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  • A Mighty Purpose

    How Jim Grant Sold the World on Saving Its Children

    de Adam Fifield ...
    The inspiring story of how the iconoclastic humanitarian Jim Grant succeeded in saving the lives of tens of millions of children through his extraordinary ability to win over world leadersNicholas Kristof hailed Jim Grant as a man who “probably saved more lives than were destroyed by Hitler, Mao, and Stalin combined.” Nominated by President Jimmy Carter to head UNICEF, Grant ran the United Nations ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

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  • The Quiet Room

    A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness

    de Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett ...
    "A book of rare power, passion, and intelligence. Travel with Lori into the heart of schizophrenia, and you will never be the same." —Diane Sawyer, award-winning television news anchorMoving, harrowing, and ultimately uplifting, Lori Schiller's memoir is a classic testimony to the ravages of mental illness and the power of perseverance and courage.At seventeen Lori Schiller was the perfect child ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Welcome to the Bangkok Slaughterhouse

    The Battle for Human Dignity in Bangkok's Bleakest Slums

    de Father Joe Maier ...
    100% of all proceeds of the sale of this book will be donated to the Human Development Fund in Bangkok, ThailandThe Reverend Joseph H. Maier, C.Ss.R., is a Redemptorist priest from the United States. He came to Thailand in 1967 as a missionary, serving in north Isan and then among the Hmong in Laos. In 1972, he established the Human Development Foundation in Bangkok's Klong Toey slum, where he has ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Orphan Trains

    The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed

    de Stephen O'Connor ...
    The true story behind Christina Baker Kline's bestselling novel is revealed in this "engaging and thoughtful history" of the Children's Aid Society ( Los Angeles Times).A powerful blend of history, biography, and adventure, Orphan Trains fills a grievous gap in the American story. Tracing the evolution of the Children's Aid Society, this dramatic narrative tells the fascinating tale of one of the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Selfish Plan to Change the World

    Finding Big Purpose in Big Problems

    de Justin Dillon ...
    You are exactly what the world needsWhat if your search for meaning could solve the world’s problems? What if everything you are passionate about could save a life or change history? Justin Dillon argues it can, and A Selfish Plan to Change the World shows how.In this paradigm-shifting new book, Dillon--the founder of Slavery Footprint and Made in a Free World--reveals the secret to a life of deep ... Leer más

    $7.49 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Sweet Charity?

    Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement

    de Janet Poppendieck ...
    How the drive to end poverty has taken a wrong turn with thousands of well-meaning volunteers on boardIn this era of eroding commitment to government sponsored welfare programs, voluntarism and private charity have become the popular, optimistic solutions to poverty and hunger. The resurgence of charity has to be a good thing, doesn't it? No, says sociologist Janet Poppendieck, not when stopgap ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • A Legacy of Caring

    A History of the Children's Aid Society of Toronto

    de Children's Aid Society Foundation, Gail Aitken, Donald F. Bellamy, John McCullagh ...
    Begun in 1891, the Children's Aid Society of Toronto is the largest child welfare agency in North America. It has played a leading roll as an advocate of children's welfare; it has been instrumental in influencing child welfare practice not only in Ontario but all of Canada and elsewhere. With an emphasis on the post-World War II period, A Legacy of Caring examines the political, social, and ... Leer más

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  • Doctor Barnardo

    Champion of Victorian Children

    de Martin Levy ...
    Born in Dublin in 1845, Thomas John Barnardo was a workaholic Irishman whose non-stop efforts in the cause of children’s welfare landed him in an early grave at the age of sixty. However, in his own area of work it’s fair to say he changed Britain forever, as much as any one man can. Much of modern child welfare started with him. Martin Levy digs into the filth and rot of what was the world’s ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Making Volunteers

    Civic Life after Welfare's End

    de Nina Eliasoph ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
    An inside look at how community service organizations really workVolunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime. We've all heard this kind of empowerment talk from nonprofit and government-sponsored civic programs. But what do these programs really accomplish? In Making Volunteers, Nina Eliasoph offers an in-depth, humorous, wrenching, and at times ... Leer más

    $51.89 USD

  • I Believe in ZERO

    Learning from the World's Children

    de Caryl M. Stern ...
    First-hand, human stories of hope, resilience, determination, and family: a call to see the world's children as our own, by the President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEFIn I Believe in ZERO, President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, an organization known for its decades of charity work and philanthropy with the United Nations, Caryl M. Stern draws on her travels around the world, offering ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Through Prison Bars

    The Lives and Labours of John Howard and Elizabeth Fry

    de William H. Render ...
    A fascinating look—first published in 1894—at two philanthropists known as the "Prisoner's Friends" and the early history of prison reform.Prisons in England were once dark, inhumane places lacking any regulations. The facilities were poorly managed and unsanitary, and prisoners were treated like animals. One man and one woman, the "Prisoner's Friends," sought to change that.Through Prison Bars is ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Survivor

    A Memoir

    de Christina Crawford ...
    Beyond Mommie Dearest—the inspiring and shattering sequel to the groundbreaking #1 New York Times bestseller.At publication the world as I knew it blew up in my face.Christina Crawford's Mommie Dearest cast a spotlight on the unspoken horrors of family violence and exorcised the demons of her childhood. But in the years following the controversial bestseller's publication, the author's resilience ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus