Management: The Essentials covers the concepts essential to management in the 21st century in a fresh, lively format thats perfectly suited to a typical university semester. So whether you want to be a good manager or work for one, youll be prepared for the challenges ahead.

Oliver is one of the most well known, passionate and richest celebrity chefs in the world. But there is more to the man than his linguine. He towers over a business empires that comprises restaurants, shops, cookware, food, magazines, books, DVDs and television production.

Britain eats more fast food than any other country in Europe. It looks good, tastes good, and it's cheap. But the real cost never appears on the menu. This book tells the story of Britains love's affair with fast food. The author visits the lab that re-created the smell of strawberries ; examines the safety records of abattoirs ; reveals why fries taste so good ; and what really lurks between the sesame buns - and shows how fast food is transforming not only our diets but our world.

With more than 100 sweet and savoury bakes, Leon Happy Baking contains recipes for everyone, from the novice cook to the expert baker. Following the Leon principle that what tastes good can also do you good, many of the recipes are sugar-, dairy-, wheat- or gluten-free -- so there's plenty to indulge in even if you have a food allergy, an intolerance or an eye on your waistline. New recipes from the Leon menu are combined with favourites from the classic cookbook, now with fresh photography.

"Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has slipped into Venice for a much-needed holiday with his wife and two young children. But when Pope Paul VII dies suddenly, Gabriel is summoned to Rome by the Holy Father's loyal private secretary, Archbishop Luigi Donati. A billion Catholic faithful have been told that the pope died of a heart attack. Donati, however, has two good reasons to suspect his master was murdered. The Swiss Guard who was standing watch the night of the pope's death is missing. So, too, is the letter the Holy Father was writing during the final hours of his life. A letter that was addressed to an old friend: Gabriel."--Publisher.

"Tragedy seems to follow nine-year-old Esther. She was orphaned in her native Russia. Her last adoptive family perished in a fire Esther barely escaped. But now the Coleman family has adopted her, and life is good. Until a classmate takes a serious fall from a slide. Until an orphanage nun is battered to death. And until Esther?s new mom wonders if that tragic fire was an accident. From Dark Castle Productions comes Orphan, bringing stunning new twists to the psychological thriller and locking audiences in a tightening vise of mystery, suspicion and terror. You?ll never forget Esther. So sweet. So intelligent. So creative. So disturbed"--Container.