Home: A Life in Pursuit of the Human Right to Adequate Housing for Everyone, Eve
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Home: A Life in Pursuit of the Human Right to Adequate Housing for Everyone, Eve. It provides an insider's view, rarely seen or understood by the public at large, of what it takes to live a human rights life. If you've ever wondered what it takes to change the world, or at least a lifelong attempt to so do, then this is the book you've been looking for. Home by Scott Leckie Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Scott Leckie dedicated his life to ensuring that everyone, everywhere could have a decent place to call home. This is the story of his larger quest to use the law to adequately house humanity. Publisher Description This deeply honest and optimistic memoir is told through stories chronicling the personal transformation and frenetic journey of a blond-haired California beach boy into his emergence as an unorthodox international human rights renegade. It charts the unlikely evolution of a rather clueless American kid into a fighter for the rights of poor and vulnerable who worked for justice in more than 80 countries and became an ardent world citizen along the book describes in intimate detail the highs and lows of an adventurous life as a global human rights legal activist across the globe. It provides an insider's view, rarely seen or understood by the public at large, of what it takes to live a human rights life. The book touches on everything from working in war zones, desperately trying to stop planned forced evictions and repairing displacement when prevention didn't work to writing the laws that now protect millions against various forms of human rights abuse (or at least they are supposed to!). It tells us inexplicable synchronicities across all of the world's continents, slums (and love) in Santo Domingo, Bangkok and Manila, wars in the Balkans and beyond, earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, reversing ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, helping Timor Leste in its earlier days as an independent country, interludes with the Dalai Lama, presidents, prime ministers, activists and much reveals the personal struggles of fighting for justice when one's best friend faces torture and then the author deals with muggings, human suffering too extreme to handle and repeated near-death experiences and illness after illness after illness. If you've ever wondered what it takes to change the world, or at least a lifelong attempt to so do, then this is the book you've been looking for. Details ISBN 1644569000 ISBN-13 9781644569009 Title Home Author Scott Leckie Format Paperback Year 2026 Pages 332 Publisher Indies United Publishing House, LLC GEItemID:178760960; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
