Tag: sierra leone
group name: starbucks
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March 05, 2007 11:55 AM EST --
It is great to be here on Gather and I thank you all for your good wishes. I have been busy on my book tour but will make it a point to get back here as often as I can.
I have really had some spirited . . .
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March 13, 2007 01:39 PM EDT --
Ishmael Beah, activist and New York Times bestselling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, joins us for a live chat in the Starbucks Book Break group. As a child in Sierra Leone during . . .
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February 21, 2007 09:21 AM EST --
There were all kinds of stories told about the war that made it sound as if it was happening in a faraway and different land. It wasn't until refugees started passing through our town that we began . . .
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February 15, 2007 11:51 AM EST --
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solder, Ishmael Beah’s chronicle of his life in war-torn Sierra Leone in the ’90s, starts with scenes of his peaceful early childhood. But they don’t . . .
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February 14, 2007 09:20 AM EST --
I wrote this book because I wanted to share with people, using my own experiences, how children are drawn into brutal wars, how communities and societies collapse during . . .
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March 14, 2007 06:56 AM EDT --
Yesterday, Ishmael Beah was speaking at the Starbucks in Davis Square, in Somerville, Massachusetts, to an overflow crowd. It is an amazing experience to see an author in person and to hear them read from . . .
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March 20, 2007 01:26 PM EDT --
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solder, Ishmael Beah’s chronicle of his life in war-torn Sierra Leone in the ’90s, starts with scenes of his peaceful early childhood. But they don’t . . .
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February 21, 2007 10:05 AM EST --
Author and activist Ishmael Beah shares his thoughts on his new book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Press play to begin watching the videos, and learn more about Ishmael and the issue of child . . .
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February 08, 2007 12:20 PM EST --
Author and activist Ishmael Beah shares his thoughts on his new book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Press play to begin watching the videos, and learn more about Ishmael and the issue of child . . .
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February 26, 2007 09:08 AM EST --
"Even a twelve year old couldn't be trusted anymore."
Perhaps it is the harsh reality of experiences I am lucky enough not to know. Maybe it is the cruelty that a thirteen-year-old boy can . . .
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