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Bite of the Mango
As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Heavily armed rebel soldiers, many no older than children themselves, attacked and tortured Mariatu. During this brutal act of senseless violence they cut off both her hands. Stumbling through the countryside, Mariatu miraculously survived. The sweet taste of a mango, her first food after the attack, reaffirmed her desire to live, but the challenge of clutching the fruit in her bloodied arms reinforced the grim new reality that stood before her. With no parents or living adult to support her and living in a refugee camp, she turned to begging in the streets of Freetown. In this gripping and heartbreaking true story, Mariatu shares with readers the details of the brutal attack, its aftermath and her eventual arrival in Toronto. There she began to pull together the pieces of her broken life with courage, astonishing resilience and hope.
Reinvent Yourself: 365-Day Guide to Self-Empowerment
Tired of waiting for a life coach to knock on your door? Reinvent Yourself: 365-Day Guide to Self-Empowerment is here to give you a pep talk, every single day – without the awkward eye contact or hourly fees. Packed with bite-sized wisdom, doable challenges, and the occasional kick in the pants to help you move from "maybe someday" to "nailed it", this book is your no-excuses blueprint and companion. It's not magic – it's momentum. Think of it as a personal trainer for your brain, minus the sweat and overpriced smoothies. Whether you're aiming to sell all your stuff and move to Bali or just trying to get out of your own way, this guide is your hilarious, no-judgment roadmap to becoming the irresistible version of yourself. Step into your power, embrace your possibilities, and start your reinvention one small, mighty step at a time. And hey, if all else fails, at least you'll have 365 chances to laugh at yourself along the way. Spoiler alert: you're going to become unstoppable and annoyingly impressive. Ready to surprise yourself? Ready to impress your future self? Good. Let's get to work!
The Bite of the Mango
When Mariatu set out for a neighborhood village in Sierra Leone, she was kidnapped and tortured, and both of her hands cut off. She turned to begging to survive. This memoir is a testament to her courage and resilience.
The End of Your Life Book Club
A profoundly moving memoir of caregiving, mourning, and love between a mother and her son—and about the joy of reading, and the ways that joy is multiplied when we share it with others. “A graceful, affecting testament to a mother and a life well lived.” —Entertainment Weekly, Grade A During her treatment for cancer, Mary Anne Schwalbe and her son Will spent many hours sitting in waiting rooms together. To pass the time, they would talk about the books they were reading. Once, by chance, they read the same book at the same time—and an informal book club of two was born. Through their wide-ranging reading, Will and Mary Anne—and we, their fellow readers—are reminded how books can be comforting, astonishing, and illuminating, changing the way that we feel about and interact with the world around us.
African Youth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture
This book explores how African youth are depicted in contemporary literature and popular culture, and discusses the different ways by which they attempt to construct personal and cultural identities through popular culture and social media outlets. The contributors approach the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective, looking at images in children’s and adolescent literature from Africa, and the African diaspora, from Nollywood and Hollywood movies, from popular magazines, and from youth cultures encountered directly through field experiences. The findings reveal that there are many stereotypes about Africa, African youth and black cultures, and that African youth are aware of these....
Atrocity Crimes, Children and International Criminal Courts
This book shows how international criminal courts have paid only limited and inconsistent attention to atrocity crimes affecting children. It elucidates the many structural, legal, financial and even attitudinal obstacles, often overlapping, that have contributed to the international courts’ focus on the experience of adults, rendering children almost invisible. It reviews whether and how different international and hybrid criminal jurisdictions have considered international crimes committed against or by children. The book also considers how international criminal justice can help contribute to the recognition of the specific impact that international crimes have on children, whether as v...
Stories for Every Classroom
Academic study of children's literature has explored various aspects of diversity; however, little research has examined Canadian books that portray characters with disabilities. This relevant and timely text addresses the significant dearth of research by exploring the treatment of disability in Canadian literature for young people. Engaging and highly accessible, this text will assist teachers, teacher educators, and teacher candidates in finding and using books about characters where disability is a part of their characterization, supporting the development of curricula that reflect critical literacy and social justice issues. Stories for Every Classroom explores the historical patterns a...
Designing Addressing Architectures for Routing and Switching
Equipping the network engineer or architect with the knowledge necessary to manage one of the fundamental aspects of the network- addressing--this book provides technically deep and immediately practical information to the growing group of network professionals who must design and deploy networks.
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