Best Selling Books by Bryan Mealer

Based on his acclaimed three-part Harper''s series, All Things Must Fight to Live is foreign correspondent Bryan Mealer''s gripping account of his experiences in Congo, told through the long scope of the country''s dark and brutal history.

Traces the intertwined stories of an orphaned quarterback, a celebrated football coach, and an aspiring medical student whose prospects were collectively shaped by the formidable challenges, shameful history, and football enthusiasm of their hometown in the Florida Everglades.

A journalist chronicles his Texas family''s century-long saga of faith and fortune seeking in this acclaimed memoir: "a Texas version of Hillbilly Elegy" (Bryan Burrough, author of Barbarians at the Gate). In 1892, Bryan Mealer''s great-grandfather leaves Georgia to seek his fortune in the open country of Texas. But the family soon loses their farm to drought just as the region experiences one of the biggest oil booms in American history. They eventually settle in the small town of Big Spring, where fast oil fortunes are being made. For the next two generations, the Mealers labor in cotton fields and on drilling rigs, weathering booms and busts. During the Great Depression, they ward off despair by embracing Pentecostalism. But for young Bobby Mealer, the author''s father, the search for spiritual peace leads him to a rebellious move away from Big Spring. Then in 1981, Bobby''s old friend Grady Cunningham entices him back home with the promise of millions. While drilling wells for Grady''s oil company, Bobby and his wife embrace the honky-tonk high life. But beneath the Rolexes and private jets is a reality as dark as the crude itself. As Bobby soon discovers, his return to Big Spring is a backslider''s journey into a spiritual wilderness, and one that could cost him his life. A masterwork of memoir and narrative history, The Kings of Big Spring is an indelible portrait of fortune and ruin as big as Texas itself. And in telling the story of four generations of his family, Mealer also tells the story of America came to be.

Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba''s tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season''s crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family''s life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William''s windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy''s brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William''s story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.

New York Times Bestseller • Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor! A gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba''s tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season''s crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family''s life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William''s windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy''s brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William''s story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.

Când o secetă cumplită a lovit micul sat din Malawi în care locuia William Kamkwamba, familia sa a pierdut toată recolta, rămânând fără nimic de mâncat ori de vândut. Îngrijorat, băiatul a început să studieze cărțile de știință din biblioteca satului, în încercarea de a găsi o soluție. Așa i-a venit o idee despre care credea că ar putea să schimbe pentru totdeauna viața familiei sale: să construiască o moară de vânt. Realizată din fiare vechi și piese de bicicletă, moara lui William a adus electricitate în propriul cămin și a ajutat familia să pompeze apa de care avea nevoie pentru a cultiva pământul. Repovestită pentru publicul tânăr, cartea arată cum, chiar și într-o situație disperată, ideea genială a unui băiat poate schimba lumea în bine. Completată cu o hartă, ilustrații și un epilog care îi va pune pe cititori la curent cu povestea lui William, aceasta este ediția perfectă pentru întreaga familie. „O poveste înălțătoare despre curiozitate și ingeniozitate!” Publishers Weekly „Această carte îi va atrage pe adulții dornici să descopere o poveste inspirațională din Lumea a Treia, dar cu siguranță îi va impresiona și pe tineri, care pur și simplu vor adora curiozitatea, rezistența și ingeniozitatea acestui băiat african harnic.” Wall Street Journal „Un portret dinamic al unui tânăr ale cărui conexiune cu pământul, preocupare pentru comunitatea din care face parte și dorința de a rezolva problemele oferă un model pentru cei din jur.” School Library Journal „Volumul îi va fascina pe tinerii cărora le place să-și construiască propriile gadgeturi.” Booklist ISBN ebook: 9786060887324

一個人的力量能有多大？ 夢想能帶我們到多遠的地方？ 十四歲的馬拉威失學小男孩，用想像力與創造力， 造了一座風車，帶來的電力不僅照亮自己的未來， 而且富足了家鄉，將來更會改變整個國家。 他的故事證明，不管處境如何困頓， 個人堅定的力量，的確可以把自己帶到夢想的遠方！

«UNA HISTORIA CONMOVEDORA Y EJEMPLAR», Al Gore, premio nobel de la pazWilliam nació en una aldea remota de Malaui. Fascinado desde niño por la electricidad, deseaba estudiar ciencias, pero una terrible hambruna devastó las pocas pertenencias de su familia y los convirtió en indigentes de la noche a la mañana. William tuvo que dejar los estudios y ayudar a sus padres, pero se negó a abandonar sus sueños... Con unos pocos libros de ciencias hasta entonces olvidados abordó un osado plan: proporcionar a su familia electricidad y agua corriente. Con chatarra, piezas de tractor, algunos trozos de bicicleta y un entusiasmo sin límites fabricó un molino de viento. Una extraordinaria narración de cómo el esfuerzo, el optimismo y la inventiva humana pueden cambiar nuestro destino

Quando uma terrível seca atingiu o pequeno vilarejo onde William Kamkwamba vivia, no Malaui, sua família perdeu todas as safras da estação, ficando sem ter o que comer ou vender, impossibilitando também a continuidade dos estudos de William. Assim, o garoto começou a explorar os livros de ciências na biblioteca de sua aldeia e foi lá que teve uma ideia que mudaria a vida de sua família para sempre: construir um moinho de vento. Construída com ferro-velho e peças usadas de bicicleta, a incrível criação de William levou eletricidade para casa, o que ajudou a família a bombear a água de que precisavam para cultivar a terra.

El sueño de un niño puede cambiar el mundo entero. Esta es una inspiradora historia, basada en la vida real del autor, sobre el poder de la imaginación y la fuerza de la determinación. Cuando una terrible sequía asoló la pequeña aldea donde vivía William Kamkwamba, su familia perdió todas las cosechas y se quedó sin nada que comer y nada que vender. William comenzó entonces a investigar en los libros de ciencia que había en la biblioteca en busca de una solución, y de este modo encontró la idea que cambiaría la vida de su familia para siempre: construiría un molino de viento. Fabricado a partir de materiales reciclados, metal y fragmentos de bicicletas, el molino de William trajo la electricidad a su casa y ayudó a su familia a obtener el agua que necesitaba para sus cultivos. Así, el empeño y la ilusión del pequeño Willy cambió el destino de su familia y del país entero.

William Kamkwambas bewegende Geschichte neu aufgelegt William wächst auf einer Farm in Malawi auf, einem der ärmsten Länder der Welt. Nur kurz kann er zur Schule gehen. Dennoch baut er mit 14 Jahren ein Windrad, mit dem er Strom erzeugen kann. So erfüllt sich der wissbegierige Junge trotz vieler Hindernisse einen Traum und verändert damit das Leben seiner Familie und der Menschen in seinem Dorf. Diese wahre Geschichte ist die Vorlage für den erfolgreichen Netflix-Film. Eine moderne Heldensaga, die zum Staunen anregt und Mut macht.

Né en 1987 au Malawi, l''un des pays les plus pauvres d''Afrique, William Kamkwamba aspire dès son plus jeune âge à un autre avenir que celui de son père agriculteur et souhaite étudier les sciences. Mais, en 2001, sa région est frappée par une terrible sécheresse, et William est contraint d''abandonner l''école pour aider sa famille à survivre. L''adolescent refuse malgré tout de renoncer à ses rêves. A l''aide de quelques manuels de sciences poussiéreux, il se lance dans un projet audacieux : construire une éolienne afin d''offrir à sa famille l''électricité, un luxe auquel seuls 2 % de la population malawite ont accès... Le Garçon qui dompta le vent est le récit incroyable d''un jeune autodidacte qui, à force d''ingéniosité et de ténacité, est parvenu à dépasser les obstacles les plus insurmontables afin de construire une vie meilleure pour lui et pour les siens. Une belle leçon d''espoir pour l''avenir de l''Afrique. William Kamkwamba suit les cours du lycée panafricain de Johannesburg, et participe régulièrement à des conférences à l''étranger. Bryan Mealer, coauteur du livre, est un ancien correspondant de guerre pour Associated Press. Il a publié un ouvrage relatant son expérience de reporter en République démocratique du Congo.