This edited volume brings together a remarkable array of distinguished corporate, investor, government, academic, and nonprofit perspectives to consider how the targeted pursuit of business profits can better add up to the world's profit, broadly defined.Chapter authors tackle such questions as how businesses can work more effectively with governments, financial institutions, and civil society to mitigate their own enterprise risk alongside risks to people and plan...

'Love's irrelevant – we're talking about marriage.'This unique take on Jane Austen's beloved novel is an adaptation like no other, drawing on over two hundred years of romantic pop history, and featuring five young women with a story to tell.You might have seen them before, emptying the chamber pots and sweeping ash from the grate; the overlooked and the undervalued making sure those above stairs find their happy ending.Of course, these women have always be...

Families left grieving; small businesses shuttered; communities in lockdown; precarious workers set adrift; health care workers stressed beyond endurance. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core. But the cracks already ran deep.Featuring essays on poverty, health care, incarceration, basic income, policing, Indigenous communities, and more, this anthology delivers a stinging rebuke of the pre-pandemic status quo and a stark exposé of the buried weaknesses in our soci...

'Love's irrelevant – we're talking about marriage.'This unique take on Jane Austen's beloved novel is an adaptation like no other, drawing on over two hundred years of romantic pop history, and featuring six young women with a story to tell.You might have seen them before, emptying the chamber pots and sweeping ash from the grate; the overlooked and the undervalued making sure those above stairs find their happy ending.Of course, these women have always bee...

Rain, Mud, and Happily Ever AfterFitzwilliam Darcy meant to restore peace to his mind and protect his heart. He intended to escape from Hertfordshire to the safety of London, but when the very person from whom he is running falls into his arms and requires his help, he will be forced to admit that there is only one place where he will find peace and his heart will be safe.Elizabeth Bennet meant to take a walk to avoid a proposal from a man she cann...

Retold for Learners of English by Clare West'The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry,' said Elizabeth Bennett.And so Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him? And what of the other Bennet girls - their fortunes, and misfortunes, in the business of getting husbands?...

Christmas magic spells romance for more than one couple this festive season.Invited to spend Christmas at Hunsford Parsonage introduces the Bennet family to Lady Catherine de Bourgh - who has visitors of her own for the holiday.Fitzwilliam Darcy is startled by this seasonal reunion with Elizabeth Bennet - and more still when his sister Georgiana and cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, arrive in Kent for Christmas. Happiness and hi-jinks are in store, but will romance win out?...

"A man like Mr. Darcy will never marry. Is there a woman in the whole of England who could thaw his frozen heart?"As the New Year begins, Elizabeth Bennet carries many cares on her shoulders. Her dear father is ill, her youngest sister has fled abroad in most unsuitable company, and her mother has taken to her bed. Jane is now a married woman, and Mr. Bennet declares Lizzy is "the only sensible creature left at Longbourn." She holds the family together, with good h...

He cannot watch her make a mistake of such magnitude.Elizabeth is courted by both her handsome but foolish cousin and the charming Mr. Wickham. Mr. Darcy is alarmed at the idea of Elizabeth connecting herself to a rake like Wickham, but she is not inclined to take advice from the man who insulted her when they first met. Can he make her see the danger before she makes a decision that will ruin her life?This is a full-length sweet and clean novel in the time...

Christmas brings visitors, vexatious and very unexpected developmentsKept at Netherfield by an immovable Charles Bingley, and surprised by an impromptu visit from his cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, Mr. Darcy looks set for a Christmas that is anything but restful.Elizabeth Bennet is delighted to find more - not fewer - neighbours at Netherfield and is determined to make the holiday a jolly one, whether Mr Darcy wishes it or not!A countryside Christmas retelling of Jane...

A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. 'The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry,' said Elizabeth Bennett. And so Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him? And ...

Jane Austens romantic masterpiece! The love match between the free-spirited Elizabeth Bennet and the fiercely proud aristocrat Fitzwilliam Darcy has captivated readers for nearly 200 years. Elizabeth and Darcys love affair is played out against a backdrop of some of literatures most enduring characters... Elizabeth Bennets mother, desperate to find husbands for her five daughters; the long-suffering Mr Bennet; the gallant Mr Bingley and his jealous sister Caroline; the haughty Lady Catheri...