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The Road of Lost Innocence: As a girl she was sold into sexual slavery, but now she rescues others. The true ...
Somaly Mam
Spiegel & Grau, 2008
This woman is amazing
Wow. I want to say there are no words to describe what this book will make you feel, but I'm going to try anyway.
Somaly Mam is the kind of person we all hope we could be, were we faced with the horrors she has lived. Sexual slavery, rape, abuse - she survived all ...
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The Developing Person Through the Life Span
Kathleen Stassen Berger
Worth Publishers, 2007
The Developing Person Through Life Span
The Developing Person Through the Life Span I found that the book I purchsed was in very good condition. The price was also very great. I am planning to purchase all text books that I need for school from Amazon. Thank You
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Jeffrey Sachs
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Must Read for Those Interested in Development
You, being a smart person who is up on contemporary debates in economics and development and/or are a reader of Vanity Fair, probably already know all about Sachs and this book.
Sachs made his name giving "shock therapy" to various third world economies. He ...
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The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
Rose George
Metropolitan Books, 2008
An utterly original exploration of the world of human waste that will surprise, outrage?and entertain Produced behind closed doors, disposed of discreetly, and hidden by euphemism, bodily waste is something common to all and as natural as breathing, yet we prefer not to talk about it. But we should?even those of us who take care of our business ...
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Developing the Leader Within You
John C. Maxwell
Thomas Nelson, 2005
Becoming an Inspiration
John C. Maxwell's book, Developing the Leader Within You, will no doubt become a classic. Maxwell's approaches to leadership are easy to understand and put into daily practice. This book is the starting-gate for any person desiring to lead and is also essential for ...
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Paul Collier
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
Excellent Book Should Be Read By Everyone Concerned with Poverty
Collier is a serious scholar in the world of development and here he has written a very important book. Here is the basic argument - while it sucks to be poor in countries like India, India is heading for relative prosperity. Where is really, really sucks to be poor is ...
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The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice
T. K. V. Desikachar
Inner Traditions, 1999
great for any yoga student
I love the way the yoga philosophy is presented and interpreted. It's a wonderful resource for understanding Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. I highly recommend it.
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Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
Muhammad Yunus
PublicAffairs, 2008
A book about poverty and Triumph
This books shows us that the lack of access to credit for the poorest of the poor is possibly as bad as lack of food. Without some access to credit they have absolutely no chance to ever get out of the revolving situation that will absorb then and their children. ...
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Maxwell 3-in-1 Special Edition (The Winning Attitude / Developing the Leaders Around You / Becoming a Person ...
John C. Maxwell
Thomas Nelson, 2000
Excellent resource
Do you want to free your mind of bad attitudes, educate other and become a positive influence? Then you must have this masterpieces. Read them, apply and you'll see the results
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins
Plume, 2005
Very thought provoking.
I enjoyed the way the author tied details of modern history to the events of his life. Very thought provoking. I think it is striking the way the individuals who critique it for a lack of statistics provide none of their own.
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The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
William Easterly
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
How Global Aid became a Cash Laden Cow instead of a Thoroughbred Racehorse (or Bureaucracies eat oats too, don't they?)
Here, William Easterly lifts the veil of fog and proceeds to make a big dent in our collective ignorance about the "ways of global poverty" and in the process tells us what "not to do" in trying to surmount it. His trenchant critique gives a whole new meaning to the ...
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Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
Matthieu Ricard
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
The Need for Practice
This is just a footnote to the other reviews, especially the one that wants more of the "how" to implement the author's suggestions.
Ricard is one of the finest students of one of the finest teachers of the Tibetan tradition as is, for example, the very popular author ...
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations One School at a Time
Tantor Media, 2006
Three Cups of Tea
A must read book that is truly inspirational about what one man is doing to change the world!
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Psychic Development for Beginners: An Easy Guide to Developing & Releasing Your Psychic Abilities (For ...
William W. Hewitt
Llewellyn Publications, 1996
Timing is Everything!
I had been searching for a book that would help me develop my psychic abilities. This one fell into my lap when I was reaching for another book at my local book store. It was an easy read with easy to follow exercises to help develop your psychic awareness. It is a ...
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The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain
Louis Cozolino
W. W. Norton, 2006
Far and Away the Best Book on Neuroscience I've Read
I've read many books deserving of 4-5 stars over the past year, but none as complete and practical as this one. Author Louis Cozolino does a superb job of discussing the basic neuroanatomy and creating the analog of social synapses in which, by utilizing one another ...
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