Nicholas D. Kristof

Sheryl WuDunn

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Americans Reaching for Hope

Tightrope

The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Half the Sky present a narrative road map about making a difference in the world, explaining how to identify effective local and global aid initiatives and participate in successful fundraisers and charities. 200,000 first printing.

Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity

A Path Appears

The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power

China Wakes

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting team, husband and wife Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, take us on a journey through Africa and Asia to meet an extraordinary array of exceptional women struggling against terrible circumstances. More girls have been killed in the last fifty years, precisely because they are girls, than men were killed in all the wars of the twentieth century combined. More girls are killed in this routine 'gendercide' in any one decade than people were slaughtered in all the genocides of the twentieth century. In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the twentieth, it was totalitarianism. In the twenty-first, Kristof and WuDunn demonstrate, it will be the struggle for gender equality in the developing world. Fierce, moral, pragmatic, full of amazing stories of courage and inspiration, HALF THE SKY is essential reading for every global citizen.

Half the Sky

How can we rebuild America so that it is a land with opportunity for all, wherever we live, whatever our complexion? Tightrope outlines a better path for our nation, but first it takes us through an "other America" where wages are low and stagnant, decent jobs are scarce, racial inequity is stark, and Americans die of drug overdoses every seven minutes. Kristof and WuDunn tell the story of America's crisis partly through the lives of friends Kristof grew up with in rural Yamhill, Oregon, a working-class area that was hit badly by the disappearance of blue - collar jobs. Their powerful personal stories and those of others bring to life how we got into this mess and also show a path by which we can right ourselves as a country, redress racial inequity, reduce inequality, and build economic opportunity. Tightrope is a story of hope that is riveting, deeply personal, and impossible to ignore. Book jacket.

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondents with The New York Times offer an incisive and timely study of Asia and the diverse ways in which the continent is reshaping world affairs, tracing the origins and impact of the Asian financial crisis, the growing roles of women in the region, and the region's increasing economic, diplomatic, and military influence. 35,000 first printing.

Portrait of a Rising Asia

Thunder from the East

"From the authors of the #1 New York Times best-selling Half the Sky, a unique and essential narrative about making a difference in the world--a roadmap to becoming a conscientious global citizen. Equal in urgency and compassion to Half the Sky, this galvanizing new book from the acclaimed husband and wife team is even more ambitious in scale: nothing less than a deep examination of people who are making the world a better place, and the myriad ways we can support them, whether with a donation of five dollars or five million, an inkling to help or a useful skill to deploy. With scrupulous research and on-the-ground reporting, the authors assay the art and science of giving--determining the current most successful local and global aid initiatives (on issues from education to inner-city violence to disease prevention), evaluating the efficiency and impact of specific approaches and charities, as well as fundraising. Most compellingly, perhaps, they show us how particular people have made a difference, and offer practical advice on how best each of us can give and what we can personally derive from doing so"--

Frauen tragen die Hälfte des Himmels"--Sagt ein chinesisches Sprichwort. Tatsächlich zeigen die Reportagen der beiden Pulitzer-Preisträger Nicholas D. Kristof und Sheryl WuDunn, dass arme Frauen oftmals die Hölle ertragen müssen. Die häufigsten Menschenrechtsverletzungen unserer Zeit richten sich gegen Mädchen und Frauen. Wir wissen das und sehen uns - leider - außerstande, daran etwas zu ändern. Wirklich? Dieses Buch zeigt: Wirksames Handeln ist möglich, jeden Tag, auch bei uns. Es erzählt Geschichten von Frauen, die nicht aufgegeben haben, obwohl sie als Sexsklaven verkauft und erniedrigt, zur Machtdemonstration von Kriegern vergewaltigt und verstümmelt wurden, denen Bildung und ein selbstbestimmtes Leben verwehrt worden sind. Es sind Geschichten von Frauen, die ihr Schicksal nicht ergeben erduldet haben, sondern Hilfe gesucht, die Initiative ergriffen oder sich ganz einfach zur Wehr gesetzt haben. Darauf zu achten, dass Menschenrechte auch für Frauen gelten, ist nicht nur ein Akt der Gerechtigkeit. Frauen zu mehr Geltung und Wertschätzung zu verhelfen, ist auch ein Akt politischer und ökonomischer Vernunft: überall, wo Frauen eine stärkere Rolle spielen, nimmt die Neigung junger Männer zu Aggressivität und Gewalt ab; überall, wo Frauen bezahlt arbeiten oder eigene Geschäfte führen, lässt sich ein deutlicher ökonomischer Aufschwung insgesamt feststellen.

Sheryl WuDunn

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