Tag: ishmael
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February 26, 2007 10:42 AM EST --
Begin reading Chapter One of A Long Way Gone
Just three days earlier, I had seen my father walking slowly from work. His hard hat was under his arm and his long face was sweating from the hot afternoon . . .
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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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August 29, 2007 05:37 PM EDT --
Two whales, a male and a female, were swimming side by side in the ocean.
Suddenly, the male whale spots a ship in the distance. He recognizes it as the whaling ship that killed his father.
Filled . . .
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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 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 19, 2007 01:40 PM EDT --
Last week, I had the great fortune to attend Ishmael Beah's appearance at the Starbucks in Davis Square, in Somerville, MA. [Note: Click on the photos in the top right corner to read my captions.] . . .
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March 21, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Join the Discussion and Receive a Signed Copy of A Long Way Gone
At the conclusion of his memoir, A Long Way Gone, author Ishmael Beah writes, "I would always tell people that I believe children . . .
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February 19, 2007 08:01 AM EST --
Is it publishing's job to create a trend, or simply to make use of it? Sometimes, it seems that book publishers have been more skilled at the latter, producing insta-books, celebrity bios and me-too . . .
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March 06, 2007 10:41 AM EST --
On Tuesday, March 13th from 2PM-4PM (ET) Ishmael Beah will be in the Starbucks Book Break group for a real-time exchange with Gather Members.
To join the chat, just login to your Gather account . . .
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May 07, 2007 06:30 AM EDT --
I just watched an interview with Ishmael Beah, the author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier .
I was and am greatly impressed with him as an outstanding example of what the best . . .
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February 14, 2007 09:16 AM EST --
Join us Starbucks nationwide to hear author Ishmael Beah talk about his new book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Planning on attending one of the events listed below? Meet up with your neighborhood . . .
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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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February 14, 2007 09:15 AM EST --
THIS IS HOW TOO MANY WARS ARE FOUGHT NOW: by children, hopped up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. It is one of the great evils of our time, this arming of children. But we know little about it, because most . . .
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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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September 14, 2007 09:25 PM EDT --
I read this book in one night. I just couldn't stop reading it.
I found this a moving story of innocence lost and the realities in parts of Africa today.
Beah tells his story with brutal honesty, . . .
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March 03, 2007 06:13 PM EST --
"Oh, cool," my son said,
When he saw the cover of the next book
We were going to sell in our store.
" What an awesome picture!"
The picture was . . .
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March 14, 2007 11:32 AM EDT --
As a new employee of Gather, I did not expect that I would have the opportunity to meet an extraordinary individual such as Ishmael Beah. I first got to see and hear him as he did a book signing at a local . . .
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February 23, 2007 08:59 PM EST --
As a Starbucks partner and an avid reader, I was very excited by the new book that we had coming out, but was totally unprepared for just how amazing it was. I read it in just about about one day, . . .
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February 14, 2007 09:35 AM EST --
Starbucks and Gather welcome Ishmael Beah to the Starbucks Book Break group. Ishmael Beah is the author of, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier--the riveting true story of his experience in Sierra . . .
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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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