The boy who harnessed the wind creating currents of electricity and hope
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: New York : Harper Audio, 2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 10:04:32. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Chike Johnson. |
Summary, etc.: | "A windmill means more than just power, it means freedom." William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger, and a place where hope and opportunity were hard to find. But William had read about windmills in a book called Using Energy, and he dreamed of building one that would bring electricity and water to his village and change his life and the lives of those around him... |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 144820 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Kamkwamba, William 1987- Inventors Malawi Windmills Malawi Water-supply, Rural Malawi Rural electrification Malawi Electric power production Malawi Malawi Rural conditions |
Genre: | Electronic books. Audiobooks. |
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511 | 0 | . | ‡aRead by Chike Johnson. |
500 | . | ‡aDuration: 10:04:32. | |
520 | . | ‡a"A windmill means more than just power, it means freedom." William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger, and a place where hope and opportunity were hard to find. But William had read about windmills in a book called Using Energy, and he dreamed of building one that would bring electricity and water to his village and change his life and the lives of those around him... | |
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