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Soldiers who’ve lost limbs in service face a daily struggle unimaginable to most of us. Dean Kamen talks about the profound people and stories that motivated his work to give parts of their lives back with his design for a remarkable prosthetic arm.
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Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams brings tough love to the dream of world peace, with her razor-sharp take on what ‘peace’ really means, and a set of profound stories that zero in on the creative struggle and sacrifice of those who work for it.
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