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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2023Humanitarianism and the Greater War, 1914–24
by Elisabeth Piller, Neville Wylie
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Primary & middle schoolsFundraising
A Step-by-step Guide to Fundraising for Your Early Years Setting
by Anthony. David
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Politics & governmentBloody Crossroads 2020
Art, Entertainment, and Resistance to Trump
by Danny Goldberg
Bloody Crossroads 2020 takes a deep dive into the role that mass-appeal movies, television, videos, and music played in America’s political culture in the year of Donald Trump’s failed reelection campaign. The book also explores the impact of entertainment celebrities in communications, fundraising, and campaigning to support the election of Joe Biden. Although there existed a decades-old tradition of “liberal Hollywood,” Trump’s ascension to the presidency in 2016 triggered an unprecedented level of engagement by artists and performers. Within days of the 2016 election, a critical mass of entertainers, from teenagers to the last survivors of the World War II generation—blockbuster movie stars, art-film auteurs, Broadway dramatists, comedians, and musicians from the worlds of classical, country, pop, rock, R&B, and hip-hop—all seemed to have heard the tom-tom beat of resistance at the same moment and amplified a moral alternative to Trumpism. That level of engagement intensified with rare passion and purpose in the period of 2020 chronicled in Bloody Crossroads 2020—the Democratic primaries, the COVID-19 pandemic, the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, the conviction of sexual predator Harvey Weinstein, and the 2020 general election campaign—culminating in Trump’s failed insurrection. Exhaustively researched, Bloody Crossroads 2020 draws from brand-new interviews with Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Rosanne Cash, David Simon, Adam McKay, Chuck D, David Corn, Mandy Patinkin, and many more. It also explores the important political activities of entertainers like Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, Taylor Swift, Cardi B, Alyssa Milano, Mark Ruffalo, Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Bette Midler, Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, and Wanda Sykes. Bloody Crossroads 2020 expertly dissects and celebrates how the empowering actions of artists and entertainers helped a record turnout of everyday citizens realize a triumphant 2020 election.
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Biography & True StoriesJanuary 2018Ordinary Heroes
The Story of Civilian Volunteers in the First World War
by Sally White
Ordinary Heroes is the first book to focus on the staggering achievements of hundreds of thousands of civilian volunteers and charity workers, the majority of them women, during the First World War, both at home and abroad. It shows what a mass of untried and frequently untrained women and men from all backgrounds achieved through their innovation, adaptability, bravery and dogged commitment. As Lloyd George said, the war could not have been won without them. As the country was swept by patriotic fervour and a belief that it would all be over by Christmas, many women were as keen as the men to get involved. Organisations were all but overwhelmed by the initial tide of volunteers. They rushed to register for overseas service without knowing the devastating reality that would confront them. Others devoted their time to fundraising, collecting salvage, caring for refugees, working in canteens or helping in any other way they could. Conditions, particularly in the Balkans and Russia, were often appalling and yet the volunteers coped with and even relished the challenges. They came under fire, advanced or retreated with their respective armies, evacuated their patients through baking heat, mud or bitter cold, battled epidemics, performed operations by the light of a single candle, worked through the Russian Revolution and joined the Serbian Army on its Great Retreat. Several groups were taken prisoner. Wherever they worked, they were met with respect and gratitude −and sometimes incredulity that British people, especially gentlewomen, would help foreigners.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2020Die Zukunft des Spendens
Aufsätze aus dem Dritten Sektor
by Alexander Glück
Nach - Der Spendenkomplex- und - Die verkaufte Verantwortung -; legt Alexander Glück nun einen dritten Band zum Thema vor. Im Gegensatz zu den anderen beiden Büchern handelt es sich dabei nicht um eine Abrechnung mit den Mißständen und Fehlentwicklungen im Spendenwesen. Wer kritisiert, soll auch sagen, wie es besser gehen könnte: In diesem Sinne hat der Herausgeber professionelle Mitarbeiter aus verschiedenen Bereichen gebeten, unter dem Motto - Die Zukunft des Spendens -; ihre persönlichen Einschätzungen über die Weiterentwicklung des Dritten Sektors zu formulieren. Jeder von ihnen qualifiziert sich durch einen eingen Standpunkt, der oft Ergebnis vieler praktischer Erfahrungen und langjähriger Reflexion ist. Das Nachdenken über die Zukunft schließt die Darstellung zukunftsweisender Konzepte, die schon jetzt umgesetzt werden, keineswegs aus. Im Gegenteil soll es ja nicht um Utopie und Träumerei gehen, sondern um praktikable, realitätsnahe Ansätze für neue und bessere Eintwicklungen. Dieses Buch nimmt eine Schlüsselstellung für Spender undFundraiser ein.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2020Der Spendenkomplex
Das kalte Geschäft mit heißen Gefühlen
by Alexander Glück
Sicher ist: Angesichts wachsender Hungersnöte in vielen Regionen der Welt wird das Spenden neben politischen, ökonomischen Veränderungen wichtiger denn je. Nicht nur der jüngste Skandal um das Kinderhilfswerk UNICEF lässt viele Spender aber am Sinn des organisierten Massenspendens zweifeln. Zuviel Geld geht für Organisation und Akquisition von Spenden verloren, zu viele Spenden erreichen nicht ihr Ziel oder zementieren eine kolonialistische Ausbeutung. Alexander Glück, der selber einem Hilfswerk für rumänische Kinderheime zugearbeitet hat, untersucht aber nicht nur die zweifelhafte Effektivität vieler Spendenorganisationen, sondern genauso kritisch und aufschlussreich die Motive der Spender selber. Es geht um Emotionen und Reflexe (die von den Organisationen oft manipuliert werden), es geht um gönnerhafte Gesten, mit denen ein schlechtes Gewissen erleichtert wird, es geht um selbsternannte Samariter, bei denen demonstriertes Mitleid allein der öffentlichen Imagepflege dient, und es geht um den Schaden, den selbstherrliches und falsch organisiertes Spenden bei den Adressaten, den Hilfsbedürftigen, anrichtet. Das bedeutet aber keineswegs eine grundsätzliche Ablehnung des Spendens. Die sehr differenzierte, scharf argumentierende und mit konkreten Beispielen illustrierte Kritik der gegenwärtigen Spendenpraxis mündet vielmehr in konkreten Vorschlägen: Was muss sich ändern, damit Spenden wieder Helfen bedeutet ... Aktuelle, brisante Fragen: Wofür spendet man? Was geschieht mit den Spenden, wie wirken sie? Wie funktionieren und wie animieren Spendenorganisationen? Welche Motive begleiten das Spenden?
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Handicrafts, decorative arts & craftsAugust 2008Scrap Quilt Projects
Easy Mini Gifts to Make and Sell
by Katharine Guerrier
Quick easy scrap quilt patterns to make you smile – in Scrap Quilt Projects ebook from one of the UK’s foremost quilting teachers, Katharine Guerrier. The finished projects are ideal for the home, for gifts, or for fundraising events. Choose from a pencil case, needlecase, tablemats, a novelty chicken doorstop, shopping and laundry bags, cushions, a mini wallhanging, and medium-sized Flying Geese quilt. Many of these scrap quilt patterns can be made from leftover fabric scraps from your quilting stash. Template-free quick piecing methods make for speedy production in many of the projects, and where templates are required, these can be printed straight from your PC. Several techniques (such as quick pieced Flying Geese, asymmetrical star, prairie points) are introduced to expand a beginner’s skills, or broaden the expertise of those with more experience. So, if you are already a committed quilter, take a break from long-term projects to enjoy the satisfaction of completing something quickly. If you are a complete beginner, these scrap quilt projects make a good introduction to some basic patchwork and machine quilting techniques. ‘A great book if you are looking for quick and cheerful projects to give away as gifts, for sale tables or to fine tune your patchwork skills. The colours and detail came alive on my computer screen and I had no problem browsing through the book, formatted as a 60 page PDF. It’s PC and Mac compatible, there are direct links to suppliers’ websites and all the templates can be printed off. Katharine has included very clear directions and you can print these out, project by project. I think I might prefer to go for the paperless option and do my bit for the environment. A perfect gift for those who want to save the planet and create some lovely gifts and accessories whilst doing so.’ – Popular Patchwork
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Self-help & personal developmentFriend Grief and Anger: When Your Friend Dies and No One Gives A Damn
by Victoria Noe
"It's not like they're family." Sound famliar? If you're grieving the death of a friend, you've probably heard that from people who just don't get it. And if it made you angry, well, you're not alone. In the first of a series on grieving the death of a friend, Friend Grief and Anger: When Your Friend Dies and No One Gives A Damn, you'll meet people who also struggled with anger after their friend died. And they'll help you answer the question "Okay, I'm angry: now what?"
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Dread in the Dark
by Tuula Pere, Catty Flores
Elliot has a new baby sister. He also has a room of his own now, where he can build castles out of blocks, as big as he likes.But there is one thing that worries Elliot. In his new room, he can’t fall asleep as easily as he did when he slept closer to Mom and Dad. On top of that, a monster is nesting under his bed. It growls every single night, even though no one believes Elliot.Finally, with Dad’s help, Elliot learns the cause of the strange noise, and he can sleep peacefully again.
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History: specific events & topicsAugust 2014Friend Grief and AIDS: Thirty Years of Burying Our Friends
by Victoria Noe
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January 2022Real-World Writing for Today's Kids, Ages 6-7
by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Improve children’s writing and teach them valuable life skills at home using creative real-life writing activities. The colorful illustrations provide fun and simple writing exercises to show children how diverse and innovative writing in today’s world can be. Real-World Writing for Today’s Kids includes nine creative writing units that help children practice real-world writing. Plus, each unit includes engaging art and hands-on activities that demonstrate how writing is used to solve problems, express ideas, inspire, and help people. Each writing topic includes: A guided introduction that demonstrates how to write about each theme. Writing examples and practice activities that explain how to write about each theme. Inspirational messages and career ideas to motivate children and help them understand how writing is used in the real world. Children are encouraged to step outside the confines of traditional writing with creative hands-on projects that demonstrate how writing can be used in diverse and inspirational ways. The engaging real-life writing activities in Real-World Writing for Today’s Kids give your child practical writing experience and inspire even reluctant writers to put pen to paper. The workbook is ideal for enrichment at home and to supplement a homeschooling curriculum. Real-world writing topics for ages 6–7 include: Journal entry Door sign Online messages Greeting cards Persuasive letter Pet-care directions Yard sign Fundraising letter Toy review Answers will vary.
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June 2021Making the Ask
The artful science of high-value fundraising
by Bernard Ross
If you’re a fundraiser or social entrepreneur keen to secure large gift for any kind of social cause you need to be able to ask the right people for the right money in the right way. But how do you do that? In this ground-breaking book, global experts Bernard Ross and Clare Segal share their approach - used by major fundraising organisations from UNHCR in the Middle East to MSF in the US and from UK’s Oxford University to MEF Museum in Argentina – which has been used to secure gifts up to $110m in a single ask. Whether you’re an experienced fundraiser looking for new ideas, a newbie keen to get to the right approach fast, or a board member anxious to help out, you’ll find the answers you’re looking for inside.
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FictionJune 2015The Sender
by Toni Jenkins
The Sender follows the journey of a mysterious and inspiring unsigned card, interconnecting the lives of four women from different backgrounds and cities who are all facing unique adversities. The card instructs each woman to hold it in their possession for six months before choosing another woman in need of its empowering quality to send it to, and invites them all to meet in Edinburgh two years from the date of its inception. The story takes place mainly in Edinburgh, Glasgow, York and Cambridge with brief departures to Russia and The Netherlands. The card seems to hold an extraordinary quality that helps the women face their challenges head-on, though none of them can imagine who the anonymous sender is or why they were the chosen ones. The Sender is based on the ideas of altruism, The Butterfly Effect and 'paying it forward', and shows how one seemingly small, kind act can connect unlikely characters and have a powerful, positive ripple effect. The Sender is available in paperback, hardback and eBook formats.
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Family & healthJuly 2012My Boy - A memoir
by Anthony James
This little book tells of the sad but inspiring story and his addicted son coming together in the valley of the shadow of death. There is poignancy, sadness but also love and redemption. It is inspiring and will give hope and help to thousands who struggle with drug addiction in thier families.The book will give comfort to those who are experiencing loosing their loved ones. You are not alone, the wonderful Hospice movement and the palliative care forces are there to hold you up and give you hope.
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Children's & YAAugust 2018MARIE CURIE: A QUEST FOR LIGHT
An stunning-looking authorised biography, making Curie's fascinating story available to children and adults alike
by Frances Andreasen Østerfelt, Anja C. Andersen and Anna Blaszczyk
Marie Curie's life and research changed the world and paved the way for new opportunities for all women. Her unique drive - against all odds - to understand nature and its laws lead to ground-breaking research, which changed the science of medicine - both in terms of diagnoses and treatment. She was the first female recipient of a Nobel Prize and the first - and to date the only - person to receive a Nobel Prize in two categories, first physics and later in chemistry. A personal note from the author, Frances Andreasen Østerfelt: "On a personal note, Marie Curie has been in my life always. As I wrote in the book, she and Pierre never took a patent on radium. By 1920, the price of one gram (!) of radium was US$ 100,000, a price she could not afford. A female American journalist (Missey Maloney) learned of this and started a fundraising in the US to buy the gram for Marie’s laboratory at the Radium Institute in Paris. As receipt of this gift, Marie agreed to travel to the US – a back-breaking tour. Everyone wanted to see her. In 1929, Marie’s sister Bronya, a Polish physician, wanted to create a similar Radium Institute in Warsaw. Bronya sold bricks to raise money for construction. But again the problem of money arose to buy radium. So there was a new fundraising in America. This time Marie set limits to the extent of her travels. One of the few places she visited was Henry Ford’s celebration for the 50th anniversary of his friend, Thomas Edison’s, electric light bulb in Dearborn, Michigan. Marie was a superstar, especially for the Polish communities in America. My mother, daughter of Polish immigrants in Detroit, Michigan, then a 9-year-old schoolgirl, was a witness to Marie’s visit. Three weeks after leaving the US and returning to Paris, the New York Stock Exchange crashed. This started the Great Depression. Marie became a symbol of hope and optimism despite all odds. My mother talked about Madame Curie throughout my childhood."
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2018EveryBody's Different on EveryBody Street
by Sheree Fitch illustrated by Emma FitzGerald
Sheree Fitch's playful words lead you into this beautiful children's book and invite you to celebrate our gifts, our weaknesses, our differences, and our sameness. Fitch displays her wit and mastery of words in quick, rollicking rhymes complemented by Emma FitzGerald’s lively illustrations. This book was originally produced in 2001 as a fundraiser to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Festival of Trees to raise awareness for mental illness and addiction. To learn more about this publisher, click here: http://bit.ly/29WcQez
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October 2020What Kids Did
Stories of Kindness and Invention In the Time of COVID-19
by Erin Silver
In the spring of 2020, the Covid-19 virus changed the world and made daily life much more challenging. We had to stay apart, away from work, school, and our normal routines. But, all around the world, kids came up with creative and thoughtful ways to help others. From making 3-D printed medical equipment to food bank fundraising to a neighbourhood joke stand, to creating a semi-automatic hand-washing machine, kids made a difference in their communities. In this book for kids 6-8, Erin Silver tells some of their stories.
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Peace studies & conflict resolutionMarch 2004www.terror.net
How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet
by Gabriel Weimann
Terrorists fight their wars in cyberspace as well as on the ground. However, while politicians and the media have hotly debated the dangers that cyberterrorism poses to the Internet, surprisingly little is known about the threat posed by terrorists’ use of the Internet. Today, as this report makes plain, terrorist organizations and their supporters maintain hundreds of websites, exploiting the unregulated, anonymous, and easily accessible nature of the Internet to target an array of messages to a variety of audiences. Gabriel Weimann identifies no fewer than eight different ways in which terrorists are using the Internet to advance their cause, ranging from psychological warfare to recruitment, networking to fundraising. In each case, the report not only analyzes how the Internet can facilitate terrorist operations but also illustrates the point with examples culled from an extensive exploration of the World Wide Web.
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FantasyJune 2021Dark Investment. The Calcabrina Incident
by Javier Ara, Manuel J. Rodríguez
Dark Investment is the leading interuniversal management group for investments in the primary soul market. For more than 10,000 years, Dark Investment has operated in the purchase and sale of souls, currently managing assets of more than 11.3 trillion souls.Angélica is director of operations and one of Dark Investment's most successful fundraisers today. Her sensuality, know-how and inter-dimensional capabilities are the strengths of her resume. However, her promising career will be threatened by an unfortunate incident during the counter-offer operation of a competitor called Calcabrina.After Freehand Robbery and The Great Battle of the Gusis, Javier Ara surprises us again with a new record of his versatile drawing and his overflowing imagination. A short animated film by Javier Ara, author of this comic, but also of the comics The Great Battle of the Gusis and Freehand Robbery, has gone viral in 2022 and has tens of millions of views on social networks.More than 43 million views on TikTok.On youtube it already has more than 1.5 million views:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-G2lG-o_uk&t=33sAnd the number of views is growing every day.
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Short storiesNovember 2011SEAL Of My Dreams
by Gerard, Cindy
True heroes who will win your heart. Honor, duty, courage, passion . . . the men of the Navy SEALs are a special breed of hero, and in these stories by eighteen top romance authors the SEALs are celebrated not only as symbols of devoted service to their country but as the kind of man every woman wants to love. They’ll rescue a damsel in distress and her lap dog, too. They’ll battle hometown dramas and international bad guys. When it comes to giving away their hearts, they’ll risk everything. All proceeds from sales of SEAL of My Dreams goes to the Veterans Research Corporation, a non-profit fundraiser for veterans’ medical research. Among them, the authors of SEAL of My Dreams have won dozens of writing awards including multiple RITAs from Romance Writers of America. Their nearly 600 published novels have sold at least 25 million copies worldwide. The SEAL of My Dreams roster includes many of the best-known authors in modern romance fiction. In addition, many have strong family connections to the servicemen and women of our nation’s military, and many specialize in novels featuring heroes and heroines from all branches of service. Visit the authors at www.sealofmydreams.com
