Ginzburg, Eugenia Semyonovna. Journey into the Whirlwind

Both witness to and victim of Stalin's reign of terror, a courageous woman tells the story of her harrowing eighteen-year odyssey through Russia's prisons and labour camps. Buy

Labels: Biography, Inspirational, Russia

Gorkin, Michael, Marta Pineda and Gloria Leal. From Grandmother to Granddaughter: Salvadoran Women's Stories

Gorkin, an American psychologist, teamed with two Salvadoran women psychologists to explore the life histories of three generations of women in El Salvador. Their recollections of childhood, courtship, marriage, and child rearing are conveyed against the backdrop of the social upheaval of El Salvador's 12-year civil war that ended in 1992. Buy

Labels: El Salvador, History, Inspirational, Women

Halperin, Helena. I Laugh So I Won't Cry: Kenya's Women Tell the Story of Their Lives

Kenya's women tell their stories of love, struggle, happiness, and tragedy in their own words. Topical chapters feature the voices of a large range of women talking about the subjects closest to their hearts. Chapters cover marriage, childrearing, work and getting by when there is no work, women's self-help groups, genital cutting, ethnic tensions, and the new government that has promised huge reforms. Buy

Labels: Biography, Inspirational, Kenya, Women

Murphy, Allyson and Emily Verellen. LightBox: Expressions of Hope from Young Women in the Kibera Slum of Nairobi

LightBox is comprised entirely of photographs taken by Binti Pamoja's members and essays they have written to accompany those photos. All of the pictures were taken with disposable or simple point-and-shoot cameras during the period of 2002-2004. Their expressions offer a candid look at the lives of young women in poverty. Their photography and essays display a powerful message: one of struggle, perseverance and hope. Buy

Labels: Children, Inspirational, Kenya, Pictorial, Women

Rusesabagina, Paul and Tom Zoellner. An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography

No ordinary man could recount his life in Rwanda with such eloquence and style as Paul Rusesabagina. Mixing fascinating details of the culture and geography of his country, he lays a background for understanding the genocidal massacres that brought his land to inhumane ruins in 1994. Buy

Labels: Biography, Inspirational, Rwanda

Bergman, Carol (Ed). Foreword by John Le Carre. Another Day in Paradise: International Humanitarian Workers Tell their Stories

These personal essays of aid workers compiled by Bergman are profiles of ordinary people doing the extraordinary. Each essay reveals a unique writing style and personality. The one common thread that they share is a strong willingness to serve humanity; hence, they're humanitarians. Buy

Labels: Inspirational, Politics

Benjamin, Medea. Don’t Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart: The Story of Elvia Alvarado

Elvia Alvarado tells the story of her life and the life of the people of Honduras. Read it and understand the struggle against tyranny of the poor. Read it and act. Buy

Labels: Biography, Honduras, Inspirational, Women

Simkins, Joan. Ceaucescu's Children - The Amazing Story of One Woman's Mission to Romanian Orphans

"Joan exposes the reason for the thousands of institutionalised children-Ceaucescu and his selfish, dehumanising ways. She shows that these children are beautiful and require one thing above all else...love of God and of us who have it in our ability to help". Amazon review. Buy

Labels: Children, Inspirational, Romania, Women

Beazely, Jan. The Strength of Mercy: Making a Difference in the World One Child at a Time

Jan Beazely is co-founder of All God's Children International, a licensed, non-profit Christian adoption and relief ministry. The agency was founded in 1991, after the Beazely family adopted a child from Romania, and then began to assist other families by facilitating the adoption of orphaned and abandoned children. Buy

Labels: Children, Inspirational, Romania

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