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Giving Back
Giving Back: Connecting You, Business,and Community More than ever before, businesspeople are seeking new ways to get involved in their communities by affiliating with charities and nonprofits in meaningful and deeply powerful ways. This new mindset is one where doing good is not just positive public relations, but essential to the way the company does business. Giving Back: Connecting You, Business, and Community is a revolutionary book about the new enlightenment in business that is a direct result of the demographic, political, and social changes in the nation today. Brimming with exclusive stories of leaders who have been successful at making a difference in their own communities, this b...
Avi
A 2003 Newbery Award winner for his book Crispin : The Cross of Lead, Avi is one of the foremost children's and young adult's authors read in the classroom today.
Working Wonders
Praszkier addresses the question of why some people perceive certain challenges as doable, when others (the majority) see them as impossible. He introduces professionals and researchers to ways of perceiving seemingly insurmountable challenges as achievable, using case studies, verified theory, and practical hints.
S.E. Hinton
In 1965, Susan Eloise Hinton sat down at her late father's old Underwood typewriter and started work on a novel that would fully and accurately describe the teenage world she knew: the story of Pony Boy, his brothers, and their friends, their constant struggle to belong, and the conflicts between the haves and the have-nots. Two years later, the completed novel, ""The Outsiders"", was published. Hinton made publishing history, single-handedly creating a new genre of fiction - the young adult novel. S.E. Hinton tells the story of the teenager who was the author of such young adult classics as ""That Was Then"", ""This Is Now"", and ""Rumble Fish"".
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz grew up in a life of wealth and privilege that most people can only dream of. As the creator of the popular Alex Rider series, Horowitz has become one of the most popular children's authors in the world.
Barbara Park
Barbara Park created one of the most popular and beloved characters in contemporary children's books.
E.B. White
The author of the classics Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, E.B. White has been honored for his contributions to children's literature.
Stephen King
Introduces one of the most prolific and popular writers in today's culture, and presents some of his career highlights.
The Power of Unreasonable People
Renowned playwright George Bernard Shaw once said "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." By this definition, some of today's entrepreneurs are decidedly unreasonable--and have even been dubbed crazy. Yet as John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan argue in The Power of Unreasonable People, our very future may hinge on their work. Through vivid stories, the authors identify the highly unconventional entrepreneurs who are solving some of the world's most pressing economic, social, and environmental problems. They also show how these pioneers are disrupting existin...
Tamora Pierce
You know the stories, you love the characters, but do you know the story behind the writer? Best-selling author Tamora Pierce has written 23 young-adult fantasy novels, in addition to many short stories, articles, and radio plays. Her realistic characters and action-packed plots have made her one of the most popular children s writers, and her books have never been out of print. Pierce s fictional world is full of teenage-girl warriors, powerful sorcerers, noble quests, fierce battles, and fantastical immortal creatures. All of her novels have one thing in common: they feature strong-minded, female heroines who face life on their own terms and shape their futures to fit their unique skills and outlooks. In a one-volume reference, Tamora Pierce details the life and real-life influences of this famous author, revealing the person behind the words, and the author behind the literature we love.
