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Summary: "Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. It was 1994, and in 100 days more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Clemantine and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, ran and spent the next six years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WAMARIYA, CLEMANTINE WAMGillibrand, Kirsten
Summary: "Fourteen years before Kirsten Gillibrand succeeded Hillary Rodham Clinton as senator from New York, she heard her future mentor say these life-changing words: 'Decisions are being made every day in Washington, and if you are not part of those decisions, you might not like what they decide, and you'll have no one to blame but yourself.' A young corporate lawyer at the time, Gillibrand felt as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN GILWein, Elizabeth
Summary: Documents the contributions of Soviet airwomen during World War II, examining the formation, obstacles, missions, and legacy of Russia's female combat pilot regiments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019