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Reference books are always useful. In this list some books have been reviewed whilst others are listed as recommended reading.

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The author, a successful and award-winning social entrepreneur, says this is the book that he wishes had been available when he embarked on his first social enterprise. It draws on the experience of 25 social entrepreneurs and provides inspiration and...
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The author of this book is not a typical writer on philanthropy; Gunderman is a professor of paediatrics, radiology and medical education, as well as associate professor at Indiana’s Center on Philanthropy. It is therefore not surprising that his book...
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Bold letters on the cover jacket state: 'You don’t have to be a millionaire to be a philanthropist ', so this book is aimed at all those who want to give effectively to a cause that is important to them...
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A study of family foundations based on the experiences of thirty families in the USA and Canada.
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This book has the perhaps unique distinction of being the target of another book’s critique before it was actually published itself.
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Money Well Spent is a handbook on strategic philanthropy, aimed at practitioners eager to create impact, rather than those interested in academic debates about the history, philosophy or practice o
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This book, written by the founder of the trailblazing venture philanthropy Acumen Fund, is categorised by its publishers as a ‘Memoir’ and marketed as “part coming-of-age stor
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Hunters of ‘silver-linings’ have been thick on the ground during the current recession.
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The foreword to this book, written by James Wolfensohn, former president of the World Bank, notes that philanthropy is universal, potent and can make the world a better place, yet it is little unde
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We Brits are well used to being on the receiving end of advice from across the Atlantic Ocean on how to ‘do’ philanthropy.

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