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  Building Unity - Leading a...

  Michael ‘Piecez’ Prosserman

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  Build an organization that is growth-minded, values-based, and innovative using the six steps to “responsible impact.”
  		 
  At age 16, Michael ‘Piecez’ Prosserman, a professional b-boy (breakdancer), completed a school project that would grow to become a hip-hop-inspired mental health charity with global reach. Through a process of continuous discovery and reflection, Prosserman and his team grew UNITY to the point where it benefitted over a quarter of a million young people. In Building Unity, Prosserman breaks down the six steps to discovering “responsible impact” and building an organization that is growth-minded, values-based, and reflective of the needs of its community. Using stories of his own evolution, learning, and growth as a leader over 15 years, Prosserman parallels the creativity found in breakdancing with the innovation needed to build a sustainable non-profit.
  		 
  Six steps to discovering “responsible impact”:
  		
  		Spark is the inspiration, the big “why,” the motivation to wake up and do something.
  		Build is the testing ground to clarify ideas, understand community needs, and challenge assumptions.
  		Trust involves building the culture of your organization, leading by example, and hiring people with dreams. Trust sets the stage for growth by empowering awesome people.
  		Grow is about finding the right size for your organization to create a responsible impact.
  		Evolve is knowing when to step back so others can step forward by building a succession plan that leaves your organization in good hands.
  		Re-Ignite is building from past experience and lighting the next spark within yourself.

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  Sour Cream - the Lurid...

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  When author Geoffrey Giuliano and his wife, Vrnda Devi, met Jack Bruce and his lovely wife, Margaret, at the Savoy Hotel bar in London in 1994, they had no idea the kind of explosive, confessional, even lurid conversation they were about to have. What was supposedly a reasonably generic interview about the life and work of the great Mr. Bruce quickly turned into a haunting tirade on Jack’s highly emotional, even hate-filled thoughts concerning his longtime musical colleague and Cream band member Eric Clapton. The content of this bizarre, unexpected encounter is almost impossible to either express or comprehend. One must hear it to believe it. Wiping away the spin, promotion, legend, and myth, here is the real Jack Bruce - uncensored, unbridled, and frighteningly frank about the fabled British guitarist fans once referred to as “God”. A must for all serious collectors of 1960s memorabilia as well as pop historians, music scholars, fans, and all university and school systems. Series producer Avalon Giuliano in New York Produced by Alex Franchi in Milan Edited and mixed by Macc Kay in Bangkok ICON intern Eden Giuliano Music by AudioNautix

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  Queen Elizabeth I

  J.E. Neale

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  A scholarly and immensely readable, award-winning biography of the monarch known as the “Virgin Queen.” 
   
  This has long been considered the classic biography of the great Tudor Queen. It is one of the first works of history to receive both scholarly and popular acclaim—testimony, indeed, to both its authority and readability. It has won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography and has been translated into nine languages. 
   
  Exploring every aspect of Elizabeth’s life and rule—her shrewd policies at home and abroad—Professor Neale establishes the fact that she was unique as a strong-minded, independent woman ruling in an age of exclusively masculine power. 
   
  Praise for Queen Elizabeth I 
   
  “Entirely delightful, witty and gallant in defense, and nothing better has been said on the side of Elizabeth, on this side of idolatry.” —New York Times 
   
  “Professor Neale’s narrative is straightforward and at times brilliant. . . . A first-rate literary biography.” —New Statesman 
   
  “There can be no doubt about its scholarship. . . . Merely as a tour de force the book is a remarkable performance.” —American Historical Review

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  Geoffrey Giuliano in...

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  Featuring exclusive, unpublished interviews with many of the most important icons of the music world and those closest to them.

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  The Last Rhinos - My Battle to...

  Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence

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  When Lawrence Anthony learned that the northern white rhino, living in the war-ravaged Congo, was on the very brink of extinction, he knew he had to act. If the world lost the sub-species, it would be the largest land mammal since the woolly mammoth to go extinct. In The Last Rhinos, Anthony recounts his attempts to save these remarkable animals.The demand for rhino horns in the Far East has turned poaching into a dangerous black market that threatens the lives of not just these rare beasts, but also the rangers who protect them.The northern white rhino's last refuge was in an area controlled by the infamous Lord's Resistance Army, one of the most vicious rebel groups in the world. In the face of unmoving government bureaucracy, Anthony made a perilous journey deep into the jungle to try to find and convince them to help save the rhino.An inspiring story of conservation in the face of brutal war and bureaucratic quagmires, The Last Rhinos will move animal lovers everywhere.

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  Good Morning Blake: Growing Up...

  Blake "Crash" Priddle

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  From non-verbal to radio announcer...Good Morning Blake: Growing Up Autistic and Being Okay lays bare - from cradle to adulthood – the myriad steps Blake has taken to find his voice and rightful place in society. Eighty-five percent of Blake's autistic peers do not have meaningful employment, so what facilitators occurred in his life to help him break from this dismal statistic? While the struggles cannot be ignored, the real fight is in shifting society to walk the talk and make schools, workplaces and communities more inclusive. Echolalia, dysfluency, sensory disintegration, anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and self-stimulatory behaviours are all touched upon in Blake's memoir. While it is one story by one autistic person, Blake's story offers strategies and tips for making our world kinder, more inclusive and a safer place for those who march to the beat of a different drum. What makes this book unique? Raw, uninhibited perspectives from fifty of Blake's peers, family members, friends, teachers and work colleagues who demonstrate it takes a village to raise a child. Blake's positive attitude will make you feel good even though he doesn't sugar coat his struggles. As a reader you will laugh, cry and cheer him on as he strives in his career and succeeds to live as an independent adult. 
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  Many say an autistic person could never work in journalism because it's a social and fast-paced field – skills that autistics struggle with. Blake "Crash" Priddle has proven them wrong. He is a news guy and radio personality whose broadcasts have been heard daily across northern Manitoba and Nova Scotia, Canada. When Blake's not busy working his spare time is filled with hunting, fishing, hiking, and when it's minus 40C writing novellas, painting landscape scenes or watching funny shows. https://www.blakecrashpriddle.com/

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