World Issues


Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
The Hate U Give
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Between the World and Me
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Between Shades of Gray
Salt to the Sea
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Ashly Lorenzana
It might be depressing, but it's also the truth that no one has the power, the money, or the resources to save everyone on the planet from going hungry, living in poverty or allowed basic human rights. But consider the other side of this: there are people in this world who truly WOULD do all of these things for everyone if only they could. There is hope after all. ...more
Ashly Lorenzana

Lisa Jewell
All men are weak,' said Phin. 'That's the whole bloody trouble with the world. Too weak to love properly. Too weak to be wrong.' My breath caught at the power of this statement. I immediately knew it to be the truest thing I'd ever heard. The weakness of men lay at the root of every bad thing that had ever happened. ...more
Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs

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