Book Repository

This Repository is a searchable database of all books produced by alumni in their personal capacity, after they retired from the World Bank Group. The Repository is designed to enhance our members’ awareness of books published by fellow retirees and provide easy access to them. It includes live links and information on books by retirees on any topic, in any genre, and any language. The Repository is limited to books that (1) are published after retirement from the WBG; (2) are not part of a consultancy or work assignment at another MDB or IFI; and (3) are publicly available (as a free download, or at cost).

To add books to the Repository send an email to 1818Society@wbgalumni.org with information about the book and the web link where it can be found.

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Recent Additions

Sailing For The Empire: Slavery, Piracy and Trade: The Life of Admiral Sir John Corbett in Letters and Paintings

Peretz, David, 2025

This is the first major account of an important part of the ...

Photographs from my Travels

Cieslikowski, David, 2024

Photographs from 50+ years of travel in France, Italy, and f...

Echoes from Far Lands: Stories on Cultures, Farming, and Life

Nelson, Ridley, 2020

This richly textured book leads you into cultures and farmin...

The Monetary History of Iran: From the Safavids to the Qajars

Floor, Willem, with Rudi Mathee, and Patrick Clawson, 2013

The monetary history of a country provides important insight...

Journey Across the Four Seas: A Chinese Woman's Search for Home

Li, Veronica, 2006

This is a true and touching story of one Chinese woman's sea...

Nightfall in Mogadishu

Li, Veronica, 2000

Nightfall in Mogadishu is a spy thriller and historical nove...