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Author: Prodipta Soni Publisher: Notion Press ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 108
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Based on True Incidents From the vast landscapes of Africa, where Amina and Kwane grapple with the devastating grip of AIDS, to the snow-covered peaks of Tibet, where little Pema and Tenzin leave their families forever to brave the treacherous Himalayas — these narratives reveal the relentless challenges faced by abandoned children across different countries. Will Amina and Kwane find a way to overcome the harsh realities of their environment? Can Pema and Tenzin conquer the highest frozen passes on Earth? Based on true events, each narrative in this book bears witness to the unimaginable hardships faced by children around the world. After a harrowing journey on a Kolkata-bound goods train, an abandoned baby finds a loving family in distant Australia. Bhawana from Nepal is taken by traffickers, neglected, abused, and exploited to elicit donations from tourists—will she ever return home? In war-torn Gaza, how do children paint their dreams of a happy childhood amidst dead bodies in makeshift tents? What drives desperate parents in Afghanistan to sell their own children? Through the lens of these extraordinary children, Lost Homes transcends borders and cultures to reveal the untold stories of abandoned children from the far corners of our world. Prepare to be moved, inspired, and forever changed by the profound tales of love, loss, and the unwavering strength found in the hearts of the world's most remarkable children.
Author: Prodipta Soni Publisher: Notion Press ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 108
Book Description
Based on True Incidents From the vast landscapes of Africa, where Amina and Kwane grapple with the devastating grip of AIDS, to the snow-covered peaks of Tibet, where little Pema and Tenzin leave their families forever to brave the treacherous Himalayas — these narratives reveal the relentless challenges faced by abandoned children across different countries. Will Amina and Kwane find a way to overcome the harsh realities of their environment? Can Pema and Tenzin conquer the highest frozen passes on Earth? Based on true events, each narrative in this book bears witness to the unimaginable hardships faced by children around the world. After a harrowing journey on a Kolkata-bound goods train, an abandoned baby finds a loving family in distant Australia. Bhawana from Nepal is taken by traffickers, neglected, abused, and exploited to elicit donations from tourists—will she ever return home? In war-torn Gaza, how do children paint their dreams of a happy childhood amidst dead bodies in makeshift tents? What drives desperate parents in Afghanistan to sell their own children? Through the lens of these extraordinary children, Lost Homes transcends borders and cultures to reveal the untold stories of abandoned children from the far corners of our world. Prepare to be moved, inspired, and forever changed by the profound tales of love, loss, and the unwavering strength found in the hearts of the world's most remarkable children.
Author: Peter Chiykowski Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 1524874000 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 164
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In The House of Untold Stories, every page is a door, and every door leads to a new tale of heartbreak, triumph, horror, or imagination. Wander into an enchanted mansion of pocket universes and miniature tales, where each door leads to a micro-fiction story. With tales about anger thieves, a deadly pizza delivery service, haunted music boxes, and more, each room will take you on an unexpected journey.
Author: Sean Howe Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062314696 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 569
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The defining, behind-the-scenes chronicle of one of the most extraordinary, beloved, and dominant pop cultural entities in America’s history -- Marvel Comics – and the outsized personalities who made Marvel including Martin Goodman, Stan Lee, and Jack Kirby. “Sean Howe’s history of Marvel makes a compulsively readable, riotous and heartbreaking version of my favorite story, that of how a bunch of weirdoes changed the world…That it’s all true is just frosting on the cake.” —Jonathan Lethem For the first time, Marvel Comics tells the stories of the men who made Marvel: Martin Goodman, the self-made publisher who forayed into comics after a get-rich-quick tip in 1939, Stan Lee, the energetic editor who would shepherd the company through thick and thin for decades and Jack Kirby, the WWII veteran who would co-create Captain America in 1940 and, twenty years later, developed with Lee the bulk of the company’s marquee characters in a three-year frenzy. Incorporating more than one hundred original interviews with those who worked behind the scenes at Marvel over a seventy-year-span, Marvel Comics packs anecdotes and analysis into a gripping narrative of how a small group of people on the cusp of failure created one of the most enduring pop cultural forces in contemporary America.
Author: Michael D. Leinbach Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1628728523 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 454
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Voted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space Hipsters The dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle disaster. On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation’s eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center was a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed an area of rural east Texas the size of Rhode Island for every piece of the shuttle and her crew they could find. Assisted by hundreds of volunteers, it would become the largest ground search operation in US history. This comprehensive account is told in four parts: Parallel Confusion Courage, Compassion, and Commitment Picking Up the Pieces A Bittersweet Victory For the first time, here is the definitive inside story of the Columbia disaster and recovery and the inspiring message it ultimately holds. In the aftermath of tragedy, people and communities came together to help bring home the remains of the crew and nearly 40 percent of shuttle, an effort that was instrumental in piecing together what happened so the shuttle program could return to flight and complete the International Space Station. Bringing Columbia Home shares the deeply personal stories that emerged as NASA employees looked for lost colleagues and searchers overcame immense physical, logistical, and emotional challenges and worked together to accomplish the impossible. Featuring a foreword and epilogue by astronauts Robert Crippen and Eileen Collins, and dedicated to the astronauts and recovery search persons who lost their lives, this is an incredible, compelling narrative about the best of humanity in the darkest of times and about how a failure at the pinnacle of human achievement became a story of cooperation and hope.
Author: Philip Bean Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351171992 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 206
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Originally published in 1989. The extraordinary story of Britain’s child migrants is one of 350 years of shaming exploitation. Around 130,000 children, some just 3 or 4 years old, were shipped off to distant parts of the Empire, the last as recently as 1967. For Britain it was a cheap way of emptying children’s homes and populating the colonies with ‘good British stock’; for the colonies it was a source of cheap labour. Even after the Second World War around 10,000 children were transported to Australia – where many were subjected to at best uncaring abandonment, and at worst a regime of appalling cruelty. Lost Children of the Empire tells the remarkable story of the Child Migrants Trust, set up in 1987, to trace families and to help those involved to come to terms with what has happened. But nothing can explain away the connivance and irresponsibility of the governments and organisations involved in this inhuman chapter of British history.
Author: Brendan McDonough Publisher: Hachette+ORM ISBN: 0316308153 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 229
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The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. A "unique and bracing" (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots" -- firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires. Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict when he, for the sake of his young daughter, decided to turn his life around. He enlisted in the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of elite firefighters based in Prescott, Arizona. Their leader, Eric Marsh, was in a desperate crunch after four hotshots left the unit, and perhaps seeing a glimmer of promise in the skinny would-be recruit, he took a chance on the unlikely McDonough, and the chance paid off. Despite the crew's skepticism, and thanks in large part to Marsh's firm but loving encouragement, McDonough unlocked a latent drive and dedication, going on to successfully battle a number of blazes and eventually win the confidence of the men he came to call his brothers. Then, on June 30, 2013, while McDonough -- "Donut" as he'd been dubbed by his team--served as lookout, they confronted a freak, 3,000-degree inferno in nearby Yarnell, Arizona. The relentless firestorm ultimately trapped his hotshot brothers, tragically killing all 19 of them within minutes. Nationwide, it was the greatest loss of firefighter lives since the 9/11 attacks. Granite Mountain is a gripping memoir that traces McDonough's story of finding his way out of the dead end of drugs, finding his purpose among the Granite Mountain Hotshots, and the minute-by-minute account of the fateful day he lost the very men who had saved him. A harrowing and redemptive tale of resilience in the face of tragedy, Granite Mountain is also a powerful reminder of the heroism of the people who put themselves in harm's way to protect us every day.
Author: Briton Publishing LLC. Publisher: ISBN: 9781735383408 Category : Languages : en Pages : 294
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The story of Antonio Sabato Jr. and all his family went through, in Prague Czechoslovakia and in Rome Italy, where Antonio Sabato Jr. was born, before reaching America as legal immigrants. Antonio Sabato Jr. becomes a famous model for Calvin Klein and enters the Hollywood movie scene as an actor. He is in 90 movies, TV shows and TV Reality shows over a sparkling 30 year career. In 2016 he runs for Congress as a Republican candidate, but does't succeed. He is asked to speak at an Republican National Congress, by Donald Trump and Immediately following his presentation he is blacklisted by the same Hollywood he made millions for. The book describes his family's life in Czechoslovakia, and life in Rome Italy a murder, a child hostage, an arson attack that completely destroys their beautiful home. But all this doesn't stop the intrepid Antonio Sabato Jr. from doing things bigger than before and he is back on his game but now doing things his way despite Hollywood's rejection of Antonio and the many other actors who speak out against the bias that now exists in Hollywood. The events of his family's life are told in well written stories that will leave you willing him to succeed in doing what he loves, making movies!
Author: Sibnath Deb Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000171698 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 256
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This book critically examines the social, psychological and legal perspectives of justice. It brings together a wide range of contemporary and relevant issues relating to the gross violation of human rights and presents situation-based evidence from firsthand experiences of behavioral, social as well as legal professionals. It deals with themes such as civic and legal rights of children; dignity of the third gender in India; food justice in a welfare state; rights of disabled children; secret marriage of individuals with mental health challenges; and ethics and good governance. Topical and comprehensive, this book will be an excellent read for scholars and researchers of political studies, legal studies, human rights, psychology, behavioral studies, political sociology, sociology, development studies, governance and public policy, and South Asian studies. It will also interest policy makers, NGOs, activists and professionals in the field.
Author: Julia Scheeres Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 145162896X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 322
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In 1954, a pastor named Jim Jones opened a church in Indianapolis called Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. He was a charismatic preacher with idealistic beliefs, and he quickly filled his pews with an audience eager to hear his sermons on social justice. As Jones’s behavior became erratic and his message more ominous, his followers leaned on each other to recapture the sense of equality that had drawn them to his church. But even as the congregation thrived, Jones made it increasingly difficult for members to leave. By the time Jones moved his congregation to a remote jungle in Guyana and the US government began to investigate allegations of abuse and false imprisonment in Jonestown, it was too late. A Thousand Lives is the story of Jonestown as it has never been told. New York Times bestselling author Julia Scheeres drew from tens of thousands of recently declassified FBI documents and audiotapes, as well as rare videos and interviews, to piece together an unprecedented and compelling history of the doomed camp, focusing on the people who lived there. The people who built Jonestown wanted to forge a better life for themselves and their children. In South America, however, they found themselves trapped in Jonestown and cut off from the outside world as their leader goaded them toward committing “revolutionary suicide” and deprived them of food, sleep, and hope. Vividly written and impossible to forget, A Thousand Lives is a story of blind loyalty and daring escapes, of corrupted ideals and senseless, haunting loss.
Author: Prodipta Soni
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