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Closing Shop

by Darren Walker ...

Series series Hell & Heaven
Satan is fed up and why shouldn’t he be? Even in hell, no matter how diabolically imaginative someone is, there are only a finite number of uses for a red hot poker. So, in an enthusiastic and uncharacteristic fit of optimism, he contacts God and calls a truce in the hope that he will be allowed back into Heaven.The chosen location is the finest hotel in Hawaii. And when both summit members go as ... Read more

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Satan is fed up and why shouldn’t he be? Even in hell, no matter how diabolically imaginative someone is, there are only a finite number of uses for a red hot poker. So, in an enthusiastic and uncharacteristic fit of optimism, he contacts God and calls a truce in the hope that he will be allowed back into Heaven.The chosen location is the finest hotel in Hawaii. And when both summit members go as
... Read more
Power to the Public

The Promise of Public Interest Technology

by Tara Dawson McGuinness, Hana Schank, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Darren Walker ...

“Worth a read for anyone who cares about making change happen.”—Barack ObamaA powerful new blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness the power of digital technology to help solve the most serious problems of the twenty-first centuryAs the speed and complexity of the world increases, governments and nonprofit organizations need new ways to effectively tackle the critical challenges ... Read more

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“Worth a read for anyone who cares about making change happen.”—Barack ObamaA powerful new blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness the power of digital technology to help solve the most serious problems of the twenty-first centuryAs the speed and complexity of the world increases, governments and nonprofit organizations need new ways to effectively tackle the critical challenges
... Read more
Dead Gods

Hell and Heaven

by Darren Walker ...

Series series Hell and Heaven
When a small town in the heart of Bolivia is destroyed by a sudden, and inexplicable, combination of earthquake and lightning storm it is put down to a tragic act of god, but which god was it and what had they got against the local residents?Both God and Satan investigate the mysterious disappearance of angels and demons and neither of them like the answers. Ancient, and long forgotten, gods have ... Read more

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When a small town in the heart of Bolivia is destroyed by a sudden, and inexplicable, combination of earthquake and lightning storm it is put down to a tragic act of god, but which god was it and what had they got against the local residents?Both God and Satan investigate the mysterious disappearance of angels and demons and neither of them like the answers. Ancient, and long forgotten, gods have
... Read more
From Generosity to Justice

A New Gospel of Wealth

by Darren Walker ...

Andrew Carnegie wrote his original "Gospel of Wealth" in 1889, during the height of the gilded age, when the country's 4,000 richest families held almost as much wealth as the other 11.6 million American families combined. His essay laid the foundation for modern philanthropy.Today, we find ourselves in a new gilded age—defined by levels of inequality that far surpass those of Carnegie's time. The ... Read more

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Andrew Carnegie wrote his original "Gospel of Wealth" in 1889, during the height of the gilded age, when the country's 4,000 richest families held almost as much wealth as the other 11.6 million American families combined. His essay laid the foundation for modern philanthropy.Today, we find ourselves in a new gilded age—defined by levels of inequality that far surpass those of Carnegie's time. The
... Read more

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The Idea of America

Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share

by Darren Walker ...

Darren Walker has lived the promise of America.Born to a single mother in a Louisiana charity hospital, the pride of Head Start and public schools in rural East Texas, Walker serves today as the tenth President of the Ford Foundation, among the largest private foundations in the United States. Since 2013, he has overseen more than $7 billion in grantmaking, while transforming philanthropy and ... Read more

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Darren Walker has lived the promise of America.Born to a single mother in a Louisiana charity hospital, the pride of Head Start and public schools in rural East Texas, Walker serves today as the tenth President of the Ford Foundation, among the largest private foundations in the United States. Since 2013, he has overseen more than $7 billion in grantmaking, while transforming philanthropy and
... Read more

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Giving Done Right

Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count

by Phil Buchanan ...

A practical guide to philanthropy at all levels of giving that seeks to educate and inspireA majority of American households give to charity in some form or another--from local donations to food banks, religious organizations, or schools, to contributions to prevent disease or protect basic freedoms. Whether you're in a position to give $1 or $1 million, every giver needs to answer the same ... Read more

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A practical guide to philanthropy at all levels of giving that seeks to educate and inspireA majority of American households give to charity in some form or another--from local donations to food banks, religious organizations, or schools, to contributions to prevent disease or protect basic freedoms. Whether you're in a position to give $1 or $1 million, every giver needs to answer the same
... Read more

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JR: The Chronicles of New York City

by JR, Anne Pasternak, Darren Walker ...

TED Prize winner, Oscar nominee, and one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2018, JR is a contemporary art superstar.In 2018, over one thousand New Yorkers posed for the camera and told their stories at JR's mobile photo studio and JR compiled their portraits into an astounding photographic mural—a portrait of the city—for the Brooklyn Museum.This book features both the final mural and every ... Read more

$20.19 USD

TED Prize winner, Oscar nominee, and one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2018, JR is a contemporary art superstar.In 2018, over one thousand New Yorkers posed for the camera and told their stories at JR's mobile photo studio and JR compiled their portraits into an astounding photographic mural—a portrait of the city—for the Brooklyn Museum.This book features both the final mural and every
... Read more
The Living Legacy of W. McNeil Lowry

Vision and Voice

Edited by Frank Kessel ...

This carefully curated collection of the writings and speeches of W. McNeil (Mac) Lowry will provide significant information about and insight into a remarkable period in the second half of the twentieth century, when the foundations of the arts as they now exist in the United States were creatively and firmly laid, primarily through Lowry’s penetrating intellectual perspective and his strategic ... Read more

$93.69 USD

This carefully curated collection of the writings and speeches of W. McNeil (Mac) Lowry will provide significant information about and insight into a remarkable period in the second half of the twentieth century, when the foundations of the arts as they now exist in the United States were creatively and firmly laid, primarily through Lowry’s penetrating intellectual perspective and his strategic
... Read more
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From Generosity to Justice

A New Gospel of Wealth

by Darren Walker ...

Narrated by Darren Walker ...

Unabridged

5 hours 27 min

Andrew Carnegie wrote his original "Gospel of Wealth" in 1889, during the height of the gilded age, when the country's 4,000 richest families held almost as much wealth as the other 11.6 million American families combined. His essay laid the foundation for modern philanthropy.Today, we find ourselves in a new gilded age—defined by levels of inequality that far surpass those of Carnegie's time. The ... Read more

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Andrew Carnegie wrote his original "Gospel of Wealth" in 1889, during the height of the gilded age, when the country's 4,000 richest families held almost as much wealth as the other 11.6 million American families combined. His essay laid the foundation for modern philanthropy.Today, we find ourselves in a new gilded age—defined by levels of inequality that far surpass those of Carnegie's time. The
... Read more

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The Idea of America

Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share

by Darren Walker ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Unabridged

17 hours 23 min

Darren Walker has lived the promise of America. Born to a single mother in a Louisiana charity hospital, the pride of Head Start and public schools in rural East Texas, Walker serves today as the tenth President of the Ford Foundation, among the largest private foundations in the US. Since 2013, he has overseen more than $7 billion in grantmaking, while transforming philanthropy and inspiring ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Darren Walker has lived the promise of America. Born to a single mother in a Louisiana charity hospital, the pride of Head Start and public schools in rural East Texas, Walker serves today as the tenth President of the Ford Foundation, among the largest private foundations in the US. Since 2013, he has overseen more than $7 billion in grantmaking, while transforming philanthropy and inspiring
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Giving Done Right

Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count

by Phil Buchanan ...

Narrated by Mark Feuerstein ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

A practical guide to philanthropy at all levels of giving that seeks to educate and inspireA majority of American households give to charity in some form or another--from local donations to food banks, religious organizations, or schools, to contributions to prevent disease or protect basic freedoms. Whether you're in a position to give $1 or $1 million, every giver needs to answer the same ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

A practical guide to philanthropy at all levels of giving that seeks to educate and inspireA majority of American households give to charity in some form or another--from local donations to food banks, religious organizations, or schools, to contributions to prevent disease or protect basic freedoms. Whether you're in a position to give $1 or $1 million, every giver needs to answer the same
... Read more

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2048

Humanity's Agreement To Live Together: The International Movement for Enforceable Human Rights

by J. Kirk Boyd ...

Creating an enforceable international guarantee of basic human rightsOutlines the basics of a universally acceptable agreementShows what everyone can do to make this agreement a realityIn 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a deeply inspiring document that has been translated into over 300 languages and dialects. But because its provisions ... Read more

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Creating an enforceable international guarantee of basic human rightsOutlines the basics of a universally acceptable agreementShows what everyone can do to make this agreement a realityIn 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a deeply inspiring document that has been translated into over 300 languages and dialects. But because its provisions
... Read more

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