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Peter Smith, Mark Perera

Procurement with Purpose describes a growing and powerful movement how organisations can use the money they spend with suppliers to help address wider environmental, social and economic issues. That is not just about emissions and climate change, but includes how to address issues such as biodiversity and habitat loss, plastics and waste, modern slavery, inequality and discrimination, and more. That organisational ‘buying power’ is now being used to drive change across the business and pol...

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Bob Benmosche, Peter Marks, Valerie Hendy

Legendary CEO Bob Benmosche's astonishing memoir Good for the Money details how he pulled AIG back from the brink of bankruptcy and engineered one of history's most astonishing corporate turnarounds.In 2009, at the peak of the financial crisis, AIG - the American insurance behemoth - was sinking fast. It was the peg upon which the nation hung its ire and resentment during the financial crisis: the pinnacle of Wall Street arrogance and greed. When Bob Benmo...

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Peter Mark Roget

Unlock the Power of Words with Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and PhrasesRoget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, authored by the renowned Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869), is an indispensable reference for writers, students, and language enthusiasts seeking to enrich their vocabulary and enhance their expression. This comprehensive thesaurus offers a meticulously organized collection of synonyms, antonyms, and related words, grouped into thematic categories that facilitate quick an...

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Peter Mark Roget

Substantiality -- N. substantiality, hypostasis; person, being, thing, object, article, item; something, a being, an existence; creature, body, substance, flesh and blood, stuff, substratum; matter &c 316; corporeity, element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital part.

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Peter Mark Roget

1911 edition of the classic reference book. According to Wikipedia: "Roget's Thesaurus is a widely used English language thesaurus, created by Dr. Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869) in 1805 and released to the public on 29 April 1852. The original edition had 15,000 words, and each new edition has been larger... Roget's Thesaurus is composed of six primary classes. Each class is composed of multiple divisions and then sections. This may be conceptualized as a tree containing over a thousand bran...

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Peter Mark Roget

Have you struggled for just the right phrase when grappling with a class assignment? Crafting an office memo, do you want greater clarity and concision? Pounding away at a last-minute blog entry, haven't you ever thought, There has to be a better word for this? Now there is.Under the time-tested and respected banner of Roget's Thesaurus, here is an array of words and their definitions organized by meaning. With this volume at your side, you need never be stalled or stymied for an appropria...

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Peter Mark, José da Silva Horta

This book traces the history of early seventeenth-century Portuguese Sephardic traders who settled in two communities on Senegal's Petite Côte. There, they lived as public Jews, under the spiritual guidance of a rabbi sent by the newly established Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam and were protected from agents of the Inquisition by local Muslim rulers. The Petite Côte communities included several Jews of mixed Portuguese-African heritage as well as African wives, offspring, and ser...

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Peter Mansbridge

From Peter Mansbridge, the beloved former anchor of CBC’s The National, and Mark Bulgutch, former CBC producer, comes a collection of first-person stories about remarkable Canadians who embody the values of our great nation—kindness, compassion, courage, and freedom—and inspire us to do the same.In this timely and heartwarming volume of personal stories, Peter Mansbridge and former CBC producer Mark Bulgutch bring together inspiring Canadians from across t...

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Peter Mutabazi

"A roadmap for healing and connection that every parent and child could benefit from."--Tori Hope Petersen, bestselling author and speaker· from a former street kid turned adoptive dad and foster dad· how to parent with grace and consistency· special information about dealing with challenging behaviors, broken trust, and traumaWhether a child has been in a loving and supportive home from day one or has been bo...

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Peter Marks

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Peter Mark Roget

Roget's Thesaurus is the simple, reliable way to find the perfect word for your needs. It features an easy-to-use dictionary format plus a revolutionary Concept Index that arranges words by idea, thus enhancing the user’s process of association and leading to scores of additional selections. The inclusion of a wide spectrum of words and phrases with each entry (from sophisticated choices to completely new vocabulary in the language (brings users an exceptional number of alternatives to fit...

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Errol Peter Marks

Contemplating Ghosts is a collection of poems written over several years, exploring love, loss, memory, longing, grief, faith, and the many contradictions of being human. These poems sit with the ghosts we carry-of people, relationships, moments, choices, and versions of ourselves that have been left behind. Moving between the deeply personal and the social, the collection journeys through heartbreak, loneliness, anger, hope, and ultimately the possibility of redemption.Accompanied...