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The Needs of Strangers 2 reviews
Michael Ignatieff
Picador, 2001
A brilliant essay about modern humanism
+ Very Good but Incomplete
"Being human is an accomplishment like playing an instrument. It takes practice. The keys must be mastered. The old score must be committed to memory. It is a skill we can forget. A little noise can make us forget the notes. The best of us is historical; the best of us is fragile. Being human is a ...
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Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress 51 reviews
Lawrence E. Harrison, Samuel P. Huntington
Basic Books, 2001
it really does matter
+ Culture Matters
For those who wonder why some people are doing well and some aren't, this is a good book. Particularly excellent is the section on why Africa is such a mess by Daniel Entounga-Manguelle.
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time 116 reviews
Jeffrey Sachs
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Inspiring, Intriguing, Engrossing
+ Insightful and inspiring perspective on one of the great opportunities of our generation
If you are like me, you may often worry about the poor and the underprivileged across the world. You may wonder what it would take to help them achieve sustainable livelihoods which is the first step to ending poverty for them. You may even be wondering what role you could play in ending poverty in ...
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How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition33 reviews
David Bornstein
Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
Single best book I have read in past five years
+ Good condition, quick delivery
+ Social Entrepreneurs Make the World a Better Place
I read a lot, almost totally non-fiction, and for the past several years, after accidentally becoming a top Amazon reviewer on the strength of 300 reviews lifted from the annotated bibliographies of my first two books, I have been dedicated, as a hobby, to reading in the service of the public. My ...
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What It Means to Be an American 1 review
Michael Walzer
Marsilio Publishers, 1996
Walzer's America is worth celebrating
This book is pithy and clear. Walzer's America is dynamic. The fluidity of the national conscience is grounded in America's most prominent and politically salient feature: we are immigrants. Walzer writes, "the political culture of the country as a whole was English and Protestant, but this ...
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What's So Great about America233 reviews
Dinesh D'Souza
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Clears the cobwebs of "Multiculturalism" from your head
+ Always something to learn
+ Aught to be required reading
+ Every person in the world should read this book.
+ No Apologies Necessary
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Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos9 reviews
Garrett Hardin
Oxford University Press, USA, 1995
A marvellous book distinguished by Hardin's superb clarity of thought
+ Far too much of a good thing.
+ Spaceship economics and other interesting concepts.
+ With this book you can have a whole education career
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed34 reviews
Paulo Freire
Continuum, 2000
Critical Solutions for Five Billion Poor Including US Poor
+ Education for the Poor
+ Change your mind
+ Should read
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Leading in a Culture of Change11 reviews
Michael Fullan
Jossey-Bass, 2007
Leading in a Culture of Change (
+ A guide for change
+ Helpful
+ Great Read
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Respect in a World of Inequality 3 reviews
Richard Sennett
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
A Very Distinct Piece of Scholarship
When a "customer" of this book (not a "reader", for sure) can make a comment and leave it on Amazon labeled as the so-called "review", I think that a unique example of 'free speech'! It seems we have the right to say almost anything about a book we may not be educated enough to read or understand ...
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Development as Freedom49 reviews
Amartya Sen
Anchor, 2000
The focus on freedom
+ Great Book On Development Theory
+ Serious book on Development theory
+ A great thesis on the real purpose of economics
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Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism26 reviews
PublicAffairs, 2008
An inspiring success story of a new "social" business model
+ A reason to hope
+ High on rhetoric, short on action
+ "Creating A World Without Poverty" by Muhammad Yunus
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Democracy for the Few23 reviews
Michael Parenti
Wadsworth Publishing, 2007
Keep an open mind, America!
+ Parenti is brilliant!!
+ Good book
Parenti's work, including this one, are indeed controversial...but that's exactly what I love about Parenti...his work provokes critical thinking on the reader's part...he offers an different view in viewing our political, societal system and history...and no, it's not poorly researched like some ...
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The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The ...8 reviews
Thomas Jefferson, Second Continental Congress, ...
Wilder Publications, 2008
Very handy reference
+ Required Reading for American Voters
Read it, know it, live it. If things keep going they they have with people not caring about the Constitution, we won't have. You know the adage, ignore it and it will go away, it's very true for the constitution. The 2008 RNC is a standout example of this where the police were not only suppressing ...
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Awakening Social Responsibility: A Call to Action Guidebook for Global Citizens, Corporate and Nonprofit ...4 reviews
Rossella Derickson, Krista Henley, ...
Happy About, 2007
Extraordinary!!
+ The future is here!
+ Answer the Phone
+ I'm awake now!
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Awakening Social Responsibility: A Call to Action Guidebook for Global Citizens, Corporate and Nonprofit ...4 reviews
Rossella Derickson, Krista Henley, ...
Happy About, 2007
Extraordinary!!
+ The future is here!
+ Answer the Phone
+ I'm awake now!
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Leading in a Culture of Change11 reviews
Michael Fullan
Jossey-Bass, 2007
Leading in a Culture of Change (
+ A guide for change
+ Helpful
+ Great Read
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The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The ...8 reviews
Thomas Jefferson, Second Continental Congress, ...
Wilder Publications, 2008
Very handy reference
+ Required Reading for American Voters
Read it, know it, live it. If things keep going they they have with people not caring about the Constitution, we won't have. You know the adage, ignore it and it will go away, it's very true for the constitution. The 2008 RNC is a standout example of this where the police were not only suppressing ...
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time116 reviews
Jeffrey Sachs
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Inspiring, Intriguing, Engrossing
+ Insightful and inspiring perspective on one of the great opportunities of our generation
If you are like me, you may often worry about the poor and the underprivileged across the world. You may wonder what it would take to help them achieve sustainable livelihoods which is the first step to ending poverty for them. You may even be wondering what role you could play in ending poverty in ...
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Respect in a World of Inequality3 reviews
Richard Sennett
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
A Very Distinct Piece of Scholarship
When a "customer" of this book (not a "reader", for sure) can make a comment and leave it on Amazon labeled as the so-called "review", I think that a unique example of 'free speech'! It seems we have the right to say almost anything about a book we may not be educated enough to read or understand ...
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