The Betrayal of Africa
by Gerald Caplan, Groundwood Books, 2008
Africa's World War: Congo, The Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental
by Gerard Prunier, Oxford University Press, 2009
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah, Douglas & McIntyre, 2007
All Things Must Fight to Live
by Bryan Mealer, Bloomsbury, 2008
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz
by Michela Wrong, Fourth Estate, 2000
King Leopold's Ghost
by Adam Hochschild, Mariner Books, 1999
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin, Penguin Books, 2007
28 Stories of AIDS in Africa
by Stephanie Nolen, Alfred A. Knopff Canada, 2007
Moving Mountains: The Race to Treat Global AIDS
by Anne-Christine d'Adesky, Verso, 2004
Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa
by Stephen Lewis, House of Anansi, 2006
A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-face with Modern-day Slavery
E. Benjamin Skinner, 2008
Slave: My True Story
Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis, 2003
Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade – and How We Can Fight It
David Batstone, 2007
Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World
Gary A. Haugen, 1999
An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-First Century
by James Orbinski, M.D., Doubleday Canada, 2008
Chasing the Flame: One Man's Fight to Save the World
by Samantha Power, Penguin Books, 2008
Bitter Roots, Tender Shoots: The Uncertain Fate of Afghanistan's Women
by Sally Armstrong, Viking Canada, 2008
Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, 2007
The Swallows of Kabul
by Yasmina Khadra, Anchor Books, 2005
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
by Geraldine Brooks, Anchor Books, 1995
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi, Random House, 2004
Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir
by Marina Nemat, Viking Canada, 2007
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Penguin Books, 2006
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
by Jeffrey D. Sachs, The Penguin Press, 2008
Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
UN Millennium Project, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, 2005
Shake Hands with the Devil
by Romeo Dallaire, Vintage Canada, 2004
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