Peace Corps Writers

LIRIO DEL PERU es una intensa novela de amor y suspenso al estilo de las novelas A Farewell to Arms de Ernest Hemingway y Lie Down with Lions de Ken Follett. Diane Capri, escritora reconocida como...

Little Women of Baghlan: The Story of a Nursing School for Girls in Afghanistan, the Peace Corps, and Life Before the TalibanAuthor: Susan FoxPublisher: Peace Corps WritersPublication Date: October...

She hadn't seen it coming. Her new Chilean husband changed his mind, or, rather, the military coup changed it. Instead of their relocating to her native California as planned, he now wanted to give...

In the East Indian state of Bihar, an area poor in finances but rich in vibrant culture, the long-awaited spring season has finally arrived. But as her family gathers on the veranda to celebrate the...

More Than Birding: Observations from Antarctica, Madagascar, and BhutanAuthor: Ms. Harriet DenisonPublisher: Peace Corps WritersPublication Date: November 12, 2018Number of Pages: 318 pagesLanguage:...

The Nigerian people hold strong ties to their families, clans, tribes, and country, and it doesn't take long for foreign residents to feel the same bond. So in 1962, when twenty-one-year-old...

Politico Cole Gibson says of Congressman Hatling: "Yes, well...I've heard of him." There could hardly be a more obscure member of Congress than the representative from Kentucky's Fifth District. When...

Not Exactly Retired: A Life-Changing Journey On The Road And In The Peace CorpsAuthor: David JarmulPublisher: Peace Corps WritersPublication Date: Mar 13, 2020Number of Pages: 300 pagesLanguage:...

In this autobiographical narrative, Sandi Giver describes a harrowing experience with the military judicial system. As a civilian victim of sexual assault, she vividly brings to light the challenges...

In their late forties, Eloise and Chuck Hanner decided they wanted to do something new and challenging for the second half of their lives. To the amazement of their friends and family, they walked...

These personal recollections of Guatemala III's volunteers reveal a variety of motives for their joining the Peace Corps. Conspicuous among them is the profound influence of President John F. Kennedy...

In 1966, college student Mike Stake was in danger of flunking his second straight year of college. His life seemed to be on hold, and he had no real sense of direction. An application for Peace Corps...

Fresh out of college, Shannon Wheaton signs up for two years in the Peace Corps and gets exactly what she expects: a mud hut, a boisterous host family, no running water or electricity, and endless...

Parents Kevin and Kay Dixon have always had a passion for travel that they love to share with their four daughters. In the late 1970s, a contract for Kevin to work in Saudi Arabia, that came with...

Bobby Jones always hoped that someday an amateur would win the Masters. In this novel, bestselling author John Coyne-The Caddie Who Knew Ben Hogan and The Caddie Who Played With Hickory-tells the...

The Early Years of Peace Corps in Afghanistan: A Promising Time, by Frances Hopkins Irwin and Will A. Irwin, February 2014 In 1962, nine U.S. Peace Corps volunteers arrived in Kabul. Half a century...

The Emperor and the Elephants is a deeply moving memoir chronicling one Peace Corps volunteer's fascinating experiences in the Central African Republic during the late 1970s. After hiking the...

The Essential Guide to Amharic is a 200+ pages of grammar, phrases, and vocabulary for the national language of Ethiopia. All translations are spelled phonetically, as well as in the Amharic alphabet...

The Gambling Master of Shanghai and Other Tales of Suspense is a collection of seventeen stories that will take the reader on a suspenseful journey to places near and far -- to Shanghai and Prague,...

The Measure Of A DreamAuthor: Lora Parisien BeginPublisher: Peace Corps WritersPublication Date: Jun 29, 2012Number of Pages: 362 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1935925253ISBN-13:...

Kirkus Review: "Brooks' prose is lush and delectable...there are many...moments of stunning imagery...An intelligent ... blend of romance and family conflict.Author: Jackie Zollo BrooksPublisher:...

The Showgirl and the Writer, A Friendship Forged in the Aftermath of the Japanese American Incarceration encompasses Mueller's own story, beginning at her birth to Caucasian parents in the Tule Lake...

The Warm Heart of Africa - 9781950444106Author: Jack AllisonPublisher: Peace Corps WritersPublication Date: Jun 06, 2020Number of Pages: 230 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Through the Eyes of My Children is a delightful read for any young adult readers, from middle school on up, interested in true life adventures about young people. This is the story of a family that...

"Tories and Patriots" continues the saga of Private Will Stoner of the Massachusetts Artillery as the British fleet arrives in New York harbor in the summer of 1776. Under fire for the first time,...

Walled In, Walled Out: A Young American Woman in IranAuthor: Mary Dana MarksPublisher: Peace Corps WritersPublication Date: April 04, 2017Number of Pages: 348 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Kay had already left her family and friends speechless when she departed for Peace Corps training. Explaining further that her first full time job is in a red light district in Colombia, South...

Tom Young, still lamenting the death of his Chilean fianc? thirty years earlier, returns to southern Chile. When thousands of black-necked swans disappear, it is an environmental disaster. What's...

The summation of a distinguished career in writing fiction, writing for film, travel writing, and teaching, Wordman is a source book for emerging writers and a memorable set of reflections upon a...

She lives in a thatch-roofed hut with no electricity. She bathes in a river and beats her clothes on a rock. She single-handedly fends off tarantulas. And every night, Peace Corps Volunteer Nancy...