Corporate governance is concerned with how a company is directed & controlled & in particular with the role of the directorate & the need to ensure that there is an effective framework for accountability of directors to owners. Corporate Governance & Accountability Third Edition provides readers with an up-to-date summary of the most recent developments in corporate governance. The book provides a full discussion of corporate governance issues & adopts a holistic approach to corporate governance. It provides a full discussion of corporate governance issues taking the broadest view of the corporate governance agenda including both theory & practice. The new edition is comprehensively updated & incorporates new codes of practice policy documents & academic research. ...

The first edition of Corporate Insolvency Law proposed a fundamentally revised concept of insolvency law intended to serve corporate as well as broader social ends. This 2009 second edition takes on board a host of changes that have subsequently reshaped insolvency law & practice notably the consolidation of the rescue culture in the UK the rise of the pre-packaged administration & the substantial replacement of administrative receivership with administration. It also considers the implications of recent & dramatic changes in the provision & trading of credit the movement of an increasing amount of insolvency work to the pre-formal insolvency stage of corporate affairs & the arrival on the insolvency scene of a new cadre of specialists in corporate turnaround. Looking to the future Vanessa Finch argues that changes of approach are needed if insolvency law is to develop with coherence & purpose & she offers a framework for such an approach. ...

The authors are pro-business although not business-as-usual. The book is written first & foremost with the purpose of helping to improve business performance because business is after all the principal motor for growth & development in the world today. The authors argue that companies adhering to best practice in CSR & taking advantage of possibilities inherent in Corporate Social Opportunity" are good for shareholders as well as customers & employees." ...

When firms are on the brink of failure only turnaround management can restore performance & profitability. The key is to provide stability & create cash (and a breathing space) for building long-term success. This fully revised edition provides practical advice on restoring confidence through effective leadership & planning. It highlights the importance of communication with stakeholders staff customers & suppliers & how best to structure the capital base of an organization in order to fund recovery & future growth. Essential reading for chief executives consultants & merchant bankers (as well as investors tracking the progress of ailing businesses) this book offers a definitive set of tools & techniques. ...

A further episode in the Unquiet Bones series following the life & fortunes of Hugh de Singleton surgeon in medieval Bampton Oxfordshire Alan the beadle of the manor of Bampton had gone out at dusk to seek those who might violate curfew. When the following morning he had not returned home his young wife Matilda had sought out Master Hugh de Singleton surgeon & bailiff of the manor. Two days later Alan's corpse was discovered in the hedge at the side of the track to St Andrew's Chapel. His throat had been torn out
- his head was half severed from his body
- & his face hands & forearms were lacerated with deep scratches. Master Hugh meeting Hubert the coroner at the scene listened carefully to the coroner's surmise that a wolf had caused the great wound. & yet.. .if so why was there no blood?

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A lively hands-on introduction to the use of electronic corpora in the description & analysis of English this book provides an ideal introduction for university students of English at the intermediate level. Students planning papers dissertations or theses will find the book a particularly valuable guide. After introducing corpora & the rationale & basic methodology of corpus linguistics the author presents a number of case studies providing new insights into vocabulary collocations phraseology metaphor & metonymy syntactic structures male & female language & language change. In a final chapter it is shown how the web can be used as a source for linguistic investigations. Each chapter has study questions exercises & suggestions for further reading. Students will benefit from the books * Clear language & structure * Well-defined terminology * Step-by-step instructions * Generous up-to-date exemplification from different varieties of English around the world * Accompanying web-page with exercises & updated information about freely accessible corpora. ...

On horseback the positioning & balance of the rider is of paramount importance. But how do they learn the correct seat? Often riders are forced into a posture which they are unable to master due to physical problems alone. The consequence is tension in the rider & tension in the horse. This guide describes with the help of numerous exercises how the rider can find his or her own individual path to a balanced seat & to a better communication with the horse:
- Thoughts before mounting
- Exercises on the stationery horse
- Anatomy
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- Criteria for the correct seat
- The feeling of balance: legs & buttocks
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- The dynamic horse
- The relaxed horse
- Communicating with the horse's back
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- The feeling for motion: the walk the trot the canter
- Using the seat
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- Light aids: weight aids leg aids mental aids rein aids full halt half-halt
- The author of this guide is a GP a physiotherapist & an expert riding teacher; she also runs a surgery for hippogenic training * Essential reading for anyone adult or youngster who is learning to ride or who already rides & wishes to know more. * Beautifully illustrated simple & easy-to-follow book.















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Speak & write English as if it were your native tongue! Are you tired of making the same mistakes in English again & again? End the bad habits that can leave the people you talk to confused. Correct Your English Errors warns you of hundreds of typical errors learners make & explains the reasons behind the mistakes so you can correct yourself in the future. Improve your English skills with this fun & comprehensive guide & avoid all the common mistakes such as: Mispronouncing & misspelling words Applying your native language's grammar patterns to English Putting verbs in the wrong tense Using incorrect prepositions in expressions Confusing subject-verb agreement Correct Your English Errors offers exercises covering all parts of grammar & provides review passages to check that you are error-free. Soon biting your nails will be your only bad habit! ...

This is a witty fast-paced guide to eliminating those annoying & frustrating French bloopers. Mixing genders inverting subjects & objects & trusting false cognates are just a few of the blunders English-speaking French-language learners commonly make. In Correct Your French Blunders" veteran French teacher Veronique Mazet identifies these & other common trouble spots & clearly explains the reasons behind them. You will discover how grammar patterns of French differ from those of English & why trying to translate word for word structure for structure from English can lead to big trouble. You will learn to break bad habits & correct your mistakes while developing a much more natural feel for French language patterns with the help of: more than 1 000 highlighted examples of common blunders to avoid; a free app available on i Tunes for interactive practice for obliterating those blunders; numerous examples & practical exercises; quick-reference panels for checking correct tense forms; & a " Hall of Shame" compendium of bad errors to recognize & correct." ...

From the author of Freedom a panoramic vision of America at the beginning of the 21st century seen through the turbulent lives of the Lambert family. The Corrections is now seen by many as one of the greatest American novels of the last decade. The Lamberts
- Enid & Alfred & their three grown-up children
- are a troubled family living in a troubled age. Alfred is ill & as his condition worsens the whole family must face the failures secrets & long-buried hurts that haunt them if they are to make the corrections that each desperately needs. Stretching from the Midwest in the mid-century to Wall Street & Eastern Europe in the age of globalised greed The Corrections brings an old-time America of freight trains & civic duty into wild collision with the era of home surveillance hands-off parenting do-it-yourself mental healthcare & New Economy millionaires. It announces Jonathan Franzen as one of the most brilliant interpreters of American society & the American soul.

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