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<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cI AM MALALA\u201d<\/strong> Overview from Barnes and Noble<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead, Malala’s miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she became a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I AM MALALA is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls’ education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I AM MALALA will make you believe in the power of one person’s voice to inspire change in the world. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \u201cHalf the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide\u201d<\/strong> Overview from Amazon<\/p>\n\n\n\n From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era\u2019s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They show how a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad. That Cambodian girl eventually escaped from her brothel and, with assistance from an aid group, built a thriving retail business that supports her family. The Ethiopian woman had her injuries repaired and in time became a surgeon. A Zimbabwean mother of five, counseled to return to school, earned her doctorate and became an expert on AIDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through these stories, Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women\u2019s potential. They make clear how so many people have helped to do just that, and how we can each do our part. Throughout much of the world, the greatest unexploited economic resource is the female half of the population. Countries such as China have prospered precisely because they emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Unleashing that process globally is not only the right thing to do; it\u2019s also the best strategy for fighting poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deeply felt, pragmatic, and inspirational, Half the Sky is essential reading for every global citizen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecoming Michelle Obama\u201d<\/strong> Overview from Target<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America–the first African American to serve in that role–she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her–from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it–in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations–and whose story inspires us to do the same.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \u201cEducated by Tara Westover\u201d<\/strong> Overview from Amazon<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a classroom. Instead of traditional lessons, she grew up learning how to stew herbs into medicine, scavenging in the family scrap yard and helping her family prepare for the apocalypse. She had no birth certificate and no medical records and had never been enrolled in school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Westover\u2019s mother proved a marvel at concocting folk remedies for many ailments. As Tara developed her own coping mechanisms, little by little, she started to realize that what her family was offering didn\u2019t have to be her only education. Her first day of university was her first day in school\u2014ever\u2014and she would eventually win an esteemed fellowship from Cambridge and graduate with a PhD in intellectual history and political thought.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With summer in full swing and many of us still social distancing, you may be building your summer reading list. No matter how long your list is, we encourage you to put at least one book focusing on female empowerment as it is a great way to understand the importance of building strong women. 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By: Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
By: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Becoming](\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/aenWtaNdaT49QwpAfmR7MsgeFjtf2YKPdjQBfhuit9AmJuvRAIFo8LbPIo-y9GVrDq0gf_d9vyd45kSENA5z9RZbGebGpTLWirUUwJ3quUjrv3zKk6yFPQNvDxaWYi_D--h8UDA\")
By: Michelle Obama <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"New](\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/i2UMBJgI1B7QJv_KHp8w2sdoqWPSNluFxKjzlJjk4--2OFuqIlsUDj_dG1toL_5P85pgio35y6yT0crf7ECoOPSh_e2OKkv9IPDCmQKbni34O1KoA7EN2WIvZ60J5MtCWmIx9nM\")
By: Tara Westover<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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