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“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. ....
10) The Magna Carta
11) Golden boy
Many of us feel helpless when faced with the seemingly endless pain and poverty in the world. We are paralysed by the immensity of the problem, thinking, 'What can I possibly do?' Yet sometimes the smallest actions have the biggest consequences. There are people among us who devote themselves to improving the lives of others, and in Making a World of Difference filmmaker and author Miles Roston tells their stories.
Miles has collected stories
...One of Maurice "Mo" Jourdane's greatest contributions to the advancement of farm workers in the fields of California was his relentless—and ultimately successful—effort to end agricultural employers' required use of the short-handled hoe by laborers in the state's lucrative lettuce, celery, sugar beet, and strawberry industries. The short hoe, known by Hispanic farm workers as el cortito (the short one), was the cause of severe and
...17) Anil's ghost
Anil’s Ghost transports us to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages...
A KIRKUS' SELECTION FOR BEST TEEN & YA NONFICTION 2022
NAMED ONE OF KIRKUS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022
PW HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2022
In his new book for young readers Mark Kurlansky's lens is the art of the "BIG LIE", a term coined by Adolf Hitler. Kurlansky has written Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media for the next stewards of our world.
...Takes a critical look at the international aid industry. This book covers topics such as the Peace Corps, debt relief, the aid business, health, food and cultural practices, among many other subjects. It also includes tales from Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Philippines, India and additional countries.
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