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#12: Linda, I read a book in a similar vein last year, Banker to the Poor. It was very good and I would recommend it.
I discovered micro-economics through an organization called Kiva. You can check out their website here: www.kiva.org. I love the idea that so little can help so many! ... - Stephen Kinzer (Good book, didn't finish)
99. Blessed Unrest - Paul Hawken (Finally finished! 9/10/09)
100. Banker to the Poor Muhammad Yunus (Finally finished! 9/10/09)
101. Shake the Devil Off - Ethan Brown (9/11/09) An ARC
102. Stitches - David Small (9/12/09)
... ... Flynn - nonfiction; a very good book about the happenings inside the Twin Towers on 9/11; highly recommended
398. Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus - nonfiction; a book about the man who won the Nobel Prize through his efforts in microlending; highly recommended
399. City of ... Early Monday morning:
Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus - nonfiction; very good account of Yunus' work in starting the Grameen bank and who eventually won the Nobel Prize for his work with the poor in Bangladesh and other countries Currently reading Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus about micro-lending, a subject I am very interested in since my involvement with www.kiva.org. ... b>:
Nixonland - Ron Perlstein
Overthrow - Stephen KinzerBlessed Unrest - Paul Hawken
Blessed Unrest - Paul Hawken
Banker to the Poor - Muhammad Yunus
Best YA:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
The Earth Hums in B Flat - Mary Strachan
... ... Philips (9/10/09)
97. Shake the Devil Off - Ethan Brown (9/10/09)
98. Blessed Unrest - Paul Hawken (tbc)
99. Banker to the Poor Muhammad Yunus (tbc)
100. Overthrow - Stephen Kinzer (tbc)
... - Stephen Kinzer (Good book, didn't finish)
98. Blessed Unrest - Paul Hawken (Finally finished! 9/10/09)
99. Banker to the Poor Muhammad Yunus (Finally finished! 9/10/09)
100. Shake the Devil Off - Ethan Brown (9/11/09)
... - Ben Macintyre (8/25/09)
Overthrow - Stephen Kinzer (unfinished)
Blessed Unrest - Paul Hawken (9/10/09)
Banker to the Poor - Muhammad Yunus (9/10/09)
Shake the Devil Off - Ethan Brown (9/11/09)
3. Books About: Books, Reading, Writing or Writers, and Lea ... ... to keep other peoples wishlists growing too, makes me feel better about mine ;-)
I'll be interested to hear how you like Banker to the Poor, too. I'll have to keep checking your list to see if you got to it yet. haha Muhammad Yunus - Banker to the Poor****
This was a very interesting book. I've already read a few books on micro-credit, and I love the theory... and the practise! It definitely works. It was a good book to read after The Ecology of Commerce, as it sort of has some of the same themes, about ... Stasia - I haven't read Banker to the Poor. I think it is more about the beginning of the Grameen Bank and microcredit. I've read quite a bit about that in articles, etc., and it is a really interesting story. #65: It sounds like an interesting book, porch_reader, as does his other book Banker to the Poor. Have you had a chance to read that one as well? I am putting them both on Continent TBR. ... a list of books that I probably want to read:
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent
Nobody's Princess
Flora Segunda
Banker to the Poor
Three Cups of Tea
The Year of Living Biblically
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Poison Study
The Gnostic Gospels
The Fire Gospel
The Orphan's Tal ... ... I don't think secular sainthood should simply be a who's who of athiests.
I nominate: Muhammad Yunus (author of Banker to the Poor), Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and Anne Frank.
Oh, can't forget the pseudonymous Voltaire and Mark Twain. ... John Krakauer
8. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Edit: #8 was previously Banker to the Poor.
#5 was previously Running with Scissors
53. Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus ... Psychology - Objects of Our Desire
327 International Relations - The Puzzle Palace
332 Financial Economics - Banker to the Poor
336 Public Finance - Confessions of a Tax Collector
384 Communication; Telecommunication - The Victorian Internet
411 Writing Systems - Alpha Beta ...
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