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Defiant Dreams
Author | : Sola Mahfouz,Malaina Kapoor |
Publsiher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2024-05-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780593359785 |
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A searing, deeply personal memoir of a tenacious Afghan girl who educated herself behind closed doors and fought her way to a new life. “Stories like this inspire me. Seeing the way people like Sola Mahfouz think about the world reinforces my optimism about the future.”―BILL GATES Sola Mahfouz was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1996, the year the Taliban took over her country for the first time. They banned television and photographs, presided over brutal public executions, and turned the clock backward on women’s rights, practically imprisoning women within their own homes and forcing them to wear all-concealing burqas. At age eleven, Sola was forced to stop attending school after a group of men threatened to throw acid in her face if she continued. After that she was confined to her home, required to cook and clean and prepare for an arranged marriage. She saw the outside world only a handful of times each year. As time passed, Sola began to understand that she was condemned to the same existence as millions of women in Afghanistan. Her future was empty. The rest of her life would be controlled entirely by men: fathers and husbands and sons who would never allow her to study, to earn money, or even to dream. Driven by this devastating realization, Sola began a years-long fight to change the trajectory of her life, deciding that education would be her way out. At age sixteen, without even the basic ability to add or subtract, she began to teach herself math and English in secret. She progressed rapidly., Within just two years she was already studying subjects such as philosophy and physics. Faced with obstacles at every turn, Sola still managed to sneak into Pakistan to take the SAT. In 2016, she escaped to the United States, where she is now a quantum-computing researcher at Tufts University. An engrossing, dramatic memoir, co-written with young Indian American human rights activist Malaina Kapoor, Defiant Dreams is the story of one girl, but it’s also the untold story of a generation of women brimming with potential and longing for freedom.
Defiant
Author | : Wade Hudson |
Publsiher | : Crown Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2021-10-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780593126356 |
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As the fight for equal rights continues, Defiant takes a critical look at the strides and struggles of the past in this revelatory and moving memoir about a young Black man growing up in the South during the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. For fans of It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime, Stamped, and Brown Girl Dreaming. "With his compelling memoir, Hudson will inspire young readers to emulate his ideals and accomplishments.” –Booklist, Starred Review Born in 1946 in Mansfield, Louisiana, Wade Hudson came of age against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement. From their home on Mary Street, his close-knit family watched as the country grappled with desegregation, as the Klan targeted the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and as systemic racism struck across the nation and in their hometown. Amidst it all, Wade was growing up. Getting into scuffles, playing baseball, immersing himself in his church community, and starting to write. Most important, Wade learned how to find his voice and use it. From his family, his community, and his college classmates, Wade learned the importance of fighting for change by confronting the laws and customs that marginalized and demeaned people. This powerful memoir reveals the struggles, joys, love, and ongoing resilience that it took to grow up Black in segregated America, and the lessons that carry over to our fight for a better future.
Defiant Dreams
Author | : Cheri Michaels,Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) |
Publsiher | : Simon Pulse |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Young adult fiction |
ISBN | : 0671551574 |
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Sixteen-year-old Serena McLairn, a beautiful Southern belle, tries not to let the Civil War ruin her life, but she soon finds herself behind Union lines, falling in love with a Yankee soldier
Dreams and Nightmares
Author | : James Arthur Hadfield |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Dreams |
ISBN | : UVA:X000359280 |
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The Proving of Gennad
Author | : Landred Lewis |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105017191334 |
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A Dream Defiant
Author | : Susanna Fraser |
Publsiher | : Harlequin |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2013-07-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781426895906 |
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Spain, 1813 Elijah Cameron, the son of runaway slaves, has spent his whole life in the British army proving that a black man can be as good a soldier as a white man. After a victory over the French, Elijah promises one of his dying men that he will deliver a scavenged ruby necklace to his wife, Rose, a woman Elijah has admired for years. Elijah feels bound to protect her and knows a widow with a fortune in jewels will be a target. Rose dreams of using the necklace to return to England, but after a violent attack, she realizes that she needs Elijah's help to make the journey safely. Her appreciation for Elijah's strength and integrity soon turns into love, but he doubts she could want a life with him, knowing the challenges they'd face. As their relationship grows, she must convince Elijah that she wants him as more than a bodyguard. And she must prove that their love can overcome all obstacles, no matter the color of their skin. 28,000 words
The Universal Dream Book
Author | : Zadkiel |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Dream interpretation |
ISBN | : OXFORD:N10243214 |
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