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How the U. S. Has Slept through the Global AIDS Pandemic, the Greatest Humanitarian Catastrophe of Our Time
by Greg Behrman
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by Peter Singer
Published Sep 2010
Read ReviewsFor the first time in history, it is now within our reach to eradicate world poverty and the suffering it brings. The people of the developed world face a profound choice: If we are not to turn our backs on a fifth of the worlds population, we must become part of the solution.
by Melissa Fay Greene
Published Sep 2007
Read ReviewsA novel of tragedy and hope set in AIDS-torn Ethiopia. When Haregwoin Teferras husband and daughter died within a few years of each other, her life is shattered and she becomes a recluse. But then a priest delivers an orphan to her door. The another, and another... and together they thrive.
by Neely Tucker
Published Apr 2005
Read ReviewsAgainst a background of war, terrorism, disease and unbearable uncertainty about the future, this story of how a foreign correspondent and his wife fought to adopt a Zimbabwean baby emerges as an inspiring testament to the miracles that love and dogged determination can sometimes achieve. Don't miss this gripping memoir.
by Tracy Kidder
Published Aug 2004
Read ReviewsThis powerful and inspiring book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who is in love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it.
by Carol Bergman
Published Oct 2003
Read ReviewsHumanitarian 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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