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A market-leading text, Microeconomics presents economic theory in the context of real, data-driven examples, and then helps you develop your intuition through hallmark Solved Problems. The text places emphasis on modern theories, such as industrial organization theory, game theory, and transaction cost theory, which are useful in analyzing actual markets. At the same time, a step-by-step problem-based learning approach demonstrates how to use microeconomic theory to solve business problems and analyze policy. The 9th Edition, Global Edition, has been substantially updated with new or revised real-world examples, applications and problems. This gives you a practical perspective, seeing how models connect to real-world decisions being made in today's firms and policy debates.

Human Resource Management introduces you to the daily tools and skills you'll need to function as successful managers, in both HR and business in general. Using a practical approach, the text explores the evolution of the field, highlighting the introduction of revolutionary new technologies and social media platforms.With a heavy focus on emerging industry trends and the positive impacts of technology on HR, the 17th Edition prepares you with everything you need to be effective managers and HR personnel in the 21st century.

Introduction to Hospitality is a lively, comprehensive survey of hospitality, the world's largest industry, designed for tomorrow's leaders. You'll explore the vibrant inner workings of each hospitality segment, including lodging, restaurants, tourism, recreation, attractions, clubs and managerial areas.A core goal of this text is to help you advance your hospitality career. In that spirit, Author John Walker offers you lively material and interesting features to facilitate the learning process.The 9th Edition maintains its five-part organization and features an all-new chapter on cruising. All chapters are updated to include COVID-19 implications, as well as What do you think? critical-thinking discussion questions.

Public Relations: Strategies and Tactics offers a readable, comprehensive, up-to-date look at public relations that instructors and students alike have praised for over 30 years. You'll find the numerous charts, photos and real-world case studies and examples to be engaging. And the authors' emphasis on ethical responsibility and references to landmark studies and time-honored PR techniques will help you understand the field.The 12th Edition offers a revised chapter structure that provides more continuity between key concepts. An expanded chapter on social media reflects its dominant role in any public relations program or campaign. And a new chapter on careers in public relations encourages you to consider issues from the perspective of a working PR practitioner.

Operations Research uses a balanced combination of theory, applications and computations to help you learn the basics of operating research (OR). It focuses on algorithmic and practical implementation of OR techniques. Easy-to-understand numerical examples explain often difficult math concepts, helping you grasp the foundational idea without getting stuck on complex theorems or notations. Full case studies and math-free anecdotes show how algorithms are used in real-life applications.The 11th Edition introduces analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning topics that strengthen and streamline the decision-making processes involved in OR. New stories, 3 new chapters, new case studies and sections provide an up-to-date introduction to the field of OR.

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Business and Economics is a highly regarded title that equips students with a conceptual understanding and interpretation of statistics and its applications in the business world, while also promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. The 2024 release takes a step-by-step approach, ensuring that beginners can easily grasp the concepts and succeed in a basic statistics course. With a focus on real-world application, this title uses examples and exercises to illustrate how statistics can be applied to solve current business scenarios. Additionally, the authors recognize the growing importance of data analytics and support the development of these basic skills through an application-based section on data analytics at the end of each chapter along with easily accessible data sets for practice. This title primarily uses Excel, Minitab, and MegaStat to demonstrate statistical analyses, helping users create graphical and descriptive statistics and conduct hypothesis testing.

In 2018, authorities in Hong Kong seized a shipment from smugglers that contained 88 dead pangolins. Where did these animals come from, and why were they killed? Where were they going? Who was responsible? In classic true crime fashion, the book examines evidence, suspects, and legal perspectives related to this specific case and, through it, the plight of pangolins globally. The chapters detail the lives and natural history of pangolins across Africa and Asia while exploring clues that may reveal who is responsible for the endangerment of the species. The book also explores speculation surrounding the possible role of pangolins in the emergence of COVID-19 and, more broadly, the relationship between wildlife trade and zoonotic disease. The resulting tale is one of conservation researchers, public health experts, and global organizations across Asia, Africa, North America, and Europe fighting to create a world in which pangolins can thrive again.

Gain an understanding of how econometrics can answer today's questions in business, policy evaluation and forecasting with Wooldridge's "Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, Cengage International Edition" 8th Edition. Unlike traditional texts, this book's practical, yet professional, approach demonstrates how econometrics has moved beyond a set of abstract tools to become genuinely useful for answering questions across a variety of disciplines. This title is updated to introduce the latest developments in the field, including the recent advances in the so-called "causal effects" or "treatment effects," to provide a complete understanding of the impact and importance of econometrics today.

Business Statistics: Communicating with Numbers takes a comprehensive and contemporary approach that aims to bridge the gap between how statistics is taught and applied in the business world. This title not only prepares students in basic statistics but also gets them excited about further exploration of data analytics. The authors emphasize communicating with numbers rather than number crunching, through relatable case studies with relevant statistical methods and takeaways. This title incorporates timely examples from various fields, reinforces core features from previous editions, uses Excel and R to analyze data and solve problems, and includes new improvements, such as a revised chapter on data visualization, an exclusive chapter on logistic regression, and digital enhancements such as a big data capstone project with algorithmic exercises that span across multiple chapters.

This is the story of Blue, a T-Rex who navigates the life of being an investment banker. Blue adapts to the customs, lingo, and schedule of his workplace culture, offering humorous insights into the struggles of fitting in and changing. As time goes on, Blue finds that he misses the jungle he came from and his dinosaur friends, and questions the tedious cycle of meetings, overtimes, and early mornings, sparking a reflection on the true meaning of his dreams. This T-Rex’s story is meant to represent the sharp reality many young adults find when they actually achieve their dreams. Whether that is a dream career, college, or relationship, the magic of the dream is often not as it seems. This is not to discourage people from pursuing their dreams, but to show that dreams bend, change, and shift over time.

Every feature in this text is deigned to help you learn calculus. Whenever you see a red u, pay special attention to the study aid. The Study Tips occur at point of use throughout the text. They represent common questions the students ask me, insights into understanding concepts, and alternative ways to look at concepts. This includes graphing calculators, computer graphing programs, and spreadsheet programs such as Excel.

Every feature in this text is deigned to help you learn calculus. Whenever you see a red u, pay special attention to the study aid. The Study Tips occur at point of use throughout the text. They represent common questions the students ask me, insights into understanding concepts, and alternative ways to look at concepts. This includes graphing calculators, computer graphing programs, and spreadsheet programs such as Excel.

Gain a solid understanding of what is arguably the most critical and complex component of global supply chains with Novack/Gibson/Suzuki's TRANSPORTATION: A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVE, 10E. You learn the fundamental role and importance of transportation in companies and society as you study the current complex environment of transportation service. The authors introduce the role of transportation in supply chains and provide an overview of the operating and service characteristics, cost structure and challenges that today's transportation providers face. Updates throughout this edition highlight critical transportation management issues with insights into the strategic activities and challenges in the movement of goods through the supply chain. You examine global topics with the latest coverage of hard and soft technology and interesting discussions of fuel, energy, managerial, economic and environmental issues.

Cummings/Worley's ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE, 12th Edition, is the most widely-used textbook in the field. It blends rigor and relevance in a comprehensive and clear presentation. The authors work from a strong evidence-based foundation to describe, in practical terms, how behavioral science knowledge can be used to help organizations develop strategies, structures and processes for superior performance, sustainability and social outcomes.

Market-defining since it was introduced, International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace, sets the standard and is the proven choice for International Business at the undergraduate and graduate level. The text provides a complete solution that is relevant (timely, comprehensive), practical (focus on applications of concepts), integrated (integrated progression of topics) and the most up-to-date on the market. It incorporates leading-edge research into the text, the use of the up-to-date examples and statistics to illustrate global trends and enterprise strategy, and the discussion of current events within the context of the appropriate theory.

In Managerial Accounting for Managers, the authors have crafted a streamlined managerial accounting book that is perfect for nonaccounting majors who intend to move into managerial positions. The traditional Process Costing, Statement of Cash Flows, and Financial Statement Analysis chapters have been dropped to enable instructors to focus their attention on the bedrocks of managerial accounting—planning, control, and decision making. Noreen/Brewer/Montague/Garrison focuses on the fundamentals, allowing students to develop the conceptual framework managers need to succeed. The text doesn’t cover journal entries or financial accounting topics so students can focus on principles of managerial accounting with a focus on decision making and analytical skills. Entrepreneur Spotlights and current business examples help students see real-world applicability and students gain a balanced coverage of business models from nonprofit, retail, service, wholesale, and manufacturing organizations.

Accounting Information Systems (AISs) delivers unprecedented coverage of these types of financial systems. The text examines how developments in IT affect business processes and controls, the effect of recent regulatory developments on the design and operation of AISs, and how you can use AISs to add value to an organization.The 16th Edition covers important new IT developments in AIS, such as robotic process automation, blockchain and data analytics. Not only will you see how AIS has changed the role of an accountant, but you'll also be prepared for a successful accounting career in public practice, industry or government.

Simply keeping the mind clear and calm was, for many post-Tang Daoists, the path to eternal life and freedom. Through sheer serenity, practitioners believed they could attain immunity to hunger, eliminate sexual function, suspend breath and pulse, engage in astral travel, and command spirits and natural forces.In his meticulously researched study, Stephen Eskildsen examines how this perspective informed Daoist internal alchemists after the Tang dynasty (618–907), including prominent representatives of the Quanzhen tradition in the north and the Nanzong in the south. Drawing on a wide array of textual sources, he analyzes the teachings of figures like Qiu Chuji (1143–1227), Yin Zhiping (1169–1251), Zhang Boduan (ca. 984–1082), Bai Yuchan (1194– 1229), Li Daochun (fl. 1288–1292), Yu Yan (ca. 1253–1314), and Wu Shouyang (1574–after 1641), among others. These adepts emphasized passive, straightforward methods that they believed gave rise to spontaneous psychic, sensory, and physiological p

Fiery heroine Dahlia Racers is on the run in this latest volume of the acclaimed Gun Honey comics spin-off that fans of crime noir and pulp fiction will love.

Outlander meets Game of Thrones in this blockbuster new epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews. DELUXE EDITION--featuring gorgeous sprayed edges! When Maggie wakes up cold, filthy, and naked in a gutter, it doesn't take her long to recognize Kair Toren, a city she knows intimately from the pages of the famously unfinished dark fantasy series she's been obsessively reading and re-reading while waiting years for the final novel. Her only tools for navigating this gritty world of rival warlords, magic, and mayhem? Her encyclopedic knowledge of the plot, the setting, and the characters' ambitions and fates. But while she quickly discovers she cannot be killed (though many will try!), the same cannot be said for the living, breathing characters she's coming to love--a motley band that includes a former lady's maid, a deadly assassin, various outrageous magical creatures, and a dangerously appealing soldier. Soon, instead of trying to get home, sh

From the author of Some Girls Do comes a summery sapphic romance about two girls from the same vacation town, whose worlds couldn't be farther apart.Cass has a rule about dating summer girls--just say no. Every year, her idyllic beach town is flooded with summer girls, the obnoxious daughters of the rich, who stay in their families' summer homes, sail their yachts, and generally make things unbearable for townies like Cass. Birdie is the ultimate summer girl. She's the daughter of a wealthy real estate developer dad and a social media influencer mom, and this summer Birdie happens to be in big trouble for accidentally crashing her boyfriend's very expensive car. Birdie's punishment is to spend the summer with her father at the beach--but it won't be a vacation. He's enlisted the help of Cass, whose dad works for him, to keep Birdie on the straight and narrow, including getting her a job at the public beach where Cass lifeguards. At first the two despise each other. Birdie doesn't want

A powerful middle-grade novel in verse set in India at the turn of the millennium that follows a 12-year-old girl as she navigates new beginnings, difficult truths and a crush. Perfect for fans of The Night Diary, Red, White and Whole, and Remember Us. For twelve-year-old Chandni, 1999 is the year everything must be perfect. And why shouldn't it be? Her parents are well respected doctors in the community, she's the leader of her friend group, and her crush is even hinting at liking her back. She also has her sights set high on a spot at India's most prestigious boarding school for girls. If she stays focused and works hard, the dream just may be in reach. But as the boarding school selection looms closer, Chandni is overwhelmed by a devastating secret that's threatening to tear her family apart. With life and relationships spiraling around her, Chandni will have to decide between pursuing her ambitions or protecting her family. Set against the vibrant yet tumultuous backdrop of 1990s I

From international picture book star Beatrice Alemagna comes an enchanting new fairy tale set in a mucky, magical underground world where the Mud Princess rules. A little girl's too-big feelings spur a cathartic journey of adventure and discovery, in this picture book for kids ages 5-8, perfect for fans of Where the Wild Things Are. Yuki is lost in a dark mood on her way home from school. In a flash of frustration, she tosses her house keys down an open manhole. When she climbs down to retrieve them, she discovers another world: Mudland. The Mud Princess, an enormous dripping thing made of mud and sticks, greets Yuki and shows her the wonders of her kingdom. Yuki's dark mood is at home here--her sadness and anger fit right in. As they journey together, the Mud Princess becomes larger, absorbing the anger around her. Everything the princess touches becomes muddy, even Yuki. Yuki faces a choice--to become a Mud Princess herself or to return to the world above ground and its expectations.

It's The Pigeon's BIRD-DAY! And wait . . . it is Duckling's bird-day too! And that flock of fluffy, adorable, itty-bitty, just-hatched today baby chicks? It is their bird-day too! HAPPY BIRD-DAY TO EVERYONE! Get ready for to have a bird-day ball in this color and activity book packed with birthday games, puzzles, and coloring, plus DIY gifts, cards, decorations, a two-sided pullout poster, stickers, and plenty of surprises.

跨越心中那道綠色樹籬：當我們放下偏見，世界就此相連。「他們和我們不一樣嗎？」在一道高大的綠色樹籬兩端，兩個孩子互相張望。「他們不是我們這邊的人，」其中一個孩子篤定地說。接著，一連串充滿好奇的對話展開了：「他們會飛嗎？」「他們有觸角嗎？」「他們是機器人嗎？」「還是……他們跟我們一樣，也會思考、也會感受？」由《紐約時報》冠軍暢銷作家 Kobi Yamada 與大師級插畫家 Charles Santoso 聯手打造。這不只是一本給孩子的繪本，更是一本寫給大人的寓言。A universal story of kindness, compassion, and the importance of looking for the best in others by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Do You Do with an Idea?You have to wonder what they’re thinking. The other people.They’re not from here. They’re over there.They’re different.Standing by the hedge that divides them, two children wonder what the people on the opposite side are like. They're not like us, one child insists. The other child wonders: How are they different? Can they fly? Do they have tentacles? Are they machines? Or are they human? And if they are, do they think and feel? Maybe, just maybe, the people here and the people there are not so different after all.Written with gentle humor and illustrated with spare, emotionally powerful pi

An inspiring modern fairy tale about a brave girl who shrinks and grows depending on how she feels, showing how all of us--no matter our size--are so much bigger than our fears. From Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning author Laurel Snyder and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator LeUyen Pham. Violet knows what it's like to be afraid: when you're afraid, you feel helpless and small. But when Violet is afraid, she doesn't just feel small--she actually shrinks! It's tough to stop feeling frightened when you're only a few centimeters tall. But when Violet's best friend is in danger, she'll have to learn to deal with her fear in a new way--and save the day in the process. Shrinking Violet is a beautifully illustrated story about fear and bravery for anyone who has ever felt scared and small. Readers will root for Violet as she finds her voice, stands up for her friend, and, most importantly, discovers the tremendous power of her own inner strength. BIG FEELINGS: Feeling small and afraid is a

A deluxe junior novelization that retells Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters--and features a shiny cover and 16 pages of full-color images! Rumi, Mira, and Zoey are the world-famous girl group HUNTR/X. When they aren't selling out stadiums, they protect the world from a force of powerful demons that have threatened the world for centuries. But have they met their match with the arrival of Saja Boys, an infuriatingly cute boy band who happen to be demons in disguise? This hardcover deluxe junior novelization is the official retelling of Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters--and features a shiny cover and 16 pages of full-color images. Based on the screenplay by Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan and Maggie Kang and Chris AppelhansBased on KPop Demon Hunters, the film Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans

From beloved, bestselling author Cornelia Funke comes a bright and bold introduction to the world's extraordinary creatures--perfect for the youngest readers. Also available in Spanish: Seres fabulosos. Dragons, unicorns, and thunderbirds are only a few of the fabulous creatures young children will meet in this book! In this bright and bold introduction to fantastical and magical animals from around the globe, bestselling and celebrated fantasy author Cornelia Funke and illustrator Ruby Warnecke invite children into the fabulous world of myth and legend.

From one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning -- based on unprecedented access -- with one of the world's most brilliant and driven tech visionaries and his game-changing company. Even by the standard of a tech industry stacked with so-called visionary leaders possessed of the godspark of genius, Demis Hassabis is universally recognized as a special case. Born poor in North London to immigrant parents, a dominant chess prodigy by age five and wizard coder in his teens, he turned down a seven figure offer before he turned 18 to feed his insatiable scientific curiosity at Cambridge. Later, he added a neuroscience PhD to his computer science skills to pursue the dream of artificial general intelligence, his ultimate goal to solve the world's hardest problems and usher in an era of super-abundance. And along with a small group of fellow travelers around the world, that is the path he is very much still on, winning a Nobel Prize a

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of From Strength to Strength, an account of how the modern world sets us up to fail at finding meaning--and a plan for finding what you seek. Meaning in life is getting harder to find--and there's a reason for that. In The Meaning of Your Life, social scientist and happiness expert Arthur Brooks explains how rapid societal and technological changes have rewired our brains, making them ill-equipped to handle questions of existential reckoning. The resulting emptiness is not imaginary, and it is life-destroying for some, especially for young people. Fortunately, there's hope. With compassion, clarity, and practicality, Brooks tells you exactly what you need to do to move toward meaning. You'll take a test to determine where you are on your meaning journey, learn evidence-based tactics for rewiring your brain for complex and abstract concepts, and discover a vocabulary for your desires. Most importantly, Brooks will show you where to search fo

Available in a beautiful print edition for the first time, this brilliant lecture delivered by László Krasznahorkai, winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, reads like an unforgettable short storyAddressed to a rapt audience in Stockholm two days before being awarded his Nobel Prize, L嫳zl?Krasznahorkai's moving lecture asks: "Human being--astonishing creature--who are you?" In a message about hope (or his lack thereof), Krasznahorkai compassionately considers humanity and how, from our degraded current epoch, destruction might emerge --or rebellion.

By the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Inner Excellence, this book offers a transformational blueprint for building the life you long for. Each one of us has a deep need for meaningful relationships, where love is unconditional and fully reliable, and where we can rest secure, with the deepest contentment, no matter what the circumstances around us. In the busyness, the stresses, and the comparisons we face each day, it's easy to lose sight of what's possible, of the life we were created for: a life lived with a love you can feel in your heart that enlivens every experience - everything you think, feel, and do. It's a life marked by courage, facing your fears, and living out your longing for depth, for meaning, and for fullness of life. Each of us has a deep need for something that this world cannot fulfill, and we spend most of our lives searching for it. Drawing on over 2,000 years of wisdom along with hard-won lessons from his own journey, bestselling author and performan

Pre-order now to receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION-- only available on the first printing while supplies last! The collector's hardcover features stenciled edges, illustrated endpapers, a special hardcover case design, and jacket effects.From Alex Aster, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lightlark series, comes her first adult romantasy. Enter the world of Starside, where swords wield magic and power is not inherited...but claimed.Hundreds of years ago, a brutal war split a land in two. Starside is the realm of magic and immortals--the descendants of the gods, living in a power-rich paradise. Stormside is where mortals fight for scraps of that magic.Every fifty years, the gates between them open, and fifty challengers are allowed to journey across Starside on a deadly quest to access a pool of magic that can heal, grant wealth, or extend life. Everyone has their reasons for entering, but Aris has only one: vengeance. As a child, a goddess set fire to her village

The first book in the Bonded To Beasts duology - a fast-paced, seductive series that flawlessly blends searing romance, political intrigue, elemental magic and of course, dragons.

Have you got what it takes to keep Dennis and Walter from erasing each other from history? It's a week night and you have a sleepover round Dennis's house! It's going to be EPIC!... Is what you thought before Dennis pulled a prank that shut the school down and you were forced to go to work with his parents. BORING!... Is what you thought before you, Dennis, Gnasher and Walter got sucked into a time machine that sent you back in time to when their parents were your age! AWESOME!... Is what you thought before Dennis and Walter messed with the timeline and started disappearing.Can you make the right decisions and get history back on track before it's too late? Find out in this pick your own story, where YOU are the main character!

一位殞落的芭蕾明星，在傷痛與過往之間徘徊，面對愛與背叛的記憶，重新選擇人生方向。本書以華麗而殘酷的舞蹈世界為背景，深刻描繪藝術家的孤獨與執著，是一部關於自我救贖與重生的動人小說。REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK"This story left me thinking about the ways we overcome setbacks and redefine what truly matters." - Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club December '24 Pick)A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice--to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever--in this incandescent novel of redemption and loveOn a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident that stalled her career. Once the most celebrated dancer of her generation, she now turns to pills and alcohol to numb the pain of her past.She is unmoored in her old city as the ghosts of her former life begin to resurface: her loving but difficult mother, her absentee father, and the two gifted dancers who led to her downfall.One of those dancers, Alexander, is the love of her life, who transformed both Natalia and her ar

#1New York TimesBestseller. Dark Romcom Sensation. Over 3 million copies sold.Book three in the #1New York Timesbestselling Into Darkness Series, following Navessa Allen’s scintillatingLights OutandCaught Up. The game is on for these enemies-to-lovers with laugh-out-loud banter and scorching-hot brat play.I hate that woman.Tyler Neumann has spent years looking for his father, and not because he wants to meet the man. No, he wants todestroyhim. And he’ll manipulate whoever he can to exact his revenge.Including Stella McCormick. She’s everything Tyler hates. Her wealth and privilege have protected her for her entire life, and Tyler thinks it's time she finally paid the price. Whether she’s ready to or not.I hate that man.Stella might not believe in love at first sight, but loathing at first sight—no question. From the moment she sets eyes on Tyler in her tattoo parlor, she knows he’s the devil planning to make her life hell.Forced to play the part of his girlfriend and invite him into he

Erin Hunter’s #1 bestselling Warriors series continues with the third book in the Changing Skies arc. Two cats--an elder and an apprentice--believe that only they can save the Clans from certain destruction.Moonpaw finally confesses to her Clanmates that her dead sister has been torturing her in her mind, and the Clan rallies around her in support. But as Moonpaw grows closer to Goldenpaw, her sister's threats become more ominous, and even turn bloody. Moonpaw worries she's a danger to her entire Clan. Would Thunderclan be better off without her?Tawnypelt is sure that the prophecy she received from Bluestar is a dire warning--and she believes that only the Elders can see the Clans through the oncoming danger. Frustrated with his mother, Tigerstar bans her from speaking of the prophecy, so Tawnypelt takes refuge in ThunderClan. She begins to wonder if her true place is in the Clan of her birth.Amidst all this, Starlingpaw grows bolder in his belief that he alone must save the Clans. But

An adventure-filled fantasy series for middle grade fans of KPop Demon Hunters! For their midyear exam, Hana's group must achieve flawless kalgunmu (synchronized choreography). A legendary crystal drum promises to "hold the heartbeat of idols past," but its magic drives them into rivalry instead of rhythm. To pass--and survive--the group must learn that true harmony comes from trust, not shortcuts.