Anne Firth Murray, From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice(Common Courage Press, 2007)
From Prologue: Darkness and Light
"Being born female is dangerous to your health. This reality may not be true for many readers, but for most women living in poorer countries around the globe, it is devastating..."
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Larry Diamond, The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World (Times Books, 2008)

"Diamond is a meticulous social scientist who, in “Squandered Victory,” took on the task of studying America’s bungled effort to bring democracy to Iraq. “The Spirit of Democracy” takes on the world, with Diamond leaping from Malawi to Singapore to Venezuela...."
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