I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
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The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank

Written in the Amsterdam attic where she and her family hid from the Nazis for nearly two years, a new edition of the diary of teenager Anne Frank has been enriched by passages originally withheld by her father, offering a wise and timeless testament to the human spirit.
Stones Into Schools : Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by Greg Mortenson

A follow-up to the best-selling Three Cups of Tea continues Mortenson's story of his humanitarian efforts to bring education into disadvantaged Middle East regions, describing such events as the 2005 earthquake and a tense eight-day abduction by the Taliban.
Half the Sky : Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas D. Kristof

A Pulitzer Prize-winning husband-and-wife team speaks out against the oppression of women in the developing world, sharing example stories about victims and survivors who are working to raise awareness, counter abuse and campaign for women's rights.
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight : An African Childhood
by Alexandra Fuller

An intimate memoir of growing up in Africa during the Rhodesian civil war of 1971 to 1979 describes her life on farms in southern Rhodesia, Milawi, and Zambia, detailing her hardscrabble existence with an alcoholic mother, frequently absent father, and three lost siblings, as well as her fierce love for Africa.
American Heretics : Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and the history of religious intolerance
by Peter Gottschalk

This thought-provoking historical study traces the arc of American religious discrimination, revealing a disturbing pattern of religious intolerance, from colonial anti-Quaker sentiment and Judaism to today's Muslins, Sikhs and other religious groups under fire.
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