Author: Naz Meknat
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684338078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Tehran, late 1970s a capital city on the brink of a revolution. After the revolution, the physical and political landscape of Iran drastically changed. The streets were filled with crumbling buildings, sirens rang throughout the night, and smoke filled the skyline. Naz Meknat was a young girl amidst this chaos, and it wouldn't take long to realize her life was destined to be just as chaotic as her burning city. As Naz grew up, she reflected the rebellious nature of the city she called home. As an adolescent, Naz felt confined, wanting more out of life and out of the violent relationship she was in. Naz yearned for a chance at an extraordinary life but felt that it was far out of her reach. The struggles continued, and she had to find a way to keep her hope alive. A hope that turned into a goal, a goal to reach America.
7000 Miles to Freedom
Author: Naz Meknat
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684338078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Tehran, late 1970s a capital city on the brink of a revolution. After the revolution, the physical and political landscape of Iran drastically changed. The streets were filled with crumbling buildings, sirens rang throughout the night, and smoke filled the skyline. Naz Meknat was a young girl amidst this chaos, and it wouldn't take long to realize her life was destined to be just as chaotic as her burning city. As Naz grew up, she reflected the rebellious nature of the city she called home. As an adolescent, Naz felt confined, wanting more out of life and out of the violent relationship she was in. Naz yearned for a chance at an extraordinary life but felt that it was far out of her reach. The struggles continued, and she had to find a way to keep her hope alive. A hope that turned into a goal, a goal to reach America.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684338078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Tehran, late 1970s a capital city on the brink of a revolution. After the revolution, the physical and political landscape of Iran drastically changed. The streets were filled with crumbling buildings, sirens rang throughout the night, and smoke filled the skyline. Naz Meknat was a young girl amidst this chaos, and it wouldn't take long to realize her life was destined to be just as chaotic as her burning city. As Naz grew up, she reflected the rebellious nature of the city she called home. As an adolescent, Naz felt confined, wanting more out of life and out of the violent relationship she was in. Naz yearned for a chance at an extraordinary life but felt that it was far out of her reach. The struggles continued, and she had to find a way to keep her hope alive. A hope that turned into a goal, a goal to reach America.
100 Miles to Freedom
Author: Robert B. Holland
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1596529784
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
In 100 Miles to Freedom, U.S. Marine Bob Holland tells the story of the release of 3,700 American civilian prisoners of the Japanese at Santo Tomas University Internment Camp in Manila, the Philippines. Until their miraculous rescue on February 3, 1945, these civilians had been interned for more than three and a half years. This wartime account is complete with interviews of several prisoners describing their experiences and hardships in the camp, as well as black-and-white photos depicting Marines and prisoners during this tumultuous event in history. Discover why Brigadier General Robert E. Galer says that through this book, we can know and better appreciate what our proud and dedicated generation of true Americans did for our country.
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1596529784
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
In 100 Miles to Freedom, U.S. Marine Bob Holland tells the story of the release of 3,700 American civilian prisoners of the Japanese at Santo Tomas University Internment Camp in Manila, the Philippines. Until their miraculous rescue on February 3, 1945, these civilians had been interned for more than three and a half years. This wartime account is complete with interviews of several prisoners describing their experiences and hardships in the camp, as well as black-and-white photos depicting Marines and prisoners during this tumultuous event in history. Discover why Brigadier General Robert E. Galer says that through this book, we can know and better appreciate what our proud and dedicated generation of true Americans did for our country.
The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft
Author: Cathy Moore
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
ISBN: 0876147872
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Tells of the daring escape of a slave couple in 1848, with the woman, Ellen Croft, posing as a white man, and her husband posing as the man's slave.
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
ISBN: 0876147872
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Tells of the daring escape of a slave couple in 1848, with the woman, Ellen Croft, posing as a white man, and her husband posing as the man's slave.
Bulletin
Author: New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
We Want Freedom
Author: Mumia Abu-Jamal
Publisher: South End Press
ISBN: 9780896087187
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In his youth Mumia Abu-Jamal helped found the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party, wrote for the national newspaper, and began his life-long work of exposing the violence of the state as it manifests in entrenched poverty, endemic racism, and unending police brutality and celebrating a people's unending quest for freedom. In We Want Freedom, Mumia combines personal experience with extensive research to provide a compelling history of the Black Panther Party--what it was, where it came from, and what rose from its ashes. Mumia also pays special attention to the U.S. government's disruption of the organization through COINTELPRO and similar operations. While Abu-Jamal is a prolific writer and probably the world's most famous political prisoner, this book is unlike any of Mumia's previous works. In We Want Freedom, Abu-Jamal applies his sharp critical faculties to an examination of one of the U.S.'s most revolutionary and most misrepresented groups. A subject previously explored by various historians and forever ripe for "insider" accounts, the Black Panther Party has not yet been addressed by a writer with the well-earned international acclaim of Abu-Jamal, nor with his unique combination of a powerful, even poetic, voice and an unsparing critical gaze. Abu-Jamal is able to make his own Black Panther Party days come alive as well as help situate the organization within its historical context, a context that included both great revolutionary fervor and hope, and great repression. In this era, when the US PATRIOT Act dismantles some of the same rights and freedoms violated by the FBI in their attack on the Black Panther Party, the story of how the Party grew and matured while combating such invasions is a welcome and essential lesson.
Publisher: South End Press
ISBN: 9780896087187
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In his youth Mumia Abu-Jamal helped found the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party, wrote for the national newspaper, and began his life-long work of exposing the violence of the state as it manifests in entrenched poverty, endemic racism, and unending police brutality and celebrating a people's unending quest for freedom. In We Want Freedom, Mumia combines personal experience with extensive research to provide a compelling history of the Black Panther Party--what it was, where it came from, and what rose from its ashes. Mumia also pays special attention to the U.S. government's disruption of the organization through COINTELPRO and similar operations. While Abu-Jamal is a prolific writer and probably the world's most famous political prisoner, this book is unlike any of Mumia's previous works. In We Want Freedom, Abu-Jamal applies his sharp critical faculties to an examination of one of the U.S.'s most revolutionary and most misrepresented groups. A subject previously explored by various historians and forever ripe for "insider" accounts, the Black Panther Party has not yet been addressed by a writer with the well-earned international acclaim of Abu-Jamal, nor with his unique combination of a powerful, even poetic, voice and an unsparing critical gaze. Abu-Jamal is able to make his own Black Panther Party days come alive as well as help situate the organization within its historical context, a context that included both great revolutionary fervor and hope, and great repression. In this era, when the US PATRIOT Act dismantles some of the same rights and freedoms violated by the FBI in their attack on the Black Panther Party, the story of how the Party grew and matured while combating such invasions is a welcome and essential lesson.
Operation Enduring Freedom
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: New York (State). Dept. of Agriculture and Markets
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Land and Freedom
Japan's Fight for Freedom
Author: Herbert Wrigley Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Freedom of Communications: The 15-minute radio and television network newscasts for the period Sept. 26 through Nov. 7, 1960
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campaign literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campaign literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description