false 122 45 "Unabashedly uplifting."<br><i>The Cleveland Plain Dealer</i><br><br>Set in a world torn apart, where man enslaves his fellow man and freedom remains elusive, <i>The Power of One</i> is the moving story of one young man's search for the love that binds friends, the passion that binds lovers, and the realization that it takes only one to change the world. A weak and friendless boy growing up in South Africa during World War II, Peekay turns to two older men, one black and one white, to show him how to find the courage to dream, to succeed, to triumph over a world when all seems lost, and to inspire him to summon up the most irrersistible force of all: the Power of One.<br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i> 649656 1989 The Power of One total:8167|5:4543|4:2443|3:896|2:198|1:87| 8167 35659 10926 1423 4 10 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Sep 06 23:29:15 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 02 00:34:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 4 false true Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu May 31 10:01:26 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 03 07:34:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat Mar 24 11:21:32 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 10 12:12:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Mon Mar 19 20:10:47 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 19 20:12:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 3 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 02:59:39 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 03:36:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 13 08:33:59 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 13 08:35:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Feb 23 08:42:25 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 10:07:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false true Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 07:24:26 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 06 20:32:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 08:42:50 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 09:28:09 -0800 2009 The Power of One, it is easy to be distracted by "the power of one" itself and place ultimate importance on Peekay's slippery personal philosophy. But to do so to the exclusion of all else but racism is to read only a small portion of Bryce Courtenay's masterwork.
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