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Garland around my neck
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Biography of Puran Singh, 1904-1992, philanthropist from Amritsar, India. |
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Peyton Manning
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Barry Wilner |
"A biography of football player Peyton Manning, highlighting his charitable work"--Provided by publisher. |
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Barry Wilner |
"A biography of football player Tom Brady, highlighting his charitable work"--Provided by publisher. |
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Biography of Dyal Singh Majithia, 1848-1898, educationist, businessman and founder of the Tribune, English daily newspaper. |
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A Convenient Arrangement
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Captain Charles, engineer of charity
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Mrs. Astor regrets
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Strangers drowning
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Charlie Mike
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Ray & Joan
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Shaun White
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Life Half Lived
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235 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm |
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The contest
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Minerva Bennett is founder and chairman of the Koyne Foundation, a philanthropic powerhouse that defines the state of the art in humanitarian pursuits. But having devoted half her life to funding uni… |
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The happiest man in the world
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The author, founder of Project C.U.R.E. (an organization which facilitates the donation of medical supplies and equipment to needy local communities all over the world), tells of his life's path and … |
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Money well spent
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Paul Brest |
"Starting with the premise that strategy makes all the difference in effective giving, the book shows foundations and individual philanthropists the best way to design a strategy to achieve their sta… |
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Andrew Carnegie
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A biography of the Scottish immigrant who became the richest man in the world for his time, due to his involvements in the railroad, telegraph, iron, and steel; and who before he died disposed of the… |
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Murder melts in your mouth
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The new Blackbird Sisters mystery from the bestselling author of A Crazy Little Thing Called Death.Down-to-earth debutante Nora Blackbird is having a meltdown-and it isn't because of Philadelphia's h… |
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