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| The Asian Future. Dialogues for Change. Volume 1.
HUTANUWATR, PRACHA AND RAMU MANIVANNA. (EDITORS). Stock ID: 88965 262pp, index, paperback. First volume of a collection of interviews and dialogues with "some of Asia's outstanding intellectuals and social activists who have lived through political upheaval and periods of gross human rights violations. Their common ground is a passionate commitment to achieve change in society, including social justice and ecological sustainability." Publisher's description. The contributors are Muslims, Buddhists, Confucianists and Christians from Indonesia, Malaysia, Lebanon, Thailand, Sweden, India, China, the Philippines, Australia and Japan. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 88965) ... more |
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| The Asian Future. Dialogues for Change. Volume 2.
HUTANUWATR, PRACHA AND RAMU MANIVANNAN. (EDITORS). Stock ID: 88966 248pp, index, paperback. Second volume of a collection of interviews and dialogues with "some of Asia's outstanding intellectuals and social activists who have lived through political upheaval and periods of gross human rights violations. Their common ground is a passionate commitment to achieve change in society, including social justice and ecological sustainability." Publisher's description. The contributors are Muslims, Buddhists, Confucianists and Christians from Indonesia, Malaysia, Lebanon, Thailand, Sweden, India, China, the Philippines, Australia and Japan. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 88966) ... more |
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The Body Hunters. Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients.
SHAH, SONIA. Stock ID: 122797 xiii + 242pp, notes, index, paperback. This book uncovers the real-life stories behind le Carre's acclaimed novel 'The Constant Gardener'. "A trenchant expose of a sinister new trend.... meticulously researched and packed with documentary evidence" (Publishers Weekly), Sonia Shah's riveting journalistic account provides an eye-opening look at Big Pharma's unethical and exploitative drug trials in the global South, where many of the world's poorest patients face an impossible choice: be experimented upon or die for lack of medicine. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 122797) ... more |
AU$19.95 WAS AU$34.00 |
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The Life You Can Save. Acting Now to End World Poverty.
SINGER, PETER. Stock ID: 127646 xiv + 221p, notes, index, paperback. Most of us are absolutely certain that we wouldn't hesitate to save a drowning child, and that we would do it at considerable cost to ourselves. Yet while thousands of children die each day, we spend money on things we take for granted, and would hardly miss if they were not there. Is that wrong? If so, how far does our obligation to the poor go? (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127646) ... more |
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