With an emphasis on value creation and leadership, this book will help organizations around the globe to build stronger internal audit functions, highlighting the latest risks including COVID-19 and the most cutting-edge tools to assess them. As environmental risks grow in number and complexity, and organizational resources become more constrained, the need to maximize both efficiency and effectiveness

This eclectic collection of poems invites you to sit at a table and feast along at a banquet of thoughts, desires and dreams. Each theme spotlights some untested message about identity, mental health, love and being, giving a lucid perspective to otherwise complex matters. The vulnerable, delicate and emotional poems coupled with the author\'s transparency about her own experiences have informed the

The first book from Drake/Anderson illustrates the award-winning firm\'s opulent modernist design with interiors that are as unique and expressive as they are inviting and livable. Principals Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson delight in creating imaginative rooms that emphasize the precious alongside the everyday. Drake is known for his fearless use of color as well as his fashion-conscious sensibility.

An extraordinary tale of family, difficult decisions and destiny, from the world\'s favourite storyteller, Danielle

The first edition of The New Cold War was published to great critical acclaim. Edward Lucas has established himself as a top expert in the field, appearing on numerous programs, including Lou Dobbs, MSNBC, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and NPR. Since The New Cold War was first published in February 2008, Russia has become more authoritarian and corrupt, its institutions are weaker, and reforms have fizzled.

This emotionally charged novel in verse follows an intense and tumultuous relationship between two queer teen girls, anchored around a single day where they set a fire and their relationship spirals out of control. An unforgettable love story, Nothing Burns As Bright As You is a beautifully written, propulsive read that will take your breath away.

An annotated edition of \"Lolita\". It attempts to elaborate on the verbal textures and show how they contribute to the novel\'s overall meaning. It also provides observations on the novel\'s artifice, games and verbal

In Building Spelling Skills, Daily Practice, Grade 4, students will learn 18 spelling words per week (540 total). Two sentences for dictation are provided for each list. In this new edition, teaching objectives are provided for each of the 30 weeks. Spelling lists include the following: contractions blends vowel sounds prefixes and suffixes compound words words with silent letters homophones

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Estonian grandmaster Paul Keres is one of the greatest players in chess history. Along with Viktor Korchnoi he is one of the best never to have gained the ultimate title of world champion. He was numbered among the very top players in the world for more than three decades. He was an unusually well-rounded chessplayer, writing numerous books and, additionally, also composing problems and endgame studies.

From Mickey Mouse to the teddy bear, from the Republican elephant to the use of \"jackass\" as an all-purpose insult, images of animals play a central role in politics, entertainment, and social interactions. In this penetrating look at how Western culture pictures the beast, Steve Baker examines how such images--sometimes affectionate, sometimes derogatory, always distorting--affect how real animals

Flash Harriet has a problem. The ostrich eggs at a nearby farm are being stolen. Without them her father can t do his famous musical performance, and the farm will have to be sold. Who s stealing the eggs, and why do they want them? Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction. Text type: A mystery story Curriculum links:

\'A wonderfully observed novel which provides a rare outsider\'s glimpse of the quiet despair that lurks behind those bright, perfectly-formed American smiles\' Literary

\"Harlock leads the way to a world of new ideas.\" - James Cameron An all-new series featuring a contemporary take on one of the most revered and recognizable characters in science fiction history! When Tadashi Daiba\'s father is murdered by invaders known as the Mazon, he becomes frustrated in the face of the Earth government\'s flippant attitude. Landing himself in prison, Tadashi finds himself invited

\"We\'re still married...\"When her annoyingly gorgeous ex-husband walks back into her life eight years after their divorce, those are the last word Everley expects to hear.Their marriage only lasted a year. They burned bright and crashed - and they both thought they\'d moved on.Shame somebody forgot to file the papers.Now Dylan is back in town for a few months - taking a break from his work as a doctor

The soul survivor of a plane crash in the Maine wilderness, scientist Grace Sutter finds herself stranded on an icy mountaintop with Greylen MacKeage, a seductive medieval warrior hurtled through time to find the woman he is destined to love.

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