaping the future of the world' -- Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder and Chairman of Infosys, Founding Chairman pf Aadhaar (UIDAI)'Asia is vast, bustling and rapidly becoming an integrated, world-dominating region, according to this sprawling geo-economic study . . . Khanna's wealth of statistics, deep knowledge, and lucid prose make for a stimulating overview of the rising colossus' * Publishers Weekly *'In The Future is Asian, Parag Khanna paints a vibrant and multi-faceted picture of the economic, political and cultural dynamics shaping Asia and the world more broadly. This is a thought-provoking work that deserves to be read by practitioners, scholars and general readers alike' -- The Hon. Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia and President, Asia Society Policy Institute'For most of recorded history, Asia was the economic, technological and cultural centre of the world. From that perspective, the last 500 years of Western dominance almost appear an aberration. This book imagines what reprising the lead role would look like for Asia, and what it means for the rest of the world. An indispensable book for the "Asian century"' -- Tony Fernandes, Founder and CEO, Air Asia
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Orion Publishing Co Arianna Huffington
Book SynopsisArianna Huffington is one of the world's most prominent business leaders in media. As co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, she built the first internet newspaper, which eclipsed the traffic of The New York Times and won the Pulitzer Prize. Creating a digital media empire from an investment of just over $1 million, she sold HuffPost to AOL in 2011 for more than $300 million.HuffPost went on to become the flagship publication for global telecommunications giant Verizon, before being acquired by BuzzFeed in 2020. Considered to be one of the most influential women on earth, Huffington went on to establish Thrive Global, a wellness and technology start-up that aims to end the stress and burn-out epidemic.This concise, but richly detailed, biography provides an overview of Huffington's life and career, chronicling her journey from Athens to London, New York, Washington and California, across seven decades. From her e
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Orion Publishing Co Reed Hastings
Book Synopsis Reed Hastings is one of the world''s foremost business leaders. As co-founder, chairman and CEO of Netflix, he has built one of the largest media and entertainment companies on the planet, with an estimated personal net worth of $3.6 billion. A notable philanthropist, he has served on the boards of a number of non-profit organisations as well as Facebook and Microsoft. This concise but detailed biography provides an overview of Hastings'' career trajectory. From his unique management style to the biggest mistakes he has made along the way, to the reasons behind his decision to take Netflix from a business that dealt with products (rental DVDs) to a technology company that focuses on streaming, Burgess sheds light on Hastings'' success and looks to what the future may bring for him and his ventures. Aspirational and positive, this is the perfect book for those looking for a concise and accessible account of a true global business visionary.
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Orion Publishing Co Invisible Walls
Book Synopsis''Memoirs of such richness are rare . . . a joy'' JAMES NAUGHTIE''A remarkable personal journey, by one of the great political correspondents of our world - eloquent, enlightening, exhilarating'' PHILIPPE SANDSA trailblazer for women in journalism, Hella Pick arrived in Britain in 1939 as a child refugee from Austria. Over nearly four decades she covered the volatile global scene, first in West Africa, followed by America and long periods in Europe. In her thirty-five years with the Guardian she reported on the end of Empire in West Africa, the assassination of President Kennedy, Martin Luther King''s march from Selma to Montgomery, the Vietnam peace negotiation in Paris, the 1968 student revolt in France, the birth of the Solidarity movement in Poland, and the closing stages of the Cold War. A request for coffee on board a Soviet ship anchored in Malta led to a chat with Mikhail Gorbachev. A request for an interview with Willy Brandt led to a peTrade ReviewA remarkable personal journey, by one of the great political correspondents of our world - eloquent, enlightening, exhilarating -- Philippe SandsMemoirs of such richness are rare. Hella Pick's personal and journalistic journey from Nazi Europe to Brexit teems with humanity, diamond insights into the leaders and events of our time, and endless fun. A joy -- James NaughtieHella Pick, the doyenne of post-war foreign correspondents, had a ringside seat throughout the Cold War, from her journalist's start in West Africa to her Guardian postings in the UN and USA, to her commanding role in reporting on the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. This is a moving and fascinating autobiography that captures a world that now feels distant -- Baroness Helena Kennedy QCHella Pick arrived in England in 1939 on one of the last Kindertransport trains from Austria and became one of the luckiest as well as the most skillful journalists of her generation. She always seemed to be in the right place at the right time. These memoirs offer a shrewd, detached and wise insight into some of the great events of the late 20th century -- Jonathan SumptionHella Pick's vivid and moving account of her trailblazing life on the inside track of international politics over four dramatic decades is a revelation - and a triumph of her extraordinary spirit -- Cate HasteThrilling and moving, Hella Pick's odyssey from child exile to trailblazing woman journalist and confidante of world leaders shines a bright light on two of the greatest challenges of our time: achieving gender equality and the refugee's struggle for identity and belonging -- Simon MayAn elegant and engaging memoir. Hella Pick escaped the Nazi death-camps to come to Britain and became the doyenne of diplomatic journalists. Hers is an inspirational story -- Lionel BarberIn her extraordinary memoir, Hella Pick reveals why she is one of the foremost Foreign Correspondents of her age . . . this is a memoir of great hope and a fascinating testimony, often with telling microscopic detail, that explains how we just managed to make it through the five decades after the Second World War without blowing ourselves up -- Misha GlennyAn extraordinary life, told by a veteran among Foreign Correspondents who reported in-depth on the forces which shaped the Cold War - and its uneasy aftermath. From the building of the Berlin Wall to its demise, the scramble for Africa, power play of Washington and New York and rise of China, Hella Pick has been on hand with her notebook and keen eye. Her odyssey from a child sent to Britain in the Kindertransport to doyenne of the foreign corps is a rich journey of discovery - professional and personal -- Anne McElvoyHella Pick is the doyenne, the queen, of diplomatic writers. Her memoirs are beautifully written, and filled with revealing and moving detail. If you want to understand why the world is in the state it is, Hella's story helps to explain it all. At the end, I closed it with real regret -- John SimpsonAn extraordinary life, and Hella Pick's impressive insights are remarkable -- Thomas Harding, author of 'The House by the Lake'From pre-war Vienna to Fleet Street via the Kindertransport, Hella Pick's memoir is an enjoyable mix of the personal and political, following her journey from refugee to senior journalist with a front-row view of world politics -- Katharine Viner, Editor-in-chief, Guardian News & MediaHella Pick lived through, and reported on, many of the most seismic moments of the past fourscore years or so. Now she turns her exceptional reporting skills on herself - and the result is fascinating, moving and truly inspiring -- Alan Rusbridger, Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and former Editor-in-Chief of the GuardianThe great Guardian journalist Hella Pick's memoir Invisible Walls is not just a fascinating account of how this Austrian refugee went on to cover some of the most significant events of the last century, but is also a clarion call for good old-fashioned journalism in a world of social media and fake news * CHOICE *A touchingly open account of a stellar career and its disappointments, personal and professional. She arrived at Liverpool Street station in 1939, and eleven-year-old Kindertransport refugee from Vienna... Her account of her long career is remarkable, partly owing to the range of postwar politicians who knew her and gave her stories... This account of her extraordinary life is a considerable achievement -- Frances Cairncross * LITERARY REVIEW *Both an eyewitness account of many of the defining moments and figures of the post-1945 age as well as a poignant reminder of the searing personal story of a generation of immigrant children who, having fled Nazism, grew up to make a remarkable impact on Britain... In what was still very much a male domain, Pick stood out as an independent woman with a sharp intellect, ambition and disarming charm. The result was insightful coverage as well as some memorable encounters in pursuit of the story... "I had no pretensions to see myself as a pioneer, let alone a role model,", she concludes. In this aspect, the celebrated diplomatic correspondent, foreign policy expert and roving world reporter most certainly failed -- Tessa Szyszkowitz * FINANCIAL TIMES *[A] formidable memoir of a dynamic life spent gathering information in some of the world's most powerful corridors * STRONG WORDS magazine *As a journalist, [Pick] covered the end of empire in Africa, the cold war, the 1968 upheavals in Paris, Kennedy's assassination and the collapse of the Soviet bloc. At the UN, or at the Royal Institute for International Affairs in London she cut a distinctive figure, always elegantly dressed, her dark hair swept back from her strong features. Her deep voice with its cut-glass accent was instantly recognisable when she was interviewed on BBC radio. Those of us who followed her as female foreign correspondents in what was then a male-dominated profession could only envy her poise - and her legendary contacts book. She knew everyone, from diplomats to prime ministers and presidents. More importantly, they knew her. -- Lindsey Hilsum * THE GUARDIAN *Pick's book is a celebration of a lost age of journalism, when, once accepted, reporters were free to roam the corridorsof power unfettered by security constraints, with easy access to the powerful, dictating copy over the phone, with no competition from the internet or social media... A constant refrain runs through Pick's book. "Irrespective of their achievements", she writes, refugees like herself "carried throughout their lives a sense of insecurity that would never truly evaporate". No amount of recognition, scoops or praise ever quite freed her from what she calls "an open prison" bound by invisible walls, with no key to the gates... In work as in her life, admirable and tough-minded, she chose not to look back, but to keep marching forwards. -- Caroline Moorehead * TLS *Hella Pick has lived an extraordinarily rich life... one of Britain's most highly respected journalists, a woman whose articles, primarily for the Guardian, revealed an authentically global perspective... Hella Pick is a brilliant narrator and, in the course of an action-packed book, we encounter distinguished figures from across the world -- Daniel Snowman * JEWISH CHRONICLE *Pick was the doyenne of the diplomatic press corps and her legend preceded her... Invisible Walls is a book of great power and honesty, packed with vivid detail of her reporting adventures from the newly independent African states of the late 1950s, through the US of the turbulent 60s and on, through the cold war and into this uncertain age of populist promise-makers, all told with a keen intelligence and relentless dedication to the facts... She brought to the job the intellectual hunger and moral purpose of one who had escaped the great catastrophe that descended on Europe in the 1930s... I commend her book to the widest audience possible but particularly those setting out in journalism. Pick is testament to the necessity of having a broad intellectual hinterland and an open mind, the value of cultivating sources and finding things out. There is no better manifesto against the current clickbait culture and narcissistic social media obsession. This voice from before the age of Facebook and Twitter is profound and urgent -- Fergal Keane * THE OBSERVER *
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Orion Publishing Co Price Wars
Book SynopsisWar in Ukraine, a global hunger crisis, the West''s cost of living crisis - the eruptions of 2022 were all too predictable. In Price Wars, Rupert Russell lays out just how these crises are connected and how many such events plunged the 2010s into a decade of turmoil. Entering the eye of the storm - from the trenches of Russian separatist-controlled Donbas to bomb disposal squads in Mosul to cattle raiders in Kenya - Russell discovers a butterfly effect of chaos in the real world being driven by chaos in the commodities markets. The price of food and oil has the power to bankroll foreign invasions, plunge continents into poverty and spark revolutions, civil wars and refugee crises. And these prices, whistle-blowing hedge fund managers and Nobel Prize winners told him, have become irrational. In this thrilling exposé of the dark financial forces that rule our world, Russell takes us on adventure into the inner workings of global disorder unlike any other.Trade ReviewCombining investigative courage with forensic analysis, Price Wars is a geopolitical masterpiece bursting with bite, originality and compassion -- DAVID LAMMY MPIf you're desperately searching for a single reason why Brexit, Trump or the war in Ukraine have caused such chaos, then sociologist and documentarian Rupert Russell might have the answer. [He] is a really engaging guide * OBSERVER *Provocative . . . Price Wars arrives at quite an appropriate moment, culturally speaking, with many people emerging from the depths of the pandemic wondering whether what was long billed as a core strength of globalisation, its flexibility, had been revealed through supply-chain shocks and other disruptions to be a bit of a broken promise or even an excuse for market fragility -- DAVID WALLACE-WELLS * NEW YORK TIMES *Price Wars is a totally original and stimulating read, part war zone reportage, part economic history and buzzing with ideas about the way markets work that will change your understanding of the world we live in -- LIAQUAT AHAMED, author of LORDS OF FINANCERupert Russell guilefully searches for chaos and finds the butterfly effect of volatile prices operating everywhere. His stories are vivid and analysis airtight. In his hands, prices become quantum: we can know its present value or trend, but not both. Is our civilisation slowly boiling, or can we simplify our hyper-complexity and tame the chaos we have unleashed through integrated financial markets? This fine book provides compelling answers -- DR PARAG KHANNA, author of CONNECTOGRAPHY and MOVERupert Russell's adventures into a host of modern apocalypses are retold in this thrilling page-turner. The result is an incredible synthesis that places global finance at the heart of chaos across the world -- POLLY TOYNBEEAn illuminating, sobering and endlessly fascinating look at the root causes and hidden connections between financial markets and some of the developing world's most wrenching crises. Fearlessly reported from conflict zones from separatist Ukrainian provinces to the Middle East, Russell compellingly draws a line between commodity manipulation on Wall Street and the chaos that fuels extremism and violence -- JOBY WARRICK, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of BLACK FLAGSA skilfully conducted tour of the role of price, once unmoored from reality, in adding chaos to an already chaotic world. A fresh look at some of the mostly deeply held dogmas of economics, exploding many along the way -- KIRKUSWry, objective, scary, funny: let's hope it's not all true, but that seems unlikely -- GRIFF RHYS JONESDeeply reported and thoroughly accessible, this investigation into the far-reaching consequences of economic speculation deserves a wide readership * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review) *Price Wars is a thorough and compelling account of political instability generated by the hyper-financialization of commodities. It could not be more timely -- Zach D. Carter, author of THE PRICE OF PEACE: MONEY, DEMOCRACY, AND THE LIFE OF JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESOne of the most important books of our time * THE INTERCEPT *Rupert Russell's new book shows how the financialization of commodity prices worsens volatility and destabilizes geopolitics. It couldn't be more timely * AMERICAN PROSPECT *Price Wars reveals that hedge fund managers and commodities traders based in the financial hubs of New York and London have manipulated the prices of essentials to maintain their profits . . . Russell argues that this practice has had a butterfly effect in contributing to human suffering and exacerbating social and political unrest in countries around the world * ATTITUDE MAGAZINE *
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Orion Publishing Co An Improbable Life
Book SynopsisSir Trevor McDonald is an extraordinary man - and he has led an improbable life. Now in his 80th year, he is known and loved by people the world over for his humility, charm and natural ease. As a natural storyteller and communicator, he has few equals. In An Improbable Life, Sir Trevor recounts his personal experience of world events and interviews with globally famous - or notorious - figures. He has witnessed war and death and risked his own life to meet and talk with despots and liberators. We read about his first trip to South Africa, and obtaining the first British television interview with Nelson Mandela; his reflections on the Windrush generation; and experiencing Barack Obama''s momentous inauguration as President of the USA. We are also present at his dramatic meetings with Saddam Hussein (the first and only one by a British television correspondent) and Muammar Gaddafi.Engaging, intimate and moving, this is the life story of an exceptional journalisTrade ReviewThe broadcasting legend's autobiography is written in his trademark charming and enigmatic style -- Nina Pottell * PRIMA *Veteran broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald tells his life story through his in-depth experience of world events and vivid encounters with important political figures in the engaging An Improbable Life * CHOICE magazine *Covering the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States in 2008 was the final act of Trevor McDonald's six-decade broadcasting career, but it comes at the start of his autobiography, An Improbable Life. That life is an extraordinary one: as a reporter and newsreader, 80-year-old McDonald has grilled some of modern history's most revered and reviled figures, from Nelson Mandela to Saddam Hussein. In his memoir he offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at these moments and reflects on his own remarkable journey, from Radio Trinidad to ITV's News at Ten * RADIO TIMES *As he reflects over a career that encompassed meeting leaders and dictators, as well as the deeply personal Windrush scandal, the eighty-year-old journalist and broadcaster offers an insight into the history that has shaped our world and his * MY WEEKLY *A fascinating read * PLATINUM *
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Orion Publishing Co Far and Away
Book SynopsisA selection of the next best writing by A. A. Gill -- 'By miles the most brilliant journalist of our age' (Lynn Barber)Trade ReviewA new collection of some of the legendary writer and critic's greatest travel and travel-adjacent pieces, from investigations into Mexican refugees to visiting a nudist beach with Jeremy Clarkson or a review of the last ever night at iconic Spanish restaurant El Bulli. Expect opinions. One to dip in and out of as you journey * HIGH LIFE magazine *Far and Away is a delicious collection of the late AA Gill's travel writing. The pieces bear all the hallmarks of Gill's writing: wit, irreverence, perceptiveness, and the cascading virtuosity of his prose * COUNTRY & TOWN HOUSE magazine *
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Orion Publishing Co Last Resort
Book SynopsisNamed a Best Book of 2022 by the New YorkerNamed a Top 10 Book of the Year by SlateNamed a Best Book of the Year by VultureA New York Times Editors'' ChoiceShortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction ''Talent is rare, which is why I let out a big yippee reading Andrew Lipstein''s Last Resort... Excellent''THE TIMES''You won''t read a more brilliantly executed literary romp this year''GUARDIAN ''A funny, fast-paced literary satire''DAILY TELEGRAPH''Incredibly entertaining''NEW YORK TIMES, Editor''s Choice''Wicked fun... A deliciously absurd comedy''WASHINGTON POST''If Less by Andrew Sean Greer left a hole in your life, good news: Last Resort will fill it''MEG MASON''Caleb Horowitz is exactly the kind Trade ReviewCowardly, avaricious, annoying, territorial, deceitful, opportunistic: there aren't enough shady adjectives in the dictionary to describe the narrator of Andrew Lipstein's Last Resort. What fun! Last Resort is about a novelist who has stolen the plot of his best-selling book from a story relayed to him by an acquaintance. Now, if you read last year's The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz, you'll notice that this novel has a similar, uh, plot as that one... They are both thrillers about, of all things, intellectual property. Korelitz's book was tighter and darker. Lipstein's is funnier. Both are incredibly entertaining... If Lipstein had written a less cunning book, he might have contrasted Caleb with a character who represented artistic purity, whatever that is. But everyone here sits somewhere on the grifter spectrum, including the real people (Avi, doomed woman, repressed married couple) upon whom Caleb's characters are based... In addition to a blithe streak, Caleb has a cruel streak, a petty streak and an intemperate streak, and Lipstein milks the comedy of these traits almost as well as Kingsley Amis did in Lucky Jim. * New York Times, Editor's Choice *If you've ever wondered where writers get their ideas from, Last Resort is wicked fun. If you're a writer, Last Resort is heartburn in print. Splayed across these pages is the dark terror that lurks within any creative person's breast: the embarrassing facts that might demolish the glorious claims made in the name of literary invention... A deliciously absurd comedy about literary fame. * Ron Charles, WASHINGTON POST *Lipstein gleefully scrutinizes the nature of success in an industry that runs as much on vanity as on financial gain... The book's command of contemporary-hipster details is wincingly precise. * New Yorker *Talent is rare, which is why I let out a big yippee reading Andrew Lipstein's Last Resort, one of a trio of excellent new first novels by men... Lipstein doesn't just blast chunks out of the inflated artifice of New York's literary scene, he turns his fire on the city at large too, or at least its hipster quarters, all "friendly, progressive, organic, recyclable"... There is something in Lipstein's novel that is specific to new male novelists - their conscious sensitivity about writing sex. Lipstein takes this head on. In Last Resort the novel-within-the-novel is slated online for its "male gaze". This is culturally astute (it's an accusation any man runs the risk of when he puts pen to paper, especially post #MeToo) and a smart way for Lipstein to say: I get it. * The Times *You won't read a more brilliantly executed literary romp this year... An unsparing satire of a generation of millennials who fear that their lives lack gravitas and emotional depth * The Guardian *A funny, fast-paced literary satire. * Daily Telegraph *A novel of post-collegiate literary ambition, slippery storytelling, and a perfectly Pninian ending. * Vanity Fair *Last Resort, Andrew Lipstein's almost perfectly plotted debut novel on a topic - creative envy and artistic theft - that tastes like catnip to many readers of literary fiction . . . has one of the best endings in recent memory... You'll think about Last Resort for weeks after you read the last pages. * Los Angeles Times *A brilliant morality tale about what happens when a person refuses to learn from their mistakes, all the way down to the final scene, which had me laughing out loud and punching the air. * Vulture *This is a moral drama about ambition and authorship that's as funny and fast-paced as it is sharp and cutting. * Monocle *A blissfully wicked work of art... A lightning-streak of a novel. * Interview *So horribly delicious that the reader (especially the reader who is also a writer) won't even dream of looking away. * LitHub, Most Anticipated Books of 2022 *If Less by Andrew Sean Greer left a hole in your life, good news: Last Resort will fill it. Fast and funny, it feels like a backstage pass to the book world. * Meg Mason, author of SORROW AND BLISS *I loved Last Resort. It takes so many surprising and brilliant turns: it is fun and witty, and rollicks through the pains and joys of writing and having your name on a book jacket (or not). And Caleb Horowitz is exactly the kind of character I love to hate: self-justifying but reflective, self-centred but loving. * Claire Fuller, Costa Novel Award winner of UNSETTLED GROUND *Last Resort is a rare accomplishment, a novel of ideas - about art, authorship, money, ethics - with the momentum of a great thriller. * Rumaan Alam, author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND *Last Resort is one of those novels about writing guaranteed to make every novelist who reads it blush with its unsparing portrayal of greed, obsession and smug superiority. Wickedly funny: I loved it. * Patrick Gale, author of MOTHER'S BOY *A brilliant take on what it means to be an artist in a world of endless compromises. Look out, Faust, there's a new sheriff in town. * Gary Shteyngart, author of SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY and LAKE SUCCESS *If there's nothing new under the sun, can anyone be original without lying? Would truth still be stranger than fiction if people were honest in real life? This fast-paced simulacrum of a commercial novel is not out to please the critics. I finished it in a day. * Nell Zink, author of DOXOLOGY *Last Resort is a strange and beguiling book about the contrivances, connivances and mysteries of creation, with an especially visceral depiction of male anxiety and an absolutely blistering end. A terrific debut. * Joshua Ferris, author of THEN WE CAME TO THE END *Sometimes, a character falls in step with you, invades your thoughts, disrupts your dreams and challenges your choices. You don't so much read Caleb Horowitz's story as be beguiled, bothered and bruised by it. This brilliant book is elegant, messy, sharp, blunt, sad and funny all at once. So good! * Janet Ellis, author of THE BUTCHER'S HOOK *Sharp, witty, and gleeful. A wry, brutal dissection of male authorship and ambition at a time of #metoo. Think Salter, but without his cold gaze, and written with such verve and gusto it will leave you holding your breath. Just when you think it can't get worse, it does. And some. Not a romp, more a riot, as Lipstein lays bare the petty jealousy of his protagonist, Caleb Horowitz, and his relentless pursuit of the right to be "known" and to own what is "his". What Caleb creates, he destroys; all that is good, is trampled, in a message that seems to speak beyond the book to question what it is to be male today. Honestly, I can't wait to read what Lipstein writes next. * Guinevere Glasfurd, Costa First Novel shortlisted author of THE WORDS IN MY HAND *With its seductive, chilled intelligence and frictionless style, Last Resort plunged me summarily into a one-sitting read. I came up for air awed by this sophisticated, high-stakes moral drama. * Hermione Hoby, author of NEON IN DAYLIGHT *A propulsive tale of American literary ambition, this novel exposes the status-hunger that motivates plenty of writing-far more than writers like to admit. A keenly observed and sharp-witted debut that's assured from first page to last." * Tom Rachman, author of THE IMPERFECTIONISTS *Lipstein asks the timely question: does one possess sole title to one's own story? A sharply written, headlong romp. * Lionel Shriver, author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN *A darkly comical thriller about writers and publishers, emulation and betrayal, written in an excitingly careful, clear, and original prose style. * Tao Lin, author of LEAVE SOCIETY *Last Resort is witty, profound and blisteringly intelligent. Andrew Lipstein asks major questions about ambition and authenticity and artistic ethics, while keeping me frantically turning the pages to see what happens next. A fantastic, fast-paced and deeply funny novel. * Molly Antopol, author of THE UNAMERICANS *A delightfully nightmarish satirical chronicle of one young author's reckoning with the consequences of his own blind ambition. Caleb's journey had me cringing with pure pleasure. * Antoine Wilson, author of MOUTH TO MOUTH and PANORAMA CITY *Last Resort is a witty, propulsive and often mesmerizing novel, a kind of creative-class thriller, full of wry social observation and subtle emotional textures, and it builds beautifully toward a bracing showdown between knowingness and self-knowledge. With its insular milieu and quality lit namechecks, not to mention its quasi-satirical anxiety of auto-fictional influence, Andrew Lipstein plays a risky game, and he plays it superbly, with feeling. * Sam Lipsyte, author of HARK *Authenticity and possession of stories are the surface themes of Last Resort, but it is really about ambition and emptiness, about a callow young man with nothing to say self-destructively looking for shortcuts in literature and life. But the great irony is that Andrew Lipstein's impeccably written debut has quite a lot to say, and, as with the best comic novels, his semi-hero's misadventures have an undertow of real sadness. * Teddy Wayne *Last Resort raises incisive questions about authorship, the tension between art and commerce, and the elusive nature of self-fulfillment, all while unspooling a compelling story with humor and great suspense. I didn't want it to end. * Julia Pierpont, author of AMONG THE TEN THOUSAND THINGS *A darkly comical thriller about editors and agents, friends and acquaintances, lovers and strangers, written in an excitingly careful, attentive, and original prose style. * Tao Lin, author of LEAVE SOCIETY *
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Orion Publishing Co Access All Areas
Book SynopsisFirst as a journalist and then a publicist at Warner Brothers Records for nearly twenty years, Barbara Charone has experienced, first-hand, the changes in the cultural landscape. Access All Areas is a personal, insightful and humorous memoir packed with stories of being on the cultural frontline, from first writing press releases on a typewriter driven by Tip Ex, then as a press officer for heavy metal bands taking the bus up to Donnington Festival with coffee, croissants and the much more popular sulfate. To taking on Madonna, an unknown girl from Detroit, and telling Smash Hits ''you don''t have to run the piece if the single doesn''t chart'', and becoming a true pioneer in music, Charone continues to work with the biggest names in music, including Depeche Mode, Robert Plant, Foo Fighters and Mark Ronson at her agency MBCPR.The story of how a music-loving, budding journalist from a Chicago suburb became the defining music publicist of her generation, AccesTrade ReviewBarbara is the quintessential force of nature. In this great memoir her insatiable thirst for beauty and adventure is fabulously quenched, be it by great music, interesting people or ultimately a fine rosé, all for the reader to sit back and enjoy. Of course, having been in the right place at the right time also helps, and every day I thank my lucky stars we crossed paths years ago and I was permitted to join her on such a fabulous adventure. -- Rufus WainwrightFrom Keith Richards to Madonna to Mark Ronson, the inimitable BC is a music industry legend and Access All Areas is the story of a life like no other -- Alexis PetridisBarbara Charone had a massive role in shaping my career over the past 15 years and she's one of the most adored figures in the music industry for good reason. Access All Areas is a warm, funny, boozy take on the last 40 years of the British music industry from the perspective of someone who helped shape it but is also obviously still a massive fan at heart. Her teenager-like enthusiasm for every project and artist she's ever worked beams from very page and as a music trivia junky, I lived for all the 80's Smash Hits-era insider information . . . This book rules -- Mark RonsonI loved this book! Smart, sharp and hilarious -- Suggs
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Orion Publishing Co Happy Trails
Book SynopsisAndrew Lauder is one of British record business''s most significant and highly influential figures but outside the music industry few people will probably know his name. He''s always retained a fan''s perspective which, combined with an exceptional knowledge of music, meant he was at ease around musicians and never happier than spending time with them. During the later ''60s and throughout the ''70s in particular (working at the legendary United Artists), he had a knack of being one step ahead of the next trend. In hindsight it''s easy to identify the changing eras in music but underground music, pub rock and punk in Britain, for example, evolved quite seamlessly and it was visionaries like Andrew who, instinctively, saw what was coming and helped bring about those transitions. He was ahead of the game in other ways too; pioneering a more creative way of marketing and promoting records and revolutionising the way catalogue was organised and presented. This is his story.Trade ReviewMany people who love music - or think they do - aspire to the A&R role. Some are chosen. Very few succeed. Hardly any succeed as significantly and consistently as Andrew Lauder. For 40 years, Andrew was an A&R man on whom those rivals kept the closest of eyes (I know that for certain because for a while I was one of them, and saw how good he was). Without making a fuss, without bothering - unlike so many -- about raising his own public profile, he applied his knowledge and enthusiasm to the business of identifying interesting musicians and helping them to reach an audience. * Richard Williams *Oh, so that's what happened...a crisp and more-ish read. Among the many qualities admired by us musicians who worked with Andrew was his modesty and self-effacement. It's remarkable how, in a book which documents his many successes and accomplishments, that lovely voice and manner is still unmistakable. * Nick Lowe *Lauder was co-founder of the labels Radar, F-Beat, Demon and Silvertone; this came after a decade in United Artists corporate trenches backing such unlikely nags as Can, Hawkwind, Dr Feelgood, and The Stranglers, as well as fading memories like the Groundhogs and Man. Characteristically discreet, his fascinating inside track on what went wrong with the Stones Roses exemplifies the collision of enthusiasm, licenced creativity, sharp practice and turf wars that made the music biz much more than just another office job. * Mojo *Warm and detailed, this is a great lid-lifter from a reliable, affable narrator...his enthusiasm and passion for pop is overwhelming. * Record Collector *Happy Trails is full of such quirks of good fortune that it's tempting to describe Andrew Lauder's career in A&R terms of luck, rather than his ability to detect and nourish talent. His good humour only cracks when discussing the contractual wrangles between his label, Silvertone, and the Stone Roses (not his fault - the dodgy contract pre-dated his involvement.) * Uncut *Happy Trails gives the reader a window into a charmed life that most of us can only dream of. * Shindig *A must read for fans of the seventies British underground. It was Lauder who created the environment within which Hawkwind could rise from the dishevelled jam band he signed in 1969, to become one of the most inventive acts of the early seventies. Lauder's far-sighted recruitment of Amon Düül II and Can lit the fuse for the 'krautrock' explosion of the early 1970s (a term, incidentally, that he loathed); and Lauder effectively god-parented the pub rock boom a couple of years later. * Goldmine *This welcome account (is) a joy to read * Caught By The River *Happy Trails is a book for music historians and crate diggers, particularly lovers of the blues from the '60s through to the '00s.Andrew Lauder's tale is a classic one: young and naïve country boy who came to the big city, fell into a random, entry-level but opportune position at the publishing company Southern Music, and went on to make his mark in the industry for half a century. During his tenure at various music companies in the UK Lauder released key albums from Elvis Costello, the Stranglers, Buzzcocks, Hawkwind, Can, Neu! and the Stone Roses. * Spin Magazine *Lauder is a solid writer, and presents his story with an authentically humble tone that really makes you want to sit down with him for a beer and chat. Can there be a better recommendation than that? * The Wire *Happy Trails is one of the most absorbing and relatable behind-the-scenes music business memoirs you'll ever read * Ugly Things *
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Leading with Intent
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McFarland & Co Inc The Elusive African Renaissance
Book Synopsis Africa faces several major development challenges that have adversely affected the political and material well being of the majority of the people living there. This collection of new essays rigorously analyzes those frontier development issues--including democracy, leadership, the economy, poverty alleviation through microfinance schemes, food security, education, health and political instability--and offers prescriptions that differ from the dominant neoliberal solutions.
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McFarland & Co Inc American Businesses in China
Book Synopsis Since the publication of earlier editions of this book, China''s political and economic landscapes have changed dramatically, with the rise of new leadership, evolving alliances, tariff wars, educational policies and technological advancements. Focusing on Chinese-American ventures, this expanded and revised edition chronicles the investments that have marked China''s astonishing growth in the 21st century. Adding another dimension to the exploration of Chinese-American commerce, this edition discusses China''s roots in Confucian identity and its effect on modern business culture. Case studies of American businesses that have been successful in China are included. Reflecting upon the changing nature of Chinese consumerism and international corporate behavior, the authors close with specific suggestions for those interested in doing business in China.Trade ReviewReviews of previous editions: ""recommended"" - Choice""an excellent introduction to current Chinese culture"" - Catholic Library World.
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