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There Is No Me Without You
: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children
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Melissa Fay Greene
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 1 Sep 2007
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A 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. |
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Three Cups of Tea
: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
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David O.
Relin
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Greg Mortenson
Hardcover: Mar 2006
Paperback: 30 Jan 2007
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The inspiring account of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia. |
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The Dancing Girls of Lahore
: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Ancient Pleasure District
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Louise Brown
Hardcover: Aug 2005
Paperback: 1 Jul 2006
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With beautiful understatement, Louise Brown turns a
novelist's eye on a true story that beggars the imagination - the lives of the
'dancing girls' of Lahore, Parkistan. |
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Love in the Driest Season
: A Family Memoir
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Neely Tucker
Hardcover: Feb 2004
Paperback: 5 Apr 2005
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Against 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. |
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
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Tracy Kidder
Hardcover: Sep 2003
Paperback: 31 Aug 2004
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This 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. |
Granny D
: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year
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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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