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Author: Earl Shorris
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ISBN: B007HXFD7I

The Art of Freedom: Teaching the Humanities to the Poor

A conversation in a prison cell sparks an ambitious undertaking to attack the roots of long-term poverty. Download The Art of Freedom: Teaching the Humanities to the Poor from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. eeking answers to the toughest questions about poverty in the United States, Earl Shorris had looked everywhere. At last, one resounding answer came from a conversation with a woman in a maximum-security prison: the difference between rich and poor is the humanities. Shorris took that idea and started a course at the Clemente Family Guidance Center in New York. With a faculty of friends, he began teaching the great works of literature and philosophy-from Plato to Kant, from Cervantes to Garcia Marquez-at the college level to dropouts, immigrants, and ex-prisoners. From that first class came two dentists, a nurse, two PhDs, a fashion design Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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The Art of Freedom education books for free. eeking answers to the toughest questions about poverty in the United States, Earl Shorris had looked everywhere. At last, one resounding answer came from a conversation with a woman in a maximum-security prison: the difference between rich and poor is the humanities. Shorris took that idea and started a course at the Clemente Family Guidance Center in New York. With a faculty of friends, he began teaching the great works of literature and philosophy-from Plato to Kant, from Cervantes to Garcia Marquez-at the college level to dropouts, immigrants, and ex-prisoners eking answers to the toughest questions about poverty in the United States, Earl Shorris had looked everywhere. At last, one resounding answer came from a conversation with a woman in a maximum-security prison: the difference between rich and poor is the humanities. Shorris took that idea and started a course at the Clemente Family Guidance Center in New York. With a faculty of friends, he began teaching the great works of literature and philosophy-from Plato to Kant, from Cervantes to Garcia Marquez-at the college level to dropouts, immigrants, and ex-prisoners. From that first class came two dentists, a nurse, two PhDs, a fashion design

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