About this title: From the first African woman--and the first environmentalist--to win the Noble Peace Prize comes her powerfully inspiring memoir. Founder of the Green Belt Movement Maathai recounts the obstacles and motivations that have guided her to lead a singularly uncommon life.
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780307263483ISBN:0307263487
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very good hard cover edition with very good dust jacket. Clean. Tight binding. 1st Edition. 314 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780307263483ISBN:0307263487
Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Knopf, 2006. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Light wear to Dust Jacket. Aside from light wrinkling and staining to Dust Jacket, overall a clean and tight copy. Additionally, Dust Jacket protected with a new clear archival cover. Book wrapped in bubble wrap. Media mail delivered in a box, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Date Published: 2006-10-03
ISBN-13:9780307263483ISBN:0307263487
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780307263483ISBN:0307263487
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Knopf, 2006. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780307263483ISBN:0307263487
Description: As New in as new jacket. A Memoir. 8vo. xviii, 314, [4] pp. Bound in quarter green over cream boards, in illustrated dust wrapper. Black and white photographs. As New bright, clean copy in As New dust wrapper. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780307263483ISBN:0307263487
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780307263483ISBN:0307263487
Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Knopf, 2006. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Light shelf wear to Jacket. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2006-10-03
ISBN-13:9780307263483ISBN:0307263487
Description: Good. Knopf (2006. )Stated First Edition, Signed in black marker "Steve and Kathi, Peace! Wangari" to title page. Cream/aqua boards in fair, matte buttercream/brown illustrated dustjacket. Dustjacket shows stray marks and buffings, scratches into top layer of paper. Small area of waffling to dj at rear. Photographs of signature available, arriving boxed and insured. From the dustjacket: "Wangari Maathai's memoir is direct, honest and beautifully written-a gripping account of modern Africa's ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780307263483ISBN:0307263487
Description: Fine. No dust jacket. Missing Dust jacket. Pages are clean and crisp. Immediate Shipping(Monday-Friday). We Carefully Inspected Our Books. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 314 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. First edition. No writings/underlines/highlights except owner name. Pages are very nice and clean. May have minor edge wear on DJ. Free track! Satisfaction guarenteed! Fast ing! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780307263483ISBN:0307263487
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. PO gift inscription in ink on ffep. Clipped d/j. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780099493099ISBN:0099493098
Description: New. Presents a story, spanning different worlds and changing times, and revealing what the courage, determination, tenacity and humour of one good woman can achieve; how as small a thing as planting a seedling and watering it can make all the difference i... read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780307263483ISBN:0307263487
Description: New in fine dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 314 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Maathai is the 2004 Nobel Peace Award winner read more
"This autobiography about Wangari Maathai. She had led an inspiring life as an environmentalist, nobel peace prize recipient, academic, politician, feminist, human rights activist, mother, etc.
If you are interested in women's rights, the environment, Kenya, planting trees, preserving green spaces, women in politics, women in academia, human rights, etc. you will find something in this book to inspire you. I liked hearing about her experiences studying in the U.S. The content is interesting, but sometimes I thought the telling lacked some of the vigor that her life displayed.
If you ever have the chance to see her in person---go for it. She is a tour de force. Her humor, no-nonsense approach and passion are amazing. It will make you want to plant a tree. So what's stopping you?"
"Wangari Maathai plants trees and gets in trouble. Born in 1940 in a village in Kenya, she is the daughter of an illiterate mother in a country where many, especially females, were not literate. But the world is changing and Wangari gets a golden opportunity to attend school -- it propels her into the future and we are all beneficiaries. This Nobel Prize winner has a story worth reading. I predict that you will remember her and feel inspired."
"Interesting to learn how much else Wangari Maathai accomplished - being the first East African woman awarded a Ph.D., running for parliament, etc. - much more than I had realized only knowing her association with the Green Belt movement (which was almost a sideshow in the book.) Also, as I know so little about Kenyan history, interesting to hear about the evolution of the polictical system. So much was happening when I visited as a teenager that I had no idea about."
"I did not know who Wangari Maathai was before hearing her speak in DC but bought tickets to see her because she was from Kenya and won a nobel peace prize. That's good enough bait for me. I walked away from her talk inspired by her passion and work for human good. The book is great. I was a little underwhelmed at the beginning as she established her own background. Her writing seemed nothing special, but as the book evolves and she begins her journey as an activist, her story is remarkable. Her work in womens' rights, anti-corruption, human rights, you name it, is all rooted from teaching people how to plant trees. If that's not cool, I don't know what is."
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