Concord Reads: Making a Difference

A Booklist for Adults

Albom, Mitch

The five people you meet in heaven
Caputo, Philip Acts of faith
Diamant, Anita The red tent
Evans, Richard Paul The sunflower
Godwin, Gail Unfinished desires : a novel
Hosseini, Khaled A thousand splendid suns
Hyde, Catherine Ryan Pay it forward : a novel
Mills, Kyle Lords of corruption
O'Brien, Tim The things they carried : a work of fiction
Ondaatje, Michael Anil's ghost
Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club
Wright, Jason F. Christmas jars

152.4 Germer  

Germer, Christopher K.

The mindful path to self-compassion: freeing yourself from destructive thoughts and emotions

153.6 Rosenberg

Rosenberg, Marshall B.

Nonviolent communication: a language of life

155.9042 Kabat-Zinn

Kabat-Zinn, Jon

Wherever you go, there you are: mindfulness meditation in everyday life

158.3 Luks

Luks, Allan

The healing power of doing good: the health and spiritual benefits of helping others

Lg PRINT 170.44 Rogers

Rogers, Fred

The world according to Mister Rogers: important things to remember

170.44 This

 

This I believe: the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women

170.44 This

 

This I believe II: more personal philosophies of remarkable men and women

 

Salwen, Kevin

The power of half: one family's decision to stop taking and start giving back

201.5 Idliby

Idliby, Ranya

The faith club: a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew-- three women search for understanding

271.97 Teresa

Mother Teresa  

A Simple Path

291 Illustrated  

Coogan, Michael D.

The illustrated guide to world religions

294.3444 Dalai Lama XIV/Vreeland

Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV

An open heart: practicing compassion in everyday life

297.09 Armstrong  

Armstrong, Karen  

Islam: a short history

297.72 Lewis

Lewis, Bernard

The Crisis of Islam

305.4209581 Benard

Benard, Cheryl

Veiled courage: inside the Afghan women's resistance

305.48697 Rodriguez  

Rodriguez, Deborah

Kabul Beauty School: an American woman goes behind the veil

305.488968 Kuzwayo

Kuzwayo, Ellen

Call me woman

BIOG 305.89675092

Kidder, Tracy

Strength in what remains

306.0973 Carter

Carter, Jimmy

Our endangered values: America's moral crisis

306.0973 Putnam

Putnam, Robert D.

Bowling alone: the collapse and revival of American community

307.14 Brown

Brown, Michael Jacoby

Building powerful community organizations: a personal guide to creating groups that can solve problems and change the world

307.1416 Goldsmith

Goldsmith-Hirsch, Suzanne

A City Year: on the streets and in the neighborhoods with twelve young community service volunteers

338.7664 Newman  

Newman, Paul

Shameless exploitation in pursuit of the common good

361.7 Clinton

Clinton, Bill

Giving: how each of us can change the world

362.1969792 Green

Greene, Melissa Fay

There is no me without you: one woman's odyssey to rescue Africa's children

363.7 Jones   Jones, Van The green-collar economy: how one solution can fix our two biggest problems

370.92 Bethune/Holt

Holt, Rackham

Mary McLeod Bethune; a biography

371.822 Mortenson

Mortenson, Greg

Stones into schools: promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan

371.967 Kozol

Kozol, Johnathan 

Savage inequalities: children in America's schools

373.52 Feiler Feiler, Bruce S. Learning to bow: an American teacher in a Japanese school

378.12092 Schwartz/Albom

Albom, Mitch

Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

394.12 Pollan Pollan, Michael The omnivore's dilemma: a natural history of four meals

610.6 Bortolotti

Bortolotti, Dan

Hope in hell: inside the world of Doctors Without Borders

BIOG 610.92 Kidder

Kidder, Tracy

Mountains beyond mountains

610.92 Orbinski

Orbinski, James

An imperfect offering: humanitarian action in the twenty-first century

636.0832 Flaim

Rescue Ink

Rescue Ink: how ten guys saved countless dogs and cats, twelve horses, five pigs, one duck, and a few turtles

636.8 Dosa  

Dosa, David

Making rounds with Oscar: a doctor and his journey with a very special cat

641.5975 Kingsolver Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, vegetable, miracle: a year of food life
648.5 Hunter Hunter, Linda Mason Green clean: the environmentally sound guide to cleaning your home

712.097471 Miller

Miller, Lynden B

Parks, plants, and people: beautifying the urban landscape

746.46 Kavaya

Kavaya, Karol

Community quilts: how to organize, design, & make a group quilt

BIOG 820.9 Nafisi   Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books
BIOG 949.2073092 Hirsi Ali Hirsi Ali, Ayaan Infidel
958.1 Seierstad Seierstad, Åsne The bookseller of Kabul

958.1044 Stewart

Stewart, Rory

The places in between

BIOG 966.404 Beah Beah, Ishmael A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier

BIOG 967.571043 Rusesabagina

Rusesabagina, Paul

An ordinary man: an autobiography

968.065 Tutu  

Tutu, Desmond M.

No future without forgiveness

973.931 Friedman Friedman, Thomas L. Longitudes and attitudes: exploring the world after September 11