Do-gooders Unite!

Do-gooders Unite!
Author: Random House
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593174550

On board pages with tabs.

Do-Gooders Unite! (Corn & Peg)

Do-Gooders Unite! (Corn & Peg)
Author: Nickelodeon Publishing
Publisher: Nickelodeon
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2020-01-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1951804228

A sweet storybook featuring characters from Nickelodeon’s newest show, Corn & Peg! Meet the stars of Nickelodeon’s newest show, Corn & Peg, and all their Galloping Grove friends in this storybook! Each colorful tab leads to a new friend to meet. This book is the perfect gift for even the youngest Corn & Peg fan! Peg and Corn are inseparable best buddies who love to make their home, Galloping Grove, a better place. This mighty unicorn and Pegasus duo practice showing kindness to all while the series explores a school-readiness curriculum that includes colors, math, directions, health and wellness, and emotional intelligence. This Nickelodeon read-along contains audio narration.

Do-gooders

Do-gooders
Author: Mona Charen
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

In the follow-up to her "New York Times" bestseller "Useful Idiots," Mona Charen chastises the liberals who pretend their failed domestic policies help the poor.

Do-Gooders at the End of Aid

Do-Gooders at the End of Aid
Author: Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2021-07-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 110848879X

This book argues that policymakers capitalize on Scandinavia's humanitarian reputation in world affairs to legitimize their policy and diplomatic interests.

Nanny State

Nanny State
Author: David Harsanyi
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2007-09-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0767928458

When did we lose our right to be lazy, unhealthy, and politically incorrect? Move over Big Brother! An insidious new group has inserted itself into American politics. They are the nannies—not the stroller-pushing set but an invasive band of do-gooders who are subtly and steadily stripping us of our liberties, robbing us of the inalienable right to make our own decisions, and turning America into a nation of children. As you read this, countless busybodies across the nation are rolling up their sleeves to do the work of straightening out your life. Certain Massachusetts towns have banned school-yard tag. San Francisco has passed laws regulating the amount of water you should use in dog bowls. The mayor of New York City has french fries and doughnuts in his sights. In some parts of California, smoking is prohibited . . . outside. The government, under pressure from the nanny minority, is twisting the public’s arm into obedience. Playground police, food fascists, anti-porn crusaders —whether they're legislating morality or wellbeing—nannies are popping up all over America. In the name of health, safety, decency, and—shudder—good intentions, these ever-vigilant politicians and social activists are dictating what we eat, where we smoke, what we watch and read, and whom we marry. Why do bureaucrats think they know what's better for us than we do? And are they selectively legislating in the name of political expediency? For instance, why do we ban mini-motorbikes, responsible for five deaths each year, and not skiing, which accounts for fifty deaths each year? Why is medical marijuana, a substance yet to claim a single life, banned and not aspirin, which accounts for about 7,600 deaths? Exhaustively researched, sharply observed, and refreshingly lucid, Nanny Sate looks at the myriad ways we are turning the United States into a soulless and staid nation—eroding not only our personal freedoms but our national character.

The Dogooders

The Dogooders
Author: Gerald L. Myking
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2008-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1434991547

The author expresses his opinions about government and corporate infringement on personal freedoms.

Blessed

Blessed
Author: Kate Bowler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-05-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199985855

How have millions of American Christians come to measure spiritual progress in terms of their financial status and physical well-being? How has the movement variously called Word of Faith, Health and Wealth, Name It and Claim It, or simply prosperity gospel come to dominate much of our contemporary religious landscape? Kate Bowler's Blessed is the first book to fully explore the origins, unifying themes, and major figures of a burgeoning movement that now claims millions of followers in America. Bowler traces the roots of the prosperity gospel: from the touring mesmerists, metaphysical sages, pentecostal healers, business oracles, and princely prophets of the early 20th century; through mid-century positive thinkers like Norman Vincent Peale and revivalists like Oral Roberts and Kenneth Hagin; to today's hugely successful prosperity preachers. Bowler focuses on such contemporary figures as Creflo Dollar, pastor of Atlanta's 30,000-member World Changers Church International; Joel Osteen, known as "the smiling preacher," with a weekly audience of seven million; T. D. Jakes, named by Time magazine one of America's most influential new religious leaders; Joyce Meyer, evangelist and women's empowerment guru; and many others. At almost any moment, day or night, the American public can tune in to these preachers-on TV, radio, podcasts, and in their megachurches-to hear the message that God desires to bless them with wealth and health. Bowler offers an interpretive framework for scholars and general readers alike to understand the diverse expressions of Christian abundance as a cohesive movement bound by shared understandings and common goals.

Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings

Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings
Author: Samuel C. Florman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1429941081

Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings is an engaging memoir about one man's career in construction--rising to the top of an industry renowned for crime, corruption, violence, physical danger, and the chronic risk of financial catastrophe. Starting in the Navy Seabees at the end of WWII, Samuel C. Florman made his way as a general contractor in New York City through the period of explosive development, private exuberance and the historic growth of publicly supported housing--all amidst the rise of the notorious Mafia families, and evolution of the Civil Rights Movement. His storied career brought him into contact with a variety of personalities: politicians and civil servants, developers and technocrats, saintly do-gooders and corrupt rapscallions. Along with the rousing adventures there were satisfactions of a different sort: the enchantment of seeing architecture made real; the pride of creating housing, hospitals, schools, places of worship--shelter for the body and nourishment for the spirit.

A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)

A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)
Author: Natalie Lloyd
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545552729

Introducing an extraordinary new voice---a magical debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes glisten . . .and your heart sing. Midnight Gulch used to be a magical place, a town where people could sing up thunderstorms and dance up sunflowers. But that was long ago, before a curse drove the magic away. Twelve-year-old Felicity knows all about things like that; her nomadic mother is cursed with a wandering heart.But when she arrives in Midnight Gulch, Felicity thinks her luck's about to change. A "word collector," Felicity sees words everywhere---shining above strangers, tucked into church eves, and tangled up her dog's floppy ears---but Midnight Gulch is the first place she's ever seen the word "home." And then there's Jonah, a mysterious, spiky-haired do-gooder who shimmers with words Felicity's never seen before, words that make Felicity's heart beat a little faster. Felicity wants to stay in Midnight Gulch more than anything, but first, she'll need to figure out how to bring back the magic, breaking the spell that's been cast over the town . . . and her mother's broken heart.

Do-gooders

Do-gooders
Author: Mona Charen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781595230171

The New York Timesbestseller about the harm that liberal do-gooders have wrought on those they’ve tried for decades to help Liberals from Capitol Hill to Hollywood, from our major news organizations to our leading universities, are convinced that they know what’s best for America’s poor and middle class. And they are equally convinced that anyone who disagrees with them isn’t just wrong, but morally inferior, cold hearted . . . maybe even evil. But consider the mess liberals have made of education, race relations, crime, welfare, homelessness, and just about every other domestic issue over the past four decades. It’s a wonder they’re still so smug and self-righteous. Bestselling author and columnist Mona Charen now offers a comprehensive look at the damage caused by decades of well-intentioned liberal “big-heartedness.” She shines the spotlight of truth on the nation’s best-known—and most dangerous—do-gooders, including Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Jesse Jackson, Al Franken, Maureen Dowd, Bill Moyers, Dan Rather, Katie Couric, Gloria Steinem, and Hillary Clinton. Mona Charen holds the do-gooders accountable for their bad ideas, and refuses to let them hide from the real world facts that disprove their naïve theories. “Charen’s new book . . . comes at the perfect time. . . . Her book is not only an easy read, but her wit and humor make it truly enjoyable.” —Betsy Hart, Chicago Sun-Times “The indispensable Mona Charen devotes her new book . . . to depicting the severe price that America has paid for past acts of ill-considered liberal beneficence. The array of facts Charen assembles, from crime to welfare to education, is daunting and definitive. . . . To read this excellent book is to receive a keen insight into why America has moved so far in the conservative direction in recent years.” —National Review “Following up on her bestselling Useful Idiots, Charen seeks to debunk liberal discourse and unearth the facts that never make the New York Times.” —Christopher Benson, The Weekly Standard “Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics. An education on that subject can be found in Mona Charen’s incisive new book, Do- Gooders.” —Thomas Sowell, Capitalism Magazine “Do-Goodersabounds in powerful data.” —Front Page Magazine