Frances Moore Lappéauthor profile |
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| genre | Nonfiction |
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about this author
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...more |
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upcoming events
event: Frances Moore Lappe on tour for book "Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity & Courage in a World Gone Mad"
date: September 05, 2008 11:59PM location: United States description: Visiting Speaker
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books by Frances Moore Lappécombine editionsavg rating: 3.97 | 369 ratings | 14 distinct works see all books by Frances Moore Lappé » |
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