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Demi, the award-winning author and illustrator, comes to Hicklebee's to discuss her newest book, The Great Voyages of Zheng He. As the author behind biographies of Jesus, Buddha, and the Dalai Lama, as well as folktales such as The Empty Pot and Liang and the Magic Paintbrush, Demi's newes release chronicles Emperor Zhu Di of China who, over 600 hundred years ago, decided to build the greatest naval fleet the world had ever seen to befriend and trade with countries throughout Asia and Africa. The Great Voyages of Zheng He sheds light on a larger-than-life figure who dreamed of a world of intellectual growth and religious tolerance, and a world of everlasting, worldwide peace.
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