The Resource I'd rather be blind : my life after Afghanistan, Grant Lock
I'd rather be blind : my life after Afghanistan, Grant Lock
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The item I'd rather be blind : my life after Afghanistan, Grant Lock represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item I'd rather be blind : my life after Afghanistan, Grant Lock represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Grant Lock directed Afghanistan's largest eye care program. Until he himself became blind. He returns home to a society with its own blind spots: myopic attitudes to Islam, mental health and what makes us human. After battling corruption, injustice and disadvantage in the deserts, mountains and cities of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Lock confronts challenges-both intimate and global-with courage and compassion. Riveting. To his experience in some of the world's most troubled places, Lock brings a bushman's wit and wisdom
- Language
- eng
- Label
- I'd rather be blind : my life after Afghanistan
- Title
- I'd rather be blind
- Title remainder
- my life after Afghanistan
- Statement of responsibility
- Grant Lock
- Title variation
- I would rather be blind
- Subject
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- Australian
- Community development personnel -- Australia -- Biography
- Cultural awareness
- Lock, Grant
- Lock, Grant -- Family
- Afghanistan -- Social conditions
- Pakistan -- Social life and customs
- People with visual disabilities -- Australia -- Biography
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Afghanistan -- Social life and customs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Grant Lock directed Afghanistan's largest eye care program. Until he himself became blind. He returns home to a society with its own blind spots: myopic attitudes to Islam, mental health and what makes us human. After battling corruption, injustice and disadvantage in the deserts, mountains and cities of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Lock confronts challenges-both intimate and global-with courage and compassion. Riveting. To his experience in some of the world's most troubled places, Lock brings a bushman's wit and wisdom
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lock, Grant
- Dewey number
- 361.7092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lock, Grant
- Lock, Grant
- Community development personnel
- People with visual disabilities
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Cultural awareness
- Pakistan
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- Afghanistan
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- I'd rather be blind : my life after Afghanistan, Grant Lock
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057545382
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 266 pages
- Isbn
- 9780980526448
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- black and white illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)950968797
- Label
- I'd rather be blind : my life after Afghanistan, Grant Lock
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057545382
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 266 pages
- Isbn
- 9780980526448
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- black and white illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)950968797
Subject
- Australian
- Community development personnel -- Australia -- Biography
- Cultural awareness
- Lock, Grant
- Lock, Grant -- Family
- Afghanistan -- Social conditions
- Pakistan -- Social life and customs
- People with visual disabilities -- Australia -- Biography
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Afghanistan -- Social life and customs
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