(For a full account of how Binc responded in the first few months to the pandemic, see this Shelf Awareness article from May 2020. "Folks found us when the need was highest." "It's humbling to know that what we have been working towards for the past eight years, all of the advocacy we did and conversations we had, it paid off," French says. /rebates/2fin-a-handful-of-dust-mindy-mcginnis-9780062198532&252fin-a-handful-of-dust-mindy-mcginnis-978006219853226tc3dbing-&idwordery&nameWordery&ra4. At this time, Binc was receiving a new request for assistance every 15 minutes, all day every day. As a result of all this, Binc was able to send out the first checks to individual applicants on March 17. They also relied on a public health emergency policy that Binc had formulated in the past. Other volunteers pitched in as well, and Binc essentially brought on anyone who had the skills French and her team knew they needed. With the help of three volunteers, Binc created an online application to further ease the process. The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols Nicholas Meyerĭeath of an Art Collector Robert Goldsboroughīookselling News Binc's Most Challenging Year Everįirst, on behalf of the book and comic industries, we must thank the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation for all it has done to help stores and store staff in need, especially since March 2020. In the Castle of the Flynns by Michael Raleigh T he Last Resort Library by Irving Finkel The Wolf & The Watchman Niklas Natt och Dag Phillipp of Hesse: Unlikely Hero of the Reformation John Helmke The Only Woman in the Room Marie Benedict Leadership in Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin In this companion to Not a Drop to Drink, Mindy McGinnis thrillingly combines the heart-swelling hope of a journey, the challenges of establishing your own place in the world, and the gripping physical danger of nature in a futuristic frontier.A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome Alberto Angela Rumors of desalinization plants in California have lingered in Lynn's mind, and the prospect of a normal life for Lucy sets the two of them on an epic journey west to face new dangers: hunger, mountains, deserts, betrayal, and the perils of a world so vast that Lucy fears she could be lost forever, only to disappear in a handful of dust. When disease burns through their community, the once life-saving water of the pond might be the source of what's killing them now. Yet it seems Lucy's future is settled already-a house, a man, children, and a water source-and anything more than life by the pond is beyond reach. She has water and friends, laughter and the love of her adoptive mother, Lynn, who has made sure that Lucy's childhood was very different from her own. Lucy's life by the pond has always been full. The only thing bigger than the world is fear.
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