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The Land Grabbers
The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth
Written by Fred Pearce
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $17.00
The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth
Written by Fred Pearce
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $17.00
“Raises complex and urgent issues.”—Booklist, starred review
How Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheiks, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world.
An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world’s wealthiest and most...
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A Twist of Faith
An American Christian's Quest to Help Orphans in Africa
Written by John Donnelly
Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $25.95
American Christians, veteran reporter John Donnelly has discovered, are an ever-increasing source of aid in Africa, with some experts estimating that U.S. churches supply more resources to Africa than USAID. In A Twist of Faith, he tells the unlikely story of how faith and determination compelled one such American Christian to... Read more >
An American Christian's Quest to Help Orphans in Africa
Written by John Donnelly
Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $25.95
American Christians, veteran reporter John Donnelly has discovered, are an ever-increasing source of aid in Africa, with some experts estimating that U.S. churches supply more resources to Africa than USAID. In A Twist of Faith, he tells the unlikely story of how faith and determination compelled one such American Christian to... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
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A Twist of Faith
An American Christian's Quest to Help Orphans in Africa
Written by John Donnelly
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $25.95
American Christians, veteran reporter John Donnelly has discovered, are an ever-increasing source of aid in Africa, with some experts estimating that U.S. churches supply more resources to Africa than USAID. In A Twist of Faith, he tells the unlikely story of how faith and determination compelled one such American Christian to travel... Read more >
An American Christian's Quest to Help Orphans in Africa
Written by John Donnelly
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $25.95
American Christians, veteran reporter John Donnelly has discovered, are an ever-increasing source of aid in Africa, with some experts estimating that U.S. churches supply more resources to Africa than USAID. In A Twist of Faith, he tells the unlikely story of how faith and determination compelled one such American Christian to travel... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Land Grabbers
The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth
Written by Fred Pearce
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $27.95
The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth
Written by Fred Pearce
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $27.95
“Raises complex and urgent issues.”—Booklist, starred review
How Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheiks, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world.
An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world’s wealthiest and most...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
The Land Grabbers
The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth
Written by Fred Pearce
Format: eBook, 286 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $27.95
How Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheiks, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world.
An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world’s wealthiest and most acquisitive countries, corporations, and individuals have... Read more >
The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth
Written by Fred Pearce
Format: eBook, 286 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $27.95
How Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheiks, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world.
An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world’s wealthiest and most acquisitive countries, corporations, and individuals have... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $13.99
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $13.99
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Read by Sunil Malhotra
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $35.00
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Read by Sunil Malhotra
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $35.00
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Read by Sunil Malhotra
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $17.50
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Read by Sunil Malhotra
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $17.50
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $27.00
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $27.00
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
India
A Portrait
Written by Patrick French
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2011
Price: $10.99
A monumental biography of the subcontinent from the award-winning author of The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul.
Second only to China in the magnitude of its economic miracle and second to none in its potential to shape the new century, India is fast undergoing one... Read more >
A Portrait
Written by Patrick French
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2011
Price: $10.99
A monumental biography of the subcontinent from the award-winning author of The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul.
Second only to China in the magnitude of its economic miracle and second to none in its potential to shape the new century, India is fast undergoing one... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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DIGNITY
In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Written by Dana Gluckstein
Epilogue by Amnesty International
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Introduction by Faithkeeper Oren R. Lyons
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2010
Price: $39.95
DIGNITY, a collection of iconic photographs by Dana Gluckstein, honors Indigenous Peoples worldwide and celebrates the 50th Anniversary in 2011 of Amnesty International, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization. With over ninety exquisite black-and-white portraits spanning three decades, this richly printed coffee table gift book succeeds in distilling the universality... Read more >
In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Written by Dana Gluckstein
Epilogue by Amnesty International
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Introduction by Faithkeeper Oren R. Lyons
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2010
Price: $39.95
DIGNITY, a collection of iconic photographs by Dana Gluckstein, honors Indigenous Peoples worldwide and celebrates the 50th Anniversary in 2011 of Amnesty International, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization. With over ninety exquisite black-and-white portraits spanning three decades, this richly printed coffee table gift book succeeds in distilling the universality... Read more >
The Shackled Continent
Power, Corruption, and African Lives
Written by Robert Guest
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $21.95
A former Africa editor for The Economist, Robert Guest addresses the troubled continent's thorniest problems: war, AIDS, and above all, poverty. Newly updated with a preface that considers political and economic developments of the past six years, The Shackled Continentis engrossing, highly readable, and as entertaining as it is tragic.
Guest pulls the veil... Read more >
Power, Corruption, and African Lives
Written by Robert Guest
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $21.95
A former Africa editor for The Economist, Robert Guest addresses the troubled continent's thorniest problems: war, AIDS, and above all, poverty. Newly updated with a preface that considers political and economic developments of the past six years, The Shackled Continentis engrossing, highly readable, and as entertaining as it is tragic.
Guest pulls the veil... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Shackled Continent
Power, Corruption, and African Lives
Written by Robert Guest
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $21.95
A former Africa editor for The Economist, Robert Guest addresses the troubled continent's thorniest problems: war, AIDS, and above all, poverty. Newly updated with a preface that considers political and economic developments of the past six years, The Shackled Continent is engrossing, highly readable, and as entertaining as it is tragic.
Guest... Read more >
Power, Corruption, and African Lives
Written by Robert Guest
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $21.95
A former Africa editor for The Economist, Robert Guest addresses the troubled continent's thorniest problems: war, AIDS, and above all, poverty. Newly updated with a preface that considers political and economic developments of the past six years, The Shackled Continent is engrossing, highly readable, and as entertaining as it is tragic.
Guest... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Curse of the Black Gold
50 Years of Oil in The Niger Delta
Written by Kashi, Ed
Edited by Michael Watts
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 20, 2010
Price: $39.95
Curse of the BlackGold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta takes a graphic look at the profound cost of oil exploitation in West Africa. Featuring images by world-renowned photojournalist Ed Kashi and text by prominent Nigerian journalists, human rights activists, and University of California at Berkeley professor Michael Watts, this... Read more >
50 Years of Oil in The Niger Delta
Written by Kashi, Ed
Edited by Michael Watts
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 20, 2010
Price: $39.95
Curse of the BlackGold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta takes a graphic look at the profound cost of oil exploitation in West Africa. Featuring images by world-renowned photojournalist Ed Kashi and text by prominent Nigerian journalists, human rights activists, and University of California at Berkeley professor Michael Watts, this... Read more >
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FRAGILE
The Human Condition
Written by Howard G. Buffett
Foreword by Shakira Mebarak
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $35.00
Fragile is the documentation of life stories in sixty-five countries. It is about personal accounts, some successful, some shattering. The book is an effort to move intellectual discussions to face emotional realities. It is one man's attempt to bring this reality to those who may be motivated to affect change.
It is... Read more >
The Human Condition
Written by Howard G. Buffett
Foreword by Shakira Mebarak
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $35.00
Fragile is the documentation of life stories in sixty-five countries. It is about personal accounts, some successful, some shattering. The book is an effort to move intellectual discussions to face emotional realities. It is one man's attempt to bring this reality to those who may be motivated to affect change.
It is... Read more >
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The Road of Lost Innocence
The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
Written by Somaly Mam
Foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof
Introduction by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $15.00
A riveting and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope–by a woman named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world
Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For... Read more >
The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
Written by Somaly Mam
Foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof
Introduction by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $15.00
A riveting and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope–by a woman named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world
Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Challenge for Africa
Written by Wangari Maathai
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $11.99
In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people’s environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread across Africa. Persevering through... Read more >
Written by Wangari Maathai
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $11.99
In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people’s environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread across Africa. Persevering through... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Challenge for Africa
Written by Wangari Maathai
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $25.00
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa, even as she calls for a moral revolution among Africans themselves, who, she argues, are culturally deracinated, adrift between worlds.
The troubles of Africa today are severe and wide-ranging... Read more >
Written by Wangari Maathai
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $25.00
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa, even as she calls for a moral revolution among Africans themselves, who, she argues, are culturally deracinated, adrift between worlds.
The troubles of Africa today are severe and wide-ranging... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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I Am Because We Are
Photographed by Kristen Ashburn
Foreword by Madonna
Format: Hardcover, 180 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2009
Price: $49.95
I Am Because We Are is the companion volume to the acclaimed forthcoming documentary film directed by Nathan Rissman and written and produced by Madonna. This book of images by award-winning photojournalist Kristen Ashburn—culled from her work in Malawi and Africa over the past seven years as well as from her... Read more >
Photographed by Kristen Ashburn
Foreword by Madonna
Format: Hardcover, 180 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2009
Price: $49.95
I Am Because We Are is the companion volume to the acclaimed forthcoming documentary film directed by Nathan Rissman and written and produced by Madonna. This book of images by award-winning photojournalist Kristen Ashburn—culled from her work in Malawi and Africa over the past seven years as well as from her... Read more >
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I Live Here
Written by Mia Kirshner, J.B. MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $29.95
I Live Here is a paper documentary–an intimate journey to humanitarian crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi.
~THE BOOK~
I Live Here is a visually stunning narrative — told through journals, stories, images, and graphic novellas — in... Read more >
Written by Mia Kirshner, J.B. MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $29.95
I Live Here is a paper documentary–an intimate journey to humanitarian crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi.
~THE BOOK~
I Live Here is a visually stunning narrative — told through journals, stories, images, and graphic novellas — in... Read more >
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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 story of a Cambodian heroine.
Written by Somaly Mam
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $11.99
A portion of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the Somaly Mam Foundation.
A riveting, raw, and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope
Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For the... Read more >
As a girl she was sold into sexual slavery, but now she rescues others. The true story of a Cambodian heroine.
Written by Somaly Mam
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $11.99
A portion of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the Somaly Mam Foundation.
A riveting, raw, and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope
Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Muhajababes
Written by Allegra Stratton
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2008
Price: $15.95
Two thirds of the population in the Middle East is under 25 years old, and there's been an explosive growth of college graduates. Still, there aren't enough jobs to go round. They're having a collective quarter-life crisis. In the months before turning 25 herself, BBC producer Allegra Stratton set out to... Read more >
Written by Allegra Stratton
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2008
Price: $15.95
Two thirds of the population in the Middle East is under 25 years old, and there's been an explosive growth of college graduates. Still, there aren't enough jobs to go round. They're having a collective quarter-life crisis. In the months before turning 25 herself, BBC producer Allegra Stratton set out to... Read more >
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Forsaken
Afghan Women
Photographed by Lana Slezic
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2007
Price: $35.00
In March 2004, when award-winning photographer Lana Šlezic began an assignment in Afghanistan, she never dreamed she would stay for two years. At the time she believed that since the ousting of the suffocating Taliban in 2001, Afghan women and girls were living under considerably less oppressive conditions. She soon discovered... Read more >
Afghan Women
Photographed by Lana Slezic
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2007
Price: $35.00
In March 2004, when award-winning photographer Lana Šlezic began an assignment in Afghanistan, she never dreamed she would stay for two years. At the time she believed that since the ousting of the suffocating Taliban in 2001, Afghan women and girls were living under considerably less oppressive conditions. She soon discovered... Read more >
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Women Who Light the Dark
Photographed by Paola Gianturco
Foreword by Kavita Ramdas
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2007
Price: $45.00
Across the world, local women are helping one another tackle the problems that darken their lives—domestic violence, sex trafficking, war, poverty, illiteracy, discrimination, inequality, malnutrition, disease. These women may lack material resources, but they possess a wealth of an even more precious resource: imagination—their imaginations light the dark.
Women in... Read more >
Photographed by Paola Gianturco
Foreword by Kavita Ramdas
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2007
Price: $45.00
Across the world, local women are helping one another tackle the problems that darken their lives—domestic violence, sex trafficking, war, poverty, illiteracy, discrimination, inequality, malnutrition, disease. These women may lack material resources, but they possess a wealth of an even more precious resource: imagination—their imaginations light the dark.
Women in... Read more >
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