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  The Spirit of Philanthropy -...

  Frank Pisch

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  In The Spirit of Philanthropy, Frank Pisch dissects fundraising, showing how it is both an art and a science. Pisch, the founder of The Compass Group, uses his knowledge in the field to give philanthropists an understanding of best practices for fundraising. Building a great team, finding the best volunteers, creating a Gifts Chart, and more are discussed in this easy-to-read guide. From the early stages of a fundraising campaign to the days after it’s done, The Spirit of Philanthropy will be your blueprint for raising money for your nonprofit and more.

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  From Brokenness to Atonement...

  Dr. Hani Khouzam

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  This is a story of Mr. L, an orphan who was raised and nurtured by a devoted Carmelite nun, then drafted to serve as a skilled sniper during the Vietnam War. A journey of learning and mastering of the French language, excelling in the Little League baseball, discovering the art of hunting, and of an uttermost devotion to assigned military missions. A tale of grief, depression, anxiety, intermixed with bitterness, rage, fear, and delayed onset posttraumatic stress disorder with its most devastating aftermath of survivor's guilt. 
  Witnessing the emergence of innate talents, the gifts of left-handedness, and astounding suddenness of action in each and every providential and self-inflicted circumstances. Travelling through life in orphanages with boyish freedom, self-consciousness, and then an adulthood of giving of oneself and sacrificing of own needs to fulfill a patriotic mission, an acceptance of a higher calling to serve the poor and the disfranchised. 
  Biographies are woven in the tapestry of the therapeutic alliance of a patient-and-physician relationship. 
  As a reader, you will be invited to introspect and reflect on the wonder of the human brain, the bubbling joy of loving, and the gift of living. 
  Will Mr. L descend into the abyss of ending his God-given gift of a well-deserved and joyful life or will he survive his heartbreaking sorrows and insurmountable guilt? Can brokenness be restored through faith, hope, love, and forgiveness? 
  The answers could be revealed by reading this personal journey--a portrait of faith, grace, and the joy that rises from giving and loving.

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  Invictus

  William Ernest Henley

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  William Ernest Henley’s “Invictus” speaks from within suffering rather than about it from a distance. The poem does not describe pain in detail, yet its presence is constant, shaping the speaker’s outlook and resolve. Darkness, chance, and punishment are acknowledged as real forces, but they are not granted authority over the speaker’s inner life. The poem’s strength lies in its quiet refusal to be inwardly defeated.

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  Practicing New Worlds -...

  Andrea J. Ritchie, Alexis...

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  Practicing New Worlds explores how principles of emergence, adaptation, iteration, resilience, transformation, interdependence, decentralization, and fractalization can shape organizing toward a world without the violence of surveillance, police, prisons, jails, or cages of any kind, in which we collectively have everything we need to survive and thrive. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on decades of experience as an abolitionist organizer, policy advocate, and litigator in movements for racial, gender, economic, and environmental justice and the principles articulated by adrienne maree brown in Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, Ritchie invites us to think beyond traditional legislative and policy change to create more possibilities for survival and resistance in the midst of the ongoing catastrophes of racial capitalism—and the cataclysms to come. Rooted in analysis of current abolitionist practices and interviews with on-the-ground organizers resisting state violence, building networks to support people in need of abortion care, and nurturing organizations and convergences that can grow transformative cities and movements, Practicing New Worlds takes listeners on a journey of learning, unlearning, experimentation, and imagination to dream the worlds we long for into being.

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  Waterloo

  Thomas E. Watson

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  Excerpt from Chapter One 
  In 1815 the Emperor was no longer a lean, sinewy, tireless, eternally vigilant human tiger—the Napoleon of Rivoli and Marengo. He was no longer the consummate General-in-Chief of Austerlitz and Wagram. The mysterious lethargy which had overwhelmed him at the critical hour of Borodino, when he withheld the order for the Old Guard to charge and convert the Russian defeat into a decisive disaster, had been the first visit of the Evil Genius which was to come again. The strange loss of the power to decide between two totally different lines of action, which, at the Château Düben had kept him idle two days, lolling on a sofa, or sitting at his writing-table tracing on the paper big school-boy letters, was to become a recurrent calamity, puzzling all who knew him, and paralyzing the action of his lieutenants in the most critical emergencies'. 
  At Leipsic the reins had fallen from his hands; only one permanent bridge over the deep river in his rear had been provided to let him out of the death trap; and when the strong currents of the rout tore through the frantic city, the great Napoleon drifted with the furious tide, whistling vacantly. 
  The same unexplainable eclipse of genius, which General E. P. Alexander described as occurring to Stonewall Jackson, in the Malvern Hill movements of our Civil War, happened to the French Emperor, time and again, after that first collapse at Borodino. 
  In Spain he ordered a madly reckless charge of his Polish Light Cavalry against the heights of Sommo Sierra, where the Spanish army was entrenched and where the position easily admitted of successful flanking, got his best troops wastefully butchered—and could not afterward remember who gave the order to charge! 
  In Dresden, in 1813, he had won a brilliant victory which needed only to be ruthlessly pushed; and he was pushing it with all his tremendous driving power when, in the twinkle of an eye, his Evil Genius descended upon him, took his strength away...

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  Anna Karenina

  Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

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  Love can offer freedom, but it can also demand a price that changes everything.
  
  In Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy presents one of the most celebrated novels in world literature—a profound exploration of love, marriage, family, society, morality, and human desire.
  
  The novel follows Anna Karenina, a sophisticated woman whose passionate relationship with Count Vronsky places her in conflict with the strict expectations of nineteenth-century Russian society. As her personal choices collide with social conventions, Tolstoy examines the consequences of love, jealousy, isolation, and the search for fulfillment.
  
  Alongside Anna's story, Tolstoy follows Konstantin Levin, whose own journey through love, family, work, faith, and the meaning of life provides a contrasting perspective on happiness and human purpose. The parallel narratives allow Tolstoy to explore both the intimate struggles of individuals and the broader social world surrounding them.
  
  Rich in psychological insight and memorable characters, Anna Karenina examines timeless questions about passion, loyalty, marriage, family, social judgment, identity, morality, and happiness. Tolstoy's detailed portrayal of Russian society gives the novel remarkable depth while his understanding of human emotion makes its characters enduringly compelling.
  
  First published in the nineteenth century, Anna Karenina remains a defining masterpiece of Russian literature and one of the most influential novels ever written.
  
  Enter Tolstoy's unforgettable world of passion, family, society, and human struggle. Download Anna Karenina today and experience one of the greatest literary classics of all time.

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