Jon: 3174 books
Philanthropy in a Flat World
Inspiration Through Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
Open, honest, and challenging, this visionary guide looks at the forces at work in creating the global philanthropic world of tomorrow. It is a must-read for every fundraiser and nonprofit manager seeking to compete and succeed in today's "borderless" world. This compelling and practical...
The Seed
Finding Purpose and Happiness in Life and Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
A business fable to help you discover your purpose in work and life
New from Jon Gordon, the international and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Energy Bus, The Seed takes you on a quest for the meaning and passion behind work. Josh, an up-and-comer at his company, is disenchanted...
The Power of Positive Leadership
How and Why Positive Leaders Transform Teams and Organizations and Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
We are not positive because life is easy. We are positive because life can be hard. As a leader, you will face numerous obstacles, negativity, and tests. There will be times when it seems as if everything in the world is conspiring against you and your vision seems more like a fantasy than a reality....
Che
A Revolutionary Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
**“A remarkable accomplishment, one that belongs next to such works of graphical history as the March series and Shigeru Mizuki's Showa books. By foregrounding the tension between myth and truth, Che illuminates the present state of our politics as well as the past.” —NPR
The graphic...
by Jon Sindell
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
In this short story by the author of The Mighty Roman, a simple high school student takes a stand for animals and gays. Note: Jon began writing the novelization of this tale in December, 2012 and is 70,000 words into the project, i.e., 85 - 90% through a first draft, as of October 5, 2013.
by Jon Scieszka, Rick Riordan, Tom Angleberger
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Other Worlds, the fourth volume in Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read anthology series for tween boys, features ten thrilling new tales of science fiction and fantasy from some of the biggest names in children’s literature.
Prepare yourself for ten trips into the unknown, as ten of your favorite...
Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment--and Your Life
Reclaiming the Present Moment—and Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
NOTE: This ebook does not contain the spoken-word audio component included in the original printed edition.
We may long for wholeness, suggests Jon Kabat-Zinn, but the truth is that it is already here and already ours. The practice of mindfulness holds the possibility of not just a fleeting...
Voices in Our Blood
America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2001
**A literary anthology of important and artful interpretations of the civil rights movement and the fight against white supremacy, past and present—including pieces by Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, Richard Wright, and John Lewis **
Editor Jon Meacham has chosen...
American Politics
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
This dynamic Beginner’s Guide covers everything you need to know about American politics today. Exploring the principles enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, Jon Roper asks whether the politics of personality have become too pervasive in the USA. Tackling the nature of...
The Soul of America
The Battle for Our Better Angels
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The Christian...
Chinook Resilience
Heritage and Cultural Revitalization on the Lower Columbia River
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
The Chinook Indian Nation�whose ancestors lived along both shores of the lower Columbia River, as well as north and south along the Pacific coast at the river�s mouth�continue to reside near traditional lands. Because of its nonrecognized status, the Chinook Indian Nation often faces challenges...
The Dogs of Bedlam Farm
An Adventure with Sixten Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2004
**BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jon Katz's Going Home.
“Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can’t really be held responsible for what they do. But we can.”
–from The Dogs of Bedlam Farm**
When Jon Katz...
New Testament
A Rendering by Jon Madsen
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Jon Madsen's translation seeks a way between the strictly literal, which might appear dry and archaic, and contemporary idiom, which risks trivializing. He has retranslated the Greek New Testament in such as way that something of the Spirit working in the early Church can also become part of our modern...
The Ice at the End of the World
An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
A riveting, urgent account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic harbinger of climate change
“Jon Gertner takes readers to spots few journalists or even explorers have visited. The result is a gripping and important book.”—Elizabeth...