What began as an ode to the American farmer has evolved into an anthem to an iconic American way of life. Inspiring and moving, the book follows the themes of the heart-warming essay by legendary radio commentator Paul Harvey, So God Made a Farmer. Based on the ad watched by millions during The Big [...]

Tracy Kidder's critically acclaimed adult nonfiction work, Mountains Beyond Mountains has been adapted for young people by Michael French. In this young adult edition, readers are introduced to Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard-educated doctor with a self-proclaimed mission to transform healthcare on a glo[...]

Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, even more than those of [...]

Does the scientific "theory" that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence? Award-winning author and anthropologist-physician Paul Farmer answers with this, the first full-length ethnographic s[...]

"To delve into these pages is to join one of the world s great explorers on an epic life journey--to grapple with culture, poverty, disease, health care, ethics, and ultimately our common humanity in the Age of AIDS. Paul Farmer is a pioneer, guide, and inspiration at a time of unprecedented contras[...]

Suitable for graduates, students, and those seeking to help bend the arc of history toward justice, this title challenges readers to counter failures of imagination that keep billions of people without access to health care, safe drinking water, decent schools, and other basic human rights.[...]

How to create the world's new urban futureWith the majority of the world's population shifting to urban centres, urban planning--the practice of land-use and transportation planning to help shape cities structurally, economically, and socially--has become an increasingly vital profession. In "Urban [...]

"Paul Farmer, doctor and aid worker, offers an inspiring insider's view of the relief effort."--Financial Times "The book's greatest strength lies in its depiction of the post-quake chaos...In the book's more analytical sections the author's diagnosis of the difficulties of reconstruction is sharp."[...]