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10.07.07 Katherine Rushton

Bill Clinton is to follow in the footsteps of former US vice president Al Gore with a book about how to change the world for the better. Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World will be published this September as a £25 Hutchinson hardback, and simultaneously as a Random House Audiobook, read by the author.

The title will explore the idea of "citizen activism" and the "life-changing aspect of giving", individually or as part of a wider organisation. A portion of Clinton's royalties will be donated to charities and non-profitable organisations.

Clinton said: "I've done my best in this book to demonstrate what I've seen first hand through my foundation's work in Africa and around the world: that all kinds of giving can make a profoundly positive difference. The amount of good that so many individuals and non-governmental organizations have been able to do has proven to me that almost everyone--regardless of income, available time, age, and skills--can do something useful for others and, in the process, strengthen the fabric of our shared humanity."

Giving follows Clinton's 2004 autobiography for Random House, My Life, and Gore's book on climate change for Bloomsbury, An Inconvenient Truth.

A Random House spokesman said: "Clinton writes about the life-changing aspect of giving . . . going green; opening markets for the under-served in disadvantaged communities; hiring people who were once on welfare; and promoting fair wages and decent working conditions for all. Clinton addresses the role of government, suggesting that when it works well, citizen service can reinforce and supplement its efforts; when it doesn't, citizens need to harness time, money, knowledge, and skills in an effort to change, improve, or protect government policy. He outlines what we as individuals can do, the steps we can all take, how much we should consider giving, and why giving is so important."

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