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The Life You Can Save

By: Peter Singer
Narrated by: Full Cast
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 In this Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Life You Can Save, Peter Singer brings his landmark book up to date. In addition to restating his compelling arguments about how we should respond to extreme poverty, he examines the progress we are making and recounts how the first edition transformed the lives both of readers and the people they helped. Learn how you can be part of the solution, doing good for others while adding fulfillment to your own life.
This special audio edition is read by Peter Singer, Kristen Bell, Michael Schur, Paul Simon, Marc Evan Jackson, Natalia Vodianova, Stephen Fry, Nick D'Agosto, Winnie Auma, Shabana Azmi, & Charlie Bresler
What's new in the 10th Anniversary Edition of THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE?-A foreword by Mike Schur, the Creator of the acclaimed NBC show The Good Place-An afterword by Charlie Bresler, Ph.D., The Life You Can Save's Executive Director-A multinational cast of celebrity readers for the audiobook-Updates reflecting progress in the fight to end poverty and the challenges that remain-New case studies that highlight current effective interventions and charities-Calls-to-Action designed to make it as easy as possible for people to act Ethics & Morality Philanthropy & Charity Philosophy Social Sciences Funny
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Peter Singer has a unique ability to simply lay out how everyone can do more to eradicate poverty for underprivileged children and adults.

Life changing read

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What an insightful book Has changed my view on giving. Easy to listen to.. Beaurifly read

must read

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Fascinating and very useful book on decisions around giving. Led me to the also useful website to actually choose effective charities to give to. The stories illustrating our choices are very interesting too.

Thought provoking

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Want to just be a better person? Well this is a pretty damn good start.

Be a better person.

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It's very thought provoking and it's one of those rare books which has you question your life. I think those are the best books to read over and again!

Changed the way I give

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The book is great. It isn't filled with useless filler content or sensationalist BS. It's just a really good book.

Engaging, and worthwhile

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Changed my life in the best of ways. Galvanised some new thoughts on navigating life and how I’m spending my time with my life.

Shift of perspective

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Important and meaningful book that changed the way I viewed philanthropy. Thought provoking and sometimes uncomfortable - but in a way that pushes you out of your comfort zone to a better place.

Impactful

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Not what I expected from this book, felt way too preachy that it lost my midway into chapter 2. Also didn't appreciate the religion references

Too preachy

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