RACE AGAINST TIME, by Stephen Lewis (1st Ed. SIGNED)

Author: Stephen Lewis. Published by The House of Anansi Press, Toronto, Ontario, 2005, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Signed and dedicated by the Author. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor wear, slight edge stain last few pages not affecting readability. Clean inside, tight spine. 

RACE AGAINST TIME, is a compilation of Stephen Lewis’s 2005 Massey lectures. It opens with a line that jolts, “I have spent the last four years watching people die.”  What follows is a riveting excursion into the tragedy that is the AIDS pandemic and one man’s almost obsessive drive to do something about it.

Lewis recounts how in 2000, global leaders agreed to eight Millennium Development Goals, promising the poor such essentials as primary education, basic health and a reversal of AIDS by 2015. In audacious prose, alive with anecdotes ranging from maddening to hilarious to heart-breaking, Lewis shows why and how the promises can't be kept. Race Against Time probes the appalling gap between vision and current reality, but also offers bracingly attainable solutions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Stephen Lewis is a multifaceted figure, best known as a Canadian politician, public speaker, and humanitarian. He has also written and published books, including "Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa". His work in politics includes serving as the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party and as the Canadian ambassador to the United Nations.

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1st Edition & Signed by Author
ISBN: 9780887847332
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