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This Is Not a Test

By: Courtney Summers

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Barricaded in Cortege High with five other teens while zombies try to get in, Sloane Price observes her fellow captives become more unpredictable and violent as time passes although they each have much more reason to live than she has.

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0312656742

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9780312656744

Some Girls Are

A Novel

By: Courtney Summers

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Some Girls Are

A Novel

By: Courtney Summers

Available now: I'M THE GIRL, the new "brutally captivating" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) queer thriller from Courtney Summers, based loosely on The Epstein case and "not for the faint of heart" (The New York Times) From Courtney Summers, the author of Cracked Up To Be, comes a dark new tale of high school rivalry in which vicious rumors and nasty tricks are the currency that buys you popularity or seals your fate at the bottom of the food chain. Climbing to the top of the social ladder is hard--falling from it is even harder. Regina Afton used to be a member of the Fearsome Fivesome, an all-girl clique both feared and revered by the students at Hallowell High... until vicious rumors about her and her best friend's boyfriend start going around. Now Regina's been "frozen out" and her ex-best friends are out for revenge. If Regina was guilty, it would be one thing, but the rumors are far from the terrifying truth and the bullying is getting more intense by the day. She takes solace in the company of Michael Hayden, a misfit with a tragic past who she herself used to bully. Friendship doesn't come easily for these onetime enemies, and as Regina works hard to make amends for her past, she realizes Michael could be more than just a friend... if threats from the Fearsome Foursome don't break them both first. Tensions grow and the abuse worsens as the final days of senior year march toward an explosive conclusion. “This story takes an unflinching look at the intricacies of high school relationships .... Fans of the film Mean Girlwill enjoy this tale of redemption and forgiveness.” —School Library Journal

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St. Martin's Griffin

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0312573804

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9780312573805

The Project

A Novel

By: Courtney Summers

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The Project

A Novel

By: Courtney Summers

The Project is a pulls-no-punches story from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award winning author Courtney Summers, about an aspiring young journalist determined to save her sister no matter the cost. The #1 Indie Next Pick and winner of the International Thriller Writers Award. BELIEVE HIM, BETRAY HER 1998: Six-year-old Bea doesn’t want a sister but everything changes when Lo is born early. Small and frail, Lo needs someone to look out for her. Having a sister is a promise, Mom says—one Bea’s determined not to break. 2011: A car wreck, their parents dead. Lo would’ve died too if not for Lev Warren, the charismatic leader of The Unity Project. He’s going to change the world and after he saves Lo’s life, Bea wants to commit to his extraordinary calling. Lev promises a place for the girls in the project, where no harm will ever come to them again . . . if Bea proves herself to him first. 2017: Lo doesn’t know why Bea abandoned her for The Unity Project after the accident, but she never forgot what Bea said the last time they spoke: We’ll see each other again. Six years later, Lo is invited to witness the group’s workings, meet with Lev, and—she hopes—finally reconnect with her sister. But Bea is long gone, and the only one who seems to understand the depths of this betrayal is Lev. If it’s family Lo wants, he can make her a new promise . . . if she proves herself to him first. Powerful, suspenseful and heartbreaking, The Project follows two sisters who fall prey to the same cult leader—and their desperate fight back to one another.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1250105749

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9781250105745

I'm the Girl

By: Courtney Summers

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I'm the Girl

By: Courtney Summers

Named a Best Book of the Year by BuzzFeed * CrimeReads * Indigo * Kirkus Reviews * School Library Journal * Shelf Awareness, 4 starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal and Shelf Awareness! Available now from bestselling and award-winning author Courtney Summers, an "emotionally raw and brutally captivating" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) queer coming-of-age thriller based loosely on the Epstein case that's "not for the faint of heart." (The New York Times) All sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis wants is everything, but the poverty and hardship that defines her life has kept her from the beautiful and special things she knows she deserves. When she stumbles upon the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James, Georgia teams up with Ashley's older sister Nora, to find the killer before he strikes again, and their investigation throws Georgia into a glittering world of unimaginable privilege and wealth--and all she's ever dreamed. But behind every dream lurks a nightmare, and Georgia must reconcile her heart's desires with what it really takes to survive. As Ashley's killer closes in and their feelings for one another grow, Georgia and Nora will discover when money, power, and beauty rule, it's not always a matter of who is guilty but who is guiltiest--and the only thing that might save them is each other. I’m the Girl is a brutal and illuminating account of how one young woman feels in her body as she struggles to navigate a deadly and predatory power structure while asking readers one question: if this is the way the world is, do you accept it?

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Wednesday Books

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1250808375

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9781250808370

Cracked Up to Be

A Novel

By: Courtney Summers

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Cracked Up to Be

A Novel

By: Courtney Summers

In this young adult novel debut, the story of a girl too smart for her own good who, after one tragic night, decides to reject the popular life in exchange for one of solitude. Perfect Parker Fadley isn't so perfect anymore. She's quit the cheerleading squad, she's dumped her perfect boyfriend, and she's failing school. Her parents are on a constant suicide watch and her counselors think she's playing games...but what they don't know, the real reason for this whole mess, isn't something she can say out loud. It isn't even something she can say to herself. A horrible thing has happened and it just might be her fault. If she can just remove herself from everybody--be totally alone--then everything will be okay...The problem is, nobody will let her. “Cracked Up To Be gives you Parker, her world, her friends, straight up, no chaser. You won't forget her.” —Kathe Koja author of Kissing The Bee

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031238369X

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9780312383695

Cracked Up to Be

A Novel

By: Courtney Summers

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Cracked Up to Be

A Novel

By: Courtney Summers

Classic Courtney Summers with a brand new look and exclusive bonus material! This ebook edition of Cracked Up to Be includes updated text, an afterword from the author and a discussion guide. The high price of perfection is one 'Perfect' Parker Fadley always believed she was willing to pay until the events of a party during junior year fractures the lives of her family and friends. Something terrible has happened and only Parker knows it's her fault. If being a perfect daughter, student, friend and girlfriend couldn't keep her from making an unforgivable mistake, Parker hopes becoming a perfect mess will at least keep her loved ones from discovering the truth. But when the arrival of a curious new student and the unexpected return of an old enemy threaten her tenuous grip on control, Parker must decide just how far she'll go to keep her secret from surfacing. Also available from Courtney Summers: I'M THE GIRL, the new "brutally captivating" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) queer thriller based loosely on The Epstein case.

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1429948108

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9781429948104

Sadie

A Novel

By: Courtney Summers

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Sadie

A Novel

By: Courtney Summers

Look for Courtney Summer's groundbreaking new thriller, I'm the Girl, September 13th 2022 "Sadie: a novel for readers of any age, and a character as indelible as a scar. Flat-out dazzling." —A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window A New York Times bestseller! An Edgar Award Winner! Appearing on over 30 Best Book of 2018 lists including The Boston Globe, Bustle, Buzzfeed, Globe and Mail, Good Morning America, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and more! A YALSA Top 10 Quick Pick 4 Starred Reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, Publishers Weekly! "Sadie: a novel for readers of any age, and a character as indelible as a scar. Flat-out dazzling." —A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "Sadie is an electrifying, high-stakes road trip. Clear your schedule. You're not going anywhere until you've reached the end." —Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of There's Someone Inside Your House and Anna and the French Kiss "A haunting, gut-wrenching, and relentlessly compelling read." —Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Carve the Mark and the Divergent series A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial—like podcast following the clues she's left behind. And an ending you won't be able to stop talking about. “Today, WNRK is launching the first episode of our new serialized podcast, The Girls, created and hosted by West McCray.” When popular radio personality West McCray receives a desperate phone call from a stranger imploring him to find nineteen-year-old runaway Sadie Hunter, he’s not convinced there’s a story there; girls go missing all the time. But when it’s revealed that Sadie fled home after the brutal murder of her little sister, Mattie, West travels to the small town of Cold Creek, Colorado, to uncover what happened. Sadie has no idea that her journey to avenge her sister will soon become the subject of a blockbuster podcast. Armed with a switchblade, Sadie follows meager clues hoping they’ll lead to the man who took Mattie’s life, because she’s determined to make him pay with his own. But as West traces her path to the darkest, most dangerous corners of big cities and small towns, a deeply unsettling mystery begins to unfold—one that’s bigger than them both. Can he find Sadie before it’s too late? Alternating between Sadie’s unflinching voice as she hunts the killer and the podcast transcripts tracking the clues she’s left behind, Sadie is a breathless thriller about the lengths we go to protect the ones we love and the high price we pay when we can’t. It will haunt you long after you reach the final page.

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Wednesday Books

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1250105722

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The City of Stardust

By: Georgia Summers

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The City of Stardust

By: Georgia Summers

Slip into a lush world of magic, stardust, and monsters in this spellbinding contemporary fantasy from debut author Georgia Summers. For centuries, the Everlys have seen their best and brightest disappear, taken as punishment for a crime no one remembers, for a purpose no one understands. Their tormentor, a woman named Penelope, never ages, never grows sick – and never forgives a debt. Violet Everly was a child when her mother left on a stormy night, determined to break the curse. When Marianne never returns, Penelope issues an ultimatum: Violet has ten years to find her mother, or she will take her place. Violet is the last of the Everly line, the last to suffer. Unless she can break the curse first. Her hunt leads her into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods and monsters bent on revenge. And into the path of Penelope's quiet assistant, Aleksander, who she knows cannot be trusted – and yet to whom she finds herself undeniably drawn. With her time running out, Violet will travel the edges of the world to find Marianne and the key to the city of stardust, where the Everly story began.

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Redhook

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0316561738

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9780316561730

The Press Gang

Newspapers and Politics, 1865-1878

By: Mark Wahlgren Summers

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The Press Gang

Newspapers and Politics, 1865-1878

By: Mark Wahlgren Summers

Relations between the press and politicians in modern America have always been contentious. In The Press Gang, Mark Summers tells the story of the first skirmishes in this ongoing battle. Following the Civil War, independent newspapers began to separate themselves from partisan control and assert direct political influence. The first investigative journalists uncovered genuine scandals such as those involving the Tweed Ring, but their standard practices were often sensational, as editors and reporters made their reputations by destroying political figures, not by carefully uncovering the facts. Objectivity as a professional standard scarcely existed. Considering more than ninety different papers, Summers analyzes not only what the press wrote but also what they chose not to write, and he details both how they got the stories and what mistakes they made in reporting them. He exposes the peculiarly ambivalent relationship of dependence and distaste among reporters and politicians. In exploring the shifting ground between writing the stories and making the news, Summers offers an important contribution to the history of journalism and mid-nineteenth-century politics and uncovers a story that has come to dominate our understanding of government and the media.

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UNC Press Books

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1469644223

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9781469644226

Leader in Me

By: Stephen R. Covey

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Leader in Me

By: Stephen R. Covey

From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen R. Covey illustrates how his principles of leadership can be applied to children of all ages. In today’s world, we are inundated with information about who to be, what to do, and how to live. But what if there was a way to learn not just what to think about, but how to think? A program that taught young people how to manage priorities, focus on goals, and be a positive influence in their schools? The Leader in Me is that program. In this bestseller, Stephen R. Covey took the 7 Habits that have already changed the lives of millions of readers and showed that even young children can use them as they develop. These habits are being adapted by schools around the country in leadership programs, most famously at the A.B Combs Elementary school in Raleigh. Not only do the programs work, but they work better than anyone could have imagined. This book is full of examples of how the students blossom under the program—from the classroom that decided to form a support group for one of their classmates who had behavioral problems to the fourth grader who overcame his fear of public speaking and took his class to see him compete in a national story telling competition. Perfect for individuals and corporations alike, The Leader in Me shows how easy it is to incorporate these skills into daily life so kids of all ages can be more effective, goal-oriented, and successful.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476772193

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9781476772196

One Train Later

A Memoir

By: Andy Summers

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One Train Later

A Memoir

By: Andy Summers

The train jerks to a halt, and as I get out at Oxford Circus, Stewart gets out with me. We look at each other, laugh, and make the standard remark about it being a small world. But this is the brilliant collision, one train later and it might all have turned out differently." In this extraordinary memoir, world-renowned guitarist Andy Summers provides a revealing and passionate account of a life dedicated to music. From his first guitar at age thirteen and his early days on the English music scene to the ascendancy of his band, the Police, Summers recounts his relationships and encounters with the Big Roll Band, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, the Animals, John Belushi, and others, all the while proving himself a master of telling detail and dramatic anecdote. But, of course, the early work is only part of the story, and Andy's account of his role as guitarist for the Police---a gig that was only confirmed by a chance encounter with drummer Stewart Copeland on a London train---has been long-awaited by music fans worldwide. The heights of fame that the Police achieved have rarely been duplicated, and the band's triumphs were rivaled only by the personal chaos that such success brought about, an insight never lost on Summers in the telling. Complete with never-before-published photos from Summers's personal collection, One Train Later is a constantly surprising and poignant memoir, and the work of a world-class musician and a first-class writer.

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Macmillan

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1429909293

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9781429909297

The Sparrows

By: Denis Summers-Smith

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The Sparrows

By: Denis Summers-Smith

While Denis Summers-Smith's monograph The Sparrows presented his knowledge of sparrow biology, this volume tells the other, human, side of the tale. Denis Summers-Smith first took up the study of the House Sparrow in 1947, thinking that the difficulties of travel in post-war Britain would best suit the study of a species always close at hand. The humble House Sparrow, common everywhere, was surprisingly poorly researched and his work soon provided interesting insights into this successful and adaptable little bird. As new opportunities to travel opened up, his interest blossomed to take in the genus Passer as a whole. His travels would ultimately lead to his study of all but one of the group, found only in deepest Turkestan, and to the publication of his authoritative monograph on sparrows in 1988. His wry descriptions of the tribulations and unexpected pleasures of a traveller on four continents, from the Himalayas and Thailand to Africa and the Americas (with a good few islands in between), are interspersed with observations and speculations on the biology of sparrows in a wide variety of habitats. Everywhere local officials and bird watchers warmed to the eccentric Scot in pursuit of the little birds that nobody notices but which so often make their homes beside us. The author's own photographs and delightful cartoons by Euan Dunn further paint the picture of this lifelong search.

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A&C Black

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1408138255

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9781408138250

The City of Stardust

By: Georgia Summers,Claire Kreutzberger

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The City of Stardust

By: Georgia Summers,Claire Kreutzberger

Les Everly sont maudits depuis des siècles. À chaque génération, le membre le plus prometteur de la famille est voué à disparaître, en réparation d'un crime dont nul ne se souvient. Celle qui vient les chercher, la mystérieuse et glaçante Penelope, ne connaît ni la vieillesse ni la maladie. Et pour elle, une dette est une dette. Lorsque sa mère se volatilise au beau milieu de la nuit, la malédiction s'abat sur Violet Everly... et il n'y a plus qu'elle pour en briser le cycle. Commence alors un voyage dans un monde magique et envoûtant, peuplé d'érudits avides de pouvoir, de divinités instables et de monstres en quête de vengeance. Sans oublier l'énigmatique assistant de Penelope, Aleksander, à qui Violet sait ne pouvoir faire confiance mais dont les secrets l'attirent irrésistiblement. La vie de Violet est en jeu, et le temps lui est compté. Aux confins du monde, elle espère trouver sa mère, mais aussi la cité de la poussière d'étoile, où tout a commencé pour les Everly... car après tout, les malédictions ne sont-elles pas faites pour être déjouées ? « Une merveille d'histoire, noire comme le ciel à minuit. Summers explore admirablement les mondes séparés du nôtre par des portes magiques et les change en contrées traîtresses, sombres et oniriques, où des monstres ailés exercent leur sanglante séduction. Et quand ces monstres veulent assouvir leur appétit, un choix s'impose entre aimer et trahir, survivre et se sacrifier. Captivant jusqu'à la dernière page. » Shelley Parker-Chan, Celle qui devint le soleil « Ouvrir ce roman, c'est entrer dans un univers à la Neil Gaiman, peuplé de génies manipulateurs et de dieux voleurs d'âmes, où la quête d'une jeune fille cherchant à comprendre l'absence de sa mère porte autant le récit que sa lutte contre une malédiction ancienne. Le fantôme de la cité, victime de sa propre arrogance et d'une promesse rompue, hante chaque page de ce mémorable premier roman, très maîtrisé. » Lucy Holland, Sistersong « Dès ses premières pages, The City of Stardust tisse un sort à l'image de la magie déployée dans le récit. Un premier roman dont l'atmosphère vénéneuse, riche en monstres, démiurges et malédictions, raconte en filigrane l'amour des siens et la fidélité qu'on leur voue. » Sangu Mandanna, La Société très secrète des Sorcières extraordinaires « Georgia Summers nous entraîne dans une aventure faisant la part belle à la magie, à la fatalité et aux clés. Que ferions-nous pour rompre une malédiction, fermer une porte, en ouvrir une autre ? Les lecteurs qui ont aimé La Mer sans étoiles ou Les Dix Mille Portes de January vont adorer le sombre enchantement de ce livre. » Kat Howard, An Unkindness of Magicians « Une histoire de magie et de malédictions, de lettrés et de dieux. Autant d'astres lui conférant une beauté ensorcelante. » M.A. Kuzniar, Midnight in Everwood « Un récit travaillé avec un soin d'orfèvre et servi par une écriture flamboyante. » Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

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Bragelonne

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9791028116439

On Strategy

A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War

By: Harry G. Summers

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On Strategy

A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War

By: Harry G. Summers

Summer's inspired analysis of America's war in Vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a decade before Robert McNamara's painful admissions.

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Presidio Press

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0891415637

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9780891415633

The Vampire in Lore and Legend

By: Montague Summers

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The Vampire in Lore and Legend

By: Montague Summers

Riveting study of vampirism in Europe — from vampires in Greek and Roman lore to their presence in Saxon England, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, and even modern Greece.

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Courier Corporation

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0486121046

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9780486121048

Slimed!

An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age

By: Mathew Klickstein

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Slimed!

An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age

By: Mathew Klickstein

The special 5th Anniversary Edition of SLIMED! An Entertainment Weekly “Best Tell-All” Book One of Parade Magazine's “Best Books About Movies/TV” Included in Publishers Weekly's “Top Ten Social Science Books” Before the recent reboots, reunions, and renaissance of classic Nickelodeon nostalgia swept through the popular imagination, there was SLIMED!, the book that started it all. With hundreds of exclusive interviews and have-to-read-‘em-to-believe-‘em stories you won't find anywhere else, SLIMED! is the first-ever full chronicle of classic Nick…told by those who made it all happen! Nickelodeon nostalgia has become a cottage industry unto itself: countless podcasts, blogs, documentaries, social media communities, conventions, and beyond. But a little less than a decade ago, the best a dyed-in-the-wool Nick Kid could hope for when it came to coverage of the so-called Golden Age (1983–1995) of the Nickelodeon network was the infrequent listicle, op-ed, or even rarer interview with an actual old-school Nick denizen. Pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein changed all of that when he forged ahead to track down and interview more than 250 classic Nick VIP’s to at long last piece together the full wacky story of how Nickelodeon became “the Only Network for You!” Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Nickelodeon with this special edition of SLIMED! that includes a new introduction by Nick Arcade’s Phil Moore in addition to a foreword by Double Dare’s Marc Summers and an afterword by none other than Artie, the Strongest Man in the World himself (aka Toby Huss). After you get SLIMED!, you’ll never look at Nickelodeon the same way again. “Mathew Klickstein might be the geek guru of the 21st century.”—Mark Mothersbaugh

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1101614099

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A Matter of Honor

Pearl Harbor: Betrayal, Blame, and a Family's Quest for Justice

By: Anthony Summers,Robbyn Swan

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A Matter of Honor

Pearl Harbor: Betrayal, Blame, and a Family's Quest for Justice

By: Anthony Summers,Robbyn Swan

On the seventy-fifth anniversary, the authors of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Eleventh Day unravel the mysteries of Pearl Harbor to expose the scapegoating of the admiral who was in command the day 2,000 Americans died, report on the continuing struggle to restore his lost honor—and clear President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the charge that he knew the attack was coming. The Japanese onslaught on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 devastated Americans and precipitated entry into World War II. In the aftermath, Admiral Husband Kimmel, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, was relieved of command, accused of negligence and dereliction of duty—publicly disgraced. But the Admiral defended his actions through eight investigations and for the rest of his long life. The evidence against him was less than solid. High military and political officials had failed to provide Kimmel and his Army counterpart with vital intelligence. Later, to hide the biggest U.S. intelligence secret of the day, they covered it up. Following the Admiral’s death, his sons—both Navy veterans—fought on to clear his name. Now that they in turn are dead, Kimmel’s grandsons continue the struggle. For them, 2016 is a pivotal year. With unprecedented access to documents, diaries and letters, and the family’s cooperation, Summers’ and Swan’s search for the truth has taken them far beyond the Kimmel story—to explore claims of duplicity and betrayal in high places in Washington. A Matter of Honor is a provocative story of politics and war, of a man willing to sacrifice himself for his country only to be sacrificed himself. Revelatory and definitive, it is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of this pivotal event. The book includes forty black-and-white photos throughout the text.

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HarperCollins

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0062405535

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9780062405531

Not in Your Lifetime

The Defining Book on the J.F.K. Assassination

By: Anthony Summers

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Not in Your Lifetime

The Defining Book on the J.F.K. Assassination

By: Anthony Summers

Updated with the latest evidence, Pulitzer Prize finalist Anthony Summers’s essential, acclaimed account of President Kennedy’s assassination. Almost sixty years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, most Americans still think they have not been told the truth about his death. Chief Justice Earl Warren, who chaired the first inquiry, said “some things” that “involve security” might not be released in the lifetime of the then public. Millions of pages of assassination records were made public since the late 1990s. As of 2022, however, more than thirteen thousand declassified documents—most of them from CIA records—still contain redactions. President Biden ordered that all documents be released in December of 2022—unless he sanctions continued secrecy. Anthony Summers’s account of the murder mystery that haunts America is one of the finest books on the assassination. “An awesome work, with the power of a plea as from Zola for justice.” —Los Angeles Times “The closest we have to that literary chimera, a definitive work on the events in Dallas.” —The Boston Globe

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Open Road Media

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1453274065

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9781453274064

Félix d`Herelle and the Origins of Molecular Biology

By: William C. Summers

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Félix d`Herelle and the Origins of Molecular Biology

By: William C. Summers

A self-taught scientist determined to bring science out of the laboratory and into the practical arena, French-Canadian Felix d’Herelle (1873-1949) made history in two different fields of biology. Not only was he first to demonstrate the use and application of bacteria for biological control of insect pests, he also became a seminal figure in the history of molecular biology. This engaging book is the first full biography of d’Herelle, a complex figure who emulated Louis Pasteur and influenced the course of twentieth-century biology, yet remained a controversial outsider to the scientific community. Drawing on family papers, archival sources, interviews, and d’Herelle’s published and unpublished writings, Dr. William C. Summers tells the fascinating story of the scientist’s life and the work that took him around the globe. In 1917, d’Herelle published the first paper describing the phenomenon of the bacteriophage and its biological nature. A series of more than 110 articles and 6 major books followed, in which d’Herelle established the foundation for the later work of the Phage Group in molecular biology. Yet d’Herelle sometimes inspired animosity in others--he was drummed out of the Pasteur Institute, he held only one brief permanent position in the scientific establishment (at Yale University from 1928 to 1933), and he was bewildered by the social nuances of the world of international science. His story is more than the biography of a single brilliant scientist; it is also a fascinating chapter in the history of biology.

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030017425X

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Laughing Saints and Righteous Heroes

Emotional Rhythms in Social Movement Groups

By: Erika Summers Effler

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Laughing Saints and Righteous Heroes

Emotional Rhythms in Social Movement Groups

By: Erika Summers Effler

Why do people keep fighting for social causes in the face of consistent failure? Why do they risk their physical, emotional, and financial safety on behalf of strangers? How do these groups survive high turnover and emotional burnout? To explore these questions, Erika Summers Effler undertook three years of ethnographic fieldwork with two groups: anti–death penalty activists STOP and the Catholic Workers, who strive to alleviate poverty. In both communities, members must contend with problems that range from the broad to the intimately personal. Adverse political conditions, internal conflict, and fluctuations in financial resources create a backdrop of daily frustration—but watching an addict relapse or an inmate’s execution are much more devastating setbacks. Summers Effler finds that overcoming these obstacles, recovering from failure, and maintaining the integrity of the group require a constant process of emotional fine-tuning, and she demonstrates how activists do this through thoughtful analysis and a lucid rendering of their deeply affecting stories.

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0226188671

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9780226188676

Goddess

The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe

By: Anthony Summers

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Goddess

The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe

By: Anthony Summers

The updated bestselling biography—based on over six hundred interviews—and the inspiration for the Netflix documentary, The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe, born in obscurity and deprivation, became an actress and legend of the twentieth century, romantically linked to famous men from Joe DiMaggio to Arthur Miller to John F. Kennedy. But her tragic death at a young age, under suspicious circumstances, left behind a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Anthony Summers interviewed more than six hundred people, laying bare the truths—sometimes funny, often sad—about this brilliant, troubled woman. The first to gain access to the files of Monroe’s last psychiatrist, Summers uses the documents to explain her tangled psyche and her dangerous addiction to medications. He establishes, after years of mere rumor, that President Kennedy and his brother Robert were both intimately involved with Monroe in life—and in covering up the circumstances of her death. Written and updated by a Pulitzer Prize nominee who has authored works on JFK, J. Edgar Hoover, and the 9/11 attacks, this investigation of an iconic star’s brief life and early death is “remarkable. . . . The ghost of Marilyn Monroe cries out in these pages” (The New York Times). Netflix’s The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe will cement this work as the definitive biography of the unforgettable woman.

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Open Road Media

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1453265856

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9781453265857

Sinatra

The Life

By: Anthony Summers,Robbyn Swan

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Sinatra

The Life

By: Anthony Summers,Robbyn Swan

Packed with revelations, this is the first complete account of a career built on raw talent, sheer willpower--and criminal connections. Anthony Summers--bestselling author of Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe--and Robbyn Swan unveil stunning new information about Sinatra’s links to the Mafia, his crowded love life and his tangled relationships with U.S. presidents. Exclusive breakthroughs include the discovery of how the Mafia connection began--in a remote Sicilian village--and moving interviews with his lovers. Never-before-published conversations with Ava Gardner get to the core of the tragic passion that dominated his life, came close to destroying him, and made his best work heartbreakingly personal. Sinatra delivers the full life story of a complex, flawed genius.

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0307427765

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9780307427762

Sinatra

By: Anthony Summers,Robin Swan

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Sinatra

By: Anthony Summers,Robin Swan

A primeira biografia totalmente documentada e amplamente pesquisada, do nascimento à morte – a vida completa de Frank Sinatra.Sinatra conta a história de um ícone americano cuja influência na música popular do século XX foi insuperável. Quando menino, ele disse que ouvia na sua cabeça "sinfonias do universo". Ninguém podia imaginar aonde aquelas melodias o levariam.Traçando o arco de sua vida desde a origem humilde em Hoboken até os dias crepusculares como lenda viva em Malibu, esta biografia detalha sua carreira construída com talento nato, força de vontade e alianças criminais.Anthony Summers e Robbyn Swan constroem um baú de tesouros de documentos e entrevistas, e revelam informações impressionantes do legendário cantor, como sua ligação com Sam Giancana e Lucky Luciano, figurões da Máfia, e traços de sua vida particular, desde seu temperamento alternadamente cáustico e simpático – que por muito tempo o cantor escondeu – até a verdade sobre sua profunda paixão por Ava Gardner, incluindo conversas jamais publicadas.O leitor descobrirá um Frank Sinatra generoso e leal, mas que podia tornar-se abruptamente um monstro vingativo. Também será levado ao universo das mulheres que o amaram, algumas delas desconhecidas para o público até agora, que dividem neste livro a alegria e a dor de seus relacionamentos com "a Voz".Dramático, esclarecedor e infalivelmente imparcial, Sinatra é uma biografia altiva: a reveladora história de um artista brilhante e um homem complexo.

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Novo Século

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8576796902

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9788576796909

Counting Coins and Bills

By: Portia Summers

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Counting Coins and Bills

By: Portia Summers

Through simple language and full-color photographs, young readers will learn how to count different denominations of currency. Words to Know help students learn new vocabulary and Moments in Minting sidebars introduce young readers to interesting facts about money.

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0766077047

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Official and Confidential

The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover

By: Anthony Summers

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Official and Confidential

The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover

By: Anthony Summers

A New York Times–bestselling author’s revealing, “important” biography of the longtime FBI director (The Philadelphia Inquirer). No one exemplified paranoia and secrecy at the heart of American power better than J. Edgar Hoover, the original director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. For this consummate biography, renowned investigative journalist Anthony Summers interviewed more than eight hundred witnesses and pored through thousands of documents to get at the truth about the man who headed the FBI for fifty years, persecuted political enemies, blackmailed politicians, and lived his own surprising secret life. Ultimately, Summers paints a portrait of a fatally flawed individual who should never have held such power, and for so long.

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1453241183

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9781453241189

In Search of Sparrows

By: Denis Summers-Smith

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In Search of Sparrows

By: Denis Summers-Smith

The humble House Sparrow, common everywhere, was surprisingly poorly researched and Summers-Smith's work soon provided interesting insights into this successful and adaptable little bird. Denis Summers-Smith first took up the study of the House Sparrow in 1947, thinking that the difficulties of travel in post-war Britain would best suit the study of a species always close at hand. As new opportunities to travel opened up, his interest blossomed to take in the genus Passer as a whole. His travels would ultimately lead to his study of all but one group, found only in the deepest Turkestan, and to the publication of his authoritative monograph on sparrows in 1988. While that book presented his knowledge of sparrow biology, this volume tells the other, human, side of the tale. His wry descriptions of the tribulations and unexpected pleasures of a traveller on four continents, from the Himalayas and Thailand, to Africa and the Americas (with a good few islands in between) are interspersed with observations and speculations on the biology of sparrows in a wide variety of habitats. Everywhere local officials and birdwatchers warmed to the eccentric Scot in pursuit of the little birds that nobody notices but which so often make their homes beside us. The author's own photographs and delightful cartoons by Euan Dunn further paint the picture of this lifelong search.

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A&C Black

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1408137828

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9781408137826

The Hundred Penny Box - Literature Kit Gr. 3-4

By: Eleanor Summers

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The Hundred Penny Box - Literature Kit Gr. 3-4

By: Eleanor Summers

Students gain a new sense of respect for age and the treasures that accumulate with it. Helpful outlines of activities makes this resource easy to implement into any classroom. Find facts about the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Draw and color a picture of what the penny box may look like. Students explain the sentence "you worry me to death to play" in their own words. Complete a chart by matching vocabulary words to their meanings. Predict what like will be like for Michael with Aunt Dew for the next few months. Write a story describing Aunt Dew's move to Michael's home in her own point of view. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: The Hundred Penny Box is the Newbery Honor-winning story of a boy and his great-great aunt. Michael has a 100-year-old great-great aunt who keeps an old wooden box full of 100 pennies, one for each year she's been alive. Attached to each penny is a memory of what happened in Michael's aunt's life the year each coin was minted. Born in 1874, her first coin represents the Reconstruction. The 1930 penny represents the death of her husband. Michael enjoys to hear the stories attached to each penny, but soon finds that his great-great aunt is as old and feeble as the box that carries them.

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Classroom Complete Press

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1771672579

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9781771672573

The Arrogance of Power

The Secret World of Richard Nixon

By: Anthony Summers

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The Arrogance of Power

The Secret World of Richard Nixon

By: Anthony Summers

The controversial New York Times–bestselling biography of America’s most infamous president written by a master of investigative political reporting. Anthony Summers’s towering biography of Richard Nixon reveals a tormented figure whose criminal behavior did not begin with Watergate. Drawing on more than a thousand interviews and five years of research, Summers traces Nixon’s entire career, revealing a man driven by addiction to power and intrigue. His subversion of democracy during Watergate was the culmination of years of cynical political manipulation. Evidence suggests the former president had problems with alcohol and prescription drugs, was mentally unstable, and was abusive to his wife, Pat. Summers discloses previously unrevealed facts about Nixon’s role in the plots against Fidel Castro and Salvador Allende, his sabotage of the Vietnam peace talks in 1968, and his acceptance of funds from dubious sources. The Arrogance of Power shows how the actions of one tormented man influenced 50 years of American history, in ways still reverberating today. “Summers has done an enormous service. . . . The inescapable conclusion, well body-guarded by meticulous research and footnotes, is that in the Nixon era the United States was in essence a ‘rogue state.’ It had a ruthless, paranoid and unstable leader who did not hesitate to break the laws of his own country.”—Christopher Hitchens, The New York Times Book Review “A superbly researched and documented account—the last word on this dark and devious man.”—Paul Theroux

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Penguin

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1101199482

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9781101199480

Reading Response Forms Gr. 1-2

By: Eleanor Summers

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Reading Response Forms Gr. 1-2

By: Eleanor Summers

Let your young readers share their thoughts about the literature that they have heard or read themselves. Our resource will help to engage and build the full range of thinking skills essential for reading comprehension. Draft a story summary to show what you remember from what you've read. Demonstrate your understanding by drawing a map of the setting. Apply what you've read to real life as you imagine spending a summer with the main character. Analyze events in the story by identifying the cause and effect of that event. Use cookies to rate the book and give it an evaluation. Show your creative side by imagining what would happen next in the story. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, reproducible and hands-on activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

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1553199057

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Chronos, Kairos, Christos II

Chronological, Nativity, and Religious Studies in Memory of Ray Summers

By: Ray Summers,Jerry Vardaman

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Chronos, Kairos, Christos II

Chronological, Nativity, and Religious Studies in Memory of Ray Summers

By: Ray Summers,Jerry Vardaman

Christian theologian and educator Ray Summers (Baylor University) influenced the lives of more than one generation of students, many of whom are now teachers, ministers, and missionaries. This collection of essays in honor of Mr. Summers focuses on his many interests--which are also concerns of many people today--liberty of conscience, civil religion, warfare, the New Testament (especially the Gospels) and other topics.

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Mercer University Press

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0865545820

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9780865545823

Reading Response Forms Big Book Gr. 1-6

By: Eleanor Summers

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Reading Response Forms Big Book Gr. 1-6

By: Eleanor Summers

Encourage students to eagerly share their impressions about literature with our Reading Response Forms 3-book BUNDLE. Our open-ended resource includes engaging, purposeful, and grade-appropriate worksheets to stimulate critical thinking. Starting with grades 1-2, students draft a story summary to show what they remember from the text. Next they apply what they've read to real life as they imagine spending a summer with the main character. Then in grades 3-4, students will draw their favorite character based on what they understood from the reading. They will dissect the cover and title of the book to analyze how the story will unfold. Finally, for grades 5-6, students find quotes from the characters and evaluate why each one was important. Then they will show their creative side by rewriting a part of the story from a different point of view. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, reproducible and hands-on activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

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1553199081

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9781553199083

The Eleventh Day

The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden

By: Anthony Summers,Robbyn Swan

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The Eleventh Day

The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden

By: Anthony Summers,Robbyn Swan

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE For most living Americans, September 11, 2001, is the darkest date in the nation’s history. But what exactly happened on 9/11? Could it have been prevented? And what remains unresolved? Here is the first panoramic, authoritative account of that tragic day—from the first brutal actions of the hijackers to our government’s flawed response; from the untruths told afterward by U.S. officials to the “elephant in the room” of the 9/11 Commission’s report—the clues that point to foreign involvement. New York Times bestselling authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan write with access to thousands of recently released official documents, raw transcripts, fresh interviews, and the perspective that can come only from a decade of research and evaluation. Riveting, revelatory, and thoroughly sourced, The Eleventh Day is updated for this edition—with new reporting on a development that the former cochairman of Congress’s 9/11 probe calls the most important in years. This is the essential one-volume work, required reading for us all. “Essential.”—The Wall Street Journal “Meticulous, comprehensive . . . an extraordinary synthesis.”—John Farmer, 9/11 Commission senior counsel “This wide-angle look . . . examines the personalities behind the terror plot, U.S. intelligence blunders, the toxic environmental impact on first responders, the march to war, [and] gray areas in the 9/11 Commission Report.”—The Washington Post “The best available general account of 9/11—soberly written, judiciously weighed, meticulously sourced.”—The Sunday Times

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Ballantine Books

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0345531256

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9780345531254

Scaling Altruism

A Proven Pathway for Accelerating Nonprofit Growth and Impact

By: Donald Summers

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Scaling Altruism

A Proven Pathway for Accelerating Nonprofit Growth and Impact

By: Donald Summers

A hands-on toolkit for ambitious nonprofit leaders seeking to grow their organization's impact In Scaling Altruism: A Proven Pathway for Accelerating Nonprofit Growth and Impact, veteran social impact advisor and entrepreneur Donald Summers delivers a comprehensive, step-by-step blueprint to transforming small or mid-size nonprofit into an impactful and extraordinary agent of change. The book contains templates, tools, exercises, and crystal-clear implementation guides that readers can apply immediately to begin scaling their social impact organization. Offering actionable insights that have enabled many of today's most exciting social change efforts, the author provides practical guidance on how to turn your nonprofit into a social-problem-solving machine. You'll also find: Specific strategies to improve cash flow and funding to your nonprofit, including revenue tools and staff integration An Investment and Partnership Scorecard, detailing the health of your fundraising efforts Leadership best practices for dealing with disruptive people at a nonprofit An invaluable resource for managers and directors at small- to medium-sized nonprofits, Scaling Altruism is also perfect for funders and graduate students aspiring to work in the nonprofit space.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394223463

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9781394223466

Adding Coins and Bills

By: Portia Summers

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Adding Coins and Bills

By: Portia Summers

This book teaches young readers how to use the math skills they already have and apply it to currency. Full-color photographs illustrate each denomination, helping students easily grasp the basics of adding money. Words to Know help students learn new vocabulary and Moments in Minting sidebars introduce young readers to interesting facts about currency.

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0766076962

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9780766076969

Vision, Reflection, and Desire in Western Painting

By: David Summers

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Vision, Reflection, and Desire in Western Painting

By: David Summers

Spanning more than 2,500 years in the history of art, Vision, Reflection, and Desire in Western Painting demonstrates how the rise and diffusion of the science of optics in ancient Greece and the Mediterranean world correlated to pictorial illusion in the development of Western painting from Hellenistic Greece to the present. Using examples from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, David Summers argues that scene-painting (architectural backdrops) and shadow-painting (in which forms are modeled or shown as if in relation to a source of light) not only evolved in close association with geometric optics toward the end of the fifth century B.C.E., but also contributed substantially to the foundations of the new science. The spread of understanding of how light is transmitted, reflected, and refracted is evident in the works of artists such as Brunelleschi, van Eyck, Alberti, and Leonardo. The interplay between optics and painting that influenced the course of Western art, Summers says, persisted as a framework for the realism of Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Goya and continues today in modern photography and film.

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UNC Press Books

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9798890879714

Subtracting Coins and Bills

By: Portia Summers

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Subtracting Coins and Bills

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Through simple text and full-color photos, this book breaks down how to subtract dollars and cents, teaching young readers how to use the math skills they already have and apply it to currency. Words to Know help students learn new vocabulary and Moments in Minting sidebars introduce young readers to interesting facts about currency.

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