Download or read book Stars for a Cause written by Julien's Auctions and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stars for a Cause Charity Auction written by Bonhams & Butterfields and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Falling for the Stars written by Ginger Frogel and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alison Newman doesnt like complicated. Unfortunately, her life is nothing but complicated. From her relentless dirty word of a coworker, Jessica Stanley, to her mildly satisfying office job at New Yorks channel nine news station, it seems like she just cant get a break. To make matters worse, Alison bumps into a mysterious gentleman at her one place of solace, her second job at a busy downtown caf. Referring to himself only as T, Alison cant help but to be drawn to his intriguing character and model-like looks. However, swearing off any notion of love after her myriad of former heart breaks and let downs, Alison is determined to not let this stranger sweep her off her feet. Even if he is utterly irresistible. Just when it seems like Alison has found a balance in her life, Jessica calls it off with heartthrob of the century, singer and song-writer, Trey Carter. Now Alison is thrown into limbo once more when she is detailed the job of interviewing New Yorks hottest icon. A job that she absolutely detests, until she meets the handsome idol. After she learns that he is not quite what she expected, can she resist two men? Or will she fall head-over-heels in love with both only to have her heart shattered once again? To Alison, it seems like her life will forever be the one thing she hates most. Complicated.
Download or read book A Higher Bid written by Kathy Kingston and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform fundraising events into long-term revenue with expert auction advice A Higher Bid is the nonprofit school and organization guide to planning and executing more exciting, more lucrative special event fundraisers. In this book, award-winning consultant, fundraiser, speaker, and professional auctioneer Kathy Kingston shares her proprietary and proven approaches to audience development, board empowerment, leadership succession, guest cultivation and engagement, and donor development. You'll learn how live auctions, special appeals, innovative icebreakers, silent auctions, and new technologies can help increase revenue, and how to execute these events in a way that translates to a stronger donor base for long-term giving. Kingston describes how to match the guest list and catalog for better results, and reveals the strategies professional auctioneers use to curate the right auction items and discover the right people to generate optimum revenue and engage donors. This book offers a fresh approach to fundraising, showing you how charity benefit auctions can be made a centerpiece of fundraising special events to drive both short- and long-term fundraising goals while providing a fun and inspiring opportunity to generate awareness and keep supporters excited about the mission. Using Kingston's proven framework, you'll learn effective ways to: Strategically increase high-profit revenue streams Increase your organization's donor base Empower the board toward efficiency and productivity Engage supporters more deeply and keep them invested Donors are the lifeblood of any nonprofit organization, and sustainable revenue depends upon their high engagement and willingness to give. Well-executed benefit and charity auctions have proven to be effective fundraisers for nonprofits, associations, and schools of all types, and A Higher Bid is the expert guide to optimizing these special events for maximum impact.
Download or read book A Higher Bid written by Kathy Kingston and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform fundraising events into long-term revenue with expert auction advice A Higher Bid is the nonprofit school and organization guide to planning and executing more exciting, more lucrative special event fundraisers. In this book, award-winning consultant, fundraiser, speaker, and professional auctioneer Kathy Kingston shares her proprietary and proven approaches to audience development, board empowerment, leadership succession, guest cultivation and engagement, and donor development. You'll learn how live auctions, special appeals, innovative icebreakers, silent auctions, and new technologies can help increase revenue, and how to execute these events in a way that translates to a stronger donor base for long-term giving. Kingston describes how to match the guest list and catalog for better results, and reveals the strategies professional auctioneers use to curate the right auction items and discover the right people to generate optimum revenue and engage donors. This book offers a fresh approach to fundraising, showing you how charity benefit auctions can be made a centerpiece of fundraising special events to drive both short- and long-term fundraising goals while providing a fun and inspiring opportunity to generate awareness and keep supporters excited about the mission. Using Kingston's proven framework, you'll learn effective ways to: Strategically increase high-profit revenue streams Increase your organization's donor base Empower the board toward efficiency and productivity Engage supporters more deeply and keep them invested Donors are the lifeblood of any nonprofit organization, and sustainable revenue depends upon their high engagement and willingness to give. Well-executed benefit and charity auctions have proven to be effective fundraisers for nonprofits, associations, and schools of all types, and A Higher Bid is the expert guide to optimizing these special events for maximum impact.
Download or read book The Star Attraction written by Alison Sweeney and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Can you blame a publicist for blurring the lines between what's real and what's a dream, when her client is a gorgeous actor?" --Jodi Picoult Sophie is a Hollywood publicist who has a fabulous job, a fabulous boyfriend, and a fabulous life. She even scores her PR firm's most important actor client and every woman's dream--Billy Fox. But will a steamy make-out session in a restaurant alley with her big-name client cost Sophie her job? And does she really want an escape from her life and her loving, if imperfect, relationship with her investment banker boyfriend? The Star Attraction takes us on a wild ride through one woman's daytime soap come to life. "Alison Sweeney's novel is an entertaining, backstage glimpse at those who organize the lives of the Hollywood elite. It's great fun for any reader who secretly sneaks peeks at People magazine in the checkout line at the grocery store, and wonders, What if . . . ?" --Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Lone Wolf and The Storyteller Publishers Weekly: Actress and reality show host Sweeney (The Mommy Diet) hits it out of the park with her engaging fiction debut about an L.A.-based star publicist who lets her love life get in the way of work Sweeney uses many familiar chick-lit tropes but does it very well and also infuses her story with insider-y Hollywood situations and realistic depictions of relationship woes. It all adds up to a pleasurable read, and a particularly impressive first foray into this genre. Kirkus: A highly entertaining debut from Sweeney, host of The Biggest Loser and star of Days of Our Lives for 20 years. Sweeney's insider knowledge adds authenticity to this laugh-out-loud story of working and romancing in Los Angeles. What makes the book remarkable is not so much the plot but Sophie's reactions to what happens. You just have to love this girl. That sense of humor that can save a person in real life makes this an extremely fun read.
Download or read book SCRIBBLED IN THE STARS written by ALICE BRAMLEY and published by Brenda Hammond. This book was released on with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Wallace is the name that's written in the stars, why is Stephanie falling for a man called Ben? Lovely but dyslexic Stephanie Mortlake is blessed—or is that cursed?—with a clairvoyant aunt. Recently released from hospital, Tilda announces she received an important message for her niece. On the 5th February Stephanie, who's pretty much given up hope of seeing her 50th wedding anniversary, is going to meet her Mr. Right. Not only that, but Tilda knows the name: Wallace. And to help matters along, she'll host a modest get-together. Seven guys with that name will be invited. The incentive? To have the chance to court oil heiress Stephanie. Ex-playboy Benjamin Wright plans to be a professor. After a disastrous and well-publicized romance with a diva, he longs to repair his relationship with his difficult and domineering Dad. To do this it’s vital he keep a low profile. While studying for his master's degree, he's helping out in sister's new business by delivering flowers. Last on his list is a big bouquet for a chick named Stephanie, complete with an apology from a guy called Wallace who can't make the party, which looks like it's going to be the biggest, honkingest bash of the year. When Ben rings the front door bell, a sassy looking chick grabs ahold of him and pulls him inside. He has to save her, she insists, or her crazy aunt will have her engaged to one of these weird men, and then the legal fees will start piling up. Startled and intrigued, Ben stifles the little voice that's screaming 'not a good idea' and agrees. Besides, he's dying for a beer and something to eat wouldn't go down badly either. Soon he's smitten with Stephanie, carving out time from his over-busy schedule to be with her, but horrified by the reappearance of his nemesis, a paparazzo. Madly attracted to Ben, Stephanie dates him, deceiving Tilda with the pretence that he's called Wally... until the proverbial hits the fan.
Download or read book Fallen Star written by Mary Jo Brunette and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-02-13 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEST SELLING AUTHOR, GAIL BREWER-GIORGIO stated, "I LOVE YOUR NOVEL! "JENNIFER BERRY, ORIGINAL BOOK-JACKET ARTIST, SAID, "It touched me. It was so realistic. It took me awhile to get through it. There were times that I had to put it down because it was so truthful and I had all I could do from crying. There are funny parts where the humor is so original, and sad parts that make me believe Katy is real. FALLEN STAR is very good. I will be glad to illustrate the cover of your novel. "FALLEN STAR KATY KIMBALL has a past of parental abuse that continually haunts her. From teenage heartache, onto two broken marriages, her Hollywood lifestyle cannot rectify her desolation from long ago. When Hollywood, in addition, rejects her, she is left in solitude to survive on her own. Can she forget her painful past to continue tomorrow? FALLEN STAR is a novel filled with emotion: from pain, through joy, and onto triumph. You will laugh, cry, rejoice and feel for Katy Kimball as you travel through the decades of her troubled life. What is the key to understanding child abuse? Fallen Star holds the answers!
Download or read book The Rocket written by Joseph Janczak and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big names have always dominated baseball, and one of the biggest in recent history is Roger Clemens--the Rocket. As a baseball great, he has shown what it means to succeed, both on the field and off, in his near quarter century of major-league service. The Rocket: Baseball Legend Roger Clemens journeys from Clemens's humble and sometimes difficult childhood through his illustrious career in Boston, Toronto, New York, and Houston. Clemens rose through the ranks, setting a new example of devoted work ethic and responsibility to team and fan alike. Through it all he remained a dedicated family man, not a trait usually associated with the free-for-all image of a major-league baseball player. Joseph Janczak traces Clemens's career from his high school days; through his University of Texas collegiate baseball (where he was given the pre-Rocket nickname of "Goose"); and on to his minor-league and major-league career. Baseball's image when Clemens first started in the halcyon days of the mid-1980s quickly dissolved into that of a sport saddled with crises and scandals, such as gambling, steroids, strikes, and fan distrust. But Clemens rose above it all and has set an example for the fans, who he says are the reason for his hard work on the mound each game. The Rocket includes thoughts from teammates, opponents, and Clemens himself on his legendary career. Janczak also discusses the ongoing steroid controversy and the Rocket's philanthropic endeavors to the community. Written for baseball fans of all ages and all levels of knowledge of the game, The Rocket shows why baseball is America's pastime and why some stars still deserve to be idolized.
Download or read book Shout at the Moon He s a Radio Star She s a Top Designer They Had Everything Then Disaster Ripped Their Life Apart written by Russ Kane and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's a radio star, she's a model.They had everything. Then disaster ripped their life apart.Russ Kane is familiar to millions across Greater London as the voice of Capital Radio's Flying Eye. He and his wife Sally appear to be a 'perfect couple' who seem to have it all. Yet behind this public image lies a private history of tragedy that would have broken any but the most profound relationship.When, shortly after their wedding, Sally was told she was expecting twins, their life seemed complete. Little did they know that the birth would almost kill mother and children and that, unbelievably, Russ would be simultaneously involved in a life-threatening car accident.Just as their life finally seemed to be getting back on track, sally was diagnosed with breast cancer - she was about to face a two-year ordeal that was to, once again throw their lives into chaos.Written with extraordinary candour, their individual brands of humour and page-turning tension, Shout at the Moon is, above all, a story of the triumph of the human spirit to rise above overwhelming odds.'True tonic for the heart' - Vanessa Feltz, Daily Express'An amazing couple. It's real inspiration' - Lorraine Kelly, GMTV'It's the story of a modern-age miracle...I am proud to know them' - Chris Tarrant
Download or read book The Wine Lover s Guide to Auctions written by Ursula Hermancinski and published by Square One Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From America to Zanzibar, the popularity of wine has skyrocketed in recent years. While millions of people have come to appreciate wine’s taste, a growing number of collectors also recognize it as a sound investment. For these savvy individuals, as well as top chefs and wine aficionados, the wine auction has become an important place to find superior wines. Now, renowned wine auctioneer Ursula Hermacinski has written The Wine Lover’s Guide to Auctions to explain how wine auctions really work so that you, too, can become a successful player. The guide begins by exploring the history of wine auctions. It then provides information on wine basics and details the auction process—for buyers and sellers. Rounding out the book are helpful hints for starting or expanding your wine collection, choosing the best auction house for your needs, and organizing your own wine tasting.
Download or read book Lone Star Reunion written by Joss Wood and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In Royal, Texas, everything brings back difficult memories…especially you.” But walking away again might prove impossible… Feuding grandparents ended Daniel Clayton and Alexis Slade’s teenage romance—and ten years hasn’t healed the family rift…nor cooled their intense desire. But when staying apart backfires spectacularly, Daniel and Lexi find themselves entangled in a forbidden affair that leads to an unexpected pregnancy. Will they stay loyal to their families…or to their own hearts?
Download or read book The Debutante written by Elizabeth Bevarly and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doesn't everyone want true love? No way. For sexy Miles Fortune,the youngest of the Fortune triplets, soul mates are for suckers. Butwhen the playboy rancher eyes blond bombshell Lanie Meyers at thegovernor's fund-raiser, he's soon face-to-face with a woman who'swilder than he is. She also happens to be the governor's daughter.But the paparazzi have a way of showing up when things get crazy—and their compromising position is makingheadline news.There's only one way to saveface. Pretend to be engaged—at least untilLanie's father's election is over. But whenan underhanded deal goes sour, Miles mustconvince Lanie that playing to the press willbe more pleasurable than she thinks.
Download or read book Katy Perry written by Kimberly Dillon Summers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography reveals the life story, musical style, personality, lyrics, and fashion of Katy Perry—the elements that have catapulted her to stardom and made her a 21st-century pop music icon. Katy Perry: A Biography examines who the young woman behind the hit songs, explicit lyrics, racy album covers, unconventional dress, and sometimes odd behavior really is. Through this nine-chapter narration of Perry's life, readers will gain insight into all stages of her development as a person and as a performer, from her early childhood, to her attempts to break out within the Christian music genre, to her pop music stardom and acting career. The book can be used as both a source of information for an essay or report, and as an easy-to-use guide to find answers to specific questions. It will also be of great interest to any reader who appreciates pop music and wants to know more about Katy Perry—where she came from, who she is today, and the fascinating journey and inspirational tale of her rise to becoming one of the hottest female pop stars of the 21st century.
Download or read book The Almanac of Fundraising Ideas written by Joe Didonato and published by Westfield Enterprises LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rich written by William Davis and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2006-10-05 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rich has topped America's bestseller lists and received international acclaim for its insight into the lives and fortunes of the world's wealthiest and most powerful people. Renowned international business journalist William Davis investigates who's up and who's down in the world of today's super-rich. The Rich looks behind the bank balances to reveal what it takes to amass great wealth, where it comes from, and what it really means to those who have it. Crammed with quotes and anecdotes on entrepreneurs like Richard Branson and Donald Trump, oligarchs like Roman Abromavich, and stars of sport and entertainment such as Tiger Woods and Elton John, The Rich is luxuriously thought-provoking and highly entertaining.
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek written by Leimar Garcia-Siino and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek offers a synoptic overview of Star Trek, its history, its influence, and the scholarly response to the franchise, as well as possibilities for further study. This volume aims to bridge the fields of science fiction and (trans)media studies, bringing together the many ways in which Star Trek franchising, fandom, storytelling, politics, history, and society have been represented. Seeking to propel further scholarly engagement, this Handbook offers new critical insights into the vast range of Star Trek texts, narrative strategies, audience responses, and theoretical themes and issues. This compilation includes both established and emerging scholars to foster a spirit of communal, trans-generational growth in the field and to present diversity to a traditional realm of science fiction studies.
