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This is not a new book. I suggest it now because it is about the work of Paul Farmer and colleagues who worked with him to found Partners in Health, an organization that has grown to have an important impact on several areas of the world. What caused me to return to this book (after first reading it a few years ago) was the earthquake in Haiti. Reading about the extraordinary challenges that Farmer and his team faced in delivering health care and building community-based programs gave considerable insight to the problems that continue to complicate the recovery...
...about to start on Kidder’s more recent book, Strength in What Remains...
Eiseley wrote wonderful dreamy essays about science and nature which always start my mind wandering freely. He somehow combines the best of travel writing with the best of science writing. Any of his collections of essays are great, in case you can't find this one. I suggest this book... because he spends most of his time in these essays trying to bring the big picture into tiny fascinating details—perfect for the summer...
...book of the Bible (almost any one that is part of the cultural deposit of stories and lyrics—Genesis, Exodus, Ruth, Job, Psalms, one of the Gospels, Revelation). Because of the separation of church and state in the United States, there is no academic subject in which the Bible is taught to [undergraduates] in elementary or high school, and many remain unacquainted with it. It would be a pity to miss these books, drawn on so extensively by literature, the visual arts, and music...
...earlier version of the June 4 news article "Islam Scholar Malika Zeghal To Join NELC Dept." incorrectly stated that incoming Harvard professor Malika Zeghal's first book focused on the colonization of Egypt. In fact, the book focuses on the religious institution of al-Azhar University in Egypt, according to Zeghal...