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1	Mountains Beyond Mountains more books like this by Tracy Kidder add to wishlist Dr. Paul Farmer of Massachusetts began working in Haiti in 1982, providing health care for peasants who can't afford doctors to treat the diseases that are rampant there, including TB. In 1993 Farmer was given a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," which he has used to further his work in Haiti. Tracy Kidder followed Farmer on his rounds and on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor more books like this by Paul Farmer, Professor Amartya K Sen (Foreword by) add to wishlist Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist with twenty years of experience working in Haiti, Peru, and Russia, argues that promoting the social and economic rights of the world's poor is the most important human rights struggle of our time. In Pathologies of Power Farmer uses harrowing stories of life - and death - in extreme situations to link ... see all copies from $8.21! new only from $13.55! \| SVS
3	Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia more books like this by Jean Sasson add to wishlist This is the true story of a woman born to unbelievable wealth, who had the courage to challenge the traditions and religious laws that make the life of women in Saudi Arabia a barren, hopeless wasteland. Princess Sultana, who cannot reveal her real name for fear of death, has told her story to the bestselling author of The Rape of Kuwait. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law more books like this by Nonie Darwish add to wishlist 'Cruel and Usual' is a wake up call to the Western world. Nonie Darwish presents an insider's look at Sharia and examines how radical Muslim laws are destroying the Western world from within. Living under Sharia law for the first thirty years of her life,a virtual slave to Islamic law, Darwish never questioned or challenged her rights - she didn't ... see all copies from $11.33! new only from $11.33! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Inventing Human Rights: A History more books like this by Professor Lynn Hunt add to wishlist Human rights is a concept that only came to the forefront during the eighteenth century. When the American Declaration of Independence declared "all men are created equal" and the French proclaimed the Declaration of the Rights of Man, they were bringing a new guarantee into the world. Professor Lynn Hunt questions why it happened then and how ... see all copies from $5.68! new only from $7.71! \| SVS
6	Anarchy State & Utopia more books like this by Robert Nozick add to wishlist Written in 1974 as a response to John Rawls THEORY OF JUSTICE, Nozick's exploration of social and political freedoms champions individual rights and reveals a libertarian bent. see all copies from $6.78! new only from $16.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	A Changed Man more books like this by Francine Prose add to wishlist Intrigued by the idea of what happens to radically tattooed skinheads when they get older, Francine Prose created the character of neo-Nazi Vincent Nolan, age 32, who "repents," goes to work for a foundation, and finds himself becoming famous as a do-gooder who wants to "keep guys like me from becoming guys like me." Not only Vincent, but the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice more books like this by Jack Donnelly add to wishlist see all copies from $8.50! new only from $16.75! \| SVS
9	Life's Dominion: An Argument about Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom more books like this by Ronald D Dworkin, R M Dworkin add to wishlist From a world-renowned philosopher and lawyer, a brilliantly original and powerfully persuasive new argument about abortion and euthanasia. While raising fundamental questions about the nature of our Constitution, Dworkin's work is sure to transform the way in which we understand two of the most complex issues of our time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era more books like this by Micheline R Ishay add to wishlist Micheline Ishay recounts the dramatic struggle for human rights across the ages in a book that brilliantly synthesizes historical and intellectual developments from the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi to today's era of globalization. As she chronicles the clash of social movements, ideas, and armies that have played a part in this struggle, Ishay ... see all copies from $5.27! new only from $27.50! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Anil's Ghost more books like this by Michael Ondaatje add to wishlist Michael Ondaatje explores the aftermath of the civil war in Sri Lanka, his homeland, in this story of an anthropologist living in America. She returns to Sri Lanka to investigate a suspected mass murder, and becomes part of a team that unearths the bodies of the "disappeared." A large cast of characters shares the narrative, including a doctor ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals: Text and Materials more books like this by Henry Steiner, Philip Alston add to wishlist The third edition of International Human Rights in Context continues to bring sophisticated and thought-provoking analysis to the study of human rights within its wider social and cultural context. This widely acclaimed interdisciplinary coursebook presents a diverse range of carefully edited primary and secondary materials alongside extensive ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $65.13!
13 view cover	The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need It More Than Ever more books like this by Cass R Sunstein add to wishlist The Second Bill of Rights brings back from obscurity the greatest speech of the greatest president of the twentieth century, to issue a stirring call for much-needed rights that were never enacted. In 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a State of the Union Address that was arguably the greatest political speech of the twentieth century. The ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $5.49! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Human Rights in International Relations more books like this by Professor David P Forsythe add to wishlist This new edition of David Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in international politics in an age of terrorism. The book focuses on four central themes: the resilience of human rights norms, the importance of 'soft' law, the key role of non-governmental organizations, and the changing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry more books like this by Michael Ignatieff, Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor David A Hollinger add to wishlist These essays by Ignatieff address difficult questions about the human rights movement's motives, assumptions, record, and rhetoric. Four scholars--K. Anthony Appiah, David A. Hollinger, Thomas W. Laqueur, and Diane F. Orentlicher--comment and Ignatieff responds. see all copies from $4.77! new only from $9.47! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History more books like this by Norman Finkelstein add to wishlist In this long-awaited sequel to Norman Finkelstein's bestselling "The Holocaust Industry" - Finkelstein lays into the human rights record of Israel and attacks Alan Dershowitz for poor scholarship. In "Beyond Chutzpah", Norman Finkelstein moves from an iconoclastic interrogation of the new anti-Semitism to a meticulously researched expose of the ... see all copies from $5.16! new only from $13.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Philosophy of Human Rights more books like this by Patrick Hayden add to wishlist Editor Patrick Hayden brings together an extensive collection of classical and contemporary writings on the topic of human rights, providing an exceptionally comprehensive introduction to the subject. It places special emphasis on the historical development of theories of human rights from both a Western and non-Western perspective. Sources ... see all copies from $8.87! new only from $22.95! \| SVS
18 view cover	Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life more books like this by Giorgio Agamben, Professor Daniel Heller-Roazen (Translator) add to wishlist The work of Giorgio Agamben, one of Italy's most important and original philosophers, has been based on an uncommon erudition in classical traditions of philosophy and rhetoric, the grammarians of late antiquity, Christian theology, and modern philosophy. Recently, Agamben has begun to direct his thinking to the constitution of the social and to ... see all copies from $9.66! new only from $16.23! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Marketing of Rebellion: Insurgents, Media, and International Activism more books like this by Clifford Bob, Douglas McAdam (Editor), Sidney Farrow (Editor) add to wishlist How do a few Third World political movements become global causes celebres, while most remain isolated? This book rejects dominant views that needy groups readily gain help from selfless nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Instead, they face a Darwinian struggle for scarce resources where support goes to the savviest, not the neediest. Examining ... see all copies from $11.25! new only from $11.25! \| SVS
20 view cover	Darfur and the Crime of Genocide more books like this by John Hagan, Wenona Rymond-Richmond add to wishlist In 2004, the State Department gathered more than a thousand interviews from refugees in Chad that verified Colin Powell's U.N. and congressional testimonies about the Darfur genocide. The survey cost nearly a million dollars to conduct and yet it languished in the archives as the killing continued, claiming hundreds of thousands of murder and rape ... see all copies from $10.59! new only from $10.59! \| SVS
21 view cover	Every Human Has Rights: A Photographic Declaration for Kids more books like this by Mary Robinson (Foreword by) add to wishlist In 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt let a committee that set down for the first time the rights that every human in every country should be entitled to simply by virtue of their humanity. The book has been translated into 335 languages, and it is high time that children had a beautiful, evocative version to encourage them to see themselves as people with ... see all copies from $3.94! new only from $10.75! \| SVS
22 view cover	Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope more books like this by Professor Jimmy Carter add to wishlist President Jimmy Carter has had one of the most admired and productive post-presidencies in our nation's history. In "Beyond the White House," he recounts how and why he spent the last 25 years in the service of humanity, and in the process won a Nobel Peace Prize. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights more books like this by Mary Ann Glendon add to wishlist This history of the writing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights focuses on the important role played by Eleanor Roosevelt and other international thinkers in shaping this innovative document. The author provides behind-the-scenes information based on diaries and other primary sources and explains the pre-Cold War political context and ... see all copies from $5.98! new only from $6.27! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Race Against Time more books like this by Stephen Lewis add to wishlist In 2000, the United Nations laid out a series of eight goals meant to guide humankind in the new century. Called the Millennium Development Goals, these targets are to be met by 2015 and are to lay the foundation for a prosperous future. In "Race Against Time, Stephen Lewis advances real solutions to help societies across the globe achieve the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
25 view cover	Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by Andrew Clapham add to wishlist Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. An appeal to human rights in the face of injustice can be a heartfelt and morally justified demand for some, while for others it remains merely an empty slogan. Taking an international perspective and focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary ... see all copies from $6.60! new only from $6.60! \| SVS

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