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CLEANING FOR A REASON This nonprofit, in partnership with Swiffer and Walmart for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, offers free profes- sional maid service to women batling cancer. Get involved at cleaningforareason.org.


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A bevy of books by and about musicians hits store shelves this fall. Go to parade.com/books for 10 more music reads you shouldn’t miss.


1. LET’S GO CRAZY Thirty years after the release of Prince’s Purple Rain comes Alan Light’s revealing ac- count of how the 1984 rock and R&B master- piece catapulted the singer to global glory.


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COUNTDOWN TO VETERANSDAY


WEAR YOUR SUPPORT ON YOUR


SLEEVEImagine if buying a T-shirt could help a vet. That’s the premise behind Mark Doyle’s Rags of Honor, a Chicago-based manu- facturer that employs homeless veterans to make patriotic tees— perfect for wearing on next month’s holiday. All proceeds help hire more vets; order at ragsofhonor.us.


PRIZES NOBEL


BY THE NUMBERS


The 2014 winners will be announced starting Oct. 6.


WHO HAVE WON A NOBEL PRIZE, OUT OF 876 TOTAL


2 4 | OCTOBER 5, 2014 © PARADE Publications 2014. All rights reserved NUMBER OF WOMEN


LAUREATE EVER (HE WON FOR PHYSICS IN 1915)


AGE OF THE YOUNGEST 25 45 29 %


OF ALL WINNERS HAVE BEEN AMERICAN


PEOPLE HAVE TURNED DOWN NOBEL PRIZES! FIND OUT WHY AT PARADE.COM/NOBEL.


HEY STUDENTS!


LEARN FINANCE, CASH IN! Calculus, history, biology and … personal finance?


H&R Block wants to help high school students learn money-man- agement skills with its Budget Challenge, in which teens


practice making real-life budget decisions while competing for $3 million in grants and scholarships. Register at hrbds.org.


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2. THE BEAT OF MY OWN DRUMSinger- drummer Sheila E. has played with superstars like Marvin Gaye and Ringo Starr. She led a glamorous life, but this uplifting memoir focuses on how music healed her private pain.


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3.ME, INC. Under- neath Kiss bassist Gene Simmons’s makeup is a shrewd businessman. In this advice book, he doles out tips for entre- preneurs and anyone who wants to get ahead.


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4.BENSONGeorge Benson, the first jazz singer-guitarist to capture pop success, with such megahits as “This Masquerade,” charts his rise from an impoverished Pitts- burgh childhood to worldwide fame.


5. SPECIAL DELUXE In this endearingly quirky memoir, Neil Young details his obses- sion with owning vin- tage cars—and the en- vironmental awakening that made him convert his 1959 Lincoln Conti- nental gas guzzler into an eco-friendly ride.


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