Unbowed

2008-11-12 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Wangari Maathai
Release : 2008-11-12
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 338/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Unbowed by : Wangari Maathai

Download or read book Unbowed written by Wangari Maathai. This book was released on 2008-11-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • A remarkable memoir of courage, faith, and the power of persistence about one woman's extraodinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. “[Maathai’s] story provides uplifting proof of the power of perseverance—and of the power of principled, passionate people to change their countries and inspire the world.” —The Washington Post In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary life. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people’s environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread across Africa. Persevering through run-ins with the Kenyan government and personal losses, and jailed and beaten on numerous occasions, Maathai continued to fight tirelessly to save Kenya’s forests and to restore democracy to her beloved country.

Unbowed

2019-10-01 History

Author : Billy Hedderman
Release : 2019-10-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 500/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Unbowed written by Billy Hedderman. This book was released on 2019-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘I woke to the sight of a hospital ceiling. For that first blissful second, I forgot that I was paralysed.’ On 31 December 2014 Billy Hedderman suffered a catastrophic injury to his spinal cord while body-boarding on the Sunshine Coast, paralysing him almost completely from the neck down. When asked if he would walk again, his doctor simply said, ‘I dunno … maybe.’ Yet, incredibly, within just seven months of his injury, he was able to beat the odds and run a 10km race in under an hour. This is the powerful story of Billy’s recovery and a fascinating account of his service as an Officer in the elite Special Forces unit, the Army Ranger Wing of the Irish Army. It was from this service that he took the never-say-die attitude that helped him prevail against all medical expectations to recover and serve as an Infantry Officer in the Australian Army. It is a story of almost unbelievable personal resilience and mental toughness, which will amaze and inspire.

Unbowed

1998-05 History

Author : Khalida Messaoudi
Release : 1998-05
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 578/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Unbowed written by Khalida Messaoudi. This book was released on 1998-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2. The Islam of My Youth

Unbowed

Fiction

Author : L.A. Boruff
Release :
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Unbowed written by L.A. Boruff. This book was released on . Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ceridwen Gault—witch whose life has turned upside down. Her powers now so overused she can’t access them, Ceri finds out the identity of the father of her son from a powerful ally. That's helpful, since she never knew his name or appearance. But now she has to deal with rapid-fire attacks on herself and her family while trying to maintain a façade of normalcy and retain her job. As it all comes to a decisive fight, she discovers that with the help of her almost-boyfriend, Nick, she's able to free Goblins from their enslavement without draining her powers again. Things just keep getting crazier and crazier for Ceri. She's hanging on for the ride at this point, hoping to salvage her sanity. And maybe get to know Nick a little better. **wink**

Unbowed

2013-09-25 Fiction

Author : Lestine
Release : 2013-09-25
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 881/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Unbowed written by Lestine. This book was released on 2013-09-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And years later, when she finally evolved a mind that could examine itself, she wondered how such concepts as fear of her own thoughts, shame of her own bodythe very vessel that nature fashioned and her soul adornedarose at all. When did her body become something alienseparate from her? So begins UNBOWED, the story of Basma, an obedient wife who makes an unwitting decision with far-reaching consequences. Filled with sex, forbidden love, shocking brutality, unflinching feminist prose, and chador-wearing gladiators carrying AK-47s, nevertheless, UNBOWED is a story of Hope. Set in present day cosmopolitan cities of New York, London and Paris, with their burgeoning immigrant populations, and spanning other international locales, UNBOWED weaves together three plot lines to illuminate the violent extremes some patriarchal cultures have gone toto reinforce absolute power over women and girlsand the equally extreme, yet opposite, paths three women embark on, to change the game.

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