Steel Gate to Freedom

Steel Gate to Freedom

Author: Yu Jie

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-07-16

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1442237147

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On December 10, 2010, on stage in Oslo City Hall, an empty chair sat before more than one thousand people, holding only the medal and diploma of the year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. A larger-than-life photo of a smiling Liu Xiaobo hung in the background. This striking image is now known throughout the world. But who is Liu Xiaobo? For the first time, this biographyby renowned Chinese author and close friend Yu Jie offers a first-hand look into the man behind the empty chair. Dissident, prisoner, poet, scholar, Liu was compelled by intolerable circumstances to embark on a campaign of intellectual dissent, becoming in the course of his journey a leading human rights activist and one of the most important political figures in modern history. In the quarter century since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, Liu has been unable to lead a normal life. In thisfirst authorized biography, Yu traces an extraordinary man’s odyssey, from growing up in the northeast and Inner Mongolia during the Cultural Revolution, through his meteoric rise in Beijing’s intellectual circles and his pivotal role in the Tiananmen protests and subsequent imprisonments, to the founding of the controversial Independent Chinese PEN and groundbreaking Charter 08, his poignant relationship with wife Liu Xia, and winning the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. It is also a love story between two poets who, though separated by three hundred miles and eleven years behind bars, are united in their persistence to speak truth to power, inspiring countless others.


When Iron Gates Yield To Freedom

When Iron Gates Yield To Freedom

Author: Martin Ward

Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing

Published: 2014-10-20

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 178148421X

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Orphaned from the age of four, once Irish Martin PA Ward reached sixteen years of age, those high wrought iron gates belonging to Artane, with its harsh and abusive regime, could no longer hold him. Blighted with a tough seriousness, this brilliant life story is also littered with wonderfully amusing images, they being dropped here and there.


America A Dreamland, The Footsteps of Freedom - An Immigrant Story

America A Dreamland, The Footsteps of Freedom - An Immigrant Story

Author: Charlie (Chawtoma) Davis

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2015-03-12

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1628388501

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The writer brings to his reading audiences a bold new view on immigration struggles, survival, and endeavors. He unveils the light on footsteps of freedom in America, from an immigrant's perspective. This is a gripping tale of survival based on a series of real life happenings. This story reveals the anatomy of immigration is just as complex as the exploration of America centuries ago. Smuggling immigrants across the border becomes a hard-hitting tale of surviving the trip and the struggle for f


The Road to Freedom III

The Road to Freedom III

Author: Hiep Vo

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2005-02

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 1418405965

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The story is very strange to everybody, especially to the ones who have not lost the freedom. The readers would ask themselves, "Is it the real life story?" The Road to Freedom is too hard and risky. The dear price to pay for freedom is the life of the author and all the people who want to get there. The story is very attractive and amazes the reader from beginning to end. Kevin Dinh- Former captain ARVN. After reading your true story, "THE ROAD TO FREEDOM", I know that many times you were confronted with powerful, bad authorities and fearlessly faced danger to save or help weak and poor people. You have acted chivalrously; you can be proud, and we also can be proud of you. This story lets everyone know about a black period of Vietnam's history. San Jose, California, July 2, 2001. TOAN VO, Author's father. Many times, your unsubmissive, stubborn attitude may have endangered your life. Many parts of the story scare me to death. Viet Lien t Dinh Author's mother The past has been written into many interesting forms: politics, suspense, martial arts, poems, romantic, adventure, and artistic drawing. Duan quang Nguyen- Computer Sciences.


Enduring Freedom

Enduring Freedom

Author: Trent Reedy

Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers

Published: 2021-05-18

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1643750402

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September 11, 2001 Two young men on opposite sides of the world One war that will change their lives forever Baheer, a studious Afghan teen, sees his family’s life turned upside down when they lose their livelihood as war rocks the country. A world away, Joe, a young American army private, has to put aside his dreams of becoming a journalist when he’s shipped out to Afghanistan. When Joe’s unit arrives in Baheer’s town, Baheer is wary of the Americans, but sees an opportunity: Not only can he practice his English with the soldiers, his family can make money delivering their supplies. At first, Joe doesn’t trust Baheer, or any of the locals, but Baheer keeps showing up. As Joe and Baheer get to know each other, to see each other as individuals, they realize they have a lot more in common than they ever could have realized. But can they get past the deep differences in their lives and beliefs to become true friends and allies? Enduring Freedom is a moving and enlightening novel about how ignorance can tear us apart and how education and understanding can bring us back together. "Through Baheer, readers ages 12 and older will gain some understanding of life under the Taliban; of the concussive shock of 9/11 as felt in Central Asia; of Afghans’ varied responses to the American invasion; and most of all the transformative promise of schooling. Through Joe, an aspiring journalist, readers experience not only the throb of post-9/11patriotism but also the tedium, camaraderie and sudden terrors of soldiery in a war zone." --The Wall Street Journal


An Indian Freedom Fighter Recalls Her Life

An Indian Freedom Fighter Recalls Her Life

Author: Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 131548403X

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Manmohini, a member of the family of Motilal Nehru, father of Jawaharlal Nehru and grandfather of Indira Gandhi, recalls her life, including her years in the anti-British campaign, her prison terms, her marriage and family, and her work in women's organizations and politics.


Freedom Lost.

Freedom Lost.

Author: Richard Neave

Publisher: New Generation Publishing

Published: 2014-07-05

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 191026699X

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When children aged between 6 and 16 go missing over a period of five years whilst visiting different famous forests around London, leaving very few clues to account for their disappearance, the police are mystified as to where they may have gone, and what may have happened to them. However, everything is about to change when a senior police officer in a small Hertfordshire town is informed by one of his close friends that his friend's young nephews have suddenly disappeared. He immediately organises a search of the area including the local forest, which leads him to discover not only similar clues to the previous cases of children who have gone missing from the forests around London, but vital additional clues. So begins an investigation which uncovers past secrets that lead to the discovery of a major crime set up which is to leave a lasting effect on all concerned. This story is centred on the harsh realities and truths going on around us every day whilst we continue to go about our daily lives.


In Pursuit of Freedom

In Pursuit of Freedom

Author: Christos Melidonis

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-05

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 145028485X

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Andreas Magdalos grew up in South Africa. He befriended a young black boy named Matthew Matsimani. To Andreas and Matthew, their friendship seemed to be nothing extraordinary ... until Andreas's mother conveyed her outrage. And why not? At the time, apartheid-racial segregation-was the law in South Africa. But Andreas saw this separation as injustice and wondered why the rest of the country seemed so blind. Soon, the opinions of Andreas get him into trouble with the South African police. In an effort to separate their son from the battle he hopes to fight for the black citizens of Africa, his parents send him to Greece. Despite love and adventure, far from the segregation turmoil, Andreas can't shake the feeling that he belongs in South Africa. He returns, and two childhood friends find themselves reunited as they battle side-by-side for the removal of apartheid in their country. In Pursuit of Freedom is a depiction of the South African apartheid from the perspective of a white man and a black man, friends together. Both feel the injustice of the law. Both are willing to risk lives and reputations to fight for civil rights. In the center of a troubled nation, they band together for one cause, despite the rampant devastation reaped on their lives. Their story proves that equality does not come without cost.


Consumed in Freedom's Flame

Consumed in Freedom's Flame

Author: Cathal Liam

Publisher: St. Padraic Press

Published: 2002-02

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780970415516

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Consumed in Freedom's Flame is the exciting story of a fictional hero, Aran Roe O'Neill, and his resolute commitment to Ireland and its quest for independence. He personifies the courageous resistance of generations of Irishmen and women to English conquest, corruption and injustice. Together with a small group of other republicans, Aran fights for his nation's freedom during the early part of the twentieth century.The story weaves fact and fiction around the exploits of this youthful Irishman and his adventurous friends from Dublin's 1916 Easter Rising to the ensuing Irish War of Independence. Theirs is the troubled and tormented account of Ireland's attempt to control its own destiny in the face of resolute British opposition and the intervention of Fate's cruel hand.


Freedom Afrika

Freedom Afrika

Author: Cosmo Starlight

Publisher: Church Publishing

Published: 2019-06-11

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 1310833753

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In Freedom Afrika, the sequel to Cosmo Starlight’s novel Freedom Incorporated, Noodle Church escapes solitary confinement to work with people against bombs, bullets, powders, and policemen. Found journeying across three continents, bringing a pack which rarely comes off his back, and wearing canvas pants he’s accustomed to sleeping in, Africans procure Noodle a home so he mustn’t live on the street during the holidays. They feed Noodle, lend him jackets to wear when it’s cold, and provide security ensured by honest, trustworthy relationships. At wildland that unfolds along a thousand kilometers of rugged coast to document his life in the system enslaving people with cameras and clandestine surveillance, someplace so remote footpaths replaced roads, Noodle thought he’d discovered freedom. But, where bulls bask in sun by the beach, he found wardens track him. The International Intelligence Service (IIS) recalls love he lost after detainment without charges, a trial, or records. A provocateur gained Noodle’s trust to compromise him so men riding dirt-bikes could push this blue-stained boy beyond the bounds of Freedom Inc.’s rule by catching him kill someone. Instead, Noodle fled into the wild without clean water or shelter before returning to the floor of an African snack shop where he awoke last Christmas. Agents tracked him there too; yet, after fighting a twenty-year-long war, townspeople excelled at security. People who’d witnessed brothers being shot, poisoned, and burned alive proclaimed, “If men wearing white suits and masks attached to breathing apparatuses allege Noodle Church has a rare disease nobody’s heard of then it doesn’t matter because we fought for independence. We’ll never let wardens take him, even if they say it’s a matter of national security!” Africans were poor but they reject bombs, bullets, powders, and policemen. Freedom Afrika teaches people need food, water, shelter, and love to live. Love is all Noodle needed!