Once a foal starts coming, it usually pops right out. But that is not the case when a big, gangly foal is ready to enter the world in 1989. After Rowdy Irishman is finally born with help from a vet, he grows into a freak of nature because of his gigantic feet, plain bay color, and long ears. When his owner realizes the horse is not built for flat-track racing, he practically gives him away to farmer, Chet Goodwin. Three years later, Rowdy’s record is seventeen starts with no wins and Goodw...

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...

This Open Access book provides a practical guide to the creation of sustainable enterprise value and implementation of the principles of stakeholder capitalism for corporate boards and management teams. The authors argue that business leadership is on the threshold of a new era driven by major shifts in technology, society, political economy and climate change. They set this transition in international and historical context and outline a comprehensive leadership agenda for fully integrati...

The significance of business-led corporate responsibility coalitions is indisputable. The WBCSD has 200 member companies with combined annual revenues of US$7 _trillion_; the UN Global Compact has almost 8,000 corporate members, over two-thirds of them from developing countries. It is estimated that there are more than 110 national and international generalist business-led CR coalitions. But there is now urgent need for informed and balanced analysis of their achievements, their p...

Eva is in search of her past. Every time she thinks she has it figured out, something comes up that changes everything. A daughter, a lover, a queen; each part of her story fluctuates like the wind. When a new secret of her past is revealed, will it alter everything she has come to know? And will she ever discover the connections to the men that now reside in a place inside her soul? Join Eva in her journey into the faded realms. Sometimes things are better off staying hidden . . ....

Eva has forgotten something. Hints of another life, and who she really is, are whispered to her in dreams, visions, and in her interactions with people who seem to know more about her then they let on. Eva's struggle to find out who or what she is, all while navigating the real world for the first time, is complicated by the confusing relationships she has begun to develop with the three men she has fallen for. Will Eva ever find her happy ending, or will forgotten specters change the cour...

Blair Sherwin has always been determined to step out of her wealthy family's shadow and build a future on her own terms. After graduating from college, she joined a thriving cosmetics company and worked tirelessly to climb the corporate ladder. What began as a career soon became her passion, and she dreamed of one day owning the company herself.That dream suddenly seems within reach when the owner decides to sell. However, there's one unexpected condition: he wants the business to ...

Eva Taylor has been locked in an attic for four years.Failed by the foster system, and left in the hands of a woman who hates her, and a man who wants her, Eva has given up hope of ever having a life.When she finds a mysterious letter from Rothmore College addressed to her in the trash, Eva's future suddenly comes alive. Now all she has to do is figure out a way to escape her attic prison, make her way across the country to New York City, and figure out all the things that ...

Eva Taylor is a queen . . . or at least she's been told she's one. From the first moment that she's woken up by the captivating and mysterious Prince Aiden, Eva knows things are more than what they seem. As he helps her to discover long locked-away powers, strange dreams plague her new world. Who is Prince Aiden, and why do unusual, but familiar voices haunt her every time he gets too close? Will Eva uncover her past before it's too late, and will her forgotten loves Damon, Mason, and Beck...

I would never leave you. It just may take me a second to find you.No matter what life Eva has lived, she's always done whatever it takes to save them. Her soulmates.Damon, the fallen angel who would burn the world for her.Beckham, her golden fae, the first boy she ever loved.Mason, the incubus with a dark past and a voice that makes the heavens cry.Time and time again, Eva has put herself in the flames to save them. But what if a day comes t...

Eva is being hunted.Whether it's by her obsessive ex or a murderer stalking her through the streets of New York, there's danger around every corner.But she can survive it all as long as she has Damon, Mason, and Beckham . . . right? When disaster strikes, and Eva is left all alone to pick up the pieces, Eva will have to discover what's really inside of her.Can Eva discover who she is and unlock the keys to her past in time to save herself and the on...

Nurturing Your Writer’s Calm (NYWC) is for you, the hesitant writer. You have a heartfelt desire to write, but somehow you get stuck. NYWC teaches you how to get into the optimal state so your creativity flows easily. The three-step process, designed to usher you into your unique place of creativity, is both simple and innovative.Writer's block is now a thing of the past. Seriously. You can't help but write when you follow these supportive techniques that help you harness ...