The Resource Mountains beyond mountains, Tracy Kidder
Mountains beyond mountains, Tracy Kidder
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- Contributor
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- Summary
- Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the "master of the non-fiction narrative." This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who is in love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it. At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on a boat, and in medical school found his life's calling: to diagnose and cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. This magnificent book shows how radical change can be fostered in situations that seem insurmountable, and it also shows how a meaningful life can be created, as Farmer--brilliant, charismatic, charming, both a leader in international health and a doctor who finds time to make house calls in Boston and the mountains of Haiti--blasts through convention to get results. Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes minds and practices through his dedication to the philosophy that "the only real nation is humanity" - a philosophy that is embodied in the small public charity he founded, Partners In Health. He enlists the help of the Gates Foundation, George Soros, the U.N.'s World Health Organization, and others in his quest to cure the world. At the heart of this book is the example of a life based on hope, and on an understanding of the truth of the Haitian proverb "Beyond mountains there are mountains": as you solve one problem, another problem presents itself, and so you go on and try to solve that one too. "Mountains Beyond Mountains unfolds with the force of a gathering revelation," says Annie Dillard, and Jonathan Harr says, "[Farmer] wants to change the world. Certainly this luminous and powerful book will change the way you see it." From the Hardcover edition
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Random House trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Note
- Includes "A reader's guide."
- Contents
-
- Doktè Paul
- The tin roofs of Cange
- Médicos aventureros
- A light month for travel
- O for the P
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Bibliography
- Reader's Guide
- Isbn
- 9780606313476
- Label
- Mountains beyond mountains
- Title
- Mountains beyond mountains
- Statement of responsibility
- Tracy Kidder
- Contributor
- u5Wkqzvu8vI
- Subject
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- Missionaries, Medical -- Biography
- trueHaiti
- Human rights
- trueHuman rights
- Large type books
- trueMedical care
- trueMedical missionaries
- truePhysicians
- Physicians -- Biography
- Poor -- Medical care
- truePoor people -- Medical care
- truePoverty -- Haiti
- truePublic health
- Right to health
- trueRight to medical care
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Doctors and Nurses
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBiographies
- trueBiographies -- Science and medicine | Medicine
- Farmer, Paul, 1959-
- trueFarmer, Paul, 1959-
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the "master of the non-fiction narrative." This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who is in love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it. At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on a boat, and in medical school found his life's calling: to diagnose and cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. This magnificent book shows how radical change can be fostered in situations that seem insurmountable, and it also shows how a meaningful life can be created, as Farmer--brilliant, charismatic, charming, both a leader in international health and a doctor who finds time to make house calls in Boston and the mountains of Haiti--blasts through convention to get results. Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes minds and practices through his dedication to the philosophy that "the only real nation is humanity" - a philosophy that is embodied in the small public charity he founded, Partners In Health. He enlists the help of the Gates Foundation, George Soros, the U.N.'s World Health Organization, and others in his quest to cure the world. At the heart of this book is the example of a life based on hope, and on an understanding of the truth of the Haitian proverb "Beyond mountains there are mountains": as you solve one problem, another problem presents itself, and so you go on and try to solve that one too. "Mountains Beyond Mountains unfolds with the force of a gathering revelation," says Annie Dillard, and Jonathan Harr says, "[Farmer] wants to change the world. Certainly this luminous and powerful book will change the way you see it." From the Hardcover edition
- Summary
- Traces the efforts of Dr. Paul Farmer to transform healthcare on a global scale, documenting his visits to some of the world's most impoverished regions and the unconventional methods that enabled him to improve and save lives
- Biography type
- individual biography
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- 10174334
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- OKJ
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- Kidder, Tracy
- Dewey number
-
- 610.92
- 610/.92
- B
- Illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 1080
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- R154.F36
- LC item number
- K53 2004
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 1120
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 7
- 10
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- French, Michael
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- Farmer, Paul
- Physicians
- Missionaries, Medical
- Poor
- Right to health
- Human rights
- Target audience
- general
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- the quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a man who would cure the world
- Label
- Mountains beyond mountains, Tracy Kidder
- Note
- Includes "A reader's guide."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-317)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Doktè Paul -- The tin roofs of Cange -- Médicos aventureros -- A light month for travel -- O for the P -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Bibliography -- Reader's Guide
- Control code
- 19248215
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- Random House trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780606313476
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- portrait
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm60527236
- (Sirsi) o60527236
- (OCoLC)60527236
- Label
- Mountains beyond mountains, Tracy Kidder
- Note
- Includes "A reader's guide."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-317)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Doktè Paul -- The tin roofs of Cange -- Médicos aventureros -- A light month for travel -- O for the P -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Bibliography -- Reader's Guide
- Control code
- 19248215
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- Random House trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780606313476
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- portrait
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm60527236
- (Sirsi) o60527236
- (OCoLC)60527236
Subject
- Missionaries, Medical -- Biography
- trueHaiti
- Human rights
- trueHuman rights
- Large type books
- trueMedical care
- trueMedical missionaries
- truePhysicians
- Physicians -- Biography
- Poor -- Medical care
- truePoor people -- Medical care
- truePoverty -- Haiti
- truePublic health
- Right to health
- trueRight to medical care
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Doctors and Nurses
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBiographies
- trueBiographies -- Science and medicine | Medicine
- Farmer, Paul, 1959-
- trueFarmer, Paul, 1959-
Genre
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- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2004
- trueCentral and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean : Nonfiction for Grades 6-8
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