Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The kid's guide to service projects The kid's guide to service projects Barbara A. Lewis Describes a variety of opportunities for youngsters to participate in successful community service. OL102118W
A life inspired A life inspired 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… OL15144921W
Africa remembered Africa remembered 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… OL16120238W
Back to Pakistan Back to Pakistan 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… OL16151860W
Little moments big magic Little moments big magic Beth Barrett,Alan Annis,Denice Riffey To commemorate the 100th birthday of Big Brothers Big Sisters, here are 100 touching, inspirational, even surprising and funny stories from a century of mentoring. This one-of-a-kind treasury is an i… OL18461609W
American Taboo American Taboo 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… OL2973463W
The Kindness of Strangers The Kindness of Strangers Marc Freedman The Kindness of Strangers tells the story of a group of concerned adults who mentor inner-city youth. It describes what volunteers can do to ameliorate the conditions of young people living in povert… OL3901654W
Stand by Me Stand by Me Jean E. Rhodes,Jean E RHODES A child at loose ends needs help, and someone steps in--a Big Brother, a Big Sister, a mentor from the growing ranks of volunteers offering their time and guidance to more than two million American a… OL4983238W
Community projects Community projects Cameron Yerian Suggests a number of ways youngsters can help their community, such as baby sitting for voters, cleaning up vacant lots, or publishing a list of comparative grocery store prices. OL6610577W