George Newbern
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"Thirty years ago, a teenage Vincent King was sent to prison. But now, he's served his sentence and is returning to his hometown. The hometown where his childhood best friend, Walk, is now the chief of police. The town where his childhood sweetheart, Star Radley, still lives. The same Star Radley whose sister he killed. Duchess, Star's daughter, is a self-proclaimed outlaw. She needs to be. Who else is going to take care of her and her five-year-old...
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Know Your Neighbor: Cultivating Communities of Compassion
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Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him 'the bitter neighbour from hell'. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty...
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College professor Paul Davis is a normal guy with a normal life. Until, driving along a deserted road late one night, he surprises a murderer disposing of a couple of bodies. That's when Paul's "normal" existence is turned upside down. After nearly losing his own life in that encounter, he finds himself battling PTSD, depression, and severe problems at work. His wife, Charlotte, desperate to cheer him up, brings home a vintage typewriter--complete...
4) The stranger
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"Adam Price has a lot to lose: a comfortable marriage to a beautiful woman, two wonderful sons, and all the trappings of the American Dream: a big house, a good job, a seemingly perfect life. Then he runs into the stranger. When he learns a devastating secret about his wife Corinne, he confronts her, and the mirage of perfection disappears as if it never existed at all. Soon Adam finds himself tangled in something far darker than even Corinne's deception,...
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Dr. Eric Parrish is the Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital outside of Philadelphia. Recently separated from his wife Alice, he is doing his best as a single Dad to his seven-year-old daughter Hannah. His work seems to be going better than his home life, however. His unit at the hospital has just been named number two in the country and Eric has a devoted staff of doctors and nurses who are as caring as Eric is. But when he...
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"More than 1.4 million non-profit organizations operate in the United States. These organizations have a combined revenue of some $2.26 trillion and employ 10% of the nation's workforce. Over 60 million people serve as board members and volunteers. These organizations represent the promise and aspirations of America. Every day in communities big and small, nonprofit organizations bring people together to feed, shelter, care for, heal, inform, protect,...
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"Transform your corner of the world with strategies from a social change visionary In The Toolbox: Methods and Mindsets for Social Impact, celebrated nonprofit executive Jacob Harold delivers an expert guide to doing good in the 21st century. In the book, you'll explore nine tools that have driven world-shaking social movements and billion-dollar businesses--tools that can work just as well for a farmers market or fire department or small business....
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Adapt your management methods to harness Millennial potential. Not Everyone Gets a Trophy: How to Manage the Millennials provides employers with a workable game plan for turning Millennials into the stellar workforce they have the potential to be. The culmination of over two decades of research, this book provides employers with a practical framework for engaging, developing, and retaining the new generation of employees. This new revised and updated...
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"Expert advice on how to connect a lonely workforce-and improve employee engagement and productivity. When Covid-19 forced a sudden shift to remote work in 2020, it only exacerbated what had been a long-simmering issue in the workplace: Feelings of isolation and loneliness among employees are on the rise, and contribute to a real and growing mental health problem that affects both individuals and organizations. In Connectable, you'll learn how addressing...
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"Digital transform is hard. It is tempting to point to the "usual suspects" as the reasons for these shortfalls: cumbersome IT estates, poor data, lack of talent, among others. These issues are real, but they also tend to mask more fundamental issues that are the real culprits behind stalled transformations, including: Pursuing changes that are not economically meaningful to the business. It's good to experiment, but companies too often focus on "shiny...
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"One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most everyone assumed Andy had got away with murder--it's always the husband, isn't it?--but the police could never build a strong case against him. For a while, Andy hit rock bottom--he drank too much to numb the pain, was abandoned by all his friends save one, nearly lost his business, and became a pariah in the place he once called home. Now, six years...
13) A drop of hope
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Introducing an extraordinary new voice who shows us how powerful an act of kindness, a hint of magic, and a little hope can be. A well. A wish. And a little drop of hope. Times are tough. Jobs are scarce and miracles are in short supply. But something strange is happening in If Only, Ohio. An old well has suddenly, impossibly, begun to grant wishes. And three sixth graders are the only ones who know why. Ernest Wilmette believes a good deed makes...
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean, an epic story of courage and devotion that spans three continents and the entire map of the human heart. Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami in Brisbane, American expat and former police officer Frank Mercy goes out to join his volunteer rescue unit and pulls a little boy from a submerged car, saving the child's life with only...
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"Periodically a writer captures the pattern of comedy and tragedy that peppers office life like alternating colors of carpet squares. . . . As smart as Medoff's critique of corporate inanity is, it's tempered by compassion for these people, who are ultimately tender with each other, too. . . . Medoff finds plenty of hurt-but strains of hope, too." -Ron Charles, The WashingtonPost
The acclaimed and deeply felt novel that illuminates the pivotal...
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2022.
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The name George Soros is recognized around the world. Universally known for his decades of philanthropy, progressive politics, and investment success, he is equally well known as the nemesis of the far right-the target of sustained attacks from nationalists, populists, authoritarian regimes, and anti-Semites-because of his commitment to open society, freedom of the press, and liberal democracy. At age ninety-one, Soros still looms large on the global...
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It's time to "fang out" with the favorite ghoulfriends in a frightfully fabulous double feature straight from the latest scare-mester at Monster High! It's up to Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and their fangtastic friends to prove that the culture clash of Fur and Fang is no longer an issue for this scary-cool student body!
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2012.
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An all-new Disney holiday classic is born--a brand-new litter of the cutest talking pups ever, Hope, Jingle, Charity, and Noble--it's perfect for the whole family. When Mrs. Clause travels to Pineville, the playful Santa Pups stow away on her sled. They grant joyful wishes to Pineville's boy's and girls, but something goes terribly wrong--the Christmas spirit begins to disappear. Now, the Santa Pups and Mrs. Claus must race to save Christmas around...
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[2019]
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The fate of the earth is uncertain when the Justice League face a powerful new threat: the Fatal Five! Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman seek answers as Mano, Persuader, and Tharok terrorize Metropolis in search of budding Green Lantern Jessica Cruz. With Cruz₂s unwilling help, they aim to free remaining Fatal Five members Emerald Empress and Validus and carry out their sinister plan. Meanwhile, the Justice League discover an ally in the peculiar...
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[2018]
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A new era begins as Mellie Grant becomes President, but the real authority lies with the new, self-appointed head of B613: Olivia Pope. Unfortunately, the more power Olivia gains, the more of her soul she loses, until a battle of wills with Rowan leads to a shattering betrayal.