The Opinion Shop

Author : Dara O'Rourke
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262305135
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shopping for Good written by Dara O'Rourke and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where public policy fails, can consumer choices lead the way to more ethical and sustainable production practices? “Buy local,” “buy green,” “buy organic,” “fair trade”—how effective has the ethical consumption movement been in changing market behavior? Can consumers create fair and sustainable supply chains by shopping selectively? Dara O'Rourke, the activist-scholar who first broke the news about Nike's sweatshops in the 1990s, considers the promise of ethical consumption—the idea that individuals, voting with their wallets, can promote better labor conditions and environmental outcomes globally. Governments have proven unable to hold companies responsible for labor and environmental practices. Consumers who say they want to support ethical companies often lack the knowledge and resources to do so consistently. But with the right tools, they may be able to succeed where governments have failed. Responding to O'Rourke's argument, eight experts—Juliet Schor, Richard Locke, Scott Nova, Lisa Ann Richey, Margaret Levi, Andrew Szasz, Scott Hartley, and Auret van Herdeen—consider the connections between personal concerns and consumer activism, challenge the value of entrusting regulation to consumer efforts, and draw attention to difficulties posed by global supply chains.

Author : Marjan Kamali
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982107502
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stationery Shop written by Marjan Kamali and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea—extolled by the Wall Street Journal as a “moving tale of lost love” and by Shelf Awareness as “a powerful, heartbreaking story”—explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate. Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood stationery shop, stocked with books and pens and bottles of jewel-colored ink. Then Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer—handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi’s poetry—and she loses her heart at once. Their romance blossoms, and the little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran. A few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square when violence erupts—a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she moves on—to college in California, to another man, to a life in New England—until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did you leave? Where did you go? How is it that you were able to forget me?

Author : Phyllis Madonna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971103504
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Madonna Inn written by Phyllis Madonna and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first book to tell the history of the Madonna family and the unique and unusual Madonna Inn."--Jacket.

Author : Rachel Joyce
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812986563
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Music Shop written by Rachel Joyce and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An unforgettable story of music, loss and hope. Fans of High Fidelity, meet your next quirky love story.”—People NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES (UK) AND THE WASHINGTON POST It is 1988. On a dead-end street in a run-down suburb there is a music shop that stands small and brightly lit, jam-packed with records of every kind. Like a beacon, the shop attracts the lonely, the sleepless, and the adrift; Frank, the shop’s owner, has a way of connecting his customers with just the piece of music they need. Then, one day, into his shop comes a beautiful young woman, Ilse Brauchmann, who asks Frank to teach her about music. Terrified of real closeness, Frank feels compelled to turn and run, yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems, and Frank has old wounds that threaten to reopen, as well as a past it seems he will never leave behind. Can a man who is so in tune with other people’s needs be so incapable of connecting with the one person who might save him? The journey that these two quirky, wonderful characters make in order to overcome their emotional baggage speaks to the healing power of music—and love—in this poignant, ultimately joyful work of fiction. Praise for The Music Shop “Captures the sheer, transformative joy of romance.”—The Washington Post “Love, friendship, and especially the healing powers of music all rise together into a triumphant crescendo. . . . This lovely novel is as satisfying and enlightening as the music that suffuses its every page.”—The Boston Globe “Magnificent . . . If you love words, if you love music, if you love love, this [novel] will be without question one of the year’s best.”—BookPage (Top Pick in Fiction) “Joyce has a knack for quickly sketching characters in a way that makes them stick. [The Music Shop] will surprise you.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune “Rachel Joyce has established a reputation for novels that celebrate the dignity and courage of ordinary people and the resilience of the human spirit. . . . But what really elevates The Music Shop is Joyce’s detailed knowledge of—and passion for—music.”—The Guardian

Author : Kathleen Hey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781510043879
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The View from the Corner Shop written by Kathleen Hey and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kathleen Hey spent the war years helping her sister and brother-in-law run a grocery shop in the Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. From July 1941 to July 1946 she kept a diary for the Mass-Observation project, recording the thoughts and concerns of the people who used the shop. What makes Kathleen's account such a vivid and compelling read is the immediacy of her writing. People were pulling together on the surface but there are plenty of tensions underneath. The shortage of food and the extreme difficulty of obtaining it is a constant thread, which dominates conversation in the town, more so even than the danger of bombardment and the war itself.

Author : William John Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Irish Jurist and Local Government Review written by William John Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discontinuance of the publication "after the issue of the 3rd prox." [i.e. November 3, 1905] is announced in no. 50 and 51 of volume 5. This copy ends with no. 51, October 27, and the Index, dated November 3, does not contain any references to pages of a later date.

Author : Gregory Boyle
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476726159
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Barking to the Choir written by Gregory Boyle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Jesuit priest and founder of Homeboy Industries traces his experiences of working with gangs in Los Angeles for three decades, sharing what his efforts have taught him about faith, compassion, and the enduring power of radical kinship.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 908 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert B. Silvers
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 9781590172032
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Company They Kept written by Robert B. Silvers and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 27 contributors to The New York Review of Books tell of their deep and abiding friendships with other poets, writers, artists, composers, and scientists of equal stature.

Author : Amalgamated clothing workers of America and Men's clothing manufacturers associations. Board of arbitration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Men's Clothing Industry, Chicago Market. Decisions of the Board of Arbitration, Direct and Appealed, 1219-1225 written by Amalgamated clothing workers of America and Men's clothing manufacturers associations. Board of arbitration and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: