{"product_id":"breaking-ground-from-landmines-to-grapevines-one-womans-mission-to-heal-the-world-hardcover","title":"Breaking Ground: From Landmines to Grapevines, One Woman's Mission to Heal the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeidi Kuhn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoth a memoir and a call to action, this book is a gripping account of the author's quest to eradicate landmines from the face of the earth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeidi Kühn's commitment to fostering peace and raising awareness has been a driving force in her life--from her early days as a student at the University of California, Berkeley, to her time as a reporter in Juneau, Alaska, covering the \u003ci\u003eExxon Valdez\u003c\/i\u003e oil spill and US-Russia relations. After overcoming a potentially terminal cancer diagnosis that threatened everything she held dear, Heidi became determined to rid the world of another form of cancer that has plagued the world for decades--landmines--in regions as far-flung as Croatia Vietnam, and Afghanistan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by her work of the late Princess Diana, Heidi began the humanitarian organization Roots of Peace from the basement off her Northern California home. She gained the support of famed Napa Valley vintners Robert Mondavi and Mike Grgich, and soon her mines-to-vines. mission began to take hold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this powerful memoir, Heidi tells the Roots of Peace story, guiding the reader from the early days in which she built her vision to her current presence on the global stage, where she has worked with presidents, prime ministers, landmine survivors, and religious leaders from around the world to spread a message of peace and recovery. In the years since the founding of Roots of Peace, its agricultural projects have made tremendous progress to fight against landmines, revitalizing devastated land and uplifting the lives of countless people in the process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough recalling her journey, Heidi reveals the remarkable change an ordinary person can inspire. Her story is one of faith, healing, and the compassion needed to grow a more peaceful world. \u003ci\u003eBreaking Ground\u003c\/i\u003e will encourage you to do the extraordinary and help plant the seeds of change for a brighter future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeidi Kuhn is the founder and CEO of Roots of Peace. She created this non-governmental organization to remove the scourge of landmines and bring the land back into productive use for the next generation now living in landmine-affected countries. Thanks to Roots of Peace, over one hundred thousand landmines and UXOs have been removed since September 11, 2001. Heidi has been married to her husband, Gary, for over 25 years. They have four children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770271170848,"sku":"9781683834465","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5b1a0835bfa6e0d2e69258050be69576.webp?v=1780368414","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/breaking-ground-from-landmines-to-grapevines-one-womans-mission-to-heal-the-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}