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Would Your Nonprofit Be Prepared to Handle an Audit?
Although some may see them as a headache, audits play a very important purpose in the operation of a nonprofit. For starters, audits are designed to help organizations build long-term trust and transparency with their potential donors and the general public. At the same time, the information gleaned from an audit can help organizations make better informed decisions that may streamline operational efficiency and help nonprofits work towards their mission.
6 New Motivational Memoirs to Overcome Roadblocks
in Biography & Memoir, Books to Read if You Like..., eBook, News 6 New Motivational Memoirs to Overcome Roadblocks Feeling stuck? These six inspiring memoirs offer powerful stories of resilience and triumph. Each author shares their journey through challenges, providing insights and motivation to help you navigate your own roadblocks. With heartfelt honesty and wisdom, these books remind us that setbacks can lead to remarkable comebacks.
Oh No, Not "The Home"
Peggy Rowe is at it again, proving once more that great content is all around us, even in the retirement community she now calls "The Home." In Oh No, Not “The Home,” eighty-three-year-old Peggy decides the time has finally come to move into a senior living facility with her husband, John, who follows his beloved bride . . . grudgingly.
Author of "Loud" Tana Douglas
Welcome Tana: We’re joined on the Starline by the first female roadie. Tana has worked in rock n roll for thirty years, three continents and many bands. Her book is “LOUD” and we welcome author Tana Douglas. Tana, let’s go Beyond the Mic. “Dad, if I don’t see Janis play at Woodstock, I’ll never, ever have another chance!” For all the shows you’ve set up, seen and tore down, is this the only one you regret not seeing still? Fifteen years old and playing your first guitar.
Author Ramit Sethi
Welcome Ramit: We’re joined on the Starline by a Stanford grad who has been on the New York Times bestseller list for his work on personal finance. He has written the companion to his initial book “I Will Teach You to Be Rich, The Journal”. We welcome Ramit Sethi. Ramit, let’s go Beyond the Mic. You started back on 2004 with a dream of helping people obtain a rich life. How is The Journal the next logical step on this path? How hard is it for people to understand money?
Author of "Why We Travel" Patricia Schultz -
Welcome Patricia: We’re joined on the Starline by a New York Times bestselling author and veteran travel journalist. She’s written for multiple travel guides as well as several newspapers and magazines. Her latest book is “Why We Travel” We welcome author Patricia Schultz Patricia, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Your love of travel started with a gap year. How has your love of travel evolved over the years? Your book is filled with such amazing photos, which is your favorite of the entire book?
Invicta FC Founder Shannon Knapp
Welcome Shannon: We’re joined on the Starline by a woman who has spent years in MMA promotion and when everyone else said it would fail, she just fought on. We welcome the founder of Invicta Fighting Championships Shannon Knapp. Shannon, let’s go Beyond the Mic. You have fought the world to show great entertainment. How has the fight game changed you? Your upcoming fight card has Jessica “The Queen” Delboni vs Jillian “Lionheart” Decoursey in an atomweight title fight.
Author Benjamin Cunningham on "The Liar"
Welcome Benjamin Cunningham: We’re joined on the Starline by a journalist, writer and PhD candidate. He has reported from more than 40 countries and his book “The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Last Honest Man of the Cold War” is now out. We welcome author Benjamin Cunningham. Benjamin, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Spies are all around the world, doing their bidding for their governments and in some cases companies. Why was Karel the last honest man of the cold war?
May acquisitions at Lanier Library - The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Audiobooks Never Go Back by Lee Child Biography and Memoir The Palace Papers by Tina Brown Finding Me by Viola Davis Left on Tenth: a second chance at life by Delia Ephron Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the romance of the Century by Stephen Galloway About My Mother: True Stories of a Horse-Crazy Daughter and her Baseball-Obsessed Mother by Peggy Rowe DVDs Bastards of Pizzofalcone Sanditon Season 2 Felburn Birds of the American West by Roger Tory Peterson Mushrooms of North...
Vacuuming in the Nude
Peggy Rowe lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with John, her husband of sixty-one years. Both educators, they raised three sons. Peggy has been writing for most of her adult life and has two New York Times bestsellers to her credit—both of which were published after the age of eighty. Now eight-four, she is living the good life in a retirement community where material abounds. Peggy continues to write every day of her life—preferably without wearing jewelry or a bra.
Episode 213: “It’s Not What You’d Call a Page Turner”
All good stories have a twist, and all great storytellers are just a little bit twisted. In The Way I Heard It, Mike Rowe gives a different take on a variety of topics—from pop culture to politics, history to Hollywood, each mystery is a trueish tale about someone you know, filled with facts that you don’t.
Episode 199: Mothers Day - Now With Fewer Worms
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe All good stories have a twist, and all great storytellers are just a little twisted. Join me for a different take on the people and events that you thought you knew, from pop culture to politics, Hollywood to history… The Way I Heard It is a series of short mysteries for the curious mind with a short attention span. DISCLAIMER: Each episode of The Way I Heard It is a true story about a real person, place, or thing.
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About Your Father and Other Celebrities I Have Known: Ruminations and Revelations from a Desperate Mother to Her Dirty Son
This Hardcover Edition of Peggy Rowe's About Your Father and Other Celebrities I Have Known: Ruminations and Revelations from a Desperate Mother to Her Dirty Son is autographed on a bookplate by Peggy Rowe. Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at growing up Rowe, both before and after Mike’s rise to fame.
The Baltimore Orioles Stepped Up to the Plate for This Longtime Fan
The lady seated next to me at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium was going bananas. Brooks Robinson, one of the Baltimore Orioles’ biggest stars in the 1960s, had just been called out on a close play. “Are you crazy?” the fan screamed at the ump. The woman leaped to her feet. She looked like one of those nutty characters the television cameras always focus on for a laugh—jumping up and down like she was itching for a fight, dressed in an Orioles jersey and cap, yelling at the top of her lungs.
My son Mike Rowe changed my life by teaching me this incredible lesson
Mike Rowe’s mom Peggy Rowe, who recently penned the memoir “About My Mother,” shares how faith was “central” to family. Seems like only yesterday when the highlights on my social calendar were: a skin check with the dermatologist, a funeral luncheon, and a dementia screening at the Senior Expo. And then my oldest son began encouraging (badgering) me to write a book. “People love your Facebook letters and texts to me, and your newspaper and magazine articles...
About My Mother
A Message from Mike Rowe, the Dirty Jobs Guy: Just to be clear, About My Mother is a book about my grandmother, written by my mother. That’s not to say it’s not about my mother—it is. In fact, About My Mother is as much about my mother as it is about my grandmother. In that sense, it’s really a book about “mothers.”…It is not, however, a book written by me. True, I did write the foreword. But it doesn’t mean I’ve written a book about my mother. I haven’t.
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