Before the National Book Award-winning Just Kids, Patti Smith addressed the life and passing of her intimate friend, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Through the linked pieces of The Coral Sea, Patti Smith honours her comrade-in-arms Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). She tells the story of a man on [...]

Create the best possible catered events with this unique resource Food and beverage costs represent one of the biggest expenses in most event budgets, yet meeting planners often do not know enough about catering and foodservice to make informed choices in this area. "A Meeting Planner's Guide to Ca[...]

The fourth edition gives readers the skills to apply calculus on the job. It highlights the applications' connection with real-world concerns. The problems take advantage of computers and graphing calculators to help them think mathematically. The applied exercises challenge them to apply the math[...]

Lock's first edition of Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data incorporates the use of available technologies and modern methods of data analysis. The text focuses on providing conceptual understanding of the main themes of statistical inference (with the help of a strong emphasis on the use of [...]

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–Bill Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar and Roy’s Restaurants "The authors have done a great job of enca[...]

Another in the bestselling '52 Great...Tips' series, this time on the perennially popular backgammon, which is having a resurgence with players online, in clubs up and down the country and at home. Two of the world's leading backgammon players provide not only the basic rules of the game but their t[...]

'It was the summer that Coltrane died. The summer Jimi Hendrix set his guitar in flames and China exploded the H-bomb. There were riots in Newark and marches against the war in Vietnam. The world was on the brink of change. It was the summer of love. And the summer of a chance encounter that would c[...]

Global justice and human rights is perhaps the hottest topic in political science today. This series of monographs and edited collections publishes groundbreaking work on key topics in this increasingly popular field, such as democracy, gender, legal justice, poverty, human rights, environmental jus[...]

Helps leaders and participants to create and sustain successful networks. This book address the need for articulating a governance model and norms, selecting and using appropriate tools, and expectations for how the network grows and changes over time.[...]

"To this book I say yes, yes, yes!"

—from the Foreword by Richard Carlson, author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

Find more time and energy for the things you love to do—learn to say no without feeling guilty!

The simple word "no" is often the most difficult[...]