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David Green (born November 13, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman and the founder of Hobby Lobby, a chain of arts and crafts stores. He is a major financial supporter of Evangelical organizations in the United States and funded the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. Career In 1970, while a store manager with variety store chain TG&Y, Green took a $600 loan and started a home business in his garage assembling and selling miniature picture frames, with a partner, Larry Pico. The business, Greco Products, capitalized on a decorating fad of the time. Eventually, Green bought out Pico and the growing business staffed a small factory with cerebral palsy patients, paying them ten cents per frame. By August 1972, the focus was on arts and crafts, and the business had thrived to such an extent that Green and his wife were able to open a 300 square-foot store in northwest Oklahoma City called Hobby Lobby. In 1975, Green left his 13-year career with TG&Y and opened a second Hobby Lobby location with 6,000 square feet of space. In 2017, Green and co-author Bill High published Giving It All Away...And Getting It All Back Again, which discusses Green's belief that tithing secures God's protection and highlights God's focus on future generation, an aspect of prosperity theology. Personal life Green grew up in Altus, Oklahoma where his father was a Christian pastor with a congregation of 35. All five of his siblings are pastors or pastors' wives. He asserts that he has built his business on biblical principles. Green is very supportive of Christian organizations, and is one of the largest individual donors to Evangelical causes in the United States. Green commits half of Hobby Lobby's total pretax earnings to a portfolio of evangelical ministries, and as of 2012, he had donated an estimated $500 million. Green has taken a public stance against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) because of its inclusion of a provision mandating that companies include the "morning-after pill" in their health coverage. He sued the federal government in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., overturning the mandate to provide that medication. Green lives in southwest Oklahoma City with his wife, Barbara. Hobby Lobby is owned by them and their three children. The eldest son, Mart Green, is the founder and CEO of the Mardel Christian & Education book store and Every Tribe Entertainment. Steve Green is president of Hobby Lobby, as well as founder and primary funder of the Museum of the Bible, and patron of the Green Collection. Daughter Darsee Lett is Creative Director for the Hobby Lobby stores. Museum of the Bible Green funded the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. at the cost of $500 million. In 2017, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that they had returned 3,800 ancient artifacts found in the Hobby Lobby warehouse to the Republic of Iraq. In 2020, an additional 11,500 artifacts were returned to Egypt and Iraq. Also a large number of papyrus fragments purported to be part of the Dead Sea Scrolls were revealed to be forgeries. In July 2020, Forbes magazine reported the museum had received between $2 million and $5 million from the Paycheck Protection Program to retain 249 jobs (a calculated annual average salary between $38,000 and $97,000). In a statement to the magazine, a museum spokesperson said that the “Museum of the Bible applied for and received a PPP loan to pay our employees while the museum had to stay closed, taking in no other revenue." References External links Voices of Oklahoma interview with David Green. First person interview conducted on October 6, 2009, with David Green.. Discover the David Green popular books. Find the top 100 most popular David Green books.
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Eden in Winter
Richard North PattersonTwo months after the suspicious and muchpublicized death of his father on the island of Martha's Vineyard, it is taking all of Adam Blaine's character to suture the deep wounds bo...
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The Lucky List
Rachael LippincottRachael Lippincott, coauthor of #1 New York Times bestseller Five Feet Apart, weaves a “breezy…truly charming” (Kirkus Reviews) love story about learning who you are, and who you l...
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Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom
Christopher S. WrenThe myth and the reality of Ethan Allen and the muchloved Green Mountain Boys of Vermonta “surprising and interesting new account…useful, informative reexamination of an oftenmisun...
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How to Prepare for Climate Change
David PogueA practical and comprehensive guide to surviving the greatest disaster of our time, from New York Times bestselling selfhelp author and beloved CBS Sunday Morning science and techn...
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The Myth of the Goddess
Anne Baring & Jules CashfordA comprehensive, scholarly accessible study, in which the authors draw upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess...
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At Home in the Kitchen
David Kinch & Devin Fuller120+ recipes for the unfussy dishesfrom allday eggs to 2 a.m. snacksthat the James Beard Awardwinning, threeMichelinstarred chef of Manresa cooks at home.“An instant classic, it de...
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London
Dr Matthew GreenStep back in time and discover the sights, sounds and smells of London through the ages in this enthralling journey into the capital's rich, teeming and occasionally hazardous past...
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I, Witness
Niki Mackay'A cracking thriller and a great female protagonist.' C.J. Tudor, author of Sunday Times Bestseller The Chalk Man'I couldn't put I,Witness down, this is a 2018 mustread' Phoebe Mor...
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The Age of Alexander
PlutarchPlutarch's parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of European literature, drawn on by writers and statesmen since the Renaissance, most n...
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Calico Road
Anna Jacobs'This is one of the best books I've ever read' 5star reader reviewCalico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors, miles from anywhere. Its folk are ...
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Scars and Stripes
Tim Kennedy & Nick PalmiscianoINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around badass, Tim Kennedy, a rollicking, inspirational memoir offering lessons in how to...
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Small Gods
Terry Pratchett"Humorously entertaining. . . subtly thoughtprovoking. . . Pratchett's Discworld books are filled with humor and magic." Chicago Tribune"Think J.R.R. Tolkien with a sharper, more s...
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Maggie
Lena KennedyFour decades. Four generations. One World War.Raised in Stepney, the heart of London's East End, Maggie Riley is the only child of an Irish widower. When she becomes pregnant at th...
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Nourish
Reshma Shah, Brenda Davis & David L. KatzAn evidencebased, practical resource that explores the many benefits of a plantbased diet and provides parents with the tools they need to feed their families for health and with j...
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The Green Count
Christian CameronOne of the finest historical fiction writers in the world Ben KaneAfter the bloody trials of Alexandria, Sir William Gold is readying for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to ease the bur...
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Pretty Boys Are Poisonous
Megan FoxA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMegan Fox showcases her wicked humor throughout a heartbreaking and dark collection of poetry. Over the course of more than seventy poems Fox chronicles ...
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The History of Alexander
Quintus Curtius Rufus & John YardleyAlexander the Great (356323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet al...
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The Campaigns of Alexander
Arrian & Aubrey De SelincourtAlthough written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the most reliable we have. Arrian's own experience as a milita...
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The Sunday Lunch Club
Juliet Ashton‘A warming testament to the elasticity and enduring love of true family bonds. I adored this book' Penny Parkes'Fresh, funny and utterly fabulous, it’s the perfect holiday rea...
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The American Crisis
Writers of The AtlanticSome of America’s best reporters and thinkers offer an urgent look at a country in chaos in this collection of timely, often prophetic articles from The Atlantic. The past four yea...
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The Enemy Within
David Horowitz“The Enemy Within is a book for all patriots who understand that our country is in a fight for its life.”MARK LEVINAmerica on the BrinkA questionable election. The president o...
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The Woman at Number 24
Juliet AshtonTHE TOP TEN EBOOK BESTSELLER 'This brilliantly written and captivating story instantly drew us in and refused to let go. Fresh, funny and utterly fabulous, it’s the perfect ...
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Your Daily Veg
Joe Woodhouse'I absolutely adore the food in this beautiful book.' Nigella Lawson'One of the most inventive vegetable cooks.' Anna Jones'Joe just makes the most delicious food that happens to ...
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Together
Julie CohenRICHARD AND JUDY SUMMER BOOK CLUB PICK 2018'This big, clever, tender and twisty love story reminded me of One Day & The Time Traveler's Wife' Erin Kelly, author of He Said, She...
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Lancashire Lass
Anna Jacobs'Another riveting book from Anna Jacobs' 5star reader reviewSeventeenyearold Liza is happy working as a lady's maid until her employers decide to emigrate and her father makes up...
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Flight or Fright
Stephen King#1 New York Times bestselling author and master of horror Stephen King teams up with Bev Vincent of Cemetery Dance to present a terrifying collection of sixteen short stories (and ...
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This Dangerous Book
Steve Green & Jackie GreenFrom Steve and Jackie Green, founders and curators of the Museum of the Biblea fascinating exploration of the history, authenticity, and power of the Bible, the book that has chang...
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The Tour According to G
Geraint ThomasThe inspirational inside story from the 2018 Tour de France and Sports Personality of the Year winner"This year G was the strongest rider, and he finally had Lady Luck on his side....
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The Sherlock Holmes Book
DKDiscover the key ideas, themes, and plotlines behind every case investigated by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in the famous and celebrated stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with t...
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We All Looked Up
Tommy WallachFour high school seniors put their hopes, hearts, and humanity on the line as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth in Tommy Wallach’s New York Times bestselling “stunning debut” (Kirku...
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Go Green, Live Rich
David Bach & Hillary RosnerLet David Bach show you a whole new way to prosperby going greenInternationally renowned financial expert and bestselling author David Bach has always urged readers to put their fi...
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Damaged Goods
Oliver ShahDISCOVER THE SHOCKING TRUTH BEHIND THE BUSINESS AND LIFESTYLE OF SIR PHILIP GREEN 'Superb' Evening Standard'From the glitzy parties to the threatening phone calls, the largerthanli...
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NYPD Green
Luke WatersIn this “inspiring inside tour of the human toll, and the satisfactions of becoming a cop” (The New York Times), Irish immigrant and retired NYPD homicide detective Luke Waters tak...
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An Apology for Raymond Sebond
Michel MontaigneAn Apology for Raymond Sebond is widely regarded as the greatest of Montaigne's essays: a supremely eloquent expression of Christian scepticism. An empassioned defence of Sebond's ...
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The Four Symbols
Giacometti & RavenneFrom multimillion copy bestselling authors Giacometti & Ravenne comes a Nazi spy thriller for fans of Dan Brown, Steve Berry and Wilbur Smith"I couldn't put it down ... the aut...
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Taming the Feast
Ben FordThe guide to cooking with fire and feeding a crowd, restaurateur Ben Ford gives stepbystep instructions with photos and illustrations so that you can grill, smoke, or roast the who...
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Sweet Soul Music
Peter GuralnickA gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performersSam Cooke, Ray Ch...
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Rough Beauty
Karen AuvinenIn the bestselling tradition of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Helen MacDonald’s H Is for Hawk, Karen Auvinen, an awardwinning poet, ventures into the wilderness to seek answers to life...