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Why I am a Believer: Personal reflections on nine world religions
edited by Arvind Sharma
Penguin, 2009
Who can argue with 'personal reflections', by nature subjective and built
Wege und Ittwege der Entwickslungspotlitik
Das Experimentieren
an der Dritten Welt
Toni Hagen
Verlag Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Zurich
J988, 38 Swiss Francs
Review by Claus Euler
The "Third World&
