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Pathologies of Power
University of California Press 2004; US$ 15.16Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist with twenty years of experience working in Haiti, Peru, and Russia, argues that promoting the social and economic rights of the world's poor is the most important human rights struggle of our time. In Pathologies of Power Farmer uses harrowing stories of life - and death - in extreme situations to link... more...
Infections and Inequalities
University of California Press 2001; US$ 27.95Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, even more than those of history, they target the poor. This "peculiarly modern... more...
AIDS and Accusation
University of California Press 2006; US$ 27.95Does the scientific ?theory? that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence? Award-winning author and anthropologist-physician Paul Farmer answers with this, the first full-length ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society. First published in... more...
Haiti After the Earthquake
PublicAffairs 2012; US$ 16.99The acclaimed New York Times and IndieBound bestseller: ?Farmer?s passionate book bring(s) Haiti?s appalling tragedy back to the world?s attention? ? Foreign Affairs more...
Dealing with the Tough Stuff
Wiley 2012; US$ 27.95The much-needed leadership tips and tools for new school administrators Fledgling school administrators are often ill-prepared for their new leadership role and are frequently left to their own devices to navigate the slippery terrain of school administration. Dealing with the Tough Stuff: Practical Solutions for School Administrators addresses... more...
Urban Planning For Dummies
Wiley 2012; US$ 24.99How to create the world's new urban future With the majority of the world's population shifting to urban centres, urban planning—the practice of land-use and transportation planning to help shape cities structurally, economically, and socially—has become an increasingly vital profession. In Urban Planning For Dummies , readers will get... more...
Killing with Kindness
Rutgers University Press 2012; US$ 26.95Set in Haiti following the 2004 coup and enhanced by research carried out after the 2010 earthquake, Killing with Kindness analyzes the impact of official development aid on recipient non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their relationships with local communities. It offers rich enthnographic comparisons of two Haitian women?s NGOs working... more...
How to Help Your School Thrive Without Breaking the Bank
ASCD 2009; US$ 26.95Replicable strategies and practical tools to help education leaders develop a healthy school culture, improve student achievement and professional practice, and make the most of their time and resources. more...
Partner to the Poor
University of California Press 2010; US$ 60.00For nearly thirty years, anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has traveled to some of the most impoverished places on earth to bring comfort and the best possible medical care to the poorest of the poor. Driven by his stated intent to "make human rights substantial," Farmer has treated patients?and worked to address the root causes of their disease?in... more...
Organizational Behaviour
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 45.95Clear, concise, and written by experts currently lecturing in the field, Organizational Behaviour focuses exclusively on what you need to know for success in your business course and today's global economy. For a focused view of organizational behaviour, this is the book for you. The concise, accessible style makes this the perfect text for introductory... more...









