[Publib] Best book of the year...expanded

[Robert Balliot]

You can see William Kamkwamba's presentation at TED here:

http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/libraries/sciences.htm

Innovation and creativity!

R. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com



On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Edith Isele <ekgisele at gmail.com> wrote:

> The best non-fiction book I've read this year is "The Boy who harnessed the
> wind" by William Kamkwamba  and Brian Mealor.  It is the story of William, a
> boy from Malawi, who used various pieces of scrap to build a windmill to
> provide electricity for his family.  This was when a drought and famine made
> it impossible for his family to pay his school fees, and he wanted to
> continue his education, so he took books on electricity and physics from the
> small local library.
>
> --
> Edith Isele
> Assistant Manager
> Outreach Services
> St. Louis County Library (MO)
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