Summer Reading List

 

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Nicholas Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, argue that the oppression of women worldwide is "the paramount moral challenge" of the present era, much as the fight against slavery was in the past. Half the Sky focuses on sex trafficking, maternal mortality, sexual violence, microfinance and girls' education.

 

 

 

 How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas

This book is considered the Bible for social entrepreneurship. It profiles men and women from around the world who have found innovative solutions to a wide variety of social and economic problems.

 

 

 

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

Three Cups of Tea describes Greg Mortenson's transition from a registered nurse and mountain-climber to a humanitarian committed to reducing poverty and promoting education for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan. 

The book's title comes from a Balti proverb: "The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share a cup of tea, you become family..."

 

The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World

Through vivid stories, authors John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan identify the highly unconventional entrepreneurs who are solving some of the world's most pressing economic, social, and environmental problems. They also show how these pioneers are disrupting existing industries, value chains, and business models - and in the process creating fast-growing markets around the world.

 

 

Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

Banker to the Poor is an autobiography of 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus. It details how Yunus developed the idea of Microcredit that he employed in the Grameen Bank.

 

 

 

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't 

Good to Great is a management book by James C. Collins that aims to describe how companies transition from being average companies to great companies and how companies can fail to make the transition.

 

 

 

 

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives?

Authors Chip and Dan Heath show how everyday people can effect transformative change. Switch shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your waistline. 

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These are good collections ready for Summer. I am interested to start with the book, "Banker to the Poor" there are so many things I have in mind but I must read this book.