Our Bookshelf.
Members of the Seacoast Women's Giving Circle enjoy reading about topics that deepen our understanding of the issues we study as a group and enrich our experience as budding philanthropists and community leaders.
We've collected a list of worthwhile books recommended by our members and members of other giving circles. Enjoy! Please email us with books you've enjoyed and would recommend.
- Community Needs
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls (homelessness, mental illness)
The Middle of Everywhere
Mary Pipher (refugees in Lincoln, NE)
Begging for Change
Robert Eggars (non-profits)
Nickel & Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich (four profiles of minimum-wage workers)
Life on the Outside
Jennifer Gonnerman (ex-offenders) - Global Community Needs and Solutions
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracey Kidder (global health)
Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World
Homa Sabet Tavangar
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Nicholas D. Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
Banker to the Poor
Muhammad Yunus (microlending) - Non Profits and Social Sector Solutions
Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact non-profits
Lesli Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant
Good to Great and the Social Sectors
Jim Collins
The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems
Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin - Going Green
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Michael Pollan
Inquiries Into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered
Woody Tasch - Philanthropy
The Perfect Gift: The Philanthropic Imagination in Poetry and Prose
Amy A. Kass (Editor)
Inspired Philanthropy: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Giving Plan
Tracy Gary
The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources
Lynne Twist