Sydney to Perth
This is the big drive — covering 4000 kilometres in around 10 days and raising a lot of money for some worthy charities. Read the story and Bid for the JEEP! First stop, Mildura Stopping at the Big Galah Nullabor Plain Kalgoorlie border Thursday, ... [... more]
Getaway |
Lisa Endlich
Lisa Endlich is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Goldman Sachs: The Culture of Success. She has worked as a management consultant, a political fundraiser, and a Wall Street trader. She supports many charities and has traveled to ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Mother Teresa Of Calcutta
Mother Teresa Of Calcutta (1910-1997) was the founder of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta begun in 1948; she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her and her order's work with the poor and destitute in India and in more than ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Meredith L. Jacobs
A former director of media relations, Meredith L. Jacobs has spent the last decade creating programs and events for local charity groups, schools, and synagogues. In 2004, she developed a series of workshops about Shabbat for women's groups that ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Gerry Bowler
An entertaining, often surprising look at the life of the world's most influential fictional character. He is the embodiment of charity and generosity, a creation of mythology, a tool of clever capitalists. The very idea of him is enduring and ... [... more]
Random House |
Laura E. Boswell
The Christian Book of Questions * Are donations still charity if you claim them on your tax return? * Is it wrong to miss church because you have too much work to do? * God made us in his image-is that physical, spiritual, or both? 350 Questions ... [... more]
Random House |
Jon Krakauer
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and ... [... more]
Random House |
Dan Jenkins
A prolific author and golf columnist, Dan Jenkins sponsors an annual charity golf tournament that attracts players from around the world. In his follow-up novel to The legendary golf novel, rereleased in a special edition with a new foreword by ... [... more]
Random House |
Larry Jones
LARRY JONES, a Bachelor of Divinity, has received numerous awards for his charity work, including the Humanitarian Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He is the author of several nonfiction books, including How to Bend ... [... more]
Random House |
Philip Franklin
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and ... [... more]
Random House |
Mark Richard
In these ten stories, Mark Richard, winner of the 1990 PEN/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, emerges as the heir apparent to Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, and William Faulkner. With Charity, Mark Richard again secures the distinction of poet ... [... more]
Random House |
Brian Kolodiejchuk
FR. BRIAN KOLODIEJCHUK, M.C., Ph.D., was born in Winnipeg, Canada. He met Mother Teresa in 1977 and was associated with her until her death in 1997. He joined the Missionaries of Charity Fathers at the time of their foundation in 1984. Fr. Brian ... [... more]
Random House |
