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1) Saving face
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Every year, hundreds of people are attacked with acid in Pakistan. The majority of these are women, who are left physically and emotionally scarred. Saving Face tells the stories of two acid-attack survivors: Zakia, a 39-year old whose husband threw acid on her after she filed for divorce, and Rukhsana, a 25-year-old whose husband and inlaws threw acid and gasoline on her, then set her on fire. Charting the arduous attempts to bring their assailants...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Get out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first! Go now! These were the final shouts nine year-old Kim Phuc heard before her world dissolved into flames--before napalm bombs fell from the sky, burning away her clothing and searing deep into her skin. It's a moment forever captured, an iconic image that has come to define the horror and violence of the Vietnam War. Kim was left for dead in...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Former Exxon operator Charlie Morecraft shares a cautionary tale of how life can change in an instant when people fail to take responsibility for their actions. Through his near-fatal experience he gives hope and helpful advice to other to stay safe at home and at work" --Provided by the publisher.
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