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Charities & Volunteering
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Search results: The best new books - Books about charities, charitable giving & volunteering
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The Invisible People: How the U. S. Has Slept through the Global AIDS Pandemic, the Greatest Humanitarian Catastrophe of Our Time
by Greg Behrman
Hardcover: 1 Jun 2004
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| Intensely researched and vividly detailed, The Invisible People is a groundbreaking and compellingly readable account of the appalling destruction caused by more than two decades of American abdication in the face of the defining humanitarian catastrophe of our time. |
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
by Muhammad Yunus
Hardcover: Jun 1999
Paperback: 14 Oct 2003
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| This autobiography of the world-renowned, visionary economist who came up with a simple but revolutionary solution to end world poverty - micro-credit. |
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Another Day In Paradise: International Humanitarian Workers Tell Their Stories
by Carol Bergman
Hardcover: 1 Oct 2003
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| Humanitarian workers define courage in the 21st century. This book gives voice to their stories, to their ability to survive
in the face of death, to their humanity to one another and to those they seek
to serve. |
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Granny D: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year
by Doris Haddock
Hardcover: Apr 2001
Paperback: 1 Apr 2003
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| In 2000, ninety-year-old Doris 'Granny D' Haddock completed her 3,200-mile, fourteen-month walk to Washington D.C. Along her way, her remarkable speeches, rich with wisdom, love, and political insight, transformed individuals and communities and jump-started a full-blown movement. |
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