In this richly revealing biography of a major, but little-known, American businessman and philanthropist, Peter M. Ascoli brings to life a portrait of Julius Rosenwald, the man and his work. The son of first-generation German Jewish immigrants, Julius Rosenwald, known to his friends as "JR," apprenticed for his uncles, who were major clothing manufacturers in New York City. It would be as a men's clothing salesperson that JR would make his fateful encounter with Sears, Roebuck and Company, which he eventually fashioned into the greatest mail order firm in the world. He also founded Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. And in the American South Rosenwald helped support the building of the more than 5,300 schools that bore his name. Yet the charitable fund he created during World War I went out of existence in 1948 at his expressed wish. Ascoli provides a fascinating account of Rosenwald's meteoric rise in American business, but he also portrays a man devoted to family and with a desire to help his community that led to a lifelong devotion to philanthropy. He tells about Rosenwald's important philanthropic activities, especially those connected with the Rosenwald schools and Booker T. Washington, and later through the Rosenwald Fund. Ascoli's account of Rosenwald is an inspiring story of hard work and success, and of giving back to the nation in which he prospered.
Автор: Roebuck Louesa, Lonsdale Sarah Название: Foraged Flora: Found and Foraged Arrangements for Every Season ISBN: 1607748606 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781607748601 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 3678.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A gorgeously photographed new take on flower arranging using local and foraged plants and flowers to create beautiful arrangements, with ideas and inspiration for the whole year. Roadside fennel, flowering fruit trees, garden roses, tiny violets; ingredients both common and unusual, humble and showy, Foraged Flora is a new vision for flowers and arranging. It encourages you to train your eye to the beauty that surrounds you, attune your senses to the seasonality and locality of flowers and plants, and to embrace the beauty in each stage of life, from first bud to withering seedpod. Organized by month, each chapter in this visually arresting and inspiring book focuses on large and small arrangements created from the flowers and plants available during that time period and in that place, all foraged or gleaned nearby. The authors reflect on surprising and beautiful pairings, the importance of scale, the scarcity or abundance of raw materials, and the environmental factors that contribute to that availability. Whether picking a small tendril of fragrant jasmine, collecting oversized branches of flowering quince, or making a garland of bay laurel, Foraged Flora is an invitation to seek out the beauty of the natural world.
Описание: A Window to Turn-of-the-Century America.
Название: The Story of Sears, Roebuck and Company ISBN: 1258394774 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258394776 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4405.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Roebuck Linda Название: Circular Leadership: Together We Rise ISBN: 1945252693 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945252693 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2578.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Are you ready to do your part to change the world - to do the things that only you were preordained to do?
You only need to flip on the news or open up Facebook (or look out your own window) to be bombarded with the pains of life on planet Earth at this time. People are hurting. Systems are broken. Children are starving. And souls are suffering. However, the suffering - on the individual and collective level - can be eradicated forever and we, together, can restore human kind and our beautiful Earth back to the state of wholeness that was designed eons ago for us. The answer is right in front of us. The solution to this restoration, healing and transformation is through Circular Leadership.
Автор: Roebuck Jennifer Название: The Journey of Coco Coyote ISBN: 198222424X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781982224240 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2821.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a story about a young coyote named Coco, who feels he is the only one in his kingdom who does not belong. Through his sad and lonesome journey in the forest, he meets Lul, the owl, who changes his life forever. Will he find truth, peace, and comfort for the very first time? Join Coco on his path of discovery, and find out if he really does walk alone.
Описание: MacDonald and Roebuck have written an excellent book on the causes and conditions of youth homelessness in Canada. A key contribution of this work is that they not only explore the challenges that young people are faced with in this situation, but the strengths, assets and resilience they bring when facing such adverse life circumstances. For those interested in youth homelessness and what to do about it, this is a must read. - Stephen Gaetz, Founder of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness In Staying Alive While Living the Life, Sue-Ann MacDonald and Benjamin Roebuck unpack the realities of living on the streets from the perspective of homeless youth. While much is written about at-risk youth, most literature on youth homelessness reduces their lives to flattened images with little room for the diverse, complex and individual nature of their experiences. Challenging the dominant youth-at-risk conversation by putting forward a framework of survival and resilience, MacDonald and Roebuck illustrate the ways that young people who experience homelessness demonstrate tremendous resilience when facing adversity, social exclusion and various forms of oppression. Drawing on conversations with homeless youth, this book focuses both on the external constraints imposed on their lives as well as the ways young people understand their circumstances and their approaches to problem solving. The result is a nuanced analysis that puts human agency at its centre, allowing readers to explore the challenges young people face and the internal and external resources they draw upon when making decisions about their lives.
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