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Overview
Who says there are no more heroes? Every year 15 million Americans make a conscious decision to dedicate their lives to helping other people. They work not for money or for glory but for the special magic that comes when one human being helps another. Finding the nature of that magic - and bringing it to the world - was the vision that drove a group of documentary filmmakers, led by journalist and producer Bill Mosher, to create The Visionaries, a documentary series which allows us to follow these modern heroes and to trace the impact of their visions in the world.Editorials
Library Journal
In contrast to the stories of greed and selfishness recorded nightly on the evening news, the world is filled with people who have acted on their decisions to help others. This companion volume to the PBS series Visionaries by a publisher and videomaker records the compassionate visions of ordinary people whose lives of selfless service have changed the lives of hundreds of people. Here we meet, among others, Judy Mayotte, who works to feed the hungry in Sudan, and Thelma King Thiel, whose son's death from liver disease spurred her to found the American Liver Foundation. The convergence of faith and practice results in these often gripping stories of everyday heroism. Recommended for most libraries.Book Details
Published
October 1, 1995
Publisher
Orbis Books (USA)
Pages
200
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781570750243