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Mighty Be Our Powers; How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

Mighty Be Our Powers; How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

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Mighty Be Our Powers; How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

by Leymah Gbowee

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  • Hardcover
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ISBN 10
0984295151
ISBN 13
9780984295159
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New York, NY: Beast Books, 2011 Beast Books, New York. 2011. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Women in the World. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant bumping to tail and rear board. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($25.99); scant bumping to head and tail; superficial rubbing to panels. Black boards with black overlay on the spine with bright white lettering on the spine. 246 pp 8vo. The author was a survivor of the Liberian Civil War, was deprived of a childhood, and married into a nightmare of domestic abuse. Turning her life around, in 2003, she organized and led the Liberian Mass Action for Peace, a coalition of Christian and Muslim women who confronted Liberia's president, warlords, and held a sex strike helping to lead her nation to peace. A story of hopelessness to empowerment. A clean very presentable copy.

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Bookseller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
009137
Title
Mighty Be Our Powers; How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
Author
Leymah Gbowee
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0984295151
ISBN 13
9780984295159
Publisher
Beast Books
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Date Published
2011
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords
Liberia, Women's Issues, Liberian Mass Action for Peace, Female empowerment, sexual power, domestic abuse, child marriage, Christian women, Muslim women, Leymah Gbowee
Bookseller catalogs
Civil War; African Matters;

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