"Waris's story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the most beautiful inspiration to anyone." —Elton JohnWaris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu—the first leg of ...

Als haar vader haar wil uithuwelijken aan een veel oudere man rent de dertienjarige Waris Dirie weg van huis. Ze gaat naar Londen, waar ze als huishoudster voor haar oom werkt en later bij McDonald's. Dan wordt ze ontdekt door een fotograaf en begint een glansrijke carrière als model. In Mijn woestijn vertelt Waris over haar kinderjaren in Somalië, inclusief hoe ze op vijfjarige leeftijd werd besneden. We volgen haar daarna in haar vlucht naar het Westen en zien hoe ze haar verleden overwo...

Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. Champion of Choice tells the remarkable story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the world’s foremost advocate for women’s health and reproductive rights, the first female director of a United Nations agency, and “one of the most powerful women in the world” (London Times).An obstetrician, wife, mother, and ...

Nominated for the Pushcart Editor’s Book AwardIn The Birdhouse Chronicles, internationally bestselling author Cathleen Miller offers a funny and wise account of how she and her husband abandon their San Francisco advertising careers to make a radical new life for themselves in a one-hundred-year-old Pennsylvania farmhouse located in the middle of an Amish cornpatch. Part memoir, part nature writing, and part old-house-restoration journal, this wonderfully humorous ...

Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. Champion of Choice tells the remarkable story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the world’s foremost advocate for women’s health and reproductive rights, the first female director of a United Nations agency, and “one of the most powerful women in the world” (London Times).An obstetrician, wife, mother, and devout Muslim, Sad...

Aavikolta huippumalliksi ja ihmisoikeustaistelijaksi.Waris kasvaa paimentolaisperheessä Somalian aavikoilla. Kun isä haluaa naittaa 13-vuotiaan Warisin vanhalle miehelle, tyttö päättää karata maasta. Monien vastoinkäymisten jälkeen hän päätyy kotiapulaiseksi Lontooseen. Tytön vielä opetellessa lukemaan ja kirjoittamaan eräs valokuvaaja kiinnittää huomiota hänen kauneuteensa. Yhdessä yössä tuntemattoman Warisin kasvot ovat lehtien kansissa ja hän nousee hetkessä mallimaailman huipul...

Poets Choice is a poetry book publishing brand registered and having its head office in Mumbai, India. We are on the verge of setting up our offices in USA as well.We have been around since 2010.Our writers hail from over 48 countries across the world. To view the complete list visit our website.We welcome book reviews on our website – www.poetschoice.in . Books can also be ordered directly from our website.Now, video and audio reviews can be sent across to ...

Vom Nomadenleben in der somalischen Wüste auf die teuersten Designer-Laufstege der Welt – ein Traum. Und ein Alptraum, denn Waris Dirie wurde im Alter von fünf Jahren Opfer eines grausamen Rituals: Sie wurde beschnitten.In »Wüstenblume« bricht sie ihr jahrelanges Schweigen und erzählt ihre Geschichte. Ihr Schicksal bewegte die Leser weltweit und wurde ein internationaler Bestseller – die Kino-Verfilmung begeisterte ein Millionenpublikum.Heute kämpft Waris Dirie als UNO-Sonder...

This is a book about memories, love, sex and the power of the imagination to see us through the most difficult times. The women of Reality, Reality are mesmerising, whether in love or in solitude. Jackie Kay’s newest and most luminous of collections is full of compassion, generosity, sorrow and joy. In fifteen extraordinary stories, she celebrates the richness and power of dream-life to inspire, to repair, and to make real.

In Jackie Kay’s first collection of stories, ordinary lives are transformed by secrets. Her world might seem familiar – sex, death and family cast long shadows – but the roles of mothers, daughters and lovers are imagined and revealed in the most surprising of ways. Jackie Kay sees the extraordinary in everyday life, and lights it up with humour and generosity in a way that is uniquely her own.