Meet Pam Boiros from Prison Book Program. She joined us to help man the booth at the Lilith tour stop in Boston and took some time out to sit with Abbey to explain what Prison Book Program does and how we work together.
NY Times Bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey and I are kindred spirits. While I am not a NY Times Bestselling author, we both started out in IT and ended up in books and we both had stops along the way that included acting and stand-up comedy. A couple of years ago I actually interviewed Eric on the phone for the radio show I was doing at the time, but this was the first time I was going to meet Eric in person, so I was pretty excited to meet him.
And I was not the only one. Eric had some adoring fans in our office who were happy to get to meet him too (and unhappy with me – because I gave them no advance warning so they didn’t have their books with them to get an autograph!)
From Left: Kimeke Armstrong, Eric Jerome Dickey and Curtis Hoosier
While on tour this summer with Lilith – everyone got to know everyone quite well. We spent many days in our [i4c] Campaign tent with Pema Teeter from Alter-Eco Fair Trade and Organic Foods. Pema had the amazing opportunity to sit down and chat with Lilith founder Sarah McLachlan about life and music and giving back. Enjoy!
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Stay tuned for the rest of the interview… coming soon!
Here at Better World Books we’re celebrating Women’s Equality Day 2010 and the 90th anniversary of 19th amendment which gave women in the US the right to vote. Enjoy this list of books by and about powerful women. You may love ‘em, you may hate ‘em – but either way, you’ve got to admit they’ve each changed the political landscape in their own way!
Notes from the Cracked Ceiling by Anne E. Kornblut
Pearls, Politics and Power by Madeleine Kunin
Bella Azbug by Suzanne Braun Levine
A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Carl Bernstein
Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box by Madeleine Albright
Condi: The Life of a Steel Magnolia by Mary Beth Brown
Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin
Meet Luanne Zurlo, president of Worldfund one of our premier literacy partners. Our Lilith tour guru Abbey Frick sat down for a chat with Luanne at the Boston show to talk about how Worldfund got started and what it’s all about.
Not sure who the first day of school is harder for… Mom or the little ones, but if your little one has the “school is scaries” here’s a list of books to help them board the big yellow bus:
When was the last time you read a classic? If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a list of classics you’ve been meaning to read. Maybe you read the Cliff Notes in high school or skimmed Proust in college or maybe you’ve just been meaning to get around to WAR AND PEACE one of these days.
I’ve got a list longer than my arm of books I plan to read… yet somehow I can’t quite get to the classics. Alas, as it turns out, I have plenty of time in the car. So I finally decided to tackle a classic audio style – and I’m glad I did! At the moment I’m about 1/5th of the way through Ayn Rand’s ATLAS SHRUGGED and I’m totally into it. Kind of don’t want to get out of the car when I get to my destination.
If the idea of listening doesn’t seem as pure to as reading, well, I totally understand that… but if you weren’t going to get around to it for another 10 years anyway, audio is a great alternative.
Here are a couple you may not have realized you could get your hands on: Read more…
Books Help Change Lives in Somaliland
About a year ago our co-founder Xavier Helgesen was reading the New York Times as he often does and came across a story by reporter Nicholas Kristof that he could not ignore. It was a pretty powerful piece about the severe lack of maternal and child health care in many parts of the world and one woman who was working to change that in the breakaway Somaliland region of Somalia in East Africa.
Her name is Edna Adan Ismail and she is an incredible woman who chose not to retire but instead to work tirelessly to save and improve the lives of women and children. After a successful career working for the World Health Organization, Ms. Edna used her pension and sold her Mercedes to build the The Edna Adan Maternity and Teaching Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland where she works every day doing everything from delivering babies to teaching to rounding up surgical masks and supplies.
While this may seem impressive, it is even more impressive to note that Ms. Edna was the first midwife in Somaliland and that she was determined that there be more. She was just unable to accept conditions in which the most dangerous thing a woman could do was to get pregnant.
As Xavier read the story of Ms. Edna and her teaching hospital and her strength and will, he knew Better World Books had to get involved and do something to help.
And where there’s a book, there’s a way. We had the books and Ms. Edna had a teaching hospital that he was sure could benefit from having them. Now to make the connection and figure out the logistics. Read more…
Okay, okay I know for many kids (and parents) the end of the summer can be a downer. Time to trade your scuba gear for a protractor and pencil and get on the big yellow bus back to school (or drive yourself to campus – but stay with me). But there is cause for celebration this time of year as well – and if you can’t quite get your head around why, I’m here to help with the Top 10 Reasons ‘Back to School’ Time is Awesome list:
If you were at any of the Lilith tour stops this summer, you may have seen our fearless leader (along with the founders of some of the other i4c companies) on the Jumbotron! Yup… we hit the big time… and the big screen. If you missed it – don’t worry, that’s what we’re here for. Check out the video, learn about the campaign and meet the other i4c companies:
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