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[2018]
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Since 2000, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has provided more than 4.2 billion dollars to help those in need. Sixteen years later, Forbes ranked philanthropist Melinda Gates as the fourth most powerful woman in the world. This inspiring title explores Gates's contributions, the ongoing issues she works to address around the world, and her powerful message that every person's life is of value.
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[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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The industrialist and philanthropist Andrew "Carnegie believed strongly in sharing his wealth, and one of the ways he did this was by funding the construction of over 2,500 public libraries around the world. His philanthropy completely revolutionized public libraries, which weren't widespread at the time. Told in simple, lyrical text, the story unfolds against ... illustrations that transport readers to the bustle and boom of the Industrial Revolution"--Amazon.com....
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2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 4
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Biography of the man whose start with a single oil refinery grew into a multinational buisness establishing him as a unique presence in world affairs and who later in life became a philanthropist to universities and foundations.
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c2012
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"Dr. Paul Farmer left the U.S. to live with the world's poor. He cofounded Partners in Health to try to secure healthcare for the people of Haiti; the organization also has projects in Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, and Peru. Wangari Maathai was a feminist and environmentalist who started the Green Belt Movement in Kenya. The 30,000 women of the movement have planted more than 40 million trees"--Provided by the publisher.
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[1989]
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A biography of the Scottish immigrant who became the richest man in the world for his time, due to his involvements in the railroad, telegraph, iron, and steel; and who before he died disposed of the bulk of his fortune in philanthropic ways, feeling that a man who died with his fortune intact died disgraced.