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Book In Chocolate We Trust

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Kurie
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2018-02-21
  • ISBN : 0812294734
  • Pages : 216 pages

Download or read book In Chocolate We Trust written by Peter Kurie and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Chocolate We Trust takes readers inside modern-day Hershey, Pennsylvania, headquarters of the iconic Hershey brand. A destination for chocolate enthusiasts since the early 1900s, Hershey has transformed from a model industrial town into a multifaceted suburbia powered by philanthropy. At its heart lies the Milton Hershey School Trust, a charitable trust with a mandate to serve "social orphans" and a $12 billion endowment amassed from Hershey Company profits. The trust is a longstanding source of pride for people who call Hershey home and revere its benevolent capitalist founder—but in recent years it has become a subject of controversy and intrigue. Using interviews, participant observation, and archival research, anthropologist Peter Kurie returns to his hometown to examine the legacy of the Hershey Trust among local residents, company employees, and alumni of the K-12 Milton Hershey School. He arrives just as a scandal erupts that raises questions about the outsized power of the private trust over public life. Kurie draws on diverse voices across the community to show how philanthropy stirs passions and interests well beyond intended beneficiaries. In Chocolate We Trust reveals the cultural significance of Hershey as a forerunner to socially conscious corporations and the cult of the entrepreneur-philanthropist. The Hershey story encapsulates the dreams and wishes of today's consumer-citizens: the dream of becoming personally successful, and the wish that the most affluent among us will serve the common good.

Book If You Could See

    Book Details:
  • Author : Constance Cooper
  • Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
  • Release : 2021-06-04
  • ISBN : 1636301290
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book If You Could See written by Constance Cooper and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serving God and living in His love had been her desire since the day she gave Him her heart. Helping others discover that love had led to a life full of joy and purpose. He had found God’s design by placing himself in harm’s way to ensure that the innocent were safe. His heart was held firmly in the hand of Jesus, who had set the example by giving His life to make innocent the saved. Can people choose to serve God all their lives? Is fulfillment found in God’s purpose for our lives? If we let God transform our perception of the world, will we see it as He does? When we see with God’s eyes, can we avoid conforming to the world and experience the fullness of God? God is a romantic. We need the sun to come up in the morning and go down in the evening, but do we need it to be pink and purple, red and green? Science can explain how but not why. God’s love gives us the why. God wants us all to experience the fullness His love can offer, not just the light and dark but that awesome moment everything seems to stop as we look up and let the “wow” soak into our souls. In If You Could See..., we follow the story of two children of God choosing to see as God does and discovering the beauty of love that He desires for all of us to experience. Get lost in the “wow” and let your heart believe again!

Book The Legend Returns

Download or read book The Legend Returns written by L.F. Young and published by Morning Rain Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Everyone thought he was some kind of imaginary friend, but he was a lot more than that! In fact, he wasn’t imaginary at all, even though he was the stuff of legends.” School is finally out for the summer, and Ryan is looking forward to long sunny days on the beach with his best friend Cory, and his old friend, Willie. What Ryan hadn’t anticipated was how difficult keeping Willie’s secret would be. Torn between doing what’s best for his old friend, and being honest with this friends and family, Ryan has to think fast. The world isn’t ready to know about Willie, but it might already be too late.

Book The Dragon s Familiar

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lawrence J. Cohen
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2008-10-03
  • ISBN : 0595618898
  • Pages : 239 pages

Download or read book The Dragon s Familiar written by Lawrence J. Cohen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-10-03 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOY OF THE PROPHECY Twelve-year-old Cory Avalon was just another kid lost in Brooklyn's childcare system. He had no idea he was born with the gift of magic until the day he stood too close to that demonic mirror in an abandoned building, and fell through the shadowy veil into the enchanted world of Abydonne. Recognized as a rare magus, Cory is quickly apprenticed to the king's royal wizard, Math the Ancient, to learn how to control his natural talents before they overwhelm him. However, Cory's power grows too quickly for even his master to contend with. In three short months, the boy learns how to hurl magical lightning, erect shields, turn invisible, and even how to fly. After Cory summons a young golden dragon for his familiar, Math confides in his brother wizard Ilmarinen, and in a shaking voice, whispers the words "archwizard" and "boy of the prophecy." Why does Master Math think Cory can defeat the evil Asmodeus in his stronghold of Abyollydd, and why is he being sent to learn from the mysterious enchanter Vainamoinen, who lives in an enchanted fortress, floating in the clouds? Based upon rich Welsh and Finnish mythology, the author weaves a complex and beautifully crafted tale which can only be called the Fifth Branch of the Mabinogion.

Book California Occident

Download or read book California Occident written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book In Cory We Trust

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  • Author : Cory Publishing
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-04-13
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 120 pages

Download or read book In Cory We Trust written by Cory Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 120-page Cory Journal features: 120 wide-ruled lined pages 6 x 9 inches in size - big enough for your daily writings and also small enough to take with you smooth white-color paper, perfect for ink, gel pens, pencils or even colored pencils a black matte-finish cover for an elegant, professional look and feel This (In Cory We Trust) journal can be used for writing poetry, jotting down your brilliant ideas, recording your accomplishments and much more. Use it as a diary or gratitude journal, a travel journal or to record your food intake or progress toward your fitness and life goals. The simple lined pages allow you to use it however you wish. Our journals to write in offer a wide variety of journals, so keep one by your bedside as a dream journal, one in your car to record mileage and expenses, one by your computer for login names and passwords, and one in your purse or backpack to jot down random thoughts and inspirations throughout the day. Paper journals never need to be charged and of course no batteries are required! You only need your thoughts and dreams and something to write with. This Cory journal makes a wonderful present, so put a smile on someone's face today!

Book The Rancher s City Girl

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patricia Johns
  • Publisher : Harlequin
  • Release : 2015-01-01
  • ISBN : 146034507X
  • Pages : 155 pages

Download or read book The Rancher s City Girl written by Patricia Johns and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healing the Cowboy's Heart When Cory Stone discovers the father he never met is gravely ill, he brings the ornery man to his Montana ranch, along with his round-the-clock nurse. Once again Cory finds himself falling for the wrong woman—a city slicker, like the ex-fiancée who broke his heart. But in Eloise LeBlanc, Cory also finds a kindred spirit. The caring beauty knows firsthand about love and loss. Neither of them is looking for a new romance, and Cory certainly isn't searching for love. But can the independent city girl heal the heart of a broken cowboy?

Book The Reputation Society

Download or read book The Reputation Society written by Hassan Masum and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts discuss the benefits and risks of online reputation systems. In making decisions, we often seek advice. Online, we check Amazon recommendations, eBay vendors' histories, TripAdvisor ratings, and even our elected representatives' voting records. These online reputation systems serve as filters for information overload. In this book, experts discuss the benefits and risks of such online tools. The contributors offer expert perspectives that range from philanthropy and open access to science and law, addressing reputation systems in theory and practice. Properly designed reputation systems, they argue, have the potential to create a “reputation society,” reshaping society for the better by promoting accountability through the mediated judgments of billions of people. Effective design can also steer systems away from the pitfalls of online opinion sharing by motivating truth-telling, protecting personal privacy, and discouraging digital vigilantism. Contributors Madeline Ashby, Jamais Cascio, John Henry Clippinger, Chrysanthos Dellarocas, Cory Doctorow, Randy Farmer, Eric Goldman, Victor Henning, Anthony Hoffmann, Jason Hoyt, Luca Iandoli, Josh Introne, Mark Klein, Mari Kuraishi, Cliff Lampe, Paolo Massa, Hassan Masum, Marc Maxson, Craig Newmark, Michael Nielsen, Lucio Picci, Jan Reichelt, Alex Steffen, Lior Strahilevitz, Mark Tovey, John Whitfield, John Willinsky, Yi-Cheng Zhang, Michael Zimmer

Book Kingdom of Ashes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Adam Riemenschneider
  • Publisher : Other Court Games
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 0981768849
  • Pages : 255 pages

Download or read book Kingdom of Ashes written by Adam Riemenschneider and published by Other Court Games. This book was released on 2009 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Americans the Beautiful

Download or read book Americans the Beautiful written by Theresa Tsai Liu and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These pages ahead of you share stories of people. Many of these people you have not met. You may never meet. For Theresa, her gift is the beautiful art of sharing and impressing the meaning of the people.

Book South African Quarterly

Download or read book South African Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Missionary Intelligencer

Download or read book The Missionary Intelligencer written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dangerous Lover

    Book Details:
  • Author : Maggie Shayne
  • Publisher : Silhouette
  • Release : 2006-12-01
  • ISBN : 1552547612
  • Pages : 237 pages

Download or read book Dangerous Lover written by Maggie Shayne and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No sooner had Selene Brand cast her love spell than dark, handsome—and freshly stabbed—Cory Forrester fell at her feet. She felt as destined to save this stranger as she was to love him, even if it meant exposing her secret life as a witch. But the injured amnesiac didn't even know his own name, whether Selene was the cause of his injured state—or his salvation. Cory knew only that his attraction to Selene was as unworldly as her unusual pagan rituals…and that with killers now after both of them, they might be dead before nightfall….

Book Under the Influence

    Book Details:
  • Author : Desire Smith
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2023-12-14
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 345 pages

Download or read book Under the Influence written by Desire Smith and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Gabrielle met Michael, she had been betrayed. Her heart was shattered, and she vowed never to love again. Then came Michael, charismatic, witty, handsome, the epitome of her prince charming. He is a preacher, a man of the cloth; what was there to fear? Gabrielle was afraid to let anyone close, but Michael won her trust. She would later learn that darkness lurks at the edge of light.

Book Our Child of the Stars

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen Cox
  • Publisher : Jo Fletcher Books
  • Release : 2018-11-01
  • ISBN : 1786489945
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Our Child of the Stars written by Stephen Cox and published by Jo Fletcher Books. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this magical, bewitching debut, Molly and Gene Myers' marriage is on the brink of collapse. Then a child arrives, with a remarkable appearance. Will he bring them together, or tear their whole world apart? Molly and Gene Myers were happy, until tragedy blighted their hopes of children. During the years of darkness and despair, they each put their marriage in jeopardy, but now they are starting to rebuild their fragile bond. This is the year of Woodstock and the moon landings; war is raging in Vietnam and the superpowers are threatening each other with annihilation. Then the Meteor crashes into Amber Grove, devastating the small New England town - and changing their lives for ever. Molly, a nurse, caught up in the thick of the disaster, is given care of a desperately ill patient rescued from the wreckage: a sick boy with a remarkable appearance, an orphan who needs a mother. And soon the whole world will be looking for him. Cory's arrival has changed everything. And the Myers will do anything to keep him safe. A remarkable story of warmth, tenacity and generosity of spirit, set against the backdrop of a fast-changing, terrifying decade.

Book Breathless

    Book Details:
  • Author : Evana Bodiker
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2021
  • ISBN : 0595323251
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book Breathless written by Evana Bodiker and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Holidays in Hell

    Book Details:
  • Author : P. J. O'Rourke
  • Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
  • Release : 2007-12-01
  • ISBN : 1555847137
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book Holidays in Hell written by P. J. O'Rourke and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “hair-raisingly hilarious” journey through danger zones from Belfast to Gaza, by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author (Vanity Fair). “Tired of making bad jokes” and believing that “the world outside seemed a much worse joke than anything I could conjure,” journalist and political satirist P. J. O’Rourke decided to traverse the globe on a fun-finding mission, investigating the way of life in the most desperate places on the planet, including Warsaw, Managua, and Belfast. The result is Holidays in Hell—a full-tilt, no-holds-barred romp through politics, culture, and ideology. The author’s adventures include storming student protesters’ barricades with riot police in South Korea, interviewing communist insurrectionists in the Philippines, and going undercover dressed in Arab garb in the Gaza Strip. He also takes a look at America’s homegrown horrors as he braves the media frenzy surrounding the Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Washington DC, uncovers the mortifying banality behind the white-bread kitsch of Jerry Falwell’s Heritage USA, and survives the stultifying boredom of Harvard’s 350th anniversary celebration. Packed with classic riffs on everything from Polish nightlife under communism to Third World driving tips, Holidays in Hell is one of the best-loved books by “one of America’s most hilarious writers” (Time). “Wickedly amusing.” —The Baltimore Sun “Funny, outrageous, perceptive.” —The Washington Post Book World