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17 Smart Books You Must Read This Summer

Lisa Bloom | Posted 09.13.2011

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Lisa Bloom

How do you find great books to read? Here's a reading list of books that will stir you, provoke you, keep you up at night and make you late for work, and get your grey matter sizzling.

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The Value of You

Robyn N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011

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I think everyone, both men and women, struggle with understanding and appreciating the value of themselves when it comes to their careers or their rel...

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International Women's Day: 11 Women Who Are Changing The World (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Today is International Women's Day. March 8 is set aside to commemorate the achievements of women in politics, science and social change. At HuffPost...

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Half The Sky And Fighting Gender Violence

The New York Review of Books | Sue M. Halpern | Posted 05.25.2011

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Breaking a Conspiracy of Silence Sue Halpern The New York Review of Books Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by N...

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The Most Important Book of the Year

William Petrocelli | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Petrocelli

Half the Sky makes the case that the plight of women is getting worse in much of the world and will continue on its downward slide unless we do something about it.

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Mercy Corps, Nicholas Kristof Encourage Book Clubs To Fundraise And Get Active

Posted 05.25.2011

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Nicholas Kristof and his wife and co-author Sheryl WuDunn take on the cause of female inequality in their new book Half The Sky. They argue that signi...

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HuffPost Review: Half the Sky

Bill Gates, Sr. | Posted 09.27.2011

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Bill Gates, Sr.

What Nick Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn have done is lay out a case for why empowering women in the developing world is both morally right and strategically imperative.

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