"Welcome to Life, an exciting new six-level adult series that turns learning English into an exploration of the world we live in. Drawing on National Geographic content, Life transforms the learning experience into a fabulous journey with irresistible images, articles and videos that engage students like no series before. Bring Life into your classroom!"--Inside back cover.

Offers a fact-based strategy development process for managing issues and controversies. The book shows practitioners how to ground their strategic advice on empirical research that reveals the socio-political dynamics of the issue. It is the first book to approach issues management from a blended application of advances in stakeholder theory and social network analysis. Readers learn how to track the socio-political environment in order to (a) avoid risks and crises, (b) obtain essential environmental scanning information for strategy development or adjustment, and (c) secure the organization's reputation and access to vital resources.

New York Assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper is in France, visiting her restaurateur boyfriend, Luc Rouget, but her holiday is curtailed when a young woman is found murdered. The only evidence: one of Luc's matchboxes promoting his new restaurant in New York. However, Alex is summoned back home to handle a high-profile case. The head of the World Economic Bureau stands accused of attacking a maid in his hotel. Alex is torn between preparing the alleged victim to testify - and a murder case too close to home. When a second body is found - in Brooklyn - with Luc's matchbox, Alex fears that the two cases are connected...and that uncovering the secrets of the city's most powerful could cost her and her loved ones everything they hold dear.