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GtrsRGr8 · 02-24-2016, 09:00 PM

I have a self-imposed rule against posting ebooks for which I can find less than a total of 20 ratings. However, I'm making an exception for this book because it is about a timely and compelling subject. Too, the publisher, the Pulitzer Center of Crisis Reporting's other books at Amazon generally have high ratings. And, really it's a good thing to make an exception, because, after all, "the exception proves the rule."

FYI--if you like this kind of book, you may be interested in knowing that there are currently 4 other books published by the Pulitzer Center that are free at the present time. You can find all of them, interspersed with the others published by the Pulitzer Center, at this Amazon webpage.

Flight From Syria: Refugee Stories. By Hugh Eakin; Lauren Gelford Feldinger, & 8 more. Rated 5 stars, but from only 3 reviews at Amazon; rated 4.29, but from only 7 ratings at GoodReads. Print list price N/A; digital list price $1.99; Kindle price now $0.00. Pulitzer Center, publisher. 186 pages. http://www.amazon.com/Flight-Syria-R...dp/B01845NT8C/.

I just learned today of a new (new to me, anyway) online publishing platform (think: html on steroids) called Atavist. I really do like it! The books turn out beautifully. I think that we'll be hearing and seeing a lot more of it in future. This book happens to be available on that platform here. Other Pulitzer Center publications may be available on it, too, I just don't know.

Book Description
Flight from Syria: Refugee Stories features the writing and photography of nine Pulitzer Center grantees– journalists who reported on Syrian refugees between 2012 and 2015. Their travels took them from Syria to Sweden, and from crowded camps to cramped apartments in city suburbs. Each of the journalists– Hugh Eakin, Lauren Gelfond Feldinger, Stephen Franklin, Joanna Kakissis, Alia Malek, Holly Pickett, Alisa Roth, Alice Su, and Selin Thomas– lends a unique perspective. Originally published in Al Jazeera, BBC News, Guernica, In These Times, Marketplace, NPR, The Atlantic and The New York Review of Books, these stories tell of an abandoned homeland, an indifferent world, and an uncertain future. They trace the history of one of the biggest displacements of modern times– providing a testament to the suffering and courage of those who fled.

02-24-2016, 09:00 PM	#158
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	FREE Kindle Ebook on the Current Syrian Refugee Crisis, from the Pulitzer Center. I have a self-imposed rule against posting ebooks for which I can find less than a total of 20 ratings. However, I'm making an exception for this book because it is about a timely and compelling subject. Too, the publisher, the Pulitzer Center of Crisis Reporting's other books at Amazon generally have high ratings. And, really it's a good thing to make an exception, because, after all, "the exception proves the rule." FYI--if you like this kind of book, you may be interested in knowing that there are currently 4 other books published by the Pulitzer Center that are free at the present time. You can find all of them, interspersed with the others published by the Pulitzer Center, at this Amazon webpage. Flight From Syria: Refugee Stories. By Hugh Eakin; Lauren Gelford Feldinger, & 8 more. Rated 5 stars, but from only 3 reviews at Amazon; rated 4.29, but from only 7 ratings at GoodReads. Print list price N/A; digital list price $1.99; Kindle price now $0.00. Pulitzer Center, publisher. 186 pages. http://www.amazon.com/Flight-Syria-R...dp/B01845NT8C/. I just learned today of a new (new to me, anyway) online publishing platform (think: html on steroids) called Atavist. I really do like it! The books turn out beautifully. I think that we'll be hearing and seeing a lot more of it in future. This book happens to be available on that platform here. Other Pulitzer Center publications may be available on it, too, I just don't know. Book Description Flight from Syria: Refugee Stories features the writing and photography of nine Pulitzer Center grantees– journalists who reported on Syrian refugees between 2012 and 2015. Their travels took them from Syria to Sweden, and from crowded camps to cramped apartments in city suburbs. Each of the journalists– Hugh Eakin, Lauren Gelfond Feldinger, Stephen Franklin, Joanna Kakissis, Alia Malek, Holly Pickett, Alisa Roth, Alice Su, and Selin Thomas– lends a unique perspective. Originally published in Al Jazeera, BBC News, Guernica, In These Times, Marketplace, NPR, The Atlantic and The New York Review of Books, these stories tell of an abandoned homeland, an indifferent world, and an uncertain future. They trace the history of one of the biggest displacements of modern times– providing a testament to the suffering and courage of those who fled. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 02-25-2016 at 01:58 AM.