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  • Escape from Manus Prison

    One Man's Daring Quest for Freedom

    by Jaivet Ealom ...
    The awe-inspiring story of the only person to successfully escape Australia's notorious offshore detention centre--and his long search for freedom.In 2013 Jaivet Ealom fled Myanmar's brutal regime, where Rohingya like him were being persecuted and killed, and boarded a boat of asylum seekers bound for Australia. Instead of finding refuge, he was transported to Australia's infamous Manus Regional ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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    Escape from Manus Prison

    One Man's Daring Quest for Freedom

    by Jaivet Ealom ...
    Narrated by Yusuf Zine ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 51 min

    The awe-inspiring story of the only person to successfully escape Australia's notorious offshore detention centre--and his long search for freedom.In 2013 Jaivet Ealom fled Myanmar's brutal regime, where Rohingya like him were being persecuted and killed, and boarded a boat of asylum seekers bound for Australia. Instead of finding refuge, he was transported to Australia's infamous Manus Regional ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

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    The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).In late 2006, Saket Soni, a 28-year-old, Indian-born community organizer received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker ... Read more

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