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Frances Moore Lappé

Born

in Pendleton, Oregon, The United States

February 10, 1944

Genre

Nonfiction, Cooking, Food & Wine, Science

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Frances Moore Lappe--author of fifteen books, including three-million-copy bestseller Diet for a Small Planet --distills her world-spanning experience and wisdom in a conversational yet hard-hitting style to create a rare "aha" book. In nine short chapters, Lappe leaves readers feeling liberated and courageous. She flouts conventional right-versus-left divisions and affirms readers' basic sanity - their intuitive knowledge that it is possible to stop grasping at straws and grasp the real roots of today's crises, from hunger and poverty to climate change and terrorism. Because we are creatures of the mind, says Lappe, it is the power of "frame"--our core assumptions about how the world works--that determines outcomes. She pinpoints the domin ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 10,744 ratings · 679 reviews · 66 distinct works • Similar authors

	Diet for a Small Planet: The Book That Started a Revolution in the Way Americans Eat by Frances Moore Lappé, Marika Hahn (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 6,184 ratings — published 1971 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé, Anna Lappé 3.92 avg rating — 654 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	صناعة الجوع: خرافة الندرة by Frances Moore Lappé, Joseph Collins (Goodreads Author), أحمد حسان (ترجمة) 3.97 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 1980 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want 3.80 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Getting A Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad 3.72 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want by Frances Moore Lappé, Adam Eichen (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 130 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear by Frances Moore Lappé, Jeffrey Perkins (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Food First: Beyond The Myth Of Scarcity by Frances Moore Lappé, Joseph Collins (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1977 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Democracy's Edge: Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quickening of America: Rebuilding Our Nation, Remaking Our Lives by Frances Moore Lappé, Paul Martin Du Bois 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.”
― Frances Moore Lappé

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“The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.”
― Frances Moore Lappe

tags: agriculture, hunger, poverty

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“Hope is not wishful thinking. It's not a temperament we're born with. It is a stance toward life that we can choose...not not. The real question for me, though, is whether m hope is effective, whether it produces or is just where I hide to ease my own pain.”
― Frances Moore Lappé

tags: dreams, eco-mind, hope

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