Flower Of The Desert

Author : Waris Dirie,Cathleen Miller
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061952272

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Desert Flower by Waris Dirie,Cathleen Miller Pdf

An “outstandingly dramatic and moving” memoir of fleeing a brutal girlhood in Somalia—and becoming a supermodel and UN special ambassador (Kirkus Reviews). To escape an arranged marriage to a sixty-year-old man, Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu—the first leg of a remarkable journey that would take her to London, where she worked as a house servant; then to nearly every corner of the globe as an internationally renowned fashion model; and ultimately to New York City, where she became a human rights ambassador for the U.N. Poignant and powerfully told, Desert Flower is Waris’s extraordinary story. “Affecting and at times very entertaining . . . it is Dirie’s remarkable lack of narcissism or entitlement that makes her so captivating a raconteur.” —Publishers Weekly “Written with innocence and warmth, this book shows how one woman’s tragedy can help others.” —The New York Times Book Review “Waris’s story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the most beautiful inspiration to anyone.” —Elton John

Author : Antonio Negri
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438458489

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Flower of the Desert by Antonio Negri Pdf

A profound meditation on Leopardi’s art and thought as well as a reframing and reassertion of Negri’s own philosophical and political project of liberation. Antonio Negri, one of Italy’s most influential and controversial contemporary philosophers, offers in this book a radical new interpretation of the nineteenth-century Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi. For Negri, Leopardi is not the bitter, idealistic individualist of conventional literary history, but rather a profoundly materialist thinker who sees human solidarity as the only possible solution to the catastrophes of history and politics. Negri traces Leopardi’s resistance to the transcendental idealism of Kant and Hegel, with its emphasis on reason’s power to resolve real antagonisms into abstract syntheses, and his gradual development of a sophisticated poetic materialism focused on the constructive power of the imagination and its “true illusions.” Like Nietzsche (who admired him), Leopardi provides an alternative to modernity within modernity, expressing a force of rupture and recomposition—a uniquely Italian one—that is as relevant now as it was in the nineteenth century, and which connects to the theory of Empire as the political constitution of the present that Negri has elaborated in collaboration with Michael Hardt. Antonio Negri is the coauthor (with Michael Hardt) of Empire; Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire; and Commonwealth. Timothy S. Murphy is Houston-Truax-Wentz Professor of English at Oklahoma State University. He has translated several of Negri’s works, including Trilogy of Resistance; Books for Burning: Between Civil War and Democracy in 1970s Italy; and Subversive Spinoza: (Un)contemporary Variations.

Author : Waris Dirie
Publisher : Virago
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780349006420

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Desert Children by Waris Dirie Pdf

Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie was born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring female circumcision at five years old; running away through the desert; being discovered by Terence Donovan and becoming a top fashion model - in her book, the worldwide bestseller, DESERT FLOWER. In DESERT DAWN she wrote about becoming a UN Special Ambassador against FGM (female genital mutilation) and returning to her family in Somalia. DESERT CHILDREN tells us how she and the journalist Corinna Milborn have investigated the practice of FGM in Europe - they estimate that up to 500,000 women and girls have undergone or are at risk of FGM. At the moment, France is the only European country in which offenders are convicted and no European country officially recognises the threat of genital mutilation as a reason for asylum. Here are the voices of women who have felt encouraged and emboldened by Waris Dirie's courage. They speak out for the first time and move us to action.

Author : Sheldon Kennedy
Publisher : Insomniac Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781554830619

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Why I Didn't Say Anything by Sheldon Kennedy Pdf

In 1996, Sheldon Kennedy rocked the insular world of Canadian hockey by announcing that his former minor-league coach, Graham James -- the Hockey News 1989 Man of the Year -- had sexually abused him more than 300 times. The media portrayed Kennedy as a hero for breaking the code of silence in professional hockey and bringing James to justice. The heroic myth intensified in 1998 when Kennedy announced that he was going to in-line skate from Newfoundland to British Columbia to raise awareness of sexual abuse. The skate raised over $1 million for Canadian Red Cross sexual abuse programs, and Kennedy settled in Calgary with his wife and young daughter. Anyone who has followed hockey in the last ten years is familiar with the story of ex-NHL player Sheldon Kennedy. As one of the most promising hockey talents to emerge from the Canadian minor leagues in the last two decades, Kennedy was destined for hockey greatness. But after he was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in 1988, he attracted more attention for his off-ice antics than for his contributions to the score sheet. Plagued by rumours of drug and alcohol abuse and a string of injuries, Kennedy drifted from team to team. The happy ending promised by the headlines never materialized. Still haunted by the demons of sexual abuse, Kennedy's life spiralled out of control. Now he has finally come forward to tell his story, and the story of coach Graham James, who is out of prison and currently coaching hockey in Europe.

Author : Britta Benke
Publisher : Taschen
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 3822858617

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Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986 by Britta Benke Pdf

About the idiosyncratic of O'Keeffe's career The art of American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is splendid with color and laden with hidden sensuality. O'Keeffe's name rests mainly on the large-format flower pictures that have assured her an unusual place in the annals of art, between realist and abstract. >Our Basic Art Series study traces the idiosyncratic of O'Keeffe's career, and numerous illustrations document the most important periods in her lengthy life in art. About the series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

Author : Kirti Mathura
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781586858964

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The Arizona Low Desert Flower Garden by Kirti Mathura Pdf

Deserts pose a particularly difficult challenge to gardeners. Surprising toany desert newcomers, it is possible to have a beautifully invitingandscape in the desert and minimize the use of precious water resources. TheArizona Flowerscaper" offers the key to successful desert gardening and is aeneral understanding of the extreme climate, seasons, and soil conditions.hrough wise plant choices, gardens emerge that intrigue and delight, oftenith little maintenance involved. The illustrated plants can be viewedogether through a unique tri-cut format, showing the plant at maturity andith appropriate details of foliage or flora. Offering plant selections fromround the world, the "Arizona Flowerscaper" is an essential resource foresert gardeners everywhere.

Author : Nujood Ali,Delphine Minoui
Publisher : Crown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307589682

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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali,Delphine Minoui Pdf

“I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.” Nujood Ali's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three times her age. With harrowing directness, Nujood tells of abuse at her husband's hands and of her daring escape. With the help of local advocates and the press, Nujood obtained her freedom—an extraordinary achievement in Yemen, where almost half of all girls are married under the legal age. Nujood's courageous defiance of both Yemeni customs and her own family has inspired other young girls in the Middle East to challenge their marriages. Hers is an unforgettable story of tragedy, triumph, and courage.

Author : Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780451479570

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Clementina's Cactus by Ezra Jack Keats Pdf

Keats departs from his traditional style for his one and only wordless picture book, Clementina's Cactus. Clementina and her father are out for a walk in the desert when Clementina discovers a lone cactus, all shriveled and prickly. But Clementina discovers there is something beautiful hiding inside that thick skin.

Author : Neil Del Strother
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Flowers
ISBN : 095634710X

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The Flower in the Desert by Neil Del Strother Pdf

Author : Paul Pen
Publisher : AmazonCrossing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
ISBN : 154204605X

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Desert Flowers by Paul Pen Pdf

Rose and Elmer have created an idyllic sanctuary for themselves and their five daughters in Mexico's Baja California desert. Out there in the middle of nowhere, blissfully cut off from the burdens of modern society, they're free to raise their beautiful family...and preserve its secret. And they're never giving it up. Then a young hiker named Rick comes looking for a place to stay. It's just for the night, he says--but long enough for Rose and Elmer to fear they've made a horrible mistake. As the stranger grows more intrusive and more suspicious, the couple know they must do what they can to protect themselves. What they don't know is that Rick has a secret, too. Soon, home and family will prove to be as cold and dark as the desert nights. And even with so many places to run, there's still no escape from the past that binds them.

Author : Paula Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0813044359

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Flores en El Desierto by Paula Allen Pdf

An account, including stunning photographs, of the search by some of the women of the town of Calama, Chile, for the remains of their loved ones who were murdered and "disappeared" by the Pinochet regime.

Author : Philip A. Munz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520309012

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Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon, and Washington by Philip A. Munz Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.

Author : Waris Dirie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 4444415231

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Desert Flower by Waris Dirie Pdf

Author : Waris Dirie,Jeanne D'Haem
Publisher : Virago Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1844080080

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Desert Dawn by Waris Dirie,Jeanne D'Haem Pdf

Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman, born into a traditional family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring, at five years old, the ancient and savage custom of female circumcision; running away at twelve on foot through the desert in order to escape an arranged marriage; being discovered by Terence Donovan as she worked as a cleaner in London; and becoming a top fashion model - in her book, the worldwide bestseller, Desert Flower. Although Waris Dirie fled her homeland, she never forgot the country and culture that moulded her. The world of famine and violence, where women have no voice and no place - the very world that nearly destroyed her also gave her the tools to survive. She traces the roots of her courage, resilience and humour back to her motherland, and most particularly to her mother. Desert Dawn is the story of that return and a testimony to the stubborn fact that you can love something dearly and yet not love all that it represents. Desert Dawn is about coming home.

Author : Waris Dirie,Cathleen Miller,Jeanne D'Haem
Publisher : Virago Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Diplomats
ISBN : 1844081052

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Desert Flower and Desert Dawn Omnibus by Waris Dirie,Cathleen Miller,Jeanne D'Haem Pdf

* Inspirational, dramatic and extraordinary - the autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American model and is now at the young age of 30, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision