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Michael Clarke was a street fighter; an angry, vicious kid. He grew up in the late sixties and early seventies in a rough neighborhood in Manchester, England. He left school at fifteen and began life as a street brawler, eventually ending up in jail. After his release, more trouble followed. Then one night he entered a karate dojo and his life changed forever.

The charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy. Nearly half of the more than 85,000 private foundations in the United States have come into being since the year 2000. This deluge of philanthropy has helped create a world where billionaires wield more power over education policy, global agriculture, and global health than ever before. Far from being selfless, plutocratic philanthropy may be the ultimate profit-making tool. Author and academic Linsey McGoey puts this new golden age of philanthropy under the microscope--paying particular attention to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. As large charitable organizations replace governments as the providers of social welfare, their largesse becomes suspect. The businesses fronting the money often create the very economic instability and inequality the foundations are purported to solve.

"Simple text and photographs present the life of Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft"--Provided by publisher.

Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee recalls his campaign to secure the Republican nomination for president in 2008, and explains why he believes his back-to-basics message drew such a following throughout the country.

The author recounts her psychic experiences and the tragic deaths in her family that prompted her to develop her clairvoyant abilities.

"This memoir describes the professional challenges faced by Secret Service agents as well as the physical and emotional toll that can be inflicted on both agents and their families. Within arm's length also shares firsthand details about the duties and challenges of conducting presidential advances, dealing with the media, driving the president in a bullet-proof limousine, running alongside him through the streets of Washington, and flying with him on Air Force One"--Book jacket.

Biography of Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates, a pioneer of the personal computer revolution, who has become one of the world's wealthiest men and a noted philanthropist.

Presents a biography of Bill Gates, covering his childhood, the founding of Microsoft, and Gate's philanthropic works. Includes a timeline, a glossary, and a list of additional resources.

Tells the story of a father's journey toward acceptance of his daughter with Down syndrome, chronicling her coming of age while confronting his own limitations as a father.

George started going blind at age 15 from a degenerative eye disease. George lost his central vision and started seeing things that weren't there--eyes floating in the air, extraordinary colors, objects multiplied and reflected back. He triumphed over his blindness by setting the world record in the mile for blind runners, competing in the Olympics for the Disabled, and becoming a full time painter.