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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee Publisher Comments WINNER OF THE 2011 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE In a time of death and terror, Leymah Gbowee brought Liberia’s women together—and together they led a nation to peace. As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President by Ellen Johns Sirleaf Publisher Comments In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf—Africa's "Iron Lady"—was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood by Helene Cooper Publisher Comments Helene Cooper is “Congo,” a descendant of two Liberian dynasties—traced back to the first ship of freemen that set sail from New York in 1820 to found Monrovia. Helene grew up at Sugar Beach, a twenty-two-room mansion by the sea... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Publisher Comments In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson SirleafAfrica's "Iron Lady"was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history of... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood by Helene Cooper Publisher Comments Helene Cooper is Congo, a descendant of two Liberian dynasties--traced back to the first ship of freemen that set sail from New York in 1820 to found Monrovia. Helene grew up at Sugar Beach, a twenty-two-room mansion by the sea. Her childhood was filled... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Liberia: The Violence of Democracy (Ethnography of Political Violence) by Mary H Moran Publisher Comments Liberia, a small West African country that has been wracked by violence and civil war since 1989, seems a paradoxical place in which to examine questions of democracy and popular participation. Yet Liberia is also the oldest republic in Africa, having... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $22.50 New - Trade Paper
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Blue Clay People (06 Edition) by Powers Publisher Comments A haunting account of one mans determination and the struggles of a people living in a deeply troubled country.”Booklist When William Powers went to Liberia as a fresh-faced aid worker in 1999, he was given the mandate to fight... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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House At Sugar Beach (08 Edition) by Helene Cooper Publisher Comments A national bestseller in the tradition of A Long Way Gone, a haunting memoir by a world-renowned journalist of a war-torn childhood in Liberia and her return to her native country twenty years after her family’s flight, to reunite with the foster... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Night of the Tall Trees by Gerard Periot Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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I, Momolu by Lorenz B Graham Your price: $2.48 Used - Trade Paper
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When the devil dances. by Harrison Owen Your price: $3.25 Used - Hardcover
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Liberian Writing by Horst Erdmann Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Crossing Fee a Story of Life in Liberia by Esther Warner Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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House At Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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