Colorful artwork and inspiring text about forming tea societies introduce readers to six delightful ladies who host unique teas. As these ladies build friendships, make memories, and share decorating and recipe secrets, readers can discover how to strengthen their own relationships.

Community organizers build solidarity and collective power in fractured communities. They help ordinary people turn their private pain into public action, releasing hidden capacities for leadership and strategy. In Collective Action for Social Change , Aaron Schutz and Marie G. Sandy draw on their extensive experience participating in community organizing activities and teaching courses on the subject to empower novices to think like an organizers.

New paintings from beloved artist Sandy Clough set a cozy scene for friends to gather and share their hearts while sipping a cup of tea and nibbling delicious scones. Readers will be delighted to find five sections dedicated to celebrating the friends of their lives—the oh-so-sweet one, the faithful one, the newfound one, the rain-day one, and that extra special one. With a loving invitation to spend time together, quotes to warm hearts, and recipes to bless the senses, readers step through these beautiful pages to discover a graceful setting where friendships flourish. When friends give this book, they celebrate the loving spirit of a shared friendship, as wonderful as it is unique. A beautiful gift for any occasion.

Beloved artist Sandy Clough delightfully guides readers on the fine art of blending tea and friendship. Along with her beautiful antique teaware paintings, Sandy offers a creative variety of ways for friends to gather and savor the fragrance of time spent together, sharing a part of their lives. Friends, old and new, close and far away, will enjoy ideas on how to... have a telephone tea party with long-distance friends host a homeschool lesson on the art of tea make a teacup friendship topiary Laced with wonderful quotes, poems, and Scriptures that celebrate the blessings of friendship, this visually stunning treasure is perfect for rekindling past friendships, nurturing current friendships, and encouraging the growth of new friendships. Ideal for birthdays, holidays, and special celebrations.

In the small town of Opportunity, four mismatched people discover the unexpected power of kindness.

The first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded—a hurricane like no other The sky was lit by a full moon on October 29, 2012, but nobody on the eastern seaboard of the United States could see it. Everything had been consumed by cloud. The storm’s immensity caught the attention of scientists on the International Space Station. Even from there, it seemed almost limitless: 1.8 million square feet of tightly coiled bands so huge they filled the windows of the Station. It was the largest storm anyone had ever seen. Initially a tropical storm, Sandy had grown into a hybrid monster. It charged across open ocean, picking up strength with every step, baffling meteorologists and scientists, officials and emergency managers, even the traditional maritime wisdom of sailors and seamen: What exactly was this thing? By the time anyone decided, it was too late. And then the storm made landfall. Sandy was not just enormous, it was also unprecedented. As a result, the entire nation was left flat-footed. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration couldn’t issue reliable warnings; the Coast Guard didn’t know what to do. In Superstorm, journalist Kathryn Miles takes readers inside the maelstrom, detailing the stories of dedicated professionals at the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service. The characters include a forecaster who risked his job to sound the alarm in New Jersey, the crew of the ill-fated tall ship Bounty, Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Christie, and countless coastal residents whose homes—and lives—were torn apart and then left to wonder . . . When is the next superstorm coming?