Argues that author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson, noted for his campaign to open schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan, has not been truthful about his past, his reasons for opening schools, or his abduction by the Taliban....
Girls' schools
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Author:Krakauer, Jon.Summary: -
Author:Balogh, MarySummary:She spies him in the deepening dusk of a Wales evening-a lone figure of breathtaking strength and masculinity, his handsome face branded by a secret pain. For single mother and teacher Anne Jewell, newly arrived with her son at a...
- Author:Danforth, Emily M.Summary:
Flo and Clara, two students at the Brookhants School for Girls, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls...
- Author:Pung, AliceSummary:
Laurinda is an exclusive school for girls. At its secret core is the Cabinet, a trio of girls who wield power over their classmates - and some of their teachers. Entering this world of wealth and secrets is Lucy Lam, a scholarship girl...
- Author:Hannon, IreneSummary:
When the daughter of a high-profile businessman disappears from an exclusive girls' boarding school, police detective Cate Reilly is tapped for an undercover assignment. It doesn't take her long to realize that beneath the veneer of...
- Author:Shields, GillianSummary:
L’école de l’abbaye de Wyldcliffe pour jeunes filles, installée dans un manoir gothique dans le paysage désolé des landes du nord, est élitiste, chère et inhospitalière. Quand Evie Johnson doit quitter sa maison près de la mer pour...
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Author:Coady, Mary FrancesSummary:Holy Rule takes place during three weeks in October, 1958, focusing on the lives of a group of nuns who teach at St. Monica’s Girls’ School. During this time of high autumn, the pope lies dying in Rome — and then finally dies...
- Author:Ellison, J. T.Summary:
In a world where appearances are everything, no one questions the cruelties of the secret societies or the dubious behavior of the privileged young women who expect to get away with murder.
