Peace Corps Reading List

Below are books that I read in Peace Corps, on the recommendation of other PCVs, or that remind me of PC-related topics and which I find myself recommending to others regularly (in no particular order):

• The End of Poverty, by Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia) http://www.amazon.com/End-Poverty-Economic-Possibilities-Time/dp/0143036580/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267453949&sr=1-1

• Globalization and Its Discontents, by Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia)http://www.amazon.com/Globalization-Its-Discontents-Joseph-Stiglitz/dp/0393324397/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267453984&sr=1-1

• Making Globalization Work, by Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia)http://www.amazon.com/Making-Globalization-Work-Joseph-Stiglitz/dp/0393330281/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

• The Fate of Africa, by Martin Meredithhttp://www.amazon.com/Fate-Africa-History-Fifty-Independence/dp/1586483986/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267454236&sr=1-1

• The Scramble For Africa, by Thomas Pakenhamhttp://www.amazon.com/Scramble-Africa-Conquest-Continent-1876-1912/dp/0380719991/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267454465&sr=1-1

• King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild (UC Berkeley)http://www.amazon.com/King-Leopolds-Ghost-Heroism-Colonial/dp/0618001905/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

• Pathologies of Power, by Paul Farmer (Harvard)http://www.amazon.com/Pathologies-Power-Health-California-Anthropology/dp/0520243269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267455028&sr=1-1

• Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidderhttp://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Beyond-Farmer-Random-Readers/dp/0812980557/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267455114&sr=1-1

• Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared Diamond (UC Los Angeles)http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393061310/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267455363&sr=1-1

• Land of a Thousand Hills, by Rosamond Halsey Carr http://www.amazon.com/Land-Thousand-Hills-Life-Rwanda/dp/0452282020/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267455559&sr=1-1

• Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Darkness-Joseph-Conrad/dp/1450584373/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

• The Country Under My Skin, by Gioconda Belli http://www.amazon.com/Country-Under-My-Skin-Memoir/dp/1400032164/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267455750&sr=1-1

• A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking (Cambridge) http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553380168/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

• A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, by Samantha Power (Harvard)http://www.amazon.com/Problem-Hell-America-Genocide-P-S/dp/0061120146/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267456329&sr=1-1

• The Graves Are Not Yet Full, by Bill Berkeleyhttp://www.amazon.com/Graves-Are-Not-Yet-Full/dp/0465006426/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267456595&sr=1-1

• The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obamahttp://www.amazon.com/Audacity-Hope-Thoughts-Reclaiming-American/dp/0307455874/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267456978&sr=1-1

• The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan (UC Berkeley)http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meals/dp/0143038583/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267457094&sr=1-1

• Blood River, by Tim Butcherhttp://www.amazon.com/Blood-River-Terrifying-Journey-Dangerous/dp/B0033AGSTG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267459082&sr=1-1

• Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way For Africa, by Dambisa Moyo http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Aid-Working-Better-Africa/dp/0374532125/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267457958&sr=1-1

Books on my To Read (or to finish reading) list:

• The Bottom Billion, by Paul Collier (Oxford) http://www.amazon.com/Bottom-Billion-Poorest-Countries-Failing/dp/0195373383/ref=pd_sim_b_13

• Does Foreign Aid Really Work?, by Roger C Riddellhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0199544468/ref=pd_luc_sbs_03_01

• Common Wealth, by Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia)http://www.amazon.com/Common-Wealth-Economics-Crowded-Planet/dp/0143114875/ref=pd_sim_b_17

• The White Man's Burden, by William Easterly (NYU)http://www.amazon.com/White-Mans-Burden-Efforts-Little/dp/0143038826/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267454175&sr=1-1

• Collapse, by Jared Diamond (UC Los Angeles)http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Fail-Succeed/dp/0143036556/ref=pd_sim_b_1

• Wars, Guns, and Votes, by Paul Collier (Oxford)http://www.amazon.com/Wars-Guns-Votes-Democracy-Dangerous/dp/0061479640/ref=pd_sim_b_73

• Development As Freedom, by Amartya Sen (Harvard)http://www.amazon.com/Development-as-Freedom-Amartya-Sen/dp/0385720270/ref=pd_sim_b_7

• In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollen (UC Berkeley)http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/0143114964/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2

• What Works In Development, William Easterly (NYU)http://www.amazon.com/What-Works-Development-Thinking-Small/dp/0815702825/ref=pd_sim_b_24

• A Country Is Not a Company, by Paul Krugman (Princeton)http://www.amazon.com/Country-Company-Harvard-Business-Classics/dp/1422133400/ref=pd_sim_b_99

• Africa Unchained, by George B.N. Ayittey (American)http://www.amazon.com/Africa-Unchained-Blueprint-Africas-Future/dp/1403973865/ref=pd_sim_b_88

• The Elusive Quest For Growth, by William Easterly (NYU)http://www.amazon.com/Elusive-Quest-Growth-Economists-Misadventures/dp/0262550423/ref=pd_sim_b_13

• Emergency Sex And Other Desperate Measures, by Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait, & Andrew Thomson http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Sex-Other-Desperate-Measures/dp/1401359663/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271027828&sr=1-1