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In 2018, only 2.2% of venture capital went to women-led start-ups; less than 1% to Black entrepreneurs. The American Dream of achieving prosperity through hard work and initiative has remained elusive for women, people of color, social entrepreneurs, and others marginalized by a system designed ages ago by White men of privilege. Until now.In Moving Mountains: The Power of Main Street Americans to Change Our Economy, Janice Shade uses storytelling and humor to deliver illuminating facts and practical tips. An entrepreneur and ∩¼ünancial innovator since 2006, Janice lays out alternative ∩¼ünancing opportunities for both entrepreneurs and citizen investors. In these pages you╩╝ll ∩¼ünd: • stories of women entrepreneurs and their quests for capital • a history and exposé of the inequities of our start-up capital markets • evaluation of crowdfunding╩╝s past, present, and future potential• sneak peaks at the latest innovations in community-sourced capital• steps you can take today to align your money with your valuesIf you╩╝re disenchanted with Wall Street and the current money system that perpetuates the concentration of wealth among the few, this book is for you. It╩╝s meant to inspire and shed light on the emerging possibility to create economic justice for all. 

This book is Rick Sharp’s personal account of the creation of the Burlington Bicycle Path and Waterfront Park. And it is also the story of how the bike path was then extended across the Winooski River and out to the Causeway to create the Island Line Trail in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Rick was instrumental in the creation of the Burlington Bike Path and Waterfront Park in the early 1980s. In response to a proposal to build two 18-story luxury condominium towers on the waterfront downtown in 1980, Rick joined future Governor Howard Dean and UVM Environmental Studies professor, Tom Hudspeth, to form the Citizens Waterfront Group to advocate for the creation of a bike path on the waterfront instead.This group popularized the concept of the bike path by capturing 75% support from city voters on an advisory ballot item in 1981. In 1984 the Group got a $750,000 bond approved by two-thirds of City voters to fund construction. The path was completed from Oakledge Park in the south to the mouth of the Winooski River in the north in 1989. It is now the #1 rated Attraction for Burlington on Trip Advisor.

"In an insightful and often humorous fashion, Richie Graham depicts daily life on an 1970's B.F. Skinner Walden Two-inspired commone where egalitarianism is the norm for work and play. It's an exciting page turner that is difficult to put down." -John Darby, former Dandelion member"Tell me about the orgies!"What was it like living in a commune? Were there wild orgies? How did they get along sharing everything from food to partners? Find out what commune life was really about. A true, unvarnished account.Based on B.F. Skinner's book Walden Two, many of these egalitarian communes dotted the Americas. Literally, tens of thousands of people visited communities in the Federation of Egalitarian Communities, and thousands more lived in one of these communities. Twin Oaks in Virginia and East Wind in Missouri are still in existence today.Why did Richie Graham join Dandelion? "After reading Walden Two and studying behavioral psychology, I was ready for a change. For far too long I had felt like a 'cultural mutant.' At Dandelion we often referred to ourselves as 'cultural mutants' mostly in a lighthearted way, but there was some truth to it."

With a foreword by Martin Cooper - inventor of the cellphone, this book, written by former professor of Creativity and learning specialist Cinse Bonino, explains how to improve your ability to be creative in useful and productive ways. Discover how to be creative on purpose, not just through happy accidents or in mysterious eureka moments. One Key: SEE, One Key: DO presents learning principles, creative methods, and tips for being intentionally aware that can help unlock your creative potential and let loose your inner creative genius. Learn how to sift through creative ideas and choices in a faster and more conceptually focused manner whether you are a student, a teacher, a stay at home parent, or a creative, business, or scientific professional.Go to: http://seechoosedo.com/sneak-peek-one-key-see-one-key-do for a sneak peek inside."One Key: SEE, One Key: DO is, in itself, a masterpiece of creativity. Whether you are learning to be more creative or teaching others, reading this fine book will open doors you never knew existed." Martin 'Marty' Cooper - inventor of the cellphone

From author Bill Torrey comes Cutting Remarks - Forty Years in the Forest, sharing with readers first hand stories of life in the forest. With Torrey's signature storytelling style, readers are sure to be enthralled.

The Ta Ta Weenie Club is a homespun collection of twenty-one stories which take place in Vermont during the '60s and early '70s, an era before car seats, airbags, and childproof caps. A time and place when a kid could leave the house in the morning to go out and play until dusk with loyal friends and tolerated family. From county fairs and middle school dances, to loving hound dogs, and mean teachers, it was a period where a parent's authority was the law and was backed up by real means. This humorous story collection reveals life's lessons that shaped the future of a young man.

Fun brain teasers using images to form movie titles, book titles, sayings, and general pop culture references. Fun for the whole family. Includes an answer key in the back, but don't cheat unless you have to.

Coffee Grounds for the Worm Bin is a selection of 46 poems from the body of work written by Glenn Reed in the period from 1998-2018. This collection is divided into seven sections, opening with poems reflecting on the author’s early years of life and ending with those illustrating the challenges and changes in perspective of middle age. Glenn’s poetry is heavily rooted in a sense of place, a strong connection to nature, and a deep appreciation for the many special people he has encountered throughout his life.

A whimsical, rhyming tale about a Christmas Eve snow storm which buries one house so deep that Santa winds up passing it by. James and Alisa, the family’s two children, spend Christmas Eve arguing about who will get the most presents. Meanwhile Janie, a big-hearted, lumbering dog, and her sidekick, a little white cat named Nell, brave the snowy night in an adventure to rescue Christmas for the family’s two children.  After failing to grab Santa’s attention on his busiest night of the year, Janie and Nell wrap some of their most treasured pet-toys and set them under the tree for their beloved little humans. Labeling the well-loved toys with scribbled tags, Janie and Nell hope that these gifts will be a last-ditch effort to save Christmas morning. Santa finally does arrive, leaving gifts for James and Alisa. When the kids open the gifts wrapped clumsily by Janie and Nell they conclude that these are very special gifts intended by the dog and cat for each other. The story ends with a happy lesson about love and magic, and sharing from the heart.

Award-Winning Finalist in the Fiction: LGBTQ category of the 2019 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book FestAs dawn breaks on a summer morning in 1900, Darby Walker, owner of a St. Petersburg, Florida, ferry service, sets out to check on his older brother, Tulley, whose lighthouse across Tampa Bay on Walker's Key has gone dark. The recent death of their father, a ship pilot based on Egmont Key, has been declared a suicide, but Darby knows better, and signs point to Tulley as the murderer.Going back thirty-five years to Darby's birth in Harwich Port, on Cape Cod, Walker's Key explores the bitter sibling rivalry between overly kind, personable Darby and angry, isolated Tulley. While that sibling rivalry unfolds, Darby learns of a sibling rivalry generations earlier in his family, a rivalry that ended in murder. Of pivotal significance is Darby's grandfather, an abolitionist who rescued slaves from a Florida plantation decades earlier and initiated a family tradition of acceptance far broader than the Walker brothers realize when one of them maliciously exposes the other's private encounter.When we arrive back in 1900, Darby works to figure out who has murdered his father. When he learns the killer's identity, he must find the inner strength to bring the killer to justice while also saving himself.

"What a gift this book is! It is a gift for all who have lived and worked in the Wake Robin community, and for all who have watched this community take shape and then grow. … And it is also a treasure trove of ideas and analyses for others interested in senior living, re¿ecting on what it means to age well and create an environment where that can happen. … Wake Robin's experience does not provide all the answers, but this well-documented and thoughtful book is a learning lab, painting a picture of a community that helps create a vibrant life for seniors."- Allie Stickney, former president and CEO of Wake RobinOpened in 1993, Wake Robin was the first Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) and first Life Care Community in Vermont. Residents can move from independent living to increasing levels of support without a change in monthly fee (the Life Care promise). Today, some 25 years later, the community thrives. This book tellsthe story of Wake Robin's origins and contemporary life on its campus. It explores the culture and practices that have allowed Wake Robin to create and sustain a high quality of life and a strong sense of community and belonging-a context where residents realize their potential for continuing growth throughout their later years. Wake Robin's successful strategies are readily translatable to varied forms of senior congregate living and care settings. Thus, this book is recommended for all who are exploring senior housing and care options for themselves or their loved ones, as well as for senior housing and care professionals who are committed to improving settingsdesigned for people in later life.

Welcome to Skunk Hollow, a seemingly tranquil, idyllic town of weathered red barns and rambling white farmhouses, grazing cows in green pastures, and thousands of maple trees, providing their river of golden sweetness every spring. But there's a dark side to this pastoral village. Greenish, long-toothed sapsuckers. Feral sap lines. Genetically modified trees. Follow adventurous investigative reporter Charlotte St. Johnsbury (aka, Ms. Sugar Maple) and country boy Chester Arthur as they uncover the dark underbelly of this rural paradise.

From giving his second-grade teacher a black eye to insulting the grieving parents of a military hero, the rollicking verse in this book presents a Donald Trump profile of bombast, babes, and bankruptcies. Details of Trump, his progeny and current political cohorts, characterized by greed and deceit, are verified by engrossing news accounts. The facts are grim, the humor captivating.

The wedding industry is set up to screw you over. This refreshingly entertaining book will give you a candid insider's perspective on the Wedding Industry. It'll expose the tricks the industry professionsals use to get you to spend more, warn you about potential pitfalls, and guide you through the ins and outs of securing your ideal vendors for a reasonable price -- all while teaching you how to successfully plan your wedding.This book includes: Detailed information on powerful strategies to ensure wedding professionals won't try to pull the wool over your eyes Ready to use email templates with the specific words to use while reaching out to vendors Memorable stories and cautionary tales followed by specific strategies on how to avoid common set-backs Questions to ask vendors to build respective relationships with vendors without losing control of the conversation Ways to combat common tricks of the trade without becoming defensive This is one of the most snarky, down-to-earth guides on navigating the industry traps. Not just tips and advice, but the acutal scripts and strategies that you what you want.

"A Small History of Political Thought" is a collection of essays written by Victor Nuovo. It contains thirty-three essays beginning with the ancients, Plato and Aristotle, continuing with notable moderns, including Machiavelli, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Diderot, and concluding with Madison and the U.S. Constitution. The general theme is the nature and purpose of civil government and the norms that govern it.The essays previously appeared in the Addison County Independent, a local newspaper serving Middlebury and surrounding towns in Addison County, Vermont. They were written to make political philosophy accessible to the public at a time when our political institutions are under great stress and public diligence is requisite.

The poems collected here are not mere versification, nor do they hide their meaning behind surrealism or cubism or any of the other movements of the 20th century that made meaning oblique in the construction of an artistic reality. Rather, they offer to the reader of the new millenium a fresh way of organizing language and discovering is import. No one should doubt that the talend displayed in this volume is a growing one that will make its audience happy to come back for more,

Rose lives in a world with magic. Spells. Vampires. Witches. All of this is normal, but she lacks magic ability of her own. She feels lost until one day, she falls into another world not unlike her own, except for one glaring, dark difference.