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Social Innovation, Inc. declares a new era where companies profit from social change. Leading corporations like GE, Wellpoint, Travelers and Wal-Mart are transforming social responsibility into social innovation and revolutionizing the way we think about the role of business in society. Based on four years of measuring the social strategies of America's leading corporations, Jason Saul lays out the five strategies for social innovation and offers a practical roadmap for how to get started.

In a quiet seaside town near Genoa, experts gather for a linguistics conference. One speaker, Philipp Perlmann, is recently widowed and, struggling to contend with his grief, is unable to write his keynote address. As the hour approaches, an increasingly desperate Perlmann decides to plagiarize the work of Leskov, a Russian colleague who cannot attend, and pass it off as his own.

Shelby and her family traveled on an old dirt road in Texas that ended in tragedy. Now, Shelby is out for blood. Beaten, broken, and left for dead, Shelby is out to find those who hurt her and killed her family. She wants revenge. Except she isn't just out to spill their blood. She wants to bathe in it. Shelby Meadows is what happens when you mess with a Butcher Bitch.

The gap between the worlds was so thin in places, you could almost step across without meaning to... Lila Black can still turn into a lethal war-winning machine with the merest thought but she doesn't work for the agency any more. Problem is, she has no idea what to do next. Teazle is a demon who may have become Death's Angel. Zal is a has-been elven musician without a band. They don't add up to much and when they get together major stuff goes down.

Each and every holiday season at Vienna's Christmas market, Matilda bakes confections for holiday tourists and quirky locals alike. Looking to escape the market drama, she sets her heart on culinary school. Dylan has come to Vienna and the market to recover from a career-upending mistake and to unearth new inspiration. But when he nitpicks Matilda's marzipan, she hears fighting words and perhaps the key to her culinary school application. They strike a deal: He'll taste test and she'll show him around Vienna. With each new pastry and Viennese adventure, their relationship sweetens.

Follow these two simple guides for a better lifestyle. This audiobook bundle is perfect to know all about the Dash diet and Alkaline diet and gives you all the knowledge to start improving your wellness! Take it and listen to it everywhere and whenever you want thanks to this audible version.

Daniel Youngblood is a world-weary oil and gas investment banker who’s ready to hit the beach, when he’s hired by a Saudi Prince for an OPEC deal where he can net himself $25 million as a swan song. At the same time, he meets and falls in love with Lydia, an exotic European fashion photographer, who he later discovers is really a CIA trained spy with a shocking history with the Saudi Prince. She convinces Daniel to enlist in what becomes a race for the lovers to stop a Muslim terrorist internet plot to bring down the Saudi royal family and cripple the world’s oil capacity, all before they wind up dead.

This audiobook is for you to know how to lower hypertension, blood pressure, and cholesterol thanks to the Dash diet. Find how you can lose weight and live better with this fantastic guide.

Die. Reset. Repeat. Can Paige complete her time-travelling mission? Twenty-three-year-old Paige Korokowski has a budding nicotine addiction and an uncertain future, having learned she has failed too many courses to graduate college. But, without warning, she is snatched from her pointless existence and propelled into a clandestine mission. Paige discovers she is a "Tether", a unique, fixed point in time to which life can be returned; when it all goes pear-shaped. She finds herself the essential ingredient in a covert mission to save Nathaniel Barnard, the inventor of time travel.

The Quantum Bomb of 2015 changed everything. The fabric that kept the universe's different dimensions apart was torn and now, six years later, the people of earth exist in uneasy company with the inhabitants of, amongst others, the elfin, elemental, and demonic realms. Magic is real and can be even more dangerous than technology. Elves are exotic, erotic, dangerous, and really bored with the constant Lord of the Rings references.

Things Wilf was worried about before: 1) Stuffed animals. 2) Peanut Butter. 3) Creepy crawlies that have waggly feeler things instead of eyes. Things Wilf is worried about now: 4) The most evil man in the world. 5) The most evil man in the world living next door. 6) Anyone called Alan. When Alan, a self-styled evil lunatic, moves in next door with his grumpy robot sidekick and his silent right-hand dog, Kevin Phillips, Wilf knows he will have to find a way to overcome his fears.

Fresh out of college, Halsey and Shae are finally coming home–or, at least, that was the plan. A tragic accident on an isolated country road late at night, a lone mysterious house that seems to call to them, and an unearthly, nightmarish menagerie of creatures prowling everywhere have other ideas....

This is a fable about a newborn mouse who lives on the border between the town and the country. He can’t decide where he wants to live - in the town or in the country. Where, do you think, he should choose?

The Portal in the Park is a modern day Siddhartha with an urban multicultural edge for a multitasking generation of young listeners ages 6 to 10. It is a musical fantasy adventure that takes its 11-year-old hero - hero and audience - into another dimension, a world where magical creatures introduce the boy to new awakenings of his body and mind.

Poppy the fairy wishes she could fly as high as all of her friends, but there's just one thing—her wings are very small! When Poppy spots a lost gnome far from his glade, she is determined to use her wings and get him to safety. But can this little fairy fly to the rescue and still get back home before bedtime? Weaving a journey from lively beginning to gentle end, this enchanting, heartwarming tale is perfect for little listener everywhere and will help them settle down for bed.

Covering everything from the basics of Wiccan religion to a beginner’s guide to spells and magic, a guide to crystals and spell-casting, and how you can combine Wicca with tarot, this book is your all-in-one guide to the wonderful world of Wicca!

Nearly everyone thinks their own family is “nutty" or at least has one or two nuts. With stories of wacky yet lovable relatives, funny foibles, and holiday meltdowns, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters is often hilarious and occasionally poignant.

Thanks Dad gives fathers the pat on the back they deserve. Children of all ages share their heartfelt words of thanks and loving memories in these stories. Thanks Dad will bring any father joy, inspiration, and humor, and maybe even the realization that his kids did pay attention after all.

Below the surface of every seemingly ordinary Bible verse lies a deeper meaning just waiting to be discovered. And these hidden insights aren't just reserved for scholars, academics, or pastors. Anyone who knows where to look can uncover the surprisingly significant messages that the biblical authors intended for us to hear. In 30 Old Testament Passages with Deeper Meaning, Michael Williams seeks to lead believers to a deeper comprehension and appreciation of biblical truth.

Cassie is an awkward girl just trying to fit in. No matter how hard she tries, she always ends up the outcast. In her solitude, she dabbles in the occult where she finds peace and her own sense of power. Some people, however, can't leave her be. They harass and terrorize Cassie until she takes her own life. That should be the end, but is far from it. Cassie is intercepted in the afterlife by the Clerics of Dolor who give her another chance.