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Author |
: Randi Triant |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 2022-04-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781647423278 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1647423279 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis What We Give, What We Take by : Randi Triant
Parade Magazine's “20 New LGBTQ+ Books We're Loving This Year” Women.com's “10 LGBTQ Must-Reads for Pride Month” She Knows.com's “10 Books Featuring Mother-Child Relationships & All Their Beautiful Complexity” In 1967, Fay Stonewell, a water tank escape artist in Florida, leaves for Vietnam to join the Amazing Humans—a jerry-rigged carnival there to entertain the troops—abandoning her disabled teenage son, Dickie, to the care of an abusive boyfriend. Months after Fay’s departure, Dickie’s troubled home life ends in a surprising act of violence that forces him to run away. He soon lands in Manhattan, where he’s taken in by eccentric artist Laurence Jones. Fay, meanwhile, is also facing dangerous threats. From the night her plane jolts onto a darkened Saigon runway, she is forced to confront every bad decision she’s ever made as she struggles to return to her son. But the Humans owner is hell-bent on keeping her in Vietnam, performing only for war-injured children at a hospital, daily reminders of the son she’s left behind. Decades later, Dickie is forty, living in a Massachusetts coastal town with a man who’s dying of AIDS, and doing everything he can to escape his past. But although Spin may be giving Dickie what he’s always wanted—a home without wheels—it seems that the farther Dickie runs, the tighter the past clings to him. Ultimately, What We Give, What We Take is a deeply moving story of second chances and rising above family circumstances, however dysfunctional they may be.
Author |
: Adam Grant |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2014-03-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780143124986 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0143124986 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Give and Take by : Adam Grant
A groundbreaking look at why our interactions with others hold the key to success, from the bestselling author of Think Again and Originals For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But in today’s dramatically reconfigured world, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. In Give and Take, Adam Grant, an award-winning researcher and Wharton’s highest-rated professor, examines the surprising forces that shape why some people rise to the top of the success ladder while others sink to the bottom. Praised by social scientists, business theorists, and corporate leaders, Give and Take opens up an approach to work, interactions, and productivity that is nothing short of revolutionary.
Author |
: Lucy Bernholz |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2023-08-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780262547215 |
ISBN-13 |
: 026254721X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis How We Give Now by : Lucy Bernholz
From Go Fund Me to philanthropy: the everyday ways that we can give our money, our time, and even our data to help our communities and seek justice. In How We Give Now, Lucy Bernholz shows that philanthropy is more than writing a check and claiming a tax deduction. For most of us--the non-wealthy givers--philanthropy can be a way of living our values and fully participating in society. We give in all kinds of ways--shopping at certain businesses, canvassing for candidates, donating money, and making conscious choices with our retirement funds. We give our cash, our time, and even our data to make the world a better place. Bernholz takes readers on a tour of the often-overlooked worlds of participatory philanthropy, learning from a diverse group of forty resourceful givers. Donating our digitized personal data is an emerging form of philanthropy, and Bernholz describes safe, equitable, and effective ways of doing so--giving genetic data for medical research through a nonprofit genetics organization rather than a commercial one, for example, or contributing photographs to an online archive like the Densho Digital Repository, which documents America's internment of 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent. Bernholz tells us to "follow the money," however, when we're asked to "add a dollar" to our total at the cash register, or when we buy a charity-branded product; it's more effective to give directly than to give while shopping. Giving is a form of participation. Philanthropy by the rest of us--across geographies and cultural traditions--begins with and builds on active commitment to our communities.
Author |
: Edie Fraser |
Publisher |
: Wordclay |
Total Pages |
: 302 |
Release |
: 2008-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781600374524 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1600374522 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Do Your Giving While You Are Living by : Edie Fraser
Stories of individuals and organizations who have found ways to make our world a better place.
Author |
: Charles H. Kraft |
Publisher |
: Baker Books |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2012-03-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780800795245 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0800795245 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis I Give You Authority by : Charles H. Kraft
Fully revised and updated, this handbook shows readers how to exercise authority in the spiritual realm, providing protection for themselves and others and transforming lives.
Author |
: Kerry Lonsdale |
Publisher |
: Lake Union Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1503902315 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781503902312 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Everything We Give by : Kerry Lonsdale
A Wall Street Journal bestseller. From the author of Everything We Keep comes the final novel in the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling Everything Series. Brimming with suspense, mystery, and romance, Everything We Give brings to a powerful close the gripping series of love, lies, and the secrets families keep. Award-winning photographer Ian Collins made only one mistake in life, but it cost his mother her freedom and destroyed their family, leaving Ian to practically raise himself. For years he's been estranged from his father, and his mother has lived off the grid. For just as long, he has searched for her. Now, Ian seemingly has it all--national recognition for his photographs; his loving wife, Aimee; and their adoring daughter, Caty. Only two things elude him: a feature in National Geographic and finding his mother. When the prized magazine offers him his dream project on the same day that Aimee's ex-fiancé, James, returns bearing a message for Ian but putting a strain on his marriage, Ian must make a choice: chase after a coveted assignment or reconnect with a mysterious woman who might hold the key to putting his past to rest. But the stakes are high, because Ian could lose the one thing he holds most dear: his family.
Author |
: David Gibson |
Publisher |
: Crossway |
Total Pages |
: 164 |
Release |
: 2017-07-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781433556302 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1433556308 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Living Life Backward by : David Gibson
What if it is death that teaches us how to truly live? Keeping the end in mind shapes how we live our lives in the here and now. Living life backward means taking the one thing in our future that is certain—death—and letting that inform our journey before we get there. Looking to the book of Ecclesiastes for wisdom, Living Life Backward was written to shake up our expectations and priorities for what it means to live "the good life." Considering the reality of death helps us pay attention to our limitations as human beings and receive life as a wondrous gift from God—freeing us to live wisely, generously, and faithfully for God's glory and the good of his world.
Author |
: Peter Singer |
Publisher |
: Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780812981568 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0812981561 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life You Can Save by : Peter Singer
Argues that for the first time in history we're in a position to end extreme poverty throughout the world, both because of our unprecedented wealth and advances in technology, therefore we can no longer consider ourselves good people unless we give more to the poor. Reprint.
Author |
: Jitu Patel |
Publisher |
: Romansnail Publishing LLC |
Total Pages |
: 192 |
Release |
: 2019-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0578455900 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780578455907 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis What We Give by : Jitu Patel
Jitendra Patel (Jitu) raised himself out of poverty, became the director of safety, loss control and risk management for the largest oil company in the world, and has devoted the rest of his life to giving back. "True success only comes when you have truly understood... you can build yourself again and be king." Jitu is known as "The Father of Safety," a pioneering founder of modern health and safety practices. He is an international occupational safety engineer and has conducted extensive and groundbreaking research in fire safety, chemical safety, explosions, health, and environment protection. "I walked barefoot to school over dirt, rocks, and even tarmac roads in temperatures so hot that the tar would melt to the soles of my feet. My school was held under a Tamarind tree. There were no four walls, no roof. That is the life I came from. But passion is powerful, and we make a life by what we give to others. These are the kinds of stories I would be happy to tell you."
Author |
: Cynthia Rylant |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 34 |
Release |
: 2021-09-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442465084 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442465085 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis We Give Thanks by : Cynthia Rylant
From acclaimed and beloved creators Cynthia Rylant and Sergio Ruzzier comes a cozy and quirky picture book that reminds us of all the wonderful things we have to be thankful for. We give thanks for apple trees and bushes filled with roses. We give thanks for nice warm soup and fires to warm our toeses. Follow two sweet friends as they zip around town talking to all their pals about the things they love. The pair may even have a plan cooking to show everyone their gratitude! With its themes of thankfulness and inclusion, this playfully illustrated story is the perfect read for Thanksgiving—or for any day of the year.