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One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children
by Melissa Fay Greene
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From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
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by Peter Singer
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by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
Published Jun 2010
Read ReviewsFrom two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era's most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
by Robyn Scott
Published Mar 2009
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by Dennis Bock
Published Mar 2008
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by Dinaw Mengestu
Published Feb 2008
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by Greg Mortenson, David O. Relin
Published Jan 2007
Read ReviewsThe inspiring account of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia.
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 Greg Behrman
Published Jun 2004
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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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