Blending theory with practical application, Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility, Third Edition supports courses at the intersection of corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate strategy, and public policy. Authors David Chandler and William B. Werther, Jr., provide an overview of the fi[...]

Enter a world of darkness and danger, honour, daring and destiny in David Chandler's magnificent epic trilogy: The Ancient Blades. It takes a thief to destroy a demon! Circumstance made him a criminal. Destiny may make him a hero. As a thief, Malden is unparalleled in the Free City of Ness. But h[...]

Born and raised in the squalid depths of the Free City of Ness, Malden became a thief by necessity. Now he must pay a fortune to join the criminal operation of Cutbill, lord of the underworld--and one does not refuse the master . . . and live. The coronet of the Burgrave would fulfill Malden's oblig[...]

Resilience has become a central concept in government policy understandings over the last decade. In our complex, global and interconnected world, resilience appears to be the policy 'buzzword' of choice, alleged to be the solution to a wide and ever-growing range of policy issues. This book analyse[...]

Presents an introduction to watching birds. This book discusses general birding - where to go and when, what equipment to take with you, tips on attracting birds to your garden, and how to take field notes. It features more than a hundred and thirty of the commonest species of Britain and Ireland.[...]

David Chandler argues that state-building, as it is currently conceived, does not work. In the 1990s, interventionist policies challenged the rights of individual states to self-governance. Today, non-Western states are more likely to be feted by international institutions offering programmes of pov[...]

Whether the natural world is at your doorstep, in the heart of a concrete jungle, by the sea, or in a cabin in the woods, "The Practical Naturalist" gets readers outdoors and shows how to experience the wonders of the world, and shows what is living in each habitat. Inspirational, informative, and e[...]

Beautifully illustrated first spotter's guides for 4-7 year-olds.

Beautifully illustrated first spotter's guides for 4-7 year-olds.

The must-have companion to the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch and Big Schools Birdwatch 2012. To help you track your results, it contains a spotter's guide to the most common garden birds, and is also packed full of fun facts, articles and activities for use at home or in school.[...]

The goal of this project is to detail the core, defining principles of strategic CSR that differentiate it as a concept from the rest of the CSR/sustainability/business ethics field. It is designed to be a provocative piece, but one that solidifies the intellectual framework around an emerging conce[...]

The last two decades have seen the remarkable rise to dominance of human-centred understandings of the world. Indeed, it is now rare to read any analysis of insecurity, conflict or development which does not discuss the need to 'empower' or 'capacity-build' local individuals or communities. In this [...]