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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781782398455 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION |
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| Terms of availability |
Purchased |
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Prism Books,Kadavanthra |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
920 |
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PAS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Passarlay , Gulwali |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
LIGHTLESS SKY : AFGHAN REFUGEE BOY'S JOURNEY OF ESCAPE TO A NEW LIFE |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Ghouri, Nadene, 1975- (Author) and Gulwali Passarlay |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Atlantic Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2015/01/01 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Size of unit |
365 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Title:<br/>The lightless sky : an Afghan refugee boy's journey of escape to a new life in Britain<br/><br/>Author:<br/>Passarlay, Gulwali; Ghouri, Nadene, 1975-<br/><br/><br/>'To risk my life had to mean something. Otherwise what was it all for?' Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of twelve, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the US army for hiding Taliban fighters. Smuggled into Iran, Gulwali began a twelve month odyssey across Europe, spending time in prisons, suffering hunger, cruelty, brutality, nearly drowning in a tiny boat on the Mediterranean. Somehow he survived, and made it to Britain, no longer an innocent child but still a boy of twelve. Here in Britain he was fostered, sent to a good school, won a place at a top university, and was chosen to carry the Olympic torch in 2012. He wants to tell his story - to bring to life the plight of the thousands of men, women and children who risk their lives to leave behind the troubles of their homelands. Many die along the way, some are sent back to face imprisonment and possible death, some survive and make it here, to a country which offers them the chance of a life of freedom and opportunity. One boy's story is the central story of our times, and this memoir celebrates the triumph of courage and determination over adversity -- |
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Biography |
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Gulwali Passarla -- Memoirs |
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Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Biography. |
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Refugees -- Great Britain -- Biography. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ghouri, Nadene |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Lending |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |