Frances Moore Lappé





Frances Moore Lappé

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Frances Moore Lappe--author of fifteen books, including three-million-copy bestseller Diet for a Small Planet --distills her world-spanning experience and wisdom in a conversational yet hard-hitting style to create a rare "aha" book. In nine short chapters, Lappe leaves readers feeling liberated and courageous. She flouts conventional right-versus-left divisions and affirms readers' basic sanity--their intuitive knowledge that it is possible to stop grasping at straws and grasp the real roots of today's crises, from hunger and poverty to climate change and terrorism. Because we are creatures of the mind, says Lappe, it is the power of "frame"--our core assumptions about how the world works--that determines outcomes. She pinpoints the domina...more


Average rating: 3.92 · 2,288 ratings · 294 reviews · 29 distinct works
Diet for a Small Planet
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,151 ratings — published 1971 — 20 editions
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Hope's Edge: The Next Diet ...
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Getting A Grip: Clarity, Cr...
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World Hunger: Twelve Myths
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions
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You Have the Power: Choosin...
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Food First: Beyond the Myth...
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4.47 of 5 stars 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1977 — 5 editions
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Democracy's Edge: Choosing ...
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2005
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The Quickening of America: ...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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What to Do After You Turn O...
3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1985
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Aid As Obstacle: Twenty Que...
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1980
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“Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.”
Frances Moore Lappé

“The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.”
Frances Moore Lappé

“Hope is not what we find in evidence, it's what we become in action. ”
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