The Boy Who Could Change the World

The Boy Who Could Change the World

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  • Author: Aaron Swartz
  • Publisher: Verso Books
  • ISBN: 1784784974
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 352

In January 2013, Aaron Swartz, under arrest and threatened with thirty-five years of imprisonment for downloading material from the JSTOR database, committed suicide. He was twenty-six years old. But in that time he had changed the world we live in: reshaping the Internet, questioning our assumptions about intellectual property, and creating some of the tools we use in our daily online lives. Besides being a technical genius and a passionate activist, he was also an insightful, compelling, and cutting critic of the politics of the Web. In this collection of his writings that spans over a decade he shows his passion for and in-depth knowledge of intellectual property, copyright, and the architecture of the Internet. The Boy Who Could Change the World contains the life's work of one of the most original minds of our time.


The Boy Who Changed the World

The Boy Who Changed the World

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  • Author: Andy Andrews
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson
  • ISBN: 1418562513
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 48

Did you know that what you do today can change the world forever? The Boy Who Changed the World opens with a young Norman Borlaug playing in his family’s cornfields with his sisters. One day, Norman would grow up and use his knowledge of agriculture to save the lives of two billion people. Two billion! Norman changed the world! Or was it Henry Wallace who changed the world? Or maybe it was George Washington Carver? This engaging story reveals the incredible truth that everything we do matters! Based on The Butterfly Effect, Andy’s timeless tale shows children that even the smallest of our actions can affect all of humanity. The book is beautifully illustrated and shares the stories of Nobel Laureate Norman Borlaug, Vice President Henry Wallace, Inventor George Washington Carver, and Farmer Moses Carver. Through the stories of each, a different butterfly will appear. The book will end with a flourish of butterflies and a charge to the child that they, too, can be the boy or girl who changes the world.


The Kid Who Changed the World

The Kid Who Changed the World

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  • Author: Andy Andrews
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
  • ISBN: 1400324335
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 41

Beginning with Norman Borlaug and going back to those who influenced him directly or indirectly, shows how one ordinary boy came to develop "super plants" that helped save billions of people from starvation.


The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World

The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World

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  • Author: Amy Reed
  • Publisher: Simon Pulse
  • ISBN: 1481481762
  • Category : Young Adult Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 464

The Astonishing Color of After meets Eleanor & Park in this breathtaking and beautifully surreal story about a friendship between two teens that just might shake the earth around them or at the very least make them face some painful truths about the nature of what drives us apart…and what brings us together. Billy Sloat and Lydia Lemon don’t have much in common, unless you count growing up on the same (wrong) side of the tracks, the lack of a mother, and a persistent loneliness that has inspired creative coping mechanisms. When the lives of these two loners are thrust together, Lydia’s cynicism is met with Billy’s sincere optimism, and both begin to question their own outlook on life. On top of that, weird happenings including an impossible tornado and an all-consuming fog are cropping up around them—maybe even because of them. And as the two grow closer and confront bigger truths about their pasts, they must also deal with such inconveniences as a narcissistic rock star, a war between unicorns and dragons, and eventually, of course, the apocalypse. With a unique mix of raw emotion, humor, and heart, the surreal plotline pulls readers through an epic exploration of how caring for others makes us vulnerable—and how utterly pointless life would be if we didn’t.


The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

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  • Author: William Kamkwamba
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • ISBN: 1101637420
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 304

Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.


Woman Enough

Woman Enough

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  • Author: Kristen Worley
  • Publisher: Random House Canada
  • ISBN: 0735273022
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 304

A powerful and inspiring story of self-realization and legal victory that upends our basic assumptions about sexual identity. In 1966, a male baby, Chris, was adopted by an upper-middle-class Toronto couple. From early childhood, Chris felt ill-at-ease as a boy and like an outsider in his conservative family. An obsession with sports--running, waterskiing and especially cycling--helped him survive what he would eventually understand to be a profound disconnect between his anatomical sexual identity and his gender identity. In his twenties, with the support of newfound friends and family and the medical community, Chris became Kristen. Chris had been a world-class cyclist, and now Kristen wanted to compete for her country and herself in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She became the first athlete in the world to submit to the International Olympic Committee's gender verification process, the Stockholm Consensus. An all-male jury determined she fit their biological criteria--but the IOC ultimately objected to her use of testosterone supplements. They, and other sports bodies, regard them as performance enhancing, when in fact all transitioned female athletes need the hormone to stay healthy and to compete. So Kristen filed a complaint against the sports bodies standing in her way with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal. And she won. Woman Enough is the account of a human rights battle with global repercussions for the world of sport; it's a challenge to rethink fixed ideas about gender; and it's the extraordinary story of a boy who was rejected for who he wasn't, and who fought back until she found out who she is.


Ten Boys who Changed the World

Ten Boys who Changed the World

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  • Author: Irene Howat
  • Publisher: Christian Focus
  • ISBN: 9781857925791
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

Would you like to change the world? These ten boys grew up to do just that.


Cool Kids Changing the World

Cool Kids Changing the World

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  • Author: Laura Hamilton Waxman
  • Publisher: Millbrook Press
  • ISBN: 1541593863
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 24

Aspiring activists will see how young people just like them worked for change. Inspiring stories fill these pages! Back matter includes tips for readers to get ready to be the change they wish to see.


The Boy Who Could Change the World

The Boy Who Could Change the World

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  • Author: Aaron Swartz
  • Publisher: The New Press
  • ISBN: 1620970767
  • Category : Literary Collections
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 369

In his too-short life, Aaron Swartz reshaped the Internet, questioned our assumptions about intellectual property, and touched all of us in ways that we may not even realize. His tragic suicide in 2013 at the age of twenty-six after being aggressively prosecuted for copyright infringement shocked the nation and the world. Here for the first time in print is revealed the quintessential Aaron Swartz: besides being a technical genius and a passionate activist, he was also an insightful, compelling, and cutting essayist. With a technical understanding of the Internet and of intellectual property law surpassing that of many seasoned professionals, he wrote thoughtfully and humorously about intellectual property, copyright, and the architecture of the Internet. He wrote as well about unexpected topics such as pop culture, politics both electoral and idealistic, dieting, and lifehacking. Including three in-depth and previously unpublished essays about education, governance, and cities,The Boy Who Could Change the World contains the life's work of one of the most original minds of our time.


How to Change the World in 12 Easy Steps

How to Change the World in 12 Easy Steps

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  • Author: Peggy Porter Tierney
  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • ISBN: 1939100550
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 36

Kids teaching kids how to make the world happier, prettier, friendlier, kinder, safer, smarter, accepting, and loving. It’s easy! HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD IN 12 EASY STEPS was inspired by Eva Kor, a child survivor of Auschwitz. She always stressed to young audiences that even though a child, they had the power to change the world. Easy, simple gestures from picking up a piece of trash on the sidewalk, tidying a bedroom, accepting someone who is different, along with other gestures of kindness and thoughtfulness can make a big difference. The book could also serve as a starting point for a conversation on prejudice. Marie Letourneau’s illustrations capture the warmth at the heart of this book, making it a fun, but life-changing read.