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Mighty Be Our Powers

How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

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The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize shares her inspirational, powerful story of how a group of women working together created an unstoppable force that brought peace to Liberia.As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that destroyed her country and claimed the lives of countless relatives and friends. Propelled by her realization that it is women and ... Read more

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The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize shares her inspirational, powerful story of how a group of women working together created an unstoppable force that brought peace to Liberia.As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that destroyed her country and claimed the lives of countless relatives and friends. Propelled by her realization that it is women and
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How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War; A Memoir

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Leymah Gbowee was one of three women to receive the 2011 Nobel Peace PrizeAs a young woman growing up in Africa, seventeen-year-old Leymah Gbowee was crushed by a savage war when violence reached her native Monrovia, depriving her of the education she yearned for and claiming the lives of relatives and friends. As war continued to ravage Liberia, Gbowee’s bitterness turned to rage-fueled action as ... Read more

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Leymah Gbowee was one of three women to receive the 2011 Nobel Peace PrizeAs a young woman growing up in Africa, seventeen-year-old Leymah Gbowee was crushed by a savage war when violence reached her native Monrovia, depriving her of the education she yearned for and claiming the lives of relatives and friends. As war continued to ravage Liberia, Gbowee’s bitterness turned to rage-fueled action as
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Rise, Girl, Rise: Our Sister-Friend Journey. Together for All.

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In this bold anthem, feminist organizer and bestselling author Gloria Steinem and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee share their parallel journeys as activists.We, sister-friends, working our way toward equality's front door. We, taking separate journeys, but walking in the same direction.We —— for peace. We —— for love. We —— for bravery.Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee's dual paths have ... Read more

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In this bold anthem, feminist organizer and bestselling author Gloria Steinem and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee share their parallel journeys as activists.We, sister-friends, working our way toward equality's front door. We, taking separate journeys, but walking in the same direction.We —— for peace. We —— for love. We —— for bravery.Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee's dual paths have
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Rise, Girl, Rise: Our Sister-Friend Journey. Together for All.

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In this bold anthem, feminist organizer and bestselling author Gloria Steinem and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee share their parallel journeys as activists.We, sister-friends, working our way toward equality's front door. We, taking separate journeys, but walking in the same direction.We —— for peace. We —— for love. We —— for bravery.Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee's dual paths have ... Read more

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In this bold anthem, feminist organizer and bestselling author Gloria Steinem and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee share their parallel journeys as activists.We, sister-friends, working our way toward equality's front door. We, taking separate journeys, but walking in the same direction.We —— for peace. We —— for love. We —— for bravery.Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee's dual paths have
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This Child Will Be Great

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Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid

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For readers of Christopher Hedges, Robert Fisk, and Christopher Hitchens, an extraordinary humanitarian gives us a bracing and uncompromising account of her work in some of the most devastated corners of the world -- and a new and provocative vision for changing course on our growing militarization.In 1995, twenty-five-year-old Samantha Nutt, a recent medical-school graduate and a field volunteer ... Read more

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For readers of Christopher Hedges, Robert Fisk, and Christopher Hitchens, an extraordinary humanitarian gives us a bracing and uncompromising account of her work in some of the most devastated corners of the world -- and a new and provocative vision for changing course on our growing militarization.In 1995, twenty-five-year-old Samantha Nutt, a recent medical-school graduate and a field volunteer
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This Time Together

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Year of Yes

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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

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“I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.”Nujood Ali's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three times her age. With harrowing directness, Nujood tells of abuse at her husband's hands and of her daring ... Read more

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Between the World and Me

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**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of Seabiscuit comes the incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal**“Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so
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