Papa Pioche est bien décidé à construire, sur la crête qui domine son village, la station de ski la plus rentable du monde et l'inscrire ainsi dans le Livre des records. De son côté, Père Piolay envisage de faire la même chose sur les falaises au-dessus de ses mines. Mais le destin en décidera autrement et les adolescents des deux villages devront revoir leurs rêves.
Papa Pioche is determined to build the best money-making ski resort on the ridge above the Pioche farming village and make it into the Book of World Records. Yet, Pa Piolay plans to do the same with the cliffs above the Piolay mines. But tempting fate and teenagers may wash their dreams away.
Having had less-than-perfect success with his "Cirque au Soleil" in the high Alps, Jack-of-all-trades Jaques Machin comes up with a clever idea: setting up a rodeo in the famous "Cirque du Fer à Cheval" near the French-Swiss border.
But finding the right animals from the right places is not easy, especially with all the smuggling going on...
This edition is bilingual French-english.
Lactalis has been one of the most successful French companies over the last decade, securing its place as the global leader in the dairy-product sector.
This outstanding growth - with turnover increasing from 8.5bn € in 2009 to 22.8bn € in 2020 once their latest acquisitions are taken into account - is due to the strategies and management techniques employed by just one man. He is Daniel Jaouen who has been with Lactalis for over thirty years and ran the company from 2009 to 2020, heading up a fantastic team.
This book includes all the adventures Daniel Jaouen went through while taking Lactalis to the top. He reveals clearly, country by country, how the company has managed its global expansion.
This book also serves as a from of management guide. How can you make entering markets, which are so economically and culturally different, a success? What are the key factors which have contributed to this achievement? How do you cope with all the challenges that working in the food industry throws up - simultaneously managing human, economic, political, health and ecological factors?
Daniel Jaouen also sheds light on the role of shareholders in the company's accomplishments, an interesting example where everything is controlled by a single family well-known for their legendary discretion.
This book is a story of rebirth: four addicts, three men and one woman, who learn how to live without drugs and alcohol, one day at a time.
In order to escape addiction, they chose an American therapeutic method, the Minnesota Model. A method based on mutual aid that has been used for decades around the world with great success.
However, the method has yet to gain acceptance and become widespread in France, where the medical world has been unable to solve the problem of addiction.
Today, these four former addicts have become therapists, specialising in the field of addiction. Their goal: care for those who are suffering through the same ordeal that they had. Who better than an addict to help another addict overcome the evils of alcohol, prescription and illicit drugs, an behavioural addictions (work, gambling, screens, sport, food, sex), and get back on the path of life.
It is a powerful message of hope about a journey too often littered with failure, relapse, doubts and sometimes even suicidal thoughts. A metamorphosis founded upon spirituality, like a rite of passage, during which we learn the strength and determination of these men and women who all had believed they were doomed forever but who managed to rebuilt their lives, one day at a time.
