From the authors of the #1 New York Times best-selling Half the Sky, a unique and essential narrative about making a difference in the world--a road-map to becoming a conscientious global citizen. The basis of a PBS four-hour series.
Discusses the oppression of women in the developing world, sharing example stories about victims and survivors who are working to raise awareness, counter abuse, and campaign for women's rights.
Kristof and WuDunn tell the story of America's crisis partly through the lives of friends Kristof grew up with in rural Yamhill, Oregon, a working-class area that was hit badly by the disappearance of blue - collar jobs.
We can send emissaries to Beijing warning that if they continue to sell M-11 missiles to Pakistan or if they fail to improve their human rights record, we will invite Taiwan's president, Lee Teng-hui, to the White House for an exchange ...
Philippe de Montebello and Martin Gayford talked in art galleries or churches or their own homes, and this book is structured around their journeys.
Thunder from the East is a riveting look at a complex region, a fascinating panoply of compelling characters, and a prophetic analysis from arguably the West's most informed and intelligent writers on Asia.
A little while later, when we said goodnight, Thumper gave me a big, sweet hug. Almost as if to say she knew where I'd just been. "You're alright Johnny," she said for the second time that night. “Don't worry so much.
While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.
The Big Truck That Went By is not only a definitive account of Haiti's earthquake, but of the world we live in today.
This is why the work we do is often bad for our wellbeing, when it should be making us happier and healthier. What are the most meaningful contributions we can make? This is Life’s Great Question.
Economists Martin Weitzman and Gernot Wagner argue that climate change–related tail events would be “profound earth-as-we-know-it altering changes” with massive declines in global GDP (perhaps 30 percent) for starters.