Forty-two Lebanese women from arts and literature, education, government, law, social work, the media, business and medicine discuss the effects of war on their careers and humanitarian efforts, their personal lives, families, and careers.

Women of Lebanon: Interviews With Champions for Peace

Biographies & Memoirs

LaTeef, Nelda

Community & Culture

McFarland Publishing

Despite sixteen years of civil war that left 150,000 dead, 425,000 injured, and nearly a million refugees within their own country, many Lebanese women successfully protected their national heritage and helped to restore order within their society. They formed schools and clinics, preserved historic ruins, and produced art that expressed the anguish and loss of their people.  In this book, 42 Lebanese women from arts and literature, education, government, law, social work, the media, business and medicine discuss the effects of war on their careers and humanitarian efforts, their personal lives and families. Many of these women lost relatives and homes. In spite of such devastation, their stories confirm the power of endurance and also convey the significance of women's issues within Lebanon. These 42 poignant interviews with educated, successful women reveal their strength and the importance of culture and diversity within Lebanon.

Women of Lebanon: Interviews with Champions for Peace

History

Middle East

McFarland

Working Women for the 21st Century: 50 Women Reveal Their Pathways to Career Success

Williamson Publishing

From Library Journal High achievers always compel and fascinate us. Many readers will enjoy browsing through this collection of short (averaging four-to-six-pages) biographies/interviews of 50 women chosen as role models for different careers. It also might be effective as a general source of inspiration for women pondering career choices, as a resource for classroom assignments on women and careers, and as an exploration of different viewpoints on gender-related work issues, such as work-family conflicts and sex discrimination. As a source of specific biographical and career information, however, it is not an essential purchase. Many interviewees, such as Elizabeth Dole, Maria Shriver, and Chris Evert, are amply covered elsewhere in the popular press, Current Biography , or other sources. The short question-and-answer format becomes a little repetitious in a work of this length; some interviews are choppy and too brief (a single page, for example, for Sandra Day O'Connor). For high school, undergraduate, and public libraries.- Car ol Lewis Watwood, Western Kentucky Univ. Lib., Bowling GreenCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Working Women for the 21st Century: Fifty Women Reveal Their Pathways to Success

Business & Money

Women & Business

Williamson Pub

From the Zarma culture of West Africa comes this folk tale of a hunter who must overcome an impossible challenge before he can marry the girl he loves."Overall, The Hunter and the Ebony Tree is a responsible and charming retelling of a Zarma tale and would be a good choice for an elementary school library seeking to expand its collection in this area. As such, this book is recommended."--Reviewed by Fiona McLaughlin, Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Florida for H-NET BOOK REVIEW

The Hunter and the Ebony Tree

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Moon Mountain Pub

African Proverbs for All Ages is a beautifully-illustrated, engaging picture book about the power of proverbs, how they evolve over time, and the wisdom of various cultures in Africa. It has been said that a proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. Whether you are young or old, proverbs can open your mind to a whole new way of seeing the world. We underestimate children when we assume they are incapable of understanding metaphor and deeper meaning. There are multiple ways that children learn, but for each method by which they learn, they need their imagination engaged and their visual sensibilities ignited. And as adults, we underestimate ourselves when we allow our lives to be about practical matters only. Proverbs can stir our soul and spark our imagination. --Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Ph.D. President Emerita of Spelman and Bennett Colleges In African Proverbs for All Ages, noted anthropologist and educator Dr. Johnetta Betsch Cole and award-winning illustrator Nelda LaTeef invite children and adults to explore and reflect on complex notions about relationships, identity, society, and the human condition. A Roaring Brook Press and Oprah Book

African Proverbs for All Ages

Children's Books

Cole, Johnnetta Betsch

Literature & Fiction

Roaring Brook Press

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