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(0)Maryanne Vollers
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Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Ashley Judd is best known as the acclaimed actress in films such as De Lovely and Double Jeopardy, but these days she is more likely to be found wading through an African refugee camp or Asian brothel than on a film set. For most of the past decade Judd has been visiting human rights hotspots around the world to spread the word of hope, health, and gender equality on behalf of one of the leading public health nonprofits, PSI/YouthAIDS. Her work has...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career--six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes." She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the profound impact on her worldview from the women's movement,...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
1010L
Physical Desc
273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Yeonmi Park has told the harrowing story of her escape from North Korea as a child many times, but never before has she revealed the most intimate and devastating details of the repressive society she was raised in and the enormous price she paid to escape." -- From dust jacket.
