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Author: Kurtis Scaletta Publisher: Yearling Books ISBN: 037585472X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 290
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After moving with his family to Liberia, twelve-year-old Linus discovers that he and the deadly black mamba have a mystical connection, which he is told will give him some of the snake's characteristics.
Author: Kurtis Scaletta Publisher: Yearling Books ISBN: 037585472X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 290
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After moving with his family to Liberia, twelve-year-old Linus discovers that he and the deadly black mamba have a mystical connection, which he is told will give him some of the snake's characteristics.
Author: Remy Ajakah Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1728389038 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 335
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An ambitious Kemuel Afobula was sent to Monrovia to rescue High Rocks Computers, a firm that has just suffered a major setback. Contrary to his expectations, he found himself in a strange environment and sort for peculiar measures. While in Monrovia, Kemuel also battled to escape from memories of a failed relationship he had back home with Amaka. Then came Tricia – a possessive and no-nonsense girlfriend whom he surprisingly met through Goldfish - a former child soldier turned political errand-boy. Suddenly, Kemuel mysteriously got missing in his neighborhood and his girlfriend, Tricia, was speculated to have a hand in his disappearance. Will Kamuel succeed amidst daunting challenges if he ever resurfaces to complete his basic mission in Liberia? Set in the Atlantic Coast and beautiful capital city of Liberia, The Libericans is a captivating story of not just a man’s life of work, romance and adventure. It highlights the less talked about elegance of a people in an environment once ravaged by war. The book also boldly reveals current struggles of some former child soldiers and the vulnerability of the girl child as some haunting native traditions clash with modern society.
Author: Abiodun Alao Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1351893459 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 241
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The book is the first to discuss in detail the extensive external involvement in the Liberian civil war, a war that claimed up to 200,000 lives, created a massive refuge crisis and brought West Africa to the tribunal of international attention. The book is conceived against the background that the international response to the conflict has features that are unprecedented in the management of civil conflicts in the post-cold war era. For example, the regional peacekeeping mission was the first after the end of the cold war, while the dispatch of UN Observer mission was the first ever joint peacekeeping mission between the UN and a regional organisation. The extensive involvement of international organisations in the conflict has not been witnessed in the region since the Biafran war of 1967-1970.
Author: Alan Huffman Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ISBN: 0802193668 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 289
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“Not only does Huffman bring Tim back to life . . . but he also leads us through some of the most harrowing combat of our generation” (Sebastian Junger, New York Times–bestselling author of Tribe). Tim Hetherington (1970–2011) was one of the world’s most distinguished and dedicated photojournalists, whose career was tragically cut short when he died in a mortar blast while covering the Libyan Civil War. Someone far less interested in professional glory than revealing to the world the realities of people living in extremely difficult circumstances, Hetherington nonetheless won many awards for his war reporting, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his critically acclaimed documentary, Restrepo. In Here I Am, Alan Huffman tells Hetherington’s life story, and through it analyses, what it means to be a war reporter in the twenty-first century. Huffman recounts the camerman’s life from his first interest in photography and war reporting, through his critical role in reporting the Liberian Civil War, to his tragic death in Libya. Huffman also traces Hetherington’s photographic milestones, from his iconic and prize-winning pictures of Liberian children, to the celebrated portraits of sleeping US soldiers in Afghanistan. “A powerfully written biography . . . This is poignant imagery and metaphor for the entire body of this extraordinary artist and humanist’s life.” —The Huffington Post “Huffman excels at heightening the drama, depicting the rapid-fire action and constant danger of working among soldiers and guerrillas engaged in battle.” —The Boston Globe “Huffman vividly chronicles the short life of a man drawn to danger zones to capture the horrors of modern warfare.” —Los Angeles Times “Celebrate[s] Tim Hetherington’s life . . . Recount[s] his last days in Libya in excruciating detail.” —Time
Author: William F. Schulz Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN: 1512824046 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 305
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From 1994 to 2006, William F. Schulz headed Amnesty International USA. During this time, he and the organization confronted some of the greatest challenges to human rights, including genocides in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Sudan; controversies over the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the use of torture by the United States after 9/11; as well as growing concern about inequities in the American justice system, from police misconduct to the death penalty. Drawing upon his encounters with tyrants, the inspiration of brave human rights heroes, and collaborations with celebrities ranging from Patrick Stewart to Salma Hayek, Schulz uses poignant narrative and amusing anecdotes to discuss the day-to-day realities of struggling with life-and-death human rights crises. In the process he ducks an assassination threat in Liberia; brings tears to the eyes of the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland; and bests America's self-described "toughest sheriff" on Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect. Full of reflection as well as action, Reversing the Rivers provides Schulz with the opportunity to address profound philosophical questions, such as "What is the nature of evil?"; "How do we foster the 'better angels of our nature'?" "When may we use force to stop people from using force?" "Is the prohibition on torture as simple as it seems?" and "What's wrong with an eye for an eye?" Most important, in an eloquent concluding chapter, he answers the quandary most frequently posed to him during his years at Amnesty, "Given all the horrors in the world you see day after day, how do you retain any hope at all in humanity?"
Author: Kurtis Scaletta
Author: Kurtis Scaletta
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Author: Remy Ajakah
Author: Abiodun Alao
Author: Liberian Information Service
Author: Paul Gilroy
Author: Alan Huffman
Author: United States. Hydrographic Office
Author: William F. Schulz