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According to the employees that work for firms listed in Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work for in America," the most defining characteristic of these organizations is they are all "fun" places to work. Fun is the secret sauce every business needs to better engage and motivate its employees today. Work Made Fun Gets Done! gives readers simple, practical ideas for instantly bringing fun into their work and workplace. Based on examples from scores of companies like Zoom, Pinterest, Bank of America, Zappos, Honda, Microsoft, and many more, this book provides clear examples of exactly what managers and employees alike can do to lighten the tone in the work environment and allow employees to have more fun at work. From AAA's "Dump a Dog" program where workers can pass their least-wanted project on to their manager and Houzz's complimentary office slippers to CARFAX's themed-wardrobe Zoom meetings and Google's company-approved Nerf-gun battles and paper airplane contests, you'll find dozens of ideas you can immediately adapt and implement in your own workplace. Work and fun have typically been considered polar opposites, but this book proves they can be integrated in ways that produce more motivated workers--and exceptional results.

Political upheaval and social turmoil have peeled back the glitzy layers of capitalism to reveal an uncomfortable truth: historically, businesses have sourced materials from remote corners of the globe and moved millions of people and tons of cargo around the clock—all in the name of profit. Yet many of today’s startups are rewriting the rules of business: how it’s done, by whom, and, most importantly, for what purpose. Journalist Esha Chhabra draws on her decades of reporting to explore not only the “feel good, do good” factors of these restorative enterprises but also the nuanced realities and promise of regenerative business operations.

Spencer Brooke always knew she was destined to be CEO of her grandfather’s business—the most respected and luxurious department store in New York City. Brooke’s has been at the center of every happy memory she has, but it hasn’t been an easy journey. Seven years after her father’s death, her life is very different from the days when she walked through the store with her grandfather as a young girl. She may be the owner of Brooke’s, but she’s also now a divorced single mother of twin boys. And with the ever-evolving landscape of the fashion industry comes new challenges for Spencer and the legacy she’s inherited. Mike Weston is known for making enormous profits by transforming small businesses into bigger, more successful ones. With his marriage at a breaking point and his children grown up, investing is where he thrives—where he can build something greater. And Brooke’s feels like the perfect opportunity. Yet the firm’s beautiful and savvy CEO turns down the offer before they even meet. Spencer has no interest in outside investors meddling in her family business; her grandfather never saw the need for them, and neither does she. She refuses to be tempted by Mike’s offer, despite her big dreams of expanding the store. But when bad luck strikes, suddenly she is backed into a corner. In Worthy Opponents, Danielle Steel crafts a thrilling story about a powerful woman—and her equally formidable opponent.

There are few more convincing, less sentimental accounts of passionate love than Wuthering Heights. This is the story of the savage, tormented foundling Heathcliff, who falls wildly in love with Catherine Earnshaw, the daughter of his benefactor, and of the violence and misery that result from their thwarted longing for each other.

Los relatos que Proulx ha dedicado al estado de Wyoming —como el famoso «Brokeback Mountain», llevado al cine con gran éxito— hablan de rancheros y cowboys, de indios y camareras de saloon, de amistades difíciles y disputas familiares en las que el rencor viene de lejos y el amor es bronco. La pasión por este lugar muestra a sus habitantes en toda su vulnerabilidad, como es el caso de Ray, un anciano que decide por fin contar los secretos de familia a su nieta, o la historia de la joven pareja de pioneros que intentó sacar adelante su granja a principios del siglo XX, cuando Wyoming era aún una tierra de naturaleza hostil, hasta llegar a la macabra historia de un árbol plantado en medio del desierto que ve morir a todos los viajeros que transitan por su lado.

Hola, me llamo Amara y estoy aquí no para hablaros de mí, sino de Liam Acosta, ese guapísimo empresario que se dedica al negocio del vino en Tenerife y que sigue soltero porque quiere, pues siempre tiene a una legión de mujeres pendientes de él. Por lo que sé, un día recibió una misteriosa llamada telefónica para pedirle que viajara a Los Ángeles por un asunto urgente, que resultó ser ni más ni menos que un bebé. A Liam, al principio, le costó mucho admitir su paternidad, pero cuando vio a la criaturita, el mundo se movió bajo sus pies: al igual que él, tenía el ojo derecho de dos colores. Así que, muy agobiado y tremendamente perdido, regresó a Canarias con su hijo. Enseguida se dio cuenta de que necesitaba a alguien que le echara una mano y, por recomendación de mi amiga Verónica, me contrató a mí. De pronto Liam y yo, dos personas independientes y acostumbradas a no tener que dar explicaciones a nadie, hemos tenido que ponernos de acuerdo por el bien del pequeño. Y eso ha hecho que, sin apenas darnos cuenta, hayamos reconocido el uno en el otro a la persona que nunca hubiéramos esperado encontrar.