For most schools and organizations, fundraisers bridge the gap between budgets and the money they need in order to operate. Despite the continued rise in childhood and adult obesity and increased attention to humankind’s ecological impact, many fundraisers still rely on the sale of high-calorie, low-nutrient foods or ask supporters to become consumers of incidental items and paper products “to support the cause.”Healthy and Sustainable Fundraising Activities offers innovat...

For most schools and organizations, fundraisers bridge the gap between budgets and the money they need in order to operate. Despite the continued rise in childhood and adult obesity and increased attention to humankind’s ecological impact, many fundraisers still rely on the sale of high-calorie, low-nutrient foods or ask supporters to become consumers of incidental items and paper products “to support the cause.”Healthy and Sustainable Fundraising Activities offers innovat...

Love Letters to Play explores and cherishes the power of play. It is centred around the transformational power of play to empower children to understand both their own identities and the world around them. The book presents inspirational and thought-provoking words from across the world to open-up our thinking about play and childhood.

Finding Hester explores the untold story of Hester Leggatt, a woman who helped trick the Nazis, and is a fascinating read for fans of West End musical Operation Mincemeat and anyone with an interest in women’s war storiesOperation Mincemeat is one of the stranger tales to come out of the Second World War. A corpse dressed as a British pilot was dropped in the ocean near Spain, with the forged documents he carried landing in the hands of the Germans to convince them to move their tr...

What began as a passion in the heart of a father of seven has led to a new men's movement. Many fathers are asking "How do I leave something of lasting value to my children and grandchildren?" This book helps dads leave treasured words of love and blessing to their children.

The Letters Never Sent is a deeply emotional contemporary romance about grief, missed chances, and the power of unspoken words. After inheriting her grandmother’s apartment in the quiet seaside town of Blackwater Cove, Eleanor Vale discovers hundreds of letters that were written but never sent. As she uncovers a decades-old love story between her grandmother and a man named Gabriel Hart, Eleanor is forced to confront her own past, her lost relationship, and the dangerous silence t...

LETTERS FROM A STOIC★ Letters from a Stoic is collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. They are addressed to Lucilius, the then procurator of Sicily.★ The letters highlight many moral and ethical ways to live, and address many of the issues known to man, about life and death.

Brief description: Dear Machine is a letter to a future superintelligent entity, which Kieser identifies as a super-aware/intelligent machine (SAIM). Through the letter, he shares several hypotheses about how SAIMs will emerge and engage humanity. At its core, Dear Machine is a treatise on how humanity might strive for symbiosis with superintelligent entities.Long description: A growing number of experts are sounding the alarm about the potential d...

A fascinating new volume of messages about fatherhood, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections.In Letters of Note: Fathers, Shaun Usher collects together remarkable correspondence by and about fathers, including proud parental words of love, advice from experienced dads to new ones, as well as letters from both frustrated and adoring offspring.Includes letters by:Anne Frank, W.E.B. Du Bois,Jawaharlal Neh...

In the depths of the 17th century, amidst the turmoil of religious strife, a remarkable woman emerged as a beacon of faith and spiritual guidance. Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, a devout Catholic and foundress of the Visitation Order, left behind a treasure trove of letters that offer a profound glimpse into her extraordinary life and teachings. Through her intimate correspondence, we witness the struggles and triumphs of a woman who dedicated her life to serving God and her fellow beings....

An exciting new volume of letters about the Capital of the World--from George Washington, Kahlil Gibran, Audrey Hepburn, Martin Scorsese, and more--from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collectionsPeter Schagen writes to the Dutch West India Company about the purchase of "Manhattes." Mayor Ambrose Kingsland urges the city council to create what became Central Park. E. B. White bemoans taxi cab design to Harold Ross, cofounder of The New Yo...

An irresistible new volume of missives about outer space, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collectionsIn Letters of Note: Outer Space, Shaun Usher brings together fascinating correspondence about the universe beyond our planet, containing hopeful thoughts about the future of space travel, awestruck messages penned about the world beyond our own and celebrations of the human ingenuity that has facilitated our understanding of the ...