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The Underdogs
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Melissa Fay Greene
Rita
, April 22, 2017
Whether you're a dog lover or not, this wonderful book will help you appreciate how these amazing animals can serve the needs of children and literally change the world for their families.
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Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Rita
, April 22, 2017
There is so much wisdom packed into this small book -- and, although it is written in a casual voice, as if written to a friend, it is powerful and elegant and oh, so timely. This would be a perfect gift for new parents (or somebody graduating from high school or college.) It is as important for men as for women, and as important for those who consider themselves feminists as for those who do not (or don't really know whether they do....) It is the lessons from Ms. Adichie's book "Americanah" distilled into 80 easy to read pages....
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Whistling Vivaldi & Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us
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Claude Steele
Rita
, December 12, 2010
Every educator, every parent should read this book. Claude Steele (who has been writing on this topic for years) finally pulls together all his (and others') research about how we can diminish the 'achievement gap' and improve our educational system overall. This is a paradigm shifting book.
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Dog-Heart
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Diana McCaulay
Rita
, May 15, 2010
This amazing dual narrative draws you into the world of a young teenager living in abject poverty in Jamaica -- the depth given to his character allows you to better understand the choices he makes when given the opportunity of education (by the other narrator, a middle class middle age browning woman.) I couldn't put it down.
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Routes of Man How Roads Are Changing the World & the Way We Live Today
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Ted Conover
Rita
, February 10, 2010
Ted Conover is a brilliant writer who will take you to places you've never imagined...amazing!
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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
Rita
, January 01, 2010
After reading Melissa Fay Greene’s 2002 New York Times article about the AIDS orphan crisis in Africa, I felt compelled to go to Ethiopia, where I volunteered for three months at orphanages, and observed some of the events described in her book. If you care about what has been described as the worst humanitarian disaster of our generation, be sure you set aside a long spell of time before starting to read There Is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odyssey to Rescue Africa’s Children. You will not be able to put it down.
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There Is No Me without You
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Melissa Fay Greene
Rita
, November 01, 2006
Haregewoin Teferra has cared for dozens upon dozens of the millions of children orphaned by the AIDS pandemic in Ethiopia. Melissa Fay Greene brings the reader into Haregewoin's living room as the rain splatters mud on the children playing outside -- and then draws these orphan children into the reader's heart. The book is both lyrical in its telling of Haregewoin's life, and chilling in its description of the catastrophe of the AIDS orphan crisis; the story of Haregewoin's journey and the children in her care will resonate with anyone who cares about what has been labeled as the largest humanitarian crisis of our generation.
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There Is No Me Without You One Womans Odyssey to Rescue Africas Children
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Melissa Fay Greene
Rita
, September 13, 2006
[a]Melissa Fay Greene's [/a]book is both lyrical in its telling of the life of Haregewoin Teffera, a middle age, middle class Ethiopian widow who takes in hundreds of orphans, and chilling in its description of the catastrophe of the [kw]AIDS orphan[/kw] crisis in Africa. [t]There is No Me Without You [/t]tells the story of Haregewoin's journey and the children in her care. It will resonate with anyone who cares about what has been labeled as the largest humanitarian crisis of our generation.
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