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“miles roston”

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  • Making A World of Difference: Inspiring stories of the world's unsung heroes

    by Miles Roston ...
    Many of us feel helpless when faced with the seemingly endless pain and poverty in the world. We are paralysed by the immensity of the problem, thinking, What can I possibly do? Yet sometimes the smallest actions have the biggest consequences. There are people among us who devote themselves to improving the lives of others, and in MAKING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE filmmaker and author Miles Roston ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • The Signature of All Things

    A Novel

    by Elizabeth Gilbert ...
    A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and City of GirlsIn The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Path Appears

    Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity

    by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn ...
    An exploration of how altruism affects us, what are the markers for success, and how to avoid the pitfalls—with scrupulous research and on-the-ground reporting from the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists and bestselling authors of Half a Sky and TightropeKristof and WuDunn will inspire you to "change lives for the better, including your own (The New York Times Book Review).In their recounting of ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Good Doctor

    by Lance O'Sullivan ...
    The Good Doctor is the inspirational life story of Dr Lance O'Sullivan, the man who stood up to help those most in need when no one else would. Lance O'Sullivan is a man on a mission. Raised in Auckland by a solo mother, he had a modest upbringing typical of the time, if one chequered with difficulties. After being expelled from two schools, Lance could have gone off the rails. Instead, he found ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Five Good Ideas

    Practical Strategies for Non-Profit Success

    Edited by Alan Broadbent, Ratna Omidvar ...
    Non-profits are big business. According to a recent Johns Hopkins report, third-sector institutions in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Japan, the U.S. and Canada have been growing at an average rate that is twice the growth rate of their GDPs. Canada is home to the second largest non-profit workforce in the world, employing 2 million paid staff and contributing $112 billion to our economy each year. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • With Charity for All

    Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to Give

    by Ken Stern ...
    Vast and largely unexamined, the world of American charities accounts for fully 10 percent of economic activity in this country, yet operates with little accountability, no real barriers to entry, and a stunning lack of evidence of effectiveness. In With Charity for All, Ken Stern reveals a problem hidden in plain sight and prescribes a whole new way for Americans to make a difference.Each year, ... Read more

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  • Rescue Ink

    Tough Guys on a Mission to Keep Our Animals Safe

    by Rescue Ink, Denise Flaim ...
    The true story of ten tough and tattooed bikers who rescue animals in dangerThough Joe Panz, Johnny O, Batso, Big Ant, G, Angel, Des, and Eric initially met and formed their friendships at tattoo and motorcycle conventions, they soon learned that they shared another passion: animals. Each had been rescuing troubled animals on their own for years. They decided to form Rescue Ink to combat the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Making a Difference

    How One New Zealander Created a Global Business, and His Thoughts on the Country's Direction

    by Owen Glenn ...
    The story behind Sir Owen Glenn's global business success and major philanthropic contributions. From humble beginnings in New Zealand, Owen Glenn built up a highly successful global business empire and now he is focusing his wealth to deliver significant philanthropic benefits here and overseas. This fascinating memoir gives insight into Owen's business philosophies and commercial strategies, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Give a Little

    How Your Small Donations Can Transform Our World

    by Wendy Smith ...
    "With open hearts and open hands, we gave what we could, and a little became a lot." --from Give a LittleDimes destroyed polio. Five bucks can beat malaria. Give a Little: How Your Small Donations Can Transform Our World not only contains remarkable, inspiring stories of how small donations are making an extraordinary difference in the lives of millions both here in the United States and around ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Selfish Plan to Change the World

    Finding Big Purpose in Big Problems

    by Justin Dillon ...
    You are exactly what the world needsWhat if your search for meaning could solve the world’s problems? What if everything you are passionate about could save a life or change history? Justin Dillon argues it can, and A Selfish Plan to Change the World shows how.In this paradigm-shifting new book, Dillon--the founder of Slavery Footprint and Made in a Free World--reveals the secret to a life of deep ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Do It Anyway

    The New Generation of Activists

    by Courtney E. Martin ...
    If you care about social change but hate feel-good platitudes, Do It Anyway is the book for you. Courtney Martin’s rich profiles of the new generation of activists dig deep, to ask the questions that really matter: How do you create a meaningful life? Can one person even begin to make a difference in our hugely complex, globalized world? ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Making Volunteers

    Civic Life after Welfare's End

    by Nina Eliasoph ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
    An inside look at how community service organizations really workVolunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime. We've all heard this kind of empowerment talk from nonprofit and government-sponsored civic programs. But what do these programs really accomplish? In Making Volunteers, Nina Eliasoph offers an in-depth, humorous, wrenching, and at times ... Read more

    $79.19 CAD