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1) Liberia
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Series
Language
English
Description
"The country of Liberia boasts a rich history and a vibrant culture. Founded as a home for former slaves and free blacks from the United States and the Caribbean, Liberia is unique among its African neighbors as the political, economic, and social structures of the country are derived from both American and African traditions. Reader will learn about the challenges facing Liberia today, as well as the customs, cuisine, and artistic contributions of...
2) Abundance
Author
Series
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"Julia is an American medical doctor fleeing her own privileged background to deliver health care to remote African communities, where her skills really make a difference. Carl is also an American, whose experiences as a black man in the United States have led him to volunteer in Africa. The two come together as colleagues (and lovers) as Liberia is gripped in a brutal civil war. Then Julia is kidnapped and Carl is "rescued" and evacuated against...
Author
Language
English
Description
Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, can fade from sight when the earth calls him. When the three meet in the settlement of Monrovia, their gifts...
4) Liberia
Author
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Language
English
Description
Introduces Liberia, describing its history, politics, religion, economy, culture, and most important cities.
5) The darling
Author
Language
English
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Description
Set in Liberia and the United States from 1975 through 1991, The Darling is the story of Hannah Musgrave, a political radical and member of the Weather Underground. Hannah flees America for West Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become friends of the notorious warlord and ex-president, Charles Taylor. Hannah's encounter with Taylor ultimately triggers a series of events whose momentum catches Hannah's family in its grip and forces her to...
8) Liberia
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
An overview of the history, topography, people, and culture of this West African nation including information on its economy andits place in the political world.
10) Liberia
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother, who is working and studying in faraway New York. Before she gets the reunion her father promised her, war breaks out in Liberia. The family is forced to flee their home on foot, walking and hiding for three weeks until they arrive in the village of Lai....
12) Liberia
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This book briefly examines the history, people, and environment of the country of Liberia.
13) Liberia
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Presents information on the history, geography, people, culture, historical struggles, and contemporary issues of Liberia.
14) Liberia
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the geography, history, government, people, arts, foods, and other aspects of life in Liberia.
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Land Beneath Our Feet weaves together rare archival footage from a 1926 Harvard expedition to Liberia with the journey of a young Liberian man, uprooted by war, seeking to understand how the past has shaped land conflicts in his country today."--Container.
"When lost footage from the 1920s depicting a corporate land grab in the early days of globalization arrives back in Liberia, it sparks inquiry into how Liberians lost sovereignty over the...
Author
Publisher
Beast Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
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, Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that tore apart her life and claimed the lives of countless relatives and friends. As a young mother trapped in a nightmare of domestic abuse, she found the courage to turn her bitterness into action, propelled by her realization that it is women who...