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Published Oct 2011
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by Mischa Berlinski
Published Jan 2008
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by Melissa Fay Greene
Published Sep 2007
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by Marilynne Robinson
Published Jan 2006
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by Tracy Kidder
Published Aug 2004
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by Muhammad Yunus
Published Oct 2003
Read ReviewsThis autobiography of the world-renowned, visionary economist who came up with a simple but revolutionary solution to end world poverty - micro-credit.
by Carol Bergman
Published Oct 2003
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