Plan alternativo... Plan definitivoNo es fácil ser fan de The Radicals y seguidora de The Border.No es fácil ser la mejor amiga de Cassie Berryman y ser invisible para el resto del mundo.Nadie sabe que Sophie McNamara existe, ni siquiera el guitarrista de The Border, de quien ha estado enamorada por cinco años.Ha llegado el momento de actuar.Sophie es una fotógrafa amateur cuya vida siempre ha girado alrededor de su mejor amiga Cassie Berryman, líder d...

Seventeen ghost stories (fourth edition published 1921) centered around the ruined medieval cathedral of Saint Andrew in the Scots city of that name. The author was famous in his time for his interest in ghostly apparitions. ( David Wales)

This book is a collection of the first 4 volumes in The Insignia Series (released between 2013 and 2017).The anthologies are:JAPANESE FANTASY STORIES:INSIGNIA Vol.1. includes 9 Japanese fantasy stories with a mix of urban, literary, contemporary, myth-based, and historical fantasy pieces.Contributors: Heather Ewings, Joyce Chng, Holly Kench, Kelly Matsuura, Aislinn Batstone, Chris Ward, and Chris White.CHINESE FANTASY STORIES:

Since UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched the Global Compact in 1999, over 12,000 organisations around the world have voluntarily adopted and promoted its values and Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and corruption. This corporate citizenship initiative has been seen as a non-compulsory alternative to international market regulations. Around the globe, the UN Global Compact has promoted the creation of local and regional networks for businesses to act to...

Lessons from the Great Recession: At the Crossroads of Sustainability and Recovery examines global cases of environmental sustainability and economics in the context of nations from multi-disciplinary perspectives. The book discusses the high costs of decisions taken in response to the recent economic crises, which as a result have created a lack of investment in environmental and developmental considerations. This volume analyses the problems faced globally as economies try to build a sus...

This is the first in a two volume study of Corporate Social Responsibility and corporate behaviour from around the world, taking in viewpoints from five continents and over ten countries. These case studies present a detailed analysis of best practice in the corporate world in the areas of social ethics and community engagement.

This book offers African, Asian, Latin American, European, and North American perspectives on institutions and regulations promoting sustainable economic growth in the post-2015 development agenda in areas such as environment, labour, risk management, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, and innovation. The chapters address sustainability issues at the firm, national, regional and international levels from a multidisciplinary perspective. The chapters of this volume addre...

This volume explores the meaning of the Paris Climate Agreement 2015 for business; it analyses its challenges and implications, and establishes required actions by the private sector in order to reduce global warming and mitigating climate change effects.We bring together evidence-based, conceptual and theoretical contributions from a diverse set of geographical locations, and disciplinary backgrounds on the meanings, implications, opportunities and challenges for business around t...

Advances in Sustainability & Environmental Justice Volume 12: Principles and Strategies to Balance Ethical Social and Environmental Concerns with Corporate Requirements brings together a range of practitioners and academics from the world of business who examine corporate social responsibility in policy and practice in a series of case studies from across the globe. This volume, co-edited by Dr. Liam Leonard and Dr. Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, is the second in the series (formerly Adva...

The COVID-19 pandemic bared the inadequacies in existing structures of public health and governance in most countries. This book provides a comparative analysis of policy approaches and planning adopted by federal governments across the globe to battle and adequately respond to the health emergency as well as the socio-economic fallouts of the pandemic.With twenty-four case studies from across the globe, the book critically analyzes responses to the public health crisis, its fiscal...

Dos bandas... Una rivalidad... Una soluciónPrimero fueron The Beatles y The Rolling Stones, después Oasis y Blur. Ahora la rivalidad es entre The Border y The Radicals, dos grupos líderes en el mundo del Indie Rock.La guerra se ha declarado abiertamente.Cassie Berryman, la carismática vocalista de The Border, nunca imaginó que una broma inocente durante un concierto desencadenaría una serie de represalias que la llevarían a cruzarse constantemente con Rhys Bellamy, ...

Amar siempre... Siempre perdonarSer los bajistas de The Radicals y The Border puede ser lo mejor como músico. La atención no siempre está sobre ellos y pueden disfrutar de la fama tranquilamente. Pero ¿qué sucede cuando las malas decisiones personales afectan a los grupos?La distancia tiene el poder de destruir.Paige, bajista de The Border, está acostumbrada a tener un tipo diferente de fama que sus compañeros, vive su vida sin importarle lo que digan los medios sob...