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Books by Jeri Laber






The Courage of Strangers(Updated)
Coming of Age With the Human Rights Movement
by Jeri Laber
Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2005 by Publicaffairs
ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-288-6, ISBN: 1-58648-288-2

"After Jeri Laber earned a Master's degree in Russian studies at Columbia University, she became a part-time writer and editor and a full-time wife and mother. Then one day in 1973 she read an article about torture that altered her life and subsequently the lives of countless others around the world. The Courage of Strangers tells how Laber became a founder and the executive director of Helsinki Watch, which grew to be Human Rights Watc ..."






The Courage of Strangers(1st Edition)
Coming of Age with the Human Rights Movement
by Jeri Laber, Vaclav Havel
Hardcover, 405 Pages, Published 2002 by Publicaffairs
ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-014-1, ISBN: 1-58648-014-6

"The intimate, beautifully told memoir of a woman who helped create Human Rights Watch and bring about the fall of Communism-and in the process became free and independent herself. After Jeri Laber earned a Master's degree in Russian studies at Columbia University, she became a part-time writer and editor and a full-time wife and mother. Then one day in 1973 she read an article about torture that altered her life and subsequently the li ..."






A Nation Is Dying(1st Edition)
by Jeri Laber, Barnett R. Rubin
Hardcover, 179 Pages, Published 1988 by Northwestern University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-0771-7, ISBN: 0-8101-0771-6






A Nation is Dying. Afghanistan Under the Soviets 1979-87(1st Edition)
by Jeri Laber, Barnett Rubin
Paperback, 179 Pages, Published 1988 by Northwestern Univ. Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-0772-4, ISBN: 0-8101-0772-4

"New"






The Fannie Farmer Large Print Cookbook(1st Edition)
(G. K. Hall (Large Print))
by Marion Cunningham, Fannie Merritt Farmer, Jeri Laber, Macmillan Publishing Company
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 1985 by Macmillan Publishing Company
Large Print
ISBN-13: 978-0-8161-3817-3, ISBN: 0-8161-3817-6

"Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer"






Destroying Ethnic Identity
The Turks of Bulgaria (A Helsinki Watch report)
by Jeri Laber
Paperback, 58 Pages, Published 1987 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-0-938579-66-3, ISBN: 0-938579-66-5

"They were Mehmet Rafiev and Remzi Mehmedov. "You can mention these names," he told me. "They are probably dead." In 1987, in Istanbul, I interviewed a woman8 who had left Bulgaria in November 1984 and who did not wish her name to ..."






The Fannie Farmer Cookbook(12th Edition)
by Marion Cunningham, Fannie Merritt Farmer, Jeri Farmer Laber, James Beard, With Jeri Laber, Lauren Jarrett
Hardcover, 811 Pages, Published 1979 by Knopf
ISBN-13: 978-0-394-40650-3, ISBN: 0-394-40650-8

"Here is the great basic American cookbook—with more than 1,990 recipes, plain and fancy—that belongs in every household.Originally published in 1896 as The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer, it became the coobook that taught generations of Americans how to cook. Completely updating it for the first time since 1979, Marion Cunningham made Fannie Farmer once again a household word for a new generation of cooks.What ..."






Civil and Political Rights In Croatia
by Ivana Nizich, Jeri Laber, Željka Markić, Human Rights Watch, Helsinki Watch
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 1995 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-148-0, ISBN: 1-56432-148-7

"In a letter to an organizer of the conference, Presidential Adviser Mario Nobilo stated that the conference could not be held because such a meeting could be used "as an excuse for the repression of the island's Croatian inhabitants by Serbian forces." Mr. Nobilo also stated that "any discussion [regarding] the future military status of this strategically important island can be organized only when the Republic of Croatia regains i ..."






The Courage of Strangers
Coming of Age With the Human Rights Movement
by Jeri Laber
416 Pages, Published 2005 by Publicaffairs
ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-966-3, ISBN: 1-58648-966-6

"The unusual starting time, 8:50 A.M., was geared to Orville's routine of dropping his small sons off at school at the start of the day. After a series of absences, Orville appeared one Wednesday morning, looking wan and peaked. His mind seemed to be elsewhere as he chaired the meeting, and at one point he lost his way in the agenda. That was the last time I saw him. Soon afterward he was hospitalized. Orville died in June 1987. He ..."






Cooking For Carefree Weekends(1st Edition)
by Molly Finn, Amd Jeri Laber
Hardcover, 204 Pages, Published 1974 by Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-21700-6, ISBN: 0-671-21700-3






Destroying ethnic identity(1st Edition)
The Kurds of Turkey (A Helsinki Watch report)
by Jeri Laber, Lois Whitman
Paperback, 73 Pages, Published 1988 by U.S. Helsinki Watch Committee
ISBN-13: 978-0-938579-41-0, ISBN: 0-938579-41-X

"... Elizabeth Holtzman*, Lawrence Hughes, Susan Jacoby*, Tamar Jacoby, Anne Johnson*, Philip M. Kaiser, Russell Karp*, Stephen Kass*, ... Leon Lipson, Richard Maass, Elizabeth McCormack, Robert McKay, Nancy Meiselas*, Theodor Meron*, Arthur Miller, Toni Morrison*, ... Jerome Wiesner, Roger Wilkins * Board Member Staff Jeri Laber, Executive Director; Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, Research Director;"






State of flux
Human rights in Turkey : December 1987 update (A Helsinki Watch report)
by Lois Whitman, Jeri Laber, Helsinki Watch Staff
Paperback, 159 Pages, Published 1987 by Helsinki Watch Committee
ISBN-13: 978-0-938579-68-7, ISBN: 0-938579-68-1

"... severely ill during his interrogation, and was taken to the state hospital; he was then to be transferred to Ankara, but died on route on November l2, l983. Cumhuriyet, October 30, 1986. q Three policemen were tried in November l986 for torturing Bek- tas Ayyildiz, owner of the Ayyildiz Publishing House. Ayyildiz said he was taken to the police station by officers Lutfi Denizli, Naci Ugur and Bekir Bostanci, after they found so ..."






The Fannie Farmer Cookbook(12th Edition)
by Marion Cunningham, Jeri Laber, Fannie Farmer, James Beard
Paperback, 1,004 Pages, Published 1983 by Bantam Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-553-23488-6, ISBN: 0-553-23488-9

"Here is the great basic American cookbook—with more than 1,990 recipes, plain and fancy—that belongs in every household.Originally published in 1896 as The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer, it became the coobook that taught generations of Americans how to cook. Completely updating it for the first time since 1979, Marion Cunningham made Fannie Farmer once again a household word for a new generation of cooks.What ..."






Fannie Farmer Cookbook(Updated)
by Fannie Farmer, Marion Cunningham, Jeri Laber
Hardcover, 830 Pages, Published 1988 by Robert Hale Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-7090-3352-3, ISBN: 0-7090-3352-4






The Russian Key
A Novel
by Jeri Laber
224 Pages, Published 2021 by Simon And Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-1-951627-73-7, ISBN: 1-951627-73-3

"Yes, he became the lover of Yvette Szabo, whose husband, Laszlo Szabo, a colonel in the secret police, was later tried as a traitor and executed.” “Can you tell me more?” “I don't know the details. You should speak to Miklos Szabo, ..."






The Courage of Strangers
Coming of Age with the Human Rights Movement
by Jeri Laber
Published 2005
ISBN-13: 978-1-283-13932-8, ISBN: 1-283-13932-4






China
State Control of Religion
by Mickey Spiegel, Human Rights Watch, Jeri Laber, Sidney Jones
Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1997 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-224-1, ISBN: 1-56432-224-6

"Nowhere are politics and religion more intertwined than in Tibet where Tibetan Buddhism is an integral part of Tibetan national identity, the Dalai Lama is both a spiritual and political leader, and many Tibetans see political independence as the only way of ending the Dalai Lama's exile and ensuring his return. Because monasteries and nunneries are so frequently centers of support for the Dalai Lama, Chinese authorities see the co ..."






Russia
The Ingush-Ossetian Conflict in the Prigorodnyi Region
by Human Rights Watch, Jeri Laber, Rachel Denber
Paperback, 100 Pages, Published 1996 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-165-7, ISBN: 1-56432-165-7

"There was no central authority in Ingushetiya. but rather a hodge-podge of regional councils. ... October 2 1-22, 1992 • Clashes broke out in the village of Yuzhny, leading to six deaths, including two Ossetian policemen. The police had gone to ..."






Human Rights in Uzbekistan
by Helsinki Watch, Erika Dailey, Jeri Laber
Paperback, 61 Pages, Published 1993 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-099-5, ISBN: 1-56432-099-5

"^er 1992, when approximately eleven Erk members held seats in the Uzbekistan parliament. ... the Milli Majlis was created to coordinate a grouping of opposition organizations (parties, movements, trade unions and other social and political ..."






Human Rights in Moldova
The Turbulent Dniester/March 1993
by Erika Dailey, Jeri Laber, Lois Whitman, Helsinki Watch
Paperback, 69 Pages, Published 1993 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-089-6, ISBN: 1-56432-089-8

"The largest part of the joint command was the Republican or Dniester guard, which began to be formed in 1988 from Workers Detachments for Cooperation with the Militia (ROSM),43 and were activated on the order of Igor' Smirnov on September 27, 1991. Guardsmen are fulltime, paid soldiers, and are recognizable by the red head- and left arm-bands they wear; some also wear Soviet Army uniforms. On January 9, 1992, DMR authorities report ..."



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