The Crown Publishing Group is a subsidiary of Random House, the world's largest book publisher, and publishes across several categories including fiction, non-fiction, biography, autobiography and memoir, cooking, health, business, and lifestyle. Its imprints include Crown, Crown Archetype, Crown Business, Crown Forum, Three Rivers Press, Clarkson Potter, Potter Craft, Potter Style, Broadway Books, Broadway Paperbacks, Doubleday Religion, WaterBrook/Multnomah, Harmony Books, Watson-Guptill, Amphoto Books, and Ten Speed Press. Formerly, the company also used the Bell Tower Press, Orion Books (unconnected to Orion Publishing in the United Kingdom), and related imprints, although these have now either been discontinued or transferred to other Random House units.

Crown authors^[1] include Jean Auel, Max Brooks, George W. Bush, Deepak Chopra, Ann Coulter, Ina Garten, Giada De Laurentiis, Barack Obama, Martha Stewart, Rebecca Skloot, Theresa Rebeck and many others.

History[link]

Outlet Book Company[link]

The company was founded in 1933 as the Outlet Book Company by Nat Wartels and Bob Simon.^[2][3] Outlet Book Company began by featuring overstock and remaindered books, but soon moved into reprints of backlist, out-of-print, largely non-fiction titles, then into reprints of best-selling fiction and non-fiction, and eventually into original titles.

Under the direction of Wartels,^[2] Alan Mirken,^[4] Joseph Reiner^[5] and others, Crown became one of the Outlet Book Company's lead imprints for original publishing which included such landmark fiction and non-fiction as Judith Krantz's Princess Daisy, Jean M. Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear and Alex Comfort's The Joy of Sex in its early high-profile years.

Random House[link]

The Outlet Book Company's Crown Books remained an independent company until 1988^[4][6] when it was purchased by Random House.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Crown Publishing Group website

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Darlene Zschech,
Background information
Birth name	Darlene Joyce Steinhardt
Born	(1965-09-08) 8 September 1965 (age 46) Brisbane, QLD
Origin	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Genres	Contemporary Christian
Occupations	Singer, Songwriter, Pastor
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Hillsong Music Australia (AUS) INO (USA) Integrity (USA)
Associated acts	Hillsong Church
Website	DarleneZschech.com Darlene.com.au live.hillsong.com hopeunlimitedchurch.com

Darlene Joyce Zschech ( /dɑrˈliːn ˈtʃɛk/; born Steinhardt on 8 September 1965 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian Pentecostal worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs. She is the former worship pastor of Hillsong Church and is currently a member of Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith.^[1]

Biography[link]

As a young adult Zschech sang jingles for a number of international companies including McDonald's, KFC and Coca Cola.

In 2003, Zschech released her first solo album in nine years, entitled Kiss of Heaven. She had earlier released a vinyl album in 1987 called Make The Choice and a cassette album in 1993 called Pearls & Gold. Change Your World followed in 2005. She has since released two albums in 2011 called Simply Darlene and You Are Love. In addition to writing songs, Zschech has written four books: Worship (1996), Extravagant Worship (2002), The Kiss of Heaven (2003) and The Great Generational Transition (2009).

Zschech and her husband were the founding executive directors of Mercy Ministries Australia. In 2009, after an 18-month investigation, they were named by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as being two of several former directors of Mercy Ministries Australia likely for the organisation's "false, misleading and deceptive conduct". They claimed their services were free, but in fact "residents had to sign over their Centrelink benefits during their stay."^[2][3]

Career[link]

Hillsong Church[link]

Zschech was the worship pastor of Hillsong Church from 1996 to 2007. She stepped down as worship pastor in 2007 and Reuben Morgan was appointed to the worship pastor position in 2008. At Hillsong she still leads worship on a regular basis and is a key leader of the church's team for conferences. She travels regularly with the Hillsong team throughout the world leading people in worship.

Hope Unlimited Church[link]

In January 2011, Darlene and Mark Zschech became senior pastors at Church Unlimited (later named Hope Unlimited Church) in Charmhaven on the New South Wales central coast, but Zschech intends to still be part of the Hillsong Worship Team, leading worship at Hillsong's key events during the year. She also continues to host the Creative Stream at the Hillsong Conference while leading tours with the Hillsong Team around the world.

Hope Rwanda[link]

The Zschech family have founded an organisation called Hope Rwanda. Hope Rwanda now runs long-term development projects, such as Hope Education and the Village of Hope, and has hosted Parramatta Eels trips to Rwanda with CEO Paul Osborne.

[edit] Shout to the Lord

Zschech's best known song is "Shout to the Lord". This song is the title track for the first live album co-produced with Integrity Music featuring Zschech as a worship leader. In 2000, Zschech received a Dove Award nomination^[4] for Songwriter of the Year.

Songs[link]

Songs written or co-written by Zschech include:

• Stone's Been Rolled Away (1993)
  • "Your Name"
• People Just Like Us (1994)
  • "Shout to the Lord"
• Friends in High Places (1995)
  • "Praise His Holy Name"
  • "Rock of Ages" with Geoff Bullock
  • "Lord I Give Myself"
• God Is in the House (1996)
  • "God Is in the House" with Russell Fragar
  • "And That My Soul Knows Very Well" with Fragar
  • "Let the Peace of God Reign"
  • "Walking in the Light"
  • "I Will Run To You"
• All Things Are Possible (1997)
  • "All Things Are Possible"
  • "I Live to Know You"
  • "I Know It"
  • "Glory to the King"
• Touching Heaven Changing Earth (1998)
  • "That's What We Came Here For" with Fragar
  • "I Will Bless You Lord"
  • "Jesus You're All I Need"
  • "The Potter's Hand"
• By Your Side (1999)
  • "Sing of Your Great Love"
  • "Free to Dance"
• For This Cause (2000)
  • "Here to Eternity" with David Moyse
  • "It Is You"
• You Are My World (2001)
  • "Irresistible"
  • "Glorious"
  • "To You"
  • "Worthy Is the Lamb"
• Blessed (2002)
  • "Blessed" with Reuben Morgan
• Hope (2003)
  • "My Hope"
  • "Call"
  • "You Are"
• For All You've Done (2004)
  • "You Are Worthy"
  • "Glorify Your Name" with David Holmes
• God He Reigns (2005)
  • "Saviour"
  • "Know You More"
• Mighty to Save (2006)
  • "More to See" with Mia Fieldes, Deborah Ezzy (Zschech's sister), Donia Makadonez & Nigel Hendroff
  • "I Believe"
  • "At the Cross" with Reuben Morgan
• Saviour King (2007)
  • "One Thing" with Marty Sampson
• This Is Our God (2008)
  • "High and Lifted Up" with Mike Guglielmucci
• Faith + Hope + Love (2009)
  • "His Glory Appears" with Marty Sampson
• A Beautiful Exchange (2010)
  • "Believe" with Reuben Morgan
• God is Able (2011)
  • "Cry of the Broken"
• You Are Love (2011)
  • "Under Grace"
  • "Saving Me"
  • "You Are Love"
  • "We are Your People"
  • "I Will Wait"
  • "Beautiful"
  • "Hope for Humanity"
  • "Faithful"
  • "Cry of the Broken"
  • "Face to face"

See also[link]

• Extravagant Worship: The Songs of Darlene Zschech
• Kiss of Heaven
• Change Your World
• You Are Love

• List of Hillsong albums

Notes and references[link]

1. ^ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 1067. ISBN 1-56563-679-1. 
2. ^ "Mercy Ministries admits claims were false". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 December 2009. http://www.smh.com.au/national/mercy-ministries-admits-claims-were-false-20091216-kxl4.html. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
3. ^ "Undertaking". ACCC. 16 December 2009. http://www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=906586&nodeId=3e5d2c62fdfda22b0c1c708fe24326ff&fn=Undertaking.pdf. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
4. ^ "Dove Awards 2000". Metro lyrics. http://www.metrolyrics.com/2000-dove-awards.html. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 

External links[link]

• official website
• Hope Rwanda project by Mark and Darlene Zschech
• Faithtalks.com Interview with Darlene Zschech
• Song/Ministry links

Bomani Jones (born August 26, 1980) is the host of "The Evening Jones" on The Score on Sirius radio channel 158. Jones is a regular panelist on Around the Horn and he also makes appearances on Outside the Lines on ESPN and ESPN First Take on ESPN 2. He also periodically writes on Page 2 for ESPN.com^[1] and SB Nation

Biography[link]

Early Life[link]

The Georgia native, who grew up in Texas, graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He followed that up with a master’s in politics, economics and business from Claremont Graduate University and a master’s in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[2]

Career[link]

In January 2010, Jones launched his radio show, The Morning Jones, which was hosted out of Durham, North Carolina.^[3] The show ended on August 30, 2011.^[4] Bomani currently hosts his own radio show, The Evening Jones every Monday.

As of May 17, 2012 Jones has 42 wins in 161 appearances on ESPN's Around the Horn.

External links[link]

• Bomani Jones (official)
• The Morning Jones on Sirius
• The Evening Jones

References[link]

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Jacqueline Ann "Jackie" Beere OBE was, Headteacher at Campion School in Bugbrooke from 2003-2006.^[1]

Qualifications[link]

Jackie Beere became an Advanced Skills Teacher in 1999. She is also a qualified Master Neurolinguistic Programmer, an AST and Excellent Teacher accredited assessor and is an Associate Tutor for the University of Leicester for the MBA course.

Honoured[link]

In 2002 Beere received an OBE^[2] for services to education for her work in developing Learning to Learn initiatives and for leading national training for ASTs.

Headteacher[link]

Beere became Headteacher of Campion School in 2003. This large comprehensive school achieved a very good OFSTED report under her leadership in 2004. It was described as "very effective with excellent features. The dynamic focus by the Headteacher ...on improving learning is proving very effective in raising standards and has achieved local and national recognition".^[3]

Beere continued to develop curriculum innovations at the school, including introducing the RSA Opening Minds competency-based curriculum.

Writings[link]

Beere has written several publications linked to transforming learning and has written a book aimed at helping students learn how to learn. ^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Channel 4 interview with Jackie Beere