This book explains what every executive should know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and the business world. Based on the authors' rich experience with forward-thinking companies around the world, "Green to Gold" demonstrates how corporations create value by building environment[...]
Containing more than 550 verbs, "The Big Green Book of Italian Verbs" has a better selection of conjugations, more usage examples, and clearer presentation of tense formation than any competing language guide.[...]
From the Publishers Weekly review: "Two experts from Yale tackle the business wake-up-call du jour-environmental responsibility-from every angle in this thorough, earnest guidebook: pragmatically, passionately, financially and historically. Though "no company the authors know of is on a truly long-t[...]
The workbook companion to Green to Gold, a bestselling book in the green business category, to put theory into practice.[...]
Vitamin Green provides an up-to-the-minute look at the single most important topic in contemporary design: sustainability. This new attention to the life of the things we make is changing the way design is practiced on every level and will be at the center of discussions about architecture, landscap[...]
Bringing together the latest scholarship from a global group of expert contributors, this guide offers a comprehensive examination of the English School approach to the study of international relations.[...]
This technical guide offers an extensive overview of the use of vertical vegetation in high-rise buildings, an in-depth analysis of green walls, definitions and typology, including standards, policies and incentives. It features comprehensive case studies, along with architectural theories of the pu[...]
If you're spending time at home and craving some comfort food with a healthy twist, this mini cookbook is sure to be your go-to book. Savour some Slow-Cooked Beef Stew, slurp up Tomato and Crab Spaghetti or snack on Roasted Butternut Squash. Made from a wide range of wholesome ingredients, Daniel Gr[...]
Nancy L. Green offers a critical and lively look at New York's Seventh Avenue and the Parisian Sentier in this first comparative study of the two historical centres of the women's garment industry. Torn between mass production and 'art,' this industry is one of the few manufacturing sectors left in [...]
In this gripping, first-hand account, Dan Green tells the story of U.S. efforts to oust the Taliban insurgency from the desolate southern Afghan province of Uruzgan. Nestled between the Hindu Kush Mountains and the sprawling wasteland of the Margow and Khash Deserts, Uruzgan is a microcosm of U.S. e[...]