Thought-provoking and eye-opening account of the plight of women in Asia from prime minister to prostitute.

Wives Mistresses and Matriarchs

Politics & Social Sciences

Williams, Louise

Social Sciences

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Talented, Tired, Beautiful Feet: A Bible Study for Women

Kersten, Phyllis N.

Religion & Spirituality

Concordia Pub. House

This rich and perceptive book shatters the myth of the submissive Asian woman with its vivid portraits of women in the region. Drawing on her many years working in Asia, Louise Williams frames the issues facing women through the experiences of individuals. We are introduced to women as varied as politicians, call girls and mistresses, revolutionary heroines, laborers, and business magnates. Exploring the paths to power—both private and public—available to women in Asia, Williams has had remarkable access to both the famous and the faceless. She skillfully draws out the stories of extraordinary individuals ranging from Benazir Bhutto, Corazon Aquino, and Aung San Suu Kyi to the one-time Viet Cong commando, the Jakarta factory girl, the Korean publisher, and the “second wife” in the Chinese mistress village that serves Hong Kong’s wealthy men.Common themes emerge: the expectation that women will place their “duties” to their husbands at the forefront of their daily lives, whether or not they have their own vocations to pursue; the continuing importance placed on the need to bear male children; and the pervasive attitude among Asian men that extramarital relationships are their prerogative. We discover how a region that elects the world’s first female prime minister at the same time tolerates child prostitution in Bangkok and Manila. We see how women can rise to the top of industrial conglomerates or be sold into servitude.Set in a vast region of enormous social disparity and rapid change, these unique stories dispel Western stereotypes and show just how often the concerns of women in Asia differ from those of women in the West.

Wives, Mistresses and Matriarchs

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

In this rich and perceptive book, veteran journalist Louise Williams shatters the myth of the submissive Asian woman of Western lore with her vivid portraits of politicians, callgirls and mistresses, revolutionary heroines, laborers, and business magnates.

Wives, Mistresses and Matriarchs: Asian Women Today

History

Asia

Taking Care of Today and Tomorrow: A Resource Guide for Health, Aging and Long-Term Care Paperback - July 1, 1989

Taking Care of Today and Tomorrow: A Resource Guide for Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

Pfeiffer, George J.

Medical Books

Center for Corporate Health

John 'Willy' Williams was a medical student and passionate surfer turned Squadron Leader and Second World War ace. In the Australian tradition, he insisted on fighting his war in non-regulation attire and led his squadron into air combat over Libya and Egypt dressed in sandals and shorts. Shot down in the Western Desert in 1942, he ended up a POW in Stalag Luft III near the German-Polish border. Willy was among the seventy-six POWs who tunneled their way out of the supposedly escape-proof camp under the Germans' noses in what later became famous as the Great Escape. Willy and former schoolmate Reg 'Rusty' Keirath, together with two other POWs, made it to Czechoslovakia and were captured by the Gestapo. Hitler was so enraged by the Great Escape that he personally ordered the secret execution of fifty of the seventy-three captured men, in flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention. Willy, Rusty and their two friends were driven by the Gestapo deep into the forest near the town of Most and shot; Willy was just twenty-four years old. Despite the later war crimes investigation into the Great Escape murders, no one was ever brought to justice for the murders of the Most Four.

Great Escaper: The True Story of John 'Willy' Williams

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Amberley

John 'Willy' Williams was a medical student and passionate surfer turned Squadron Leader and Second World War ace. In the Australian tradition, he insisted on fighting his war in non-regulation attire and led his squadron into air combat over Libya and Egypt dressed in sandals and shorts. Shot down in the Western Desert in 1942, he ended up a POW in Stalag Luft III near the German-Polish border.Willy was among the seventy-six POWs who tunneled their way out of the supposedly escape-proof camp under the Germans' noses in what later became famous as the Great Escape. Willy and former schoolmate Reg 'Rusty' Keirath, together with two other POWs, made it to Czechoslovakia and were captured by the Gestapo. Hitler was so enraged by the Great Escape that he personally ordered the secret execution of fifty of the seventy-three captured men, in flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention. Willy, Rusty and their two friends were driven by the Gestapo deep into the forest near the town of Most and shot; Willy was just twenty-four years old. Despite the later war crimes investigation into the Great Escape murders, no one was ever brought to justice for the murders of the Most Four.

Great Escaper

Leaders & Notable People

Amberley Publishing

A Mingled Yarn: Scenes From A Family Saga

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Independently published

Shot down in 1942, Australian pilot John Williams became a POW in the notorious Stalag Luft III camp in Germany. John and his best mate Rusty Keirath were among the 76 POWs who tunneled their way out of the camp in what became famous as the Great Escape. John's family was never told what happened to him. His niece Louise Williams has pieced together his life, from his upbringing in a tight-knit family hit hard by the Depression, his exploits in the air, the inventive collaboration of the POWs, to the tragic outcome of their escape.

A True Story of the Great Escape: A Young Australian POW in the Most Audacious Breakout of WWII

Military

Allen& Unwin

A True Story of the Great Escape: A Young Australian POW in One of the Most Audacious Breakouts of WWII

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