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We can all remember a time when we were young and under-the-
weather, and Mom soothed and nurtured us back to health with her
magical chicken soup elixir. Now we can revisit those cherished
moments with a delightful batch of stories for and about mothers.
Celebrity contributions include Barbara Bush, Reba McEntire, Erma
Bombeck and Montel Williams.
This shining collection brings you inspiration and comfort in
special chapters on marriage, motherhood, aging, bridging the
generations, attitude, self-esteem and higher wisdom. Stories honor
the strength and reveal the beauty of the feminine spirit. Included
are incredible stories from Oprah Winfrey, Leo Buscaglia, Linda
Ellerbee, Robert Fulghum, Kathie Lee Gifford and many others.
Ecologists and biogeographers have been intrigued for a long time
by the striking similarity of the vegetation and flora of southern
temperate zone regions separated by large oceans. These scientists
have been particularly interested in the occurrence in these
regions of Nothofagus--southern beeches. This book, which focuses
on the distribution, history, and ecology of the genus Nothofagus,
provides a key to understanding the historical plant geography and
modern vegetation patterns of the southern hemisphere. The book
begins with a discussion of the long-term and broad-scale patterns
of origin and differentiation in the genus. Next each major
Nothofagus biome is discussed, first in a chapter that considers
contemporary ecological patterns and then in a chapter that focuses
on the history and paleoecology of the region. Authorities in the
field deal with the temperate zone of the southwest Pacific region
(New Zealand and Australia); the adjacent tropical zone of the
southwest Pacific (New Guinea and New Caledonia); and South
America, ranging from the Mediterranean-type climate region of
central Chile to the subantarctic latitudes of Tierra del Fuego.
Gender is central to the organization and functioning of Guatemalan
society. In many Guatemalan communities, men work within the public
and political domain while indigenous women's participation in
rural highland communities is usually identified in the context of
community development. Spanish-language illiteracy, family power
relations, and a machismo culture have limited or EXCLUDED the
public and political participation of women. At the extreme,
Guatemalan women are targeted for murder and mutilation in rural
and urban areas -- a phenomenon called femicide/feminicide --
simply for being women 'out of place'. In the mainly rural
department of Huehuetenango, something else is going on. The
organization Asociacin de Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres
Huehuetecas (ADIMH) is working towards the INCLUSION of women into
the public domain for the betterment of their communities through
literacy, education, health, and production projects. In this book,
we document the struggles and successes of Huehuetenango women,
Huehuetecas, as they work towards community rebuilding after the
36-year internal armed conflict. Based upon our observations we
agree with the participants that women's empowerment, as a form of
community development, is integral for the future of their
communities.
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