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An American doctor, a British nurse and an illiterate Indian farmer join together to transform a Calcutta ghetto when it is threatened by the brutal local "godfather."

"In the half a square mile of decay and demolition that was England's Saxon capital, eternity is loitering between the firetrap housing projects. Embedded in the grubby amber of the district's narrative among its saints, kings, prostitutes, and derelicts a different kind of human time is happening, a soiled simultaneity that does not differentiate between the petrolcolored puddles and the fractured dreams of those who navigate them. Fiends last mentioned...

Published in 1893, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets shocked a world unprepared for its grim and starkly realistic exploration of a pretty young girl's fall on New York's Bowery, and its critical depiction of the irresponsibility of men toward women. The five other stories in this collection are tales of quiet tension and raw intensity. From the local color of small-town life to the bustle of the city to war stories imbued with an ironic view of heroism,...

Dé lives in the slum quarter in the South Zone of Cantagalo. As the son of Bernadete, a house servant, he has learned the hardships of earning an honest living while surrounded by crime. Despite many misfortunes, he manages to keep his dignity by working as a hot dog vendor at a kiosk. One day while at the beach, Dé meets Nina, the only child to a rich lawyer who lives in the Vieira Souto Avenue. Love is born despite their living different realities...

A group of juvenile delinquents live a life full of violence and crime in one of the most deteriorated, poor neighborhoods in Mexico City.

Follows the part of Mother Teresa's life as she struggles to create the Missionaries of Charity during a time of violence in India's history. Her message of love and kindness eventually wins over her enemies and she is presented with the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979.