Best Selling Books by Richard Adams

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

This book will advance the understanding of leadership beyond the inherited myths and modalities of command and control. Leadership is separated from ideas and institutional seniority and explained as the collaborative power of one with others. Enabling the intelligent co-participation of all people, the constructive effect of this approach to leadership is in the engagement of people. This is significant when task accomplishment depends not on managerial direction, but on the interaction of people with each other, with technical systems, and with complex regulations which are often across jurisdictional boundaries. Examples and case studies are included.

Abstract: A more comprehensive series used to estimate food expenditures based on total U.S. food sales by all food retailers is presented. Unlike the standard measure, the total expenditure series (TE) includes all food purchased by both civilian and military personnel for on-and off-premises consumption. TE estimates sales of food and alcoholic beverages by retailers and others primarily on the basis of current sales figures from data produced by the Bureau of the Census in a method similar to the Social Security Administration''s data collection on national health expenditures. TE is divided into 4 categories: food for off-premises use; meals and snacks; packed alcoholic beverages; and alcoholic drink. Each category is further divided between sales and meals acquired without payment. TE for food in all forms rose from $60 billion in 1954 to about $238 billion in 1978.

From the author of Watership Down, Richard Adams, comes an enchanting picture book about the adventures of a mischievous homemade dragon. Illustrated by Alex T. Smith, creator of Claude, the bestselling beret-clad canine hero. Whatever you''ve lost, Egg Box Dragon will find it. He''s retrieved missing footballs, glasses and watches aplenty. He''s so expert at cracking mysteries that the Queen herself requests his services. Will Egg Box Dragon find the missing diamond from the Queen''s crown? Richard Adams was awarded both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award for children''s fiction. Watership Down has sold over 50 million copies. A new mini series of Watership Down will premiere Christmas 2017 on BBC1 and launch globally on Netflix Spring 2018, featuring the voices of Olivia Colman and Freddie Fox, amongst others.

Un branco di conigli protagonisti di una meravigliosa epopea della libertà. Il saggio Moscardo, l''ingegnoso Mirtillo, il prode Argento e tanti altri sono gli eroi di questo fantastico romanzo epico. Un drappello di piccoli coraggiosi conigli, alla ricerca di un avvenire più sicuro, migra attraverso le ridenti colline del Berkshire e affronta mille nemici in un indimenticabile cammino verso il più prezioso dei beni: la libertà. Con La collina dei conigli la letteratura contemporanea ha ricreato la sua Iliade e la sua Odissea: i piccoli e coraggiosi protagonisti vivono avventure ed emozioni, la quiete di splendidi pascoli e raccontano leggende sul Popolo dei Conigli, i suoi dèi e i suoi eroi.