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The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
de Stewart, Rory
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- 0151012350
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012350
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In August 2003, at the age of thirty, Rory Stewart took a taxi from Jordan to Baghdad. A Farsi-speaking British diplomat who had recently completed an epic walk from Turkey to Bangladesh, he was soon appointed deputy governor of Amarah and then Nasiriyah, provinces in the remote, impoverished marsh regions of southern Iraq. He spent the next eleven months negotiating hostage releases, holding elections, and splicing together some semblance of an infrastructure for a population of millions teetering on the brink of civil war. The Prince of the Marshes tells the story of Stewart's year. As a participant he takes us inside the occupation and beyond the Green Zone, introducing us to a colorful cast of Iraqis and revealing the complexity and fragility of a society we struggle to understand. By turns funny and harrowing, moving and incisive, it amounts to a unique portrait of heroism and the tragedy that intervention inevitably courts in the modern age.
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- More Than Words Inc.
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- Título
- The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
- Autor
- Stewart, Rory
- Estado del libro
- Used - Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0151012350
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012350
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Lugar de publicación
- Orlando, Fl
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- July 26, 2006
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Waltham, Massachusetts
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More Than Words empowers youth who are in foster care, court-involved, homeless or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. MTW believes that when system-involved youth are challenged with authentic and increasing responsibilities in a business setting, and are given high expectations and a culture of support, they can and will address personal barriers to success, create concrete action plans for their lives, and become contributing members of society. More Than Words began as an online bookselling training program for youth in DCF custody in 2004 and opened its vibrant bookstore on Moody St in Waltham in 2005 and added its Starbucks coffee bar in 2008. MTW replicated its model in the South End of Boston in 2011, thereby doubling the number of youth served annually.
