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How one woman brought together the international sailing community to support the children of Uganda.
A remarkable true story of adventure and altruism.
Emma Outteridge was born into the America's Cup world and spent her twenties running Louis Vuitton's international sailing hospitality programme. While rubbing shoulders with celebrity athletes and billionaire sponsors had its charms, over time Emma craved something more.
In 2009, aged 25, she...
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John J. Casey was a beloved hero to countless American workers during the late 19th and early 20th century. Truly a titan of his time, he was a stalwart champion of the oppressed, a loyal American patriot and most importantly, an extraordinary human being. In a career spanning four decades, with tireless effort he improved the lives of thousands of working people by permanently changing the equation between management and labor, bringing a new sense...
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Till now, Stephanie has done her best to play by the rules, which seem to be stacked against girls like her. It doesn't help that she wants to play football, dress like a boy, and fight apartheid in South Africa, despite living in rural middle England, as she struggles to find her voice in a world where everything is different for girls.
Then she hears them on the radio. Greenham women, an irreverent group of lesbians, punk rockers, mothers, and...
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A stunning, heart-breaking yet defiant memoir by activist, model and social media sensation Shaneel Lal.
What would you do if you were told by the people you loved the most that the way you were born was evil and wrong?
For Shaneel Lal, this was their reality from the time they were five. Growing up in a tiny, traditional village in Fiji, Shaneel always knew they were different. Still, for the first years of their life, it was idyllic - playing...
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This is a biography of Erskine Childers, a British author, soldier and parliamentarian who fought for the independence of Ireland. A member of Sinn Fein, he was minister of propaganda in De Valera's shadow government, and during the civil war was executed by Irish Free State forces. PW noted that Childers's "martyrdom is stirringly related."
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If you are African-American, or were active during the Civil Rights Movement era, or you just have an insatiable desire for knowledge about the enigmatic, and charismatic historical figure known as Malcolm X, then you are in for a nostalgic treat. Here's why. This book is a powerful, informative and comprehensive biographical account of the life of a firebrand Muslim, and anti-integrationist black civil rights movement leader, who fought to ensure...
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This intimate, fascinating biography of Quaker visionary Charles Walker illuminates his struggles for racial justice and his role in promoting the teachings of nonviolence within the American Civil Rights Movement. Volume 2 focuses on his contribution to the movement of the 1960s and his relationships with Dr. King and other civil rights leaders.
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From Cleveland to all over the world, the life story of a former priest who spoke out against U.S. involvement in Guatemala and fought for peace.
In the wake of the Second Vatican Council 1962-1965 many religious people, especially those serving in Latin America, began to understand a spirituality that transcended sectarianism. Having come from an upwardly mobile Italian American family marked by southern Italian anti-clericalism, Blase was accustomed...
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Although the school Clara B. Spence founded in 1892 is well known today, her role in educating a whole generation of the daughters of America's first millionaires to become independent women who rejected social aristocracy in favor of democratic responsibility is largely unknown. Her championship of adoption and rejection of biological determinism struck at the very heart of class consciousness. An insightful biography highlighting Spence's courage...
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In her journal we fine a passionate red-headed woman's account of a life guided by an undercurrent of love.
Long before they had the vote, a surprising number of women took up the professional life and made remarkable contributions. What was the key to their success? When for most women homemaking was a full-time job, was a happy marriage and family possible for the professional woman?
Her story becomes an historical novel of the twentieth...
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In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia.
He has been there ever since.
This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait of five years of incarceration and exile. No Friend But the Mountains is...
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An intimate, revealing memoir from activist, politician, and WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning-sharing her life story as a soldier and her journey toward self-acceptance as a trans woman with a manifesto for transparency of identity for all.
In 2010, Chelsea Manning, working as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army in Iraq, disclosed 720,000 classified military documents that she had smuggled out via the memory card of her digital camera....
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Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! Even at the age of nine, little Golda Meir was known for being a leader. As the president of the American Young Sisters Society, she organizes her friends to raise money to buy textbooks for immigrant classmates. A glimpse at the early life of Israels first female prime minister, who was born in Russia and grew up in Milwaukee, this story...
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Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African", an autobiography published in 1798. Equiano (c. 1745-1797) was an African writer and abolitionist, who was taken into slavery as a child and transported to the British colony of Virginia. This personal account depicts the narrative of Equiano's life during his years as a slave: from being purchased as...
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The twelve Indigenous women featured in this book overcame unimaginable hardships––racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty––only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism. Such determination and courage reflect the essence of the traditional Cheyenne saying: "A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground."
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Let Her Fly traces the inspirational journey of Malala Yousafzai's father, Ziauddin, from a boy in Shangla to a man who broke with tradition and proves there are many faces of feminism.
With humor and sincerity, Yousafzai describes his life before the Talibanization of Mingora, scenes of his sons Khusal and Atal fighting kites on the roof, his progressive partnership with his wife Toor Pekai, and the challenge of raising children in an unfamiliar...
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From a prize-winning historian, a new portrait of an extraordinary activist and the turbulent age in which she lived
Goddess of Anarchy recounts the formidable life of the militant writer, orator, and agitator Lucy Parsons. Born to an enslaved woman in Virginia in 1851 and raised in Texas-where she met her husband, the Haymarket "martyr" Albert Parsons-Lucy was a fearless advocate of First Amendment rights, a champion of the working classes, and...
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Wetzel, who declared himself a conscientious objector before Pearl Harbor, spent the WW II years in prison. In this thin volume, he defines his pacifist belief with considerable passion, describing people he met and his struggle to maintain equilibrium especially during his time in a psycho ward. Louis Lepke of "Murder, Incorporated" befriended him briefly, possibly, suggests the author, because he mistook Wetzel for a fellow Jew. In writing about...
79) Nellie Bly
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The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Nellie Bly in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative back matter. The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. These books examine the lives of famous historical men and women in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help...
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The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Coretta Scott King in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative back matter. The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. These books examine the lives of famous historical men and women in a simple, age-appropriate way that...
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