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No Time for Dreams: Living in Burma under Military Rule
No Time for Dreams: Living in Burma under Military Rule By Carolyn Wakeman and San San Tin, Introduction by Emma Larkin has "SPECIAL ONLINE PRE-PUBLICATION DISCOUNT at $29.96 (25% Off).
It is going to be published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. .
Compelling images of cinnamon-robed monks confronting the guns and clubs of Burma's military junta outraged the world in September 2007 and San San Tin Inspired by the legacy of her father Ba Tin's struggle against British colonialism beginning in the 1930s, infuses her journey from school girl to journalist and, briefly, to businesswoman with an unbroken spirit of resistance.
Offering a compassionate insider's view of politics, culture, religion, and family during nearly half a century of unrelenting dictatorship, this riveting personal story traces an arc of decline to reveal the bitter fate of a once-prosperous and cosmopolitan society.
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Death Toll tops 100,000; Donation News
It seems that prediction that the death toll will hit 100,000 has come true. International aid hasn't come as fast as it needs to because
the government is hesitant in allowing a lot of foreigners in at once. If this doesn't change, the death toll will climb--the
lack of water, food and disease will kill those who survive.
BAWA's Cyclone Nargis Relief Fund has in that last two days raised over $3,300!
Thank you to all who donated!
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