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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
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