Ishmael Beah

Meet Cindy and Merrilee the third Wednesday of every month where we'll read books about fascinating people, places, anything. This month's book is A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah.

Book club books are 10% off for those attending the meeting!

Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Ishmael Beah comes to The Latin School Library to talk about his new book Radiance of Tomorrow! When Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone’s civil war and the fate of child soldiers that “everyone in the world should read” (The Washington Post). At the center of Radiance of Tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two longtime friends who return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war. The village is in ruins, the ground covered in bones. As more villagers begin to come back, Benjamin and Bockarie try to forge a new community by taking up their former posts as teachers, but they’re beset by obstacles: a scarcity of food; a rash of murders, thievery, rape, and retaliation; and the depredations of a foreign mining company intent on sullying the town’s water supply and blocking its paths with electric wires. As Benjamin and Bockarie search for a way to restore order, they’re forced to reckon with the uncertainty of their past and future alike. With the gentle lyricism of a dream and the moral clarity of a fable, Radiance of Tomorrow is a powerful novel about preserving what means the most to us, even in uncertain times. Named one of the Christian Science Monitor's best fiction books of 2014 Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone in 1980. He moved to the United States in 1998 and finished his last two years of high school at the United Nations International School in New York. In 2004 he graduated from Oberlin College with a B.A. in political science. He is a member of the Human Rights Watch Children’s Rights Division Advisory Committee and has spoken before the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (CETO) at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, and many other NGO panels on children affected by the war. His work has appeared in VespertinePress and LIT magazine. He lives in New York City.

Location: Street: 59 West North Boulevard City: Chicago, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60610 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

St. Louis County Library - Headquarters

Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone, discuses his first novel, Radiance of Tomorrow, an affecting, tender parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone. Benjamin and Bockarie, two longtime friends, return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war. As they search for a way to restore order, they're forced to reckon with the uncertainty of their past and future alike.

For more information, please contact the St. Louis County Library at 314.994.3300.

Location: Street: St. Louis County Library - Headquarters Additional: 1640 S. Lindbergh City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63131 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

ISMAIL Beah

As a former child soldier from Sierra Leone, Ishmail Beah has a history, a survivor story, and a message. Meet him as he shares his book, A Long Way Gone at this special free event open to the public. THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 at 7:00 PM Glenbard West High School | 670 Crescent Blvd., Glen Ellyn

Location: Street: Glenbard West High School Additional: 670 Crescent Blvd. City: Glen Ellyn, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60137 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Ishmael Beah woke us from our slumbers with his memoir of being a forced child soldier in Sierra Leone, A Long Way Gone. Join us as the UNICEF Ambassador and Advocate for Children Affected by War revisits his homeland after the fighting is done and continues the story of his country's civil war in Radiance of Tomorrow: A Novel.

Friends Benjamin and Bockarie return to their desecrated village, intent on rebuilding the community by taking up their old posts as teachers. Hunger, retaliation, scattered acts of violence, and a foreign mining concern’s depredations slow their progress and precipitate some soul searching, but our heroes (like Beah himself) stay radiant to the end.

Can't make the event? Call us (603-224-0562) or email us (gibsons@totalnetnh.net) to have us put a copy aside to be signed for you. Or purchase a copy from the book link below and ask us to have it signed in the "Order Comments" box. (GibsonsB)… (més)

A special presentation, sponsored by Skidmore College's Committee on Intercultural and Global Understanding.

Monday, March 24 at 8 pm, Filene Recital Hall at Skidmore College. Free and open to the public. Doors open at 7 pm.

A rare opportunity to hear one of contemporary literature's rising stars.

Radiance of tomorrow is a haunting, beautiful first novel by the bestselling author of the memoir A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.

When Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone’s civil war and the fate of child soldiers that “everyone in the world should read” (The Washington Post). Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called “arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature,” has returned with his first novel, an affecting, tender parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone. At the center of Radiance of tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two longtime friends who return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war. The village is in ruins, the ground covered in bones. As more villagers begin to come back, Benjamin and Bockarie try to forge a new community by taking up their former posts as teachers, but they’re beset by obstacles: a scarcity of food; a rash of murders, thievery, rape, and retaliation; and the depredations of a foreign mining company intent on sullying the town’s water supply and blocking its paths with electric wires. As Benjamin and Bockarie search for a way to restore order, they’re forced to reckon with the uncertainty of their past and future alike.

With the gentle lyricism of a dream and the moral clarity of a fable, Radiance of tomorrow is a powerful novel about preserving what means the most to us, even in uncertain times.

Location: Street: Filene Recital Hall at Skidmore College Additional: 815 North Broadway City: Saratoga Springs, Province: New York Postal Code: 12866 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Chicago Council on Global Affairs program

Rebuilding a Child Soldier After War

Beah will speak in his role as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, the President and Founder of the Ishmael Beah Foundation, and the author of the novel Radiance of tomorrow and A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.

For updated information and reservations, go to www.thechicagocouncil.org and click on "Events."

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Ishmael Beah, author of the critically acclaimed novel The Radiance of tomorrow (FSG 2014) will be at the Parma-Snow branch of the Cuyahoga County Library on Monday, March 17th at 7 p.m. The event is free but you must register on the library website at www.cuyahogalibrary.org

Beah is the author of the bestselling memoir A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier that recounted the civil strife in Sierra Leone and his role in the war. It was an unforgettable portrayal of a child combatant and now he has published a novel about what it is like to return to an area that had been a war zone.

At the center of Radiance of tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two longtime friends who return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war. The village is in ruins, the ground covered in bones. As more villagers begin to come back, Benjamin and Bockarie try to forge a new community by taking up their former posts as teachers, but they’re beset by obstacles: a scarcity of food; a rash of murders, thievery, rape, and retaliation; and the depredations of a foreign mining company intent on sullying the town’s water supply and blocking its paths with electric wires. As Benjamin and Bockarie search for a way to restore order, they’re forced to reckon with the uncertainty of their past and future alike.

Ishmael Beah came to the United States when he was seventeen and graduated from Oberlin College in 2004. He is a member of Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Division Advisory Committee and has spoken before the United Nations on several occasions. He lives in New York City. Book List

Location: Street: 1820 Coventry Rd Additional: City: Cleveland Heights, Province: Ohio Postal Code: 44118 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Maryville University Auditorium

Left Bank Books and Maryville Talks Books present Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone, to discuss his first novel, Radiance of tomorrow, an affecting, tender parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone. Benjamin and Bockarie, two longtime friends, return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war. As they search for a way to restore order, they're forced to reckon with the uncertainty of their past and future alike.

Read an interview with Ishmael Beah here!

Location: Street: Maryville University Auditorium Additional: 650 Maryville University Dr. City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63141 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

The Park Road Books Book Club will be reading Radiance of tomorrow by Ishmael Beah for their March meeting. The author will be in attendance. At the center of Radiance of tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two longtime friends who return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war. The village is in ruins, the ground covered in bones. As more villagers begin to come back, Benjamin and Bockarie try to forge a new community by taking up their former posts as teachers, but they’re beset by obstacles: a scarcity of food; a rash of murders, thievery, rape, and retaliation; and the depredations of a foreign mining company intent on sullying the town’s water supply and blocking its paths with electric wires. As Benjamin and Bockarie search for a way to restore order, they’re forced to reckon with the uncertainty of their past and future alike. Book club participants will receive 20% off the $25.00 price.

Location: Street: 4139 Park Road Additional: Park Road Shopping Center City: Charlotte, Province: North Carolina Postal Code: 28209-2229 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)