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    Denial, Despair and Hope in the African AIDS Pandemic

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    EVERY DAY in Africa, approximately 7,000 men, women, and children are erased from the face of this planet by the devastating AIDS virus that -- even after more than two and a half decades -- continues to wreak havoc around the globe, especially in underdeveloped nations. No Place Left to Bury the Dead dares to go where media, governments, and ordinary individuals in the West seldom venture -- face ... Leer más

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  • Poor People

    "Vollman explores, sometimes sensitively, often provocatively, the emotional, psychological, and physical dimensions of poverty" ( Chicago Tribune )."Few writing today can handle writing about the underclasses of the world like Vollman . . .a writer who writes not only beautifully but also responsibly and morally." — San Francisco Chronicle"Why are you poor?" That was the ... ... Leer más

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  • Wealth and Poverty

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    A CLASSIC THAT WILL IGNITE THE NEXT ECONOMIC REVOLUTIONHailed as “the guide to capitalism,” the New York Times bestseller Wealth and Poverty by George F. Gilder is one of the most famous economic books of all time and has sold more than one million copies since its first release. In this influential classic, Gilder explains and makes the case for supply-side economics, proves the moral superiority ... Leer más

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  • How the Other Half Lives

    First published in 1890, Jacob Riis's remarkable study of the horrendous living conditions of the poor in New York City had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society, inspiring reforms that affected the lives of millions of people.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin ... Leer más

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  • No Fixed Abode

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    In the summer of 2011, Charlie found the school he taught at could not afford to renew his teaching contract. With no job and no money, but suddenly all the time in the world, he decided to travel from Cornwall to London in a peculiarlyold-fashioned, quintessentially English and remarkably cheap way – as a tramp, on foot, sleeping rough.The journey was filled with colour, surprise and danger, and ... Leer más

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  • The Children of the Poor

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    Jacob Riis (May 3, 1849 May 26, 1914) is best known as a social reformer who used photography to document different social classes. In particular, his journalism and photography displayed the plight of the poor in New York City, and his attempt to help them resulted in How the Other Half Lives, a turn of the century documentary of sorts that he hoped would shed light on the social issues of the ... Leer más

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  • Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals

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    As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) pass their 2015 deadline and the international community begins to discuss the future of UN development policy, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals brings together leading economists from both the global North and South to provide a much needed critique of the prevailing development agenda. By examining current development efforts, goals and ... Leer más

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