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The Promise of a Pencil

How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

by Adam Braun · 2014 · 272 pages

Daniel Ek
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About This Book

The memoir of Adam Braun, founder of the non-profit organization Pencils of Promise. It chronicles his journey from a career in finance to building hundreds of schools worldwide, starting with a request for a pencil from a child in India. The book outlines thirty mantras for creating personal and social change.

Book Details

Published

2014

Pages

272

Language

en

ISBN

9781476730622

Awards & Recognition

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Business Books (2014)

Audiobook Available

7h 32m
Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

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