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#iamdone: Stop Dancing on the Fringes
by Amber McLeanReaders learn how to eliminate the things preventing them from bringing their dreams to fruition.
#iamholy: The Life You've Always Wanted...Based on the Finished Work of Jesus
by Mike MasséFreedom from 'Christian slavery' Radical grace, radical love, radical life Mike Massé loved God and lived to reach the lost. He was admired for his commitment to the gospel and his passion for ministry. But for many years he harbored a private sense of unworthiness and inadequacy, striving to be “good enough”—until a grace conversion liberated him from the chains of expectation and requirement. Only as he came to recognize his true position in Christ did he find the power to love God and others as he desired—from the safe place of total acceptance. Challenging conventional wisdom, traditional thinking, and religious attitudes as he shares his experiences, Massé explains how you can find the same freedom to be who God has always said you are. With honesty, humor, and heart-felt conviction, he celebrates the liberty to be found in the radical truth between legalism and license.
#identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation
by Abigail De Kosnik Keith FeldmanSince its launch in 2006, Twitter has served as a major platform for political performance, social justice activism, and large-scale public debates over race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and nationality. It has empowered minoritarian groups to organize protests, articulate often-underrepresented perspectives, and form community. It has also spread hashtags that have been used to bully and silence women, people of color, and LGBTQ people. #identity is among the first scholarly books to address the positive and negative effects of Twitter on our contemporary world. Hailing from diverse scholarly fields, all contributors are affiliated with The Color of New Media, a scholarly collective based at the University of California, Berkeley. The Color of New Media explores the intersections of new media studies, critical race theory, gender and women’s studies, and postcolonial studies. The essays in #identity consider topics such as the social justice movements organized through #BlackLivesMatter, #Ferguson, and #SayHerName; the controversies around #WhyIStayed and #CancelColbert; Twitter use in India and Africa; the integration of hashtags such as #nohomo and #onfleek that have become part of everyday online vernacular; and other ways in which Twitter has been used by, for, and against women, people of color, LGBTQ, and Global South communities. Collectively, the essays in this volume offer a critically interdisciplinary view of how and why social media has been at the heart of US and global political discourse for over a decade.
#iranelection: Hashtag Solidarity and the Transformation of Online Life
by Negar MottahedehThe protests following Iran's fraudulent 2009 Presidential election took the world by storm. As the Green Revolution gained protestors in the Iranian streets, #iranelection became the first long-trending international hashtag. Texts, images, videos, audio recordings, and links connected protestors on the ground and netizens online, all simultaneously transmitting and living a shared international experience. #iranelection follows the protest movement, on the ground and online, to investigate how emerging social media platforms developed international solidarity. The 2009 protests in Iran were the first revolts to be catapulted onto the global stage by social media, just as the 1979 Iranian Revolution was agitated by cassette tapes. And as the world turned to social media platforms to understand the events on the ground, social media platforms also adapted and developed to accommodate this global activism. Provocative and eye-opening, #iranelection reveals the new online ecology of social protest and offers a prehistory, of sorts, of the uses of hashtags and trending topics, selfies and avatar activism, and citizen journalism and YouTube mashups.
#microrrelatosSJ: Saint Jordi 2020
by Varios autoresMicrorrelatos participantes en el reto de @Inginium en Twitter. El 23 de abril no pudo celebrarse el Día del Libro y la Rosa en Cataluña, como es tradición, debido a las circunstancias derivadas del covid-19. Sin embargo, el equipo de Inginium quiso celebrar Sant Jordi con sus seguidores de algún modo y animarlos a ocupar la mente con otras historias. Por ello decidieron convocar un concurso de microrrelato en su cuenta de Twitter. La instrucción era crear una microhistoria basada en una imagen que ellos publicaron y retar a más gente a hacer lo mismo, con la única condición de que no se hiciera referencia al virus ni sus consecuencias. El resultado son los microrrelatos que se recogen en este libro, además de la inspiración y la motivación que contagiaron a todos aquellos que participaron en el reto.
#murderfunding
by Gretchen McNeilWELCOME TO WHO WANTS TO BE A PAINIAC?, the latest reality TV show on the hunt for the next big-hit serial killer. But don’t worry―no one is actually going to murder anyone, as real as the fake gore and pretend murder may appear . . . right? Seventeen-year-old Becca Martinello is about to find out. When her perfectly normal soccer mom dies in a car crash, a strange girl named Stef appears and lets Becca know that her deceased mom was none other than one of Alcatraz 2.0’s most popular serial killers―Molly Mauler. Soon, Becca ends up on Who Wants to Be a Painiac? to learn the truth about her mom’s connection to Molly, but things turn sinister when the people around her start being murdered IRL. Will Becca uncover dark secrets and make it out of the deadly reality show alive? Or will she get cut?
#scandal
by Sarah Ockler<P>A private, high school senior gets an unwanted turn in the spotlight when a Facebook scandal goes viral after prom in this comedic, edgy novel from the author of The Book of Broken Hearts and Bittersweet. <P>Lucy's learned some important lessons from tabloid darling Jayla Heart's all-too-public blunders: Avoid the spotlight, don't feed the Internet trolls, and keep your secrets secret. The policy has served Lucy well all through high school, so when her best friend Ellie gets sick before prom and begs her to step in as Cole's date, she accepts with a smile, silencing about ten different reservations. Like the one where she'd rather stay home shredding online zombies. And especially the one where she's been secretly in love with Cole since the dawn of time. When Cole surprises her at the after-party with a kiss under the stars, it's everything Lucy has ever dreamed of...and the biggest BFF dealbreaker ever. <P>But before they get the chance to 'fess up to Ellie, Lucy's own Facebook profile mysteriously explodes with compromising photos of her and Cole, along with tons of other students' party indiscretions. Tagged. Liked. And furiously viral. By Monday morning, Lucy's been branded a slut, a backstabber, and a narc mired in a tabloid-worthy scandal, just weeks before graduation. <P>Lucy's been battling undead masses online long enough to know that there's only one way to survive a disaster of this magnitude: Stand up and fight. There's just one snag--Cole. Turns out Lucy's not the only one who's been harboring unrequited love...
#tweetsmart
by J. S. Mcdougall<p>"OK. I’ve got my Twitter account…now what can I do with it?" Sound familiar? <i>#tweetsmart</i> provides the answer with 25 creative projects to help your business, cause, or organization grow. But this isn’t just another social media marketing book—it’s the anti-marketing how-to community-engagement book. You’ll find projects to help you approach your Twitter audience in ways that are strategic, measurable, and fun.</p>
#tweetsmart: 25 Twitter Projects to Help You Build Your Community
by J. S. McDougall"OK. I’ve got my Twitter account…now what can I do with it?" Sound familiar? #tweetsmart provides the answer with 25 creative projects to help your business, cause, or organization grow. But this isn’t just another social media marketing book—it’s the anti-marketing how-to community-engagement book.Twitter is not a marketing channel (and should never be used as such) but it is a community of interested, engaged, and influential people. Meeting and getting to know these people can help you build your own community. In this useful guide, you’ll find projects to help you approach your Twitter audience in ways that are strategic, measurable, and fun.Put a new wrinkle on an old contest: "be the 10th person to tweet"Create a hashtag game around your company or productsInstead of polling, ask your followers to help you make a product decisionMake MadLibs out of your marketing copy or mission statementHold a scavenger hunt, and relay clues via TwitterOrganize a weekly Twitter chat on various subjectsSolicit funny product shots, using Twitter’s photo-sharing utilitySpontaneously tweet from a store location: "Meet me now and win!"
#wanderlust: The World's 500 Most Unforgettable Travel Destinations
by Sabina TrojanovaPlan your next unforgettable trip with this lush, boldly designed, full-color compendium covering more than 500 memorable destinations that offers personal insights, information, invaluable advice, and where to take the most Instagram-worthy photos.From the most Insta-worthy global backdrops to the best places to relax and feel inspired with fellow travelers, #wanderlust is a carefully curated selection of the world’s hottest travel spots. Writer and traveler Sabina Trojanova shares her biggest travel tips and tricks, trendy destinations, and more. With #wanderlust you’ll know where to go, why you need to travel there, what to see, and what to do at a glance before you book.Each destination is accompanied by an iconic, eye-catching, in-the-moment image (500 color photos in all) and an inspiring quote or captivating caption, as well as concise, practical pointers, and key tips—from what to pack to the best time of year to visit. #wanderlust also offers everything you need to help you find your ideal destination in easy-to-navigate sections and chapters, whether you’re looking for that Perfect Urban Location, Tropical Beach Escape, Cultural Immersion, Space to Roam, Conscious Traveling Experience, or an Adventurous Postcard from the Edge. In addition, you’ll find:Ideal breaks for Millennial meets Generation Z aspirationsA curated selection of some of the hottest travel trends for 2020 and beyondIncredible but accessible destinations for budget or multi-trip travelersWhether you’re looking to get lost exploring Belize’s off-the-beaten-track beaches or yearn to stroll along the quaint cobbled streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, #wanderlust will inspire you to get away for a weekend, an extended vacation, or a lifetime of adventure.
$0 to Rich
by Tracey EdwardsWhat does 'rich' mean to you? Perhaps a huge mansion and an overseas holiday every year? A wardrobe and entourage to rival Victoria Beckham's? Or maybe a simple, comfortable house, no debt and a healthy investment portfolio?However you define it, $0 to Rich will guide you towards achieving your financial goals in five easy steps and show you how to turn $0 into $1000, then $5000, then $10 000!Written specifically for women by the best-selling author of Shopping For Shares, $0 to Rich is the personal financial coach every girl should have. It will show you how to work out what rich means to you, how to articulate exactly what you want, then how to go about realising that vision over a set period of time.You'll discover:how to create a no-fuss budget to fast-track your financial successwhat the right amount to be saving isinvestment options, from savings accounts to property and everything in betweenhow to safeguard your money (after all, it's not enough to just get rich--the trick is staying there!).
$1 Million for Life
by Ashley OrmondWant to build wealth that will last you a lifetime?Then $1 Million for Life is the book for you! In this step-by-step guide to financial freedom, investor and best-selling author Ashley Ormond outlines dozens of practical ways to increase your wealth by tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of dollars. It doesn't matter how much you earn -- it's what you do with the money you have that makes the difference.Inside you'll learn how to:save money and pay off debts quicklyuse low-cost, tax-effective ways to invest in sharesinvest in residential and commercial propertymaximise the performance of your superannuationprotect your investment plans and your lifestyle.There are no get-rich-quick schemes or trading systems -- just practical steps almost anybody can take. $1 Million for Life gives you the tools to build enough wealth so you can start doing what you really want to do for the rest of your life.
$1.97-“The Sledgehammer.” (Eyewitness To Modern War #4)
by Msg Patrick W. Bean Sr.Master Sergeant Bean recounts his experiences during the first Gulf war as an artillery specialist in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.Success of any war, conflict, or operations Soldiers must meet the enemy, defeat the enemy on the battlefield, and return home safely. Defending our nation during the Gulf War was the high point of my career. This accomplishment serves as a key to my successful military career. Writing this personal experience brought memories good and bad. Although we won the war aboard, a battle was lost in my family. The psychological toll of war deeply affected my family. My personal experience paper will highlight psychological factors I overcame during preparation for combat, combat operations and the psychological effects on my family.
$10 Dinners: Delicious Meals for a Family of 4 that Don't Break the Bank
by Julie GrimesBeing on a budget isn't always fun, but $10 Dinners shows you it doesn't have to bore your taste buds. This book shares how a family of four can eat extraordinary meals for $10 or less without sacrificing flavor or variety. Recipes are simple and written with the busy weeknight cook in mind. In chapter one, Secrets of a Supermarket Tightwad, Julie Grimes shares the budget secrets that make it all happen, including how to stock your pantry, how eating seasonally can save major bucks on the grocery bill, how budget-smart splurges can take an average dish to the next level, and how and where to find the best deals. Readers will find more than 100 dishes, such as Sautéed Chicken with Sage Browned Butter, Korean-Style Beef Tacos, Summer Veggie Pizza, Maple-Mustard Chicken Thighs, Penne Rigate with Spicy Sausage and Zucchini, and Braised Pork with Slow-Cooked Collards, Grits, and Tomato Gravy. Julie Grimes covers all the bases, from seafood, poultry, and meatless main dishes to pizza, pastas, soups, sandwiches and sides. She also shares how to entertain on a budget. Throw a fantastic dinner party for $25 or host Thanksgiving for under $50-never let a limited budget keep you from entertaining in style.
$10,000 Gold
by Nick BarisheffLearn why gold prices are sure to soar to $10,000/oz. and beyond...and how to profitAs paper currency continues to lose its purchasing power and global markets struggle in the face of economic turmoil, investors are turning to gold to stabilize their portfolios. $10,000 Gold explains why this is a smart move, arguing that the price of gold will continue climbing to $10,000/ounce and beyond in the years to come. Looking at the underlying causes of gold's rising value, the book contends that intelligent investors have no choice but to invest in this precious metal.Written by one of the world's leading authorities on gold, the book teaches readers to think independently about gold, money, and the geopolitics that affect its price. The security of gold offers peace of mind, making fears about the fluctuation of the stock market irrelevant, and $10,000 Gold shows why, just like usual, gold remains the single best asset for preserving wealth in any economy. Looking at the world through the eyes of gold--where wealth is measured in ounces, not dollars--the book is a candid insight into the current state of the economy and how to stay safe no matter what lies ahead.Explains why gold price will soar to over $10,000/ounceTeaches readers to reconsider the way they think about money, showing that wealth should be weighed in gold, not unbacked dollarsProvides invaluable advice on protecting money by putting it into the safest asset class on earthNo one knows what the next few years hold for the economy, but investing in gold allows for financial security in any market.
$10,000,000 Marriage Proposal (BookShots)
by James Patterson Hilary LiftinWill you marry me for $10,000,000?I am a creative, open-minded businessman with limited time and desire to play the field. This is a serious proposal.A mysterious billboard intrigues three single women in LA. But who is this Mr. Right?...And is he the perfect match for the lucky winner?BookShotsLIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES PATTERSON Novels you can devour in a few hours Impossible to stop reading All original content from James Patterson
$150,000 Rugelach
by Allison Marks Wayne Marks"This sweet story is a delightful, quick read with a wonderfully charming cast of characters. The delicious descriptions of baked goods are sure to make readers' mouths water; fortunately, three recipes are included. A refreshing and uplifting book filled with friendship, heartache, and a generous sprinkling of love." -- Kirkus Reviews"The Markses excel at creating goofy but appealing characters: extrovert Jack seems beyond embarrassment, yet he honors Jillian's wish to keep her mom's story private; Grandma Rita has no cooking skills, but she rocks at martial arts and plumbing repairs; and Phineas Farnsworth exploits everyone he encounters but has a soft spot for the memory of the nanny who raised him." -- Kay Weisman, BooklistA delicious tale of rivalry, friendship, heartache, and dessert! Fame-obsessed Jack and somber Jillian, who is mourning the loss of her mother, become a mismatched duo selected to compete for $150,000 in a high-stakes baking contest jam-packed with hilarious high jinks.Exploding with loud, rock 'n' roll attitude, eleven-year-old Jack Fineman dreams of becoming the greatest pastry chef who ever lived. His plans are thrown off course when his butterscotch basil brownies are upstaged at his sixth-grade holiday party by a simple plate of chocolate rugelach brought in by Jillian Mermelstein-the new girl at school whose mother has just died and who only wants to be left alone.These budding bakers' lives are mixed together when they are selected to compete as teammates in a nationally televised competition. For Jack, this is his chance to advance one step closer to culinary greatness. For Jillian, it's an opportunity to help her father by winning her share of the $150,000 top prize.Preparing to face bakers from the city's other middle schools, Jack and Jillian struggle to find the right recipe for working together. Along the way, they make the world's most irresistible oatmeal cricket cookies, battle Jack's checkered-pants-wearing brother for miniature golf supremacy, and discover the troubling reasons why each of them was chosen for the contest.
$19B 4 txt app WhatsApp...omg!
by David J. Collis Ashley HartmanIn February 2014, Facebook announced the acquisition of WhatsApp for $19 billion. WhatsApp, founded in 2009, was a relatively young company that employed only 50 people and earned merely $10 million in revenue in 2013. It was one of many mobile messaging services that allowed users to contact each other without paying costly text message fees. However, its popularity and growth potential enticed Facebook, a company facing many challenges and looking for opportunities to expand its user base. Facebook, the social networking website that allowed users to share information with friends, believed WhatsApp was a logical next step that would help it achieve its mission of ""making the world more open and connected."" When Facebook announced the acquisition, it vowed to keep WhatsApp operating independently, letting the founders control the direction of the company and allowing WhatsApp to stay true to its mission. Yet, many debated the logic behind paying so much for such a small company with limited revenue streams. Was Facebook correct to purchase WhatsApp? Even at $22 billion? How could it create value if it did not integrate WhatsApp with Facebook?
$19B 4 txt app WhatsApp...omg!
by David J. Collis Ashley HartmanIn February 2014, Facebook announced the acquisition of WhatsApp for $19 billion. WhatsApp, founded in 2009, was a relatively young company that employed only 50 people and earned merely $10 million in revenue in 2013. It was one of many mobile messaging services that allowed users to contact each other without paying costly text message fees. However, its popularity and growth potential enticed Facebook, a company facing many challenges and looking for opportunities to expand its user base. Facebook, the social networking website that allowed users to share information with friends, believed WhatsApp was a logical next step that would help it achieve its mission of "making the world more open and connected." When Facebook announced the acquisition, it vowed to keep WhatsApp operating independently, letting the founders control the direction of the company and allowing WhatsApp to stay true to its mission. Yet, many debated the logic behind paying so much for such a small company with limited revenue streams. Was Facebook correct to purchase WhatsApp? Even at $22 billion? How could it create value if it did not integrate WhatsApp with Facebook?
$19B 4 txt app WhatsApp...omg! (B)
by David B. Yoffie Aakash MehtaThis case provides a brief update on Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp.
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
by Kathryn J. Edin H. Luke ShaeferA revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don Jessica Compton's family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter Brianna in Chicago often have no food but spoiled milk on weekends. After two decades of brilliant research on American poverty, Kathryn Edin noticed something she hadn't seen since the mid-1990s -- households surviving on virtually no income. Edin teamed with Luke Shaefer, an expert on calculating incomes of the poor, to discover that the number of American families living on $2.00 per person, per day, has skyrocketed to 1.5 million American households, including about 3 million children. Where do these families live? How did they get so desperately poor? Edin has "turned sociology upside down" (Mother Jones) with her procurement of rich -- and truthful -- interviews. Through the book's many compelling profiles, moving and startling answers emerge. The authors illuminate a troubling trend: a low-wage labor market that increasingly fails to deliver a living wage, and a growing but hidden landscape of survival strategies among America's extreme poor. More than a powerful exposé, $2.00 a Day delivers new evidence and new ideas to our national debate on income inequality.
$2.50 A Gallon: Why Obama Is Wrong and Cheap Gas Is Possible
by Newt GingrichNew York Times bestselling author, former Speaker of the House, and Fox News political analyst and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has a plan for slashing gas prices and reducing our long-term dependence on foreign oil.Gingrich is famous for taking big, visionary ideas and boiling them down into practical solutions for the American people and in his new book, $2.50 A Gallon: Why Obama Is Wrong and Cheap Gas Is Possible, Gingrich tackles America's energy crisis.Dealing not only with spiraling gas prices, but with all aspects of energy policy, Gingrich shows how we can safely reap the benefits of America's own natural resources and technology in gas, oil, coal, wind, solar, biofuels and nuclear energy.Gingrich argues that the pinch Americans are feeling at the pump is not a blip in the economy but a looming crisis--affecting not only the price of gas, but the price of food, the strength of our economy, and our national security.To meet this crisis, Gingrich lays out a national strategy that will tap America's scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs, and require Congress to unlock our oil reserves and remove all the impediments and disincentives that unnecessary government regulation has put in the way of American energy independence.The energy crisis is solvable, as Newt Gingrich's plan makes clear. His handbook, $2.50 A Gallon: Why Obama Is Wrong and Cheap Gas Is Possible, is sure to become the talk of the presidential campaign season.
$20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better
by Christopher SteinerImagine an everyday world in which the price of gasoline (and oil) continues to go up, and up, and up. Think about the immediate impact that would have on our lives. Of course, everybody already knows how about gasoline has affected our driving habits. People can't wait to junk their gas-guzzling SUVs for a new Prius. But there are more, not-so-obvious changes on the horizon that Chris Steiner tracks brilliantly in this provocative work. Consider the following societal changes: people who own homes in far-off suburbs will soon realize that there's no longer any market for their houses (reason: nobody wants to live too far away because it's too expensive to commute to work). Telecommuting will begin to expand rapidly. Trains will become the mode of national transportation (as it used to be) as the price of flying becomes prohibitive. Families will begin to migrate southward as the price of heating northern homes in the winter is too pricey. Cheap everyday items that are comprised of plastic will go away because of the rising price to produce them (plastic is derived from oil). And this is just the beginning of a huge and overwhelming domino effect that our way of life will undergo in the years to come. Steiner, an engineer by training before turning to journalism, sees how this simple but constant rise in oil and gas prices will totally re-structure our lifestyle. But what may be surprising to readers is that all of these changes may not be negative - but actually will usher in some new and very promising aspects of our society. Steiner will probe how the liberation of technology and innovation, triggered by climbing gas prices, will change our lives. The book may start as an alarmist's exercise.... but don't be misled. The future will be exhilarating.
$3 Low-Calorie Meals: Delicious, Low-Cost Dishes That Won't Add to Your Waistline
by Ellen BrownIt doesn&’t take much of anything—time, money, or stress. And it doesn&’t leave your taste buds in the lurch. No wonder it&’s catching on. *A whole new take on $3 Meals—250+ cost-busting, waist-trimming, simple, healthy recipes for great meals and moreFood prices have done some impressive skyrocketing of late—and predictions are they will continue to do so for some time to come. While the fortunate few can breeze through the checkout lane without fretting over their bank balances, for the rest of us, sticker shock sets in when least expected—and frequently at that. But how to feed ourselves and our hungry families economically and healthfully at that? Following up on her $3 Meals: Feed Your Family Delicious, Healthy Meals for Less than the Cost of a Gallon of Milk (Lyons, April 2009), Ellen Brown here dishes up the answer in delicious terms with simple, easy-to-follow, family-pleasing recipes. $3 Low-Calorie Meals presents 250-plus recipes, with main courses priced so that the cost of a WHOLE meal—including side dishes and a dessert—costs less than $3 per person.. Not only are all the recipes waistline-friendly; all can be prepared in less time than it takes to have a pizza delivered. The book also includes a treasure trove of valuable tips on how to save money while shopping.
$3 Meals in Minutes: Delicious, Low-Cost Dishes for Your Family That Can Be Prepared in No Time!
by Ellen BrownIt doesn&’t take much of anything—time, money, or stress. And it doesn&’t leave your taste buds in the lurch. No wonder it&’s catching on. *A whole new take on $3 Meals—250+ cost-busting, simple, healthy recipes for great meals and moreFood prices have done some impressive skyrocketing of late—and predictions are they will continue to do so for some time to come. While the fortunate few can breeze through the checkout lane without fretting over their bank balances, for the rest of us, sticker shock sets in when least expected—and frequently at that. But how to feed ourselves and our hungry families economically and healthfully at that? Following up on her $3 Meals: Feed Your Family Delicious, Healthy Meals for Less than the Cost of a Gallon of Milk (Lyons, April 2009), Ellen Brown here dishes up the answer in delicious terms with more simple, easy-to-follow, family-pleasing recipes. $3 Meals in Minutes presents 250-plus recipes that can be prepared in less time than it takes to have a pizza delivered, with main courses priced so that the cost of a WHOLE meal—including side dishes and a dessert—costs less than $3 per person. The book also includes a treasure trove of valuable tips on how to save money while shopping.