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“anne deveson”

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  • Resilience

    by Anne Deveson ...
    Some people find the resilience to overcome adversity and suffering while others are overwhelmed and despair. Anne Deveson wanted to understand better why, and how, individuals and communities develop resilience.Anne's long career as journalist, documentary-maker and social-justice activist offered rich insights into the stories of the many spirited people and groups she has encountered in spheres ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Waging Peace

    Reflections on peace and war from an unconventional woman

    by Anne Deveson ...
    Looking back on a long and active life, Anne Deveson draws on a rich vein of public and private experiences to reflect on what made her the bold social commentator she became. Central among her lifelong preoccupations have been the questioning of war, and the promotion of peace.Deveson describes her childhood during the Second World War in Britain, which prompted her family's evacuation to Malaya ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Lines in the Sand

    by Anne Deveson ...
    Narrated by Susan Lyons ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 53 min

    In 1975, at the age of 20, Hannah Coady thinks she can change the world. Fiery and idealistic, she proves her mettle as a journalist in the terrible famine in Ethiopia, and is changed forever by the experience. But it's not just the starvation and the politics that change her, it's the beginning of a great love for two remarkable men: Waldo, a cynical but endearing British filmmaker, and Ezekiel, ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

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  • Bold Scientists

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  • Behind the Killing Fields

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    by Gina Chon, Sambath Thet ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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    by Conor McCarthy ...
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  • Anthropology and Expertise in the Asylum Courts

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