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Fellows would like to share the following information
on books, websites, etc. that they think are worthy of your attention.
TED Ideas Worth Spreading - Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world www.ted.com available in several languages.
From Bill Moyers' JOURNAL profiles Leymah Gbowee, a woman who led her fellow countrywomen to fight for and win peace in war-torn Liberia, and Abigail Disney, who produced the documentary of their struggle and triumph in the award-winning film PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/06192009/watch2.html
SVHE MORNING GROUPS 2009
Historical Fiction, convener Mary Papke
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson.
Haymarket by Martin Duberman.
Native Son by Richard Wright.
Follow-up suggestions:
The Hottest Water in Chicago, Notes of a Native Daughter On Family, Race, Time, and American Culture. by Gayle Pemberton
Anticipating our gathering at Portland State Univeristy in Oregon:
Stories That Shape Us: Contemporary Women Write About the West edited byTeresa Jordan and James Hepworth, 1995.
The Idea of a University by John Henry Newman.
Democracy of Education by John Dewey.
Homo Academicus by Pierre Bourdieu.