Written for risk professionals and non-risk professionals alike, this easy-to-understand guide helps you meet the increasingly insistent demand to make sophisticated assessments of companies' risk exposure. It provides the latest methods for:● Measuring and transferring credit risk● Increasing risk-management transparency● Implementing an organization-wide Enterprise risk Management (ERM) approach

Help children build strong character and lasting values with the HIGH SPARKLE framework.This beautifully illustrated Christian children's book introduces young readers to essential character traits including Honesty, Integrity, Gratitude, Honor, Self-Discipline, Perseverance, Appreciation, Respect, Kindness, Listening, and Empathy. Through simple explanations, practical examples, discussion prompts, and family activities, children learn how these values can guide their choices and ...

In the early morning of 9 April 1940, a fleet of German battleships entered the Oslofjord.Norwegian artillery delayed them long enough for King Haakon VII and his cabinet to escape to England, but there was no stopping the Nazi Blitzkrieg. Norway stood on the cusp of a traumatic five-year occupation whose aftershocks would continue to trouble its national consciousness long after the defeated Germans departed in May 1945.Robert Ferg...

WHO WILL WIELD THE MEDALLION? Bolt and Superball are in a race against the clock to recover the medallion that threatens the world, but they're not prepared for who might find it first! Plus, ROBERT KIRKMAN & CORY WALKER continue the all-new adventures of Ella Mental!

Phillip Schuler, a handsome young journalist from the Melbourne Age, covered the Gallipoli campaign alongside Charles Bean. His bravery was legendary. His dispatches were evocative and compassionate. He captured the heroism and horror for Australian newspaper readers in ways the meticulous yet dry prose of Bean never could. Gallipoli would also propel Schuler on a collision course with his former friend and Age colleague Keith Murdoch, who made his name lobbying against the campaign after ...

This groundbreaking handbook provides a comprehensive picture of the ethical dimensions of communication in a global setting. Both theoretical and practical, this important volume will raise the ethical bar for both scholars and practitioners in the world of global communication and media.Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011Brings together leading international scholars to consider ethical issues raised by globalization, the practice of journ...

Initially designed as a fast medium bomber, the Junkers Ju 88 was also used as a Zerstörer heavy fighter by the Luftwaffe.It saw its combat debut over Poland in 1939, and heavy fighter variants saw action on every front up to VE Day. The ultimate Ju 88 fighter variant was the G-model of 1944, which boasted a FuG 220 or 227 radar, an astounding array of cannon and machine gun armament and advanced Junkers Jumo or BMW engines.A dedicated nightfighter...

This book comprehensively outlines what a holistic and effective Root Cause Analysis (RCA) system looks like. From the designing of the support infrastructure to the measuring of effectiveness on the bottom-line, this book provides the blueprint for making it happen. While traditionally RCA is viewed as a reactive tool, the authors will show how it can be applied proactively to prevent failures from occurring in the first place. RCA is a key element of any successful Reliability Engineerin...

A fabulous anthology of some of the finest stories ever written. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson. The Withered Arm – Thomas Hardy. The Stolen White Elephant – Mark Twain. The Jew’s Beech Tree – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. The Phantom Rickshaw – Rudyard Kipling. The Suicide Club - Robert Louis Stevenson. The Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk - Robert Louis Stevenson. The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs - Robert Louis Stevenson. The 39 Steps – J...

Brought to you by Penguin.*WINNER OF THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026*In her letters to family and friends we come to know the life of Sybil Van Antwerp: stubborn, cantankerous, opinionated, always steadfast in her belief in the power of the written word.But as the clock begins to tick for Sybil, the need for a few post-scripts to the life she’s led becomes apparent. Fixing her difficult relationship with her children. Taking a fi...

This deeply informed and clearly written text provides a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Now updated to include recent political events and scientific research, the book focuses on the interaction of humans and their environment. Tracing changes in the physical and cultural world that is home to a fifth of humankind, Robert B. Marks illuminates the paradoxes inherent in China’s environmental narrative, demonstrating how historically sustain...

This carefully edited ebook is a hand-picked collection of world's most admired Westerns in one volume: Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey) The Rainbow Trail The Spirit of the Border The Untamed (Max Brand) The Night Horseman The Seventh Man The Virginian (Owen Wister) The Last of the Mohicans (James F. Cooper) The Prairie Chip, of the Flying U (B. M. Bower) The Flying U Ranch The Flying U's Last Stand Cabin Fever Rimrock Trail (J. Allan Dunn) The 'Breckinridge Elkins' Series (Robert E. ...