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(0)David Burnett
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Chronicles Obama's improbable journey from Springfield, Illinois to the White House, featuring newspaper front pages from across America and around the world. Also includes verbatim text of five historic speeches from the campaign, victory rally, and inauguration.
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Language
English
Description
This book offers an intimate and personal look at what China's poverty alleviation has meant for individuals. The dramatic progress in reducing poverty in China over the past three decades is well known. According to the World Bank, more than 500 million people were lifted out of extreme poverty as China's poverty rate fell from 88 percent in 1981 to 6.5 percent in 2012. Behind this statistic are the millions of families in rural China who have moved...
5) Newburgh
Publisher
Photographers for Hope
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"The team of photographers from as far away as Hong Kong, Geneva and India, are part of a photograhers' collective called "Photographers for Hope" whose mission is to use the power of images to support positive social change. They have previously worked together in the slums of Brazil, the streets of Bangladesh and forest in Indonesia, and chose Newburgh [N.Y.] this time because they wanted to turn their lens on a historic city that is rebuilding...