Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy books

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World Volunteers: The World Guide to Humanitarian and Development Volunteering

World Volunteers: The World Guide to Humanitarian and...

Author: Fabio Ausender ,  Erin McCloskey
ISBN: 9788889060131
Format: Paperback
$44.75

World Volunteers is the world guide for opportunities for voluntary work in the developing world for people who...  Read More >>

Ribbon Culture: Charity, Compassion and Public Awareness

Ribbon Culture: Charity, Compassion and Public Awareness...

Author: Sarah E.H. Moore
ISBN: 9780230549210
Format: Hardback
$224.40

This book explores the history, meaning, and sociological implications of awareness campaigns, seeing them as personal...  Read More >>

Philanthropists and Foundation Globalization

Philanthropists and Foundation Globalization

Author: Joseph Kiger
ISBN: 9781412806732
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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Giving Well, Doing Good: Readings for Thoughtful Philanthropists

Giving Well, Doing Good: Readings for Thoughtful Philanthropists...

Author: Amy A. Kass
ISBN: 9780253219558
Format: Paperback
$47.95

Explores the enterprise of philanthropy - its assumptions, aspirations, and achievements. This work brings together...  Read More >>

Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic

Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic

Author: Suzanne Rhodes
ISBN: 9780738552965
Format: Paperback
$52.77

In 1972, two pilots--one a federal career engineer, the other the pastor of a prominent church in Washington, D.C.--discovered...  Read More >>

Three Cups Of Tea

Three Cups Of Tea

Author: Greg Mortenson
ISBN: 9780141034263
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Written by a mountaineer who in 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, drifted cold and dehydrated,...  Read More >>

365 Ways to Change the World

365 Ways to Change the World

Author: Michael Norton
ISBN: 9780954930967
Format: Paperback
$39.67

Great to give as well as to keep, this ultimate idea-a-day handbook can help anyone make a difference through do-able...  Read More >>

Understanding Islamic Charities

Understanding Islamic Charities

Author: Jon B. Alterman ,  Karin von Hippel
ISBN: 9780892065134
Format: Paperback
$77.95

Philanthropy is a vital lens through which to examine the dynamics of the Muslim world. Islamic charities harness...  Read More >>

Give Smart: How to Make a Dramatic Difference with Your Donation Dollar

Give Smart: How to Make a Dramatic Difference with Your...

Author: Elaine Kelly
ISBN: 9786611942946
Format: Electronic book text
$63.10

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Helen Clay Frick: Bittersweet Heiress

Helen Clay Frick: Bittersweet Heiress

Author: Martha Frick Symington Sanger
ISBN: 9780822943419
Format: Hardback
$105.60

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Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism -- America's Charity Divide--Who Gives, Who Doesn't, and Why It Matters

Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate...

Author: Arthur Brooks ,  James Q. Wilson
ISBN: 9780465008230
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Surprising proof that conservatives really are more compassionate--and more generous--than liberals  Read More >>

Welfare and Charity in the Antebellum South

Welfare and Charity in the Antebellum South

Author: Timothy James Lockley ,  John David Smith
ISBN: 9780813031736
Format: Hardback
$158.27

Public welfare in the United States has existed in one form or another since the colonial period. In the nineteenth...  Read More >>

Flora Stone Mather: Daughter of Cleveland's Euclid Avenue and Ohio's Western Reserve

Flora Stone Mather: Daughter of Cleveland's Euclid Avenue...

Author: Gladys Haddad
ISBN: 9780873388993
Format: Hardback
$59.40

Flora Amelia Stone, born in 1852, was at the center of many charities and organizations that addressed the physical,...  Read More >>

Volunteers: A Social Profile

Volunteers: A Social Profile

Author: Marc A. Musick ,  John Wilson
ISBN: 9780253349293
Format: Hardback
$71.99

Who tends to volunteer and why? What causes attract certain types of volunteers? What motivates people to volunteer?...  Read More >>

Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World

Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People...

Author: Darius Graham
ISBN: 9781419673405
Format: Paperback
$29.01

In Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World, author...  Read More >>

Creating a World Without Poverty: How Social Business Can Transform Our Lives

Creating a World Without Poverty: How Social Business...

Author: Muhammad Yunus ,  Patrick Girard Lawlor
ISBN: 9781433241789
Format: Downloadable audio file
$131.87

Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, his special program for microlending to the poor, were winners of the 2006 Nobel...  Read More >>

Bridge Over Troubled Water: An Insight Into the English-Speaking Union and Its World-Wide Influence

Bridge Over Troubled Water: An Insight Into the English-Speaking...

Author: Michael Wynne-Parker
ISBN: 9781594050978
Format: Undefined
$52.67

At times a memoire, at others a historical perspective, Bridge Over Troubled Water chronicles the history of the...  Read More >>

Journeys of Discovery in Volunteer Tourism: International Case Study Perspectives

Journeys of Discovery in Volunteer Tourism: International...

Author: K D Lyons ,  S Wearing (University of Technology, Sydney University of Technology Sy, Australia University of Technology, Sydney University of Technology Sy, Australia)
ISBN: 9781281244406
Format: Electronic book text
$275.62

The fast-growing phenomenon of volunteer tourism encompasses a diverse range of activities, from conserving environments...  Read More >>

People to People Fundraising

People to People Fundraising

Author: Theodore R Hart ,  James M Greenfield
ISBN: 9781281221803
Format: Electronic book text
$92.27

Cutting-edge strategies, data, and techniques from the world's foremost ePhilanthropy experts.Giving donors the...  Read More >>

Ribbon Culture: Charity, Compassion and Public Awareness

Ribbon Culture: Charity, Compassion and Public Awareness...

Author: Dr Sarah E H Moore, Dr
ISBN: 9781281914637
Format: Electronic book text
$264.00

This book explores the history, meaning, and sociological implications of awareness campaigns, seeing them as personal...  Read More >>

Nongovernmental Organizations in International Society: Struggles Over Recognition

Nongovernmental Organizations in International Society:...

Author: Volker Heins (Institute for Social Research, Johan Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany and Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)
ISBN: 9781281976680
Format: Electronic book text
$264.00

Based on a wealth of original information and research, this book offers both a critical introduction to NGOs and...  Read More >>

End of Charity, The: Time for Social Enterprise

End of Charity, The: Time for Social Enterprise

Author: Nic Frances ,  Maryrose Cuskelly
ISBN: 9781283907453
Format: Electronic book text
$77.62

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Social Cause Diet, The: Filling Up with Satisfying Acts of Service

Social Cause Diet, The: Filling Up with Satisfying Acts...

Author: Gail Perry Johnston
ISBN: 9781306036214
Format: Electronic book text
$26.37

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Creating a World Without Poverty: How Social Business Can Transform Our Lives

Creating a World Without Poverty: How Social Business...

Author: Muhammad Yunus ,  Karl Weber
ISBN: 9781433208355
Format: Audio
$79.07

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus outlines his vision for social business-a new business model that combines...  Read More >>

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