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First come love, then comes malaria
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Eve Brown-Waite |
In this laugh-out-loud funny memoir, a pampered city girl falls head over little-black-heels in love with a Peace Corps poster boy and follows him--literally--to the ends of the earth. Eve Brown alwa… |
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The times of my life
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Brent K. Ashabranner |
The prolific author describes how his interest in writing developed as he was growing up in the Oklahoma of the Depression and chronicles his years after World War II as a government worker in Africa… |
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A life inspired
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Peace Corps (U.S.) |
Twenty-eight first-person stories, recount the unique experience of being a Peace Corps Volunteer. Compelling, inspiring, sometimes funny, often poignant, these stories represent the breadth of Peace… |
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So, you want to join the Peace Corps
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Dillon Banerjee |
Dillon Banerjee spent two years as a Peace Corp volunteer in Cameroon and offers an insider's perspective on the organization, the work, the joys, the trials, and the tribulations. "So, You Want to J… |
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Africa remembered
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Steve Clapp |
As a Peace Corps volunteer in the early 1960s, Steve Clapp brought his skills as a reporter and photographer to Nigeria, where he taught English in a secondary boarding school for boys in Yola, the r… |
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South of the frontera
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Lawrence F. Lihosit |
A humorous, fast paced Peace Corps memoir describing Mexico and Central America between 1975 and 1977. Craig Carrozzi, author of The Road to El Dorado called it “A classic.” 2011 recipient of Commend… |
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Back to Pakistan
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Leslie Noyes Mass |
"Fifty years after living in a remote Pakistan village as a Peace Corps volunteer, Leslie Noyes Mass returns to discover a much-changed Pakistan-and a village that still remembers her. She deftly int… |
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Peace Corps
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Teresa Wimmer |
"An in-depth look at the people and policies behind the government agency known as the Peace Corps, from its founding in 1961 to the controversies and challenges it faces today"-- |
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The Peace Corps
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Anastasia Suen |
Provides information about the Peace Corps, discussing how and why it originated, and looking at the type of work that is done by Peace Corps volunteers in countries around the world. |
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Photos for Fragments of the Corps
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Greven, John (Social worker) |
A book of photographs taken by John Greven during his Peace Corps service in Colombia, 1964-1968, meant to accompany his book Fragments of the Corps. |
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American Taboo
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Philip Weiss,Philip Weiss |
In 1975, a new group of Peace Corps volunteers landed on the island nation of Tonga. Among them was Deborah Gardner — a beautiful twenty-three-year-old who, in the following year, would be stabbed tw… |
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The story of the Peace Corps
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Zachary Kent |
Examines the history of the American volunteer service whose young members dedicated their talents and skills to helping needy people throughout the Third World. |
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The hero's sin
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Darlene Gardner |
Murderer. That's what they call him. That's what he calls himself. It's nine years since Michael Donahue set foot in his Pennsylvania hometown, but they're all still pointing fingers. Even after he r… |
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Serving in the Peace Corps
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Carli Laklan |
The true experiences of three girls, one black and two white, whose Peace Corps assignments took them to Malawi, Nigeria, and the Philippines. |
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Power lines
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Jason Carter |
"Power lines pass over the town of Lochiel, South Africa. When Jason Carter arrived, the power lines of First-World South Africa ran directly through the village in the former black homeland...but th… |
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Away from home
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Lillian Carter |
A collection of correspondence written by Lillian Carter, during her two-yearstay in India as a Peace Corps volunteer, to her daughter Gloria. |
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The Peace Corps
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Pauline Madow |
History, functions, and achievements of the Corps as reported by government officials and observers of world affairs. |
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The barrios of Manta
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Rhoda (Smith) Brooks |
A mature young midwestern couple describe their training, experiences, and afterthoughts of two years of community development and teaching for the Peace Corps in a coastal fishing town of Ecuador. |
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