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When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things audiobook
- By: Jody Williams
- Narrator: Jody Williams
- Category: Body, Mind & Spirit, Inspiration & Personal Growth
- Length: 4 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: October 03, 2006
- Language: English
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When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things Audiobook Summary
Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams reflects that average people can unite to create a better world, in “When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things,” her contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series.
This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins with the series title. The pieces that make up the program compel listeners to re-think not only what and how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.
Featuring a star-studded list of contributors that includes John McCain, Isabel Allende, and Colin Powell, as well as pieces from the original 1950’s series including Helen Keller and Jackie Robinson, the This I Believe collection also contains essays by a Brooklyn lawyer, a woman who sells yellow pages advertising in Fort Worth, and a man who serves on the state of Rhode Island’s parole board. The result is a stirring, funny and always provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of Americans whose beliefs, and the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express them, reveal the American spirit at its best.
This short audio essay is an excerpt from the audiobook edition of the This I Believe anthology.
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Jody Williams is the founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. For her efforts, she shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize with the Campaign. Williams previously worked to build awareness about U.S. policy toward Central America.
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Jody Williams is the author of When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things
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When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things Full Details
| Narrator | Jody Williams |
| Length | 4 minutes |
| Author | Jody Williams |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Macmillan Audio |
| Release date | October 03, 2006 |
| ISBN | 9781427204042 |
Subjects
The publisher of the When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Body, Mind & Spirit, Inspiration & Personal Growth
Additional info
The publisher of the When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781427204042.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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