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What Is Philanthropy For?
Philanthropy, the use of private assets for public good, has been much criticized in recent years. Don't elite philanthropists wield too much power? Isn't big-money philanthropy unaccountable and therefore anti-democratic? And what about so-called "tainted donations" and "dark money" funding pseudo-philanthropic political projects? Rhodri Davies, drawing on his deep knowledge of the past and present landscape of philanthropy, examines these and other pressing questions that philanthropy must tackle if it is to be equal to the challenges of the 21st century.
The Adventures of Flora Bee: Spies!
Spies have been stealing the bee recipes from Honey Corp. and putting out second-rate versions of their foods. Flora and her friends set a trap to catch them. Does it work? Will the Mastermind’s cat be set free from his submarine? Read on to find out...
The Adventures of Flora Bee
Inside the world of Flora Bee The strangest things take place; When she's at work or with her friends Who knows what she will face. When Ruth moves to a nursing home Her health begins to wane But all her students plan to get Her better once again.
Statistical Models of Shape
The goal of image interpretation is to convert raw image data into me- ingful information. Images are often interpreted manually. In medicine, for example, a radiologist looks at a medical image, interprets it, and tra- lates the data into a clinically useful form. Manual image interpretation is, however, a time-consuming, error-prone, and subjective process that often requires specialist knowledge. Automated methods that promise fast and - jective image interpretation have therefore stirred up much interest and have become a signi?cant area of research activity. Early work on automated interpretation used low-level operations such as edge detection and region growing to label objects in ima...
The Harp in Wales
A lavishly illustrated celebration of the harp in Wales, the iconic musical instrument central to the culture and identity of Wales, and including interviews with leading harpists and harp makers, this book is the essential guide. Foreword by Catrin Finch.
The Telling Pool
Drawing on Arthurian legend and pagan belief, this novel by the popular author of "The Sight" follows the fate of young Rhodri Falcon and his Crusader father as they become entangled in the war of a king and the machinations of a seductive sorceress who literally steals mens hearts.
Public Good by Private Means
Philanthropy is big news. In a world where philanthropists can build bigger profiles than presidents, an ever-increasing number have risen to greater fame giving away their money than merely making it. But using wealth to change the world is always controversial, and some have started to question the very notion of philanthropy. In reality, none of this is new: philanthropy has been shaping the way we live for centuries. From religious almsgiving, through the golden age of Victorian philanthropy to the birth of modern charities, many with means have sought to use their wealth to ease hardship, enrich lives and change policy. And this has often met with as much criticism as praise. In today's...
Crap Dates
A good date can be exhilarating: a shared joke, an improbable spark, long moments of gazing fondly into each other's eyes. Not so for the dating disasters featured in this collection of laugh-out-loud actual tweets about the most terrible evenings imaginable. From seriously unwelcome confessions, to dousing dates in wine, to bringing them back to creepy apartments to meet favorite stuffed animals, here are the funniest and most alarming reports from dating's front lines. Along the way, author Rhodri Marsden offers tips on how to identify and avoid the worst of the bad daters, including married men, blatant liars, deluded optimists, and more. This harrowing collection of real nightmare dates will amuse anyone who's suffered through one of cupid's off nights.
Undefeated
This is the untold story of the most successful British and Irish Lions tour in history. The 1974 party are the only Lions ever to emerge undefeated.
