Lawbreaking Ladies: 50 Tales of Daring, Defiant, and Dangerous Women from History, Hardcover - Erika Owen

Discover 50 fascinating tales of female pirates, fraudsters, gamblers, bootleggers, serial killers, madams, and outlaws in this illustrated book of...

Reducere. Could German Jews have done more to rebel against the Nazis and resist deportation to slaughter? Dr. Walter Leopold faced this question in real ti...

Reducere. The Islamic Revolution of 1979 was an unmitigated disaster for the women of Iran. That fact is well known. What is less well-known and what Manda Z...

Reducere. "On these pages, Eve Adams rises up, loves, rebels--her times, eerily resembling our own." --Joan Nestle, cofounder of the Lesbian Herstory Archive...

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Reducere. Inspired by the story of Jael and Deborah in the book of Judges, Jaime Hope McArdle shares her personal journey to a life of purpose and freedom th...

Publisher: Bonnier Books LtdAuthor(s): Gwen StraussNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 30Cover type: Paperback / soft...

Contributor(s): Author: Anita SarkeesianAuthor: Ebony AdamsIllustrator: T. S. AbeRebels, rulers, scientists, artists, warriors and villainsWomen ar...

From creative craftswomen to singing sensations, poets to sporting champions. Marian Broderick is back to explore the histories of remarkable Irish...

The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s -- and won Between th...

Reducere. Description"Fun, cheeky" (Booklist), and a visual delight, What Would Cleopatra Do? shares the wisdom and advice passed down from Cleopatra, Queen ...

Reducere. Leonard investigates why these women chose unconventional ways to help their cause. In doing so, she gives us a striking portrait of the lives wome...

Reducere. Women Patriots in the American Revolution: Stories of Bravery, Daring, and Compassion, Paperback

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 was an unmitigated disaster for the women of Iran. That fact is well known. What is less well-known and what Manda Z...

DescriptionPhilosophers and poets in times past tried to figure out why the stainless moon "smoothly polished, like a diamond" in Dante's words, ha...

DescriptionAn exploration of the beloved cocktails, spirits, and bars that define each state in America The United States of Cocktails is a celebra...

DescriptionA series of daring missions from World War II, revealed through letters and documents from the main protagonists.Winning World War II wa...

Reducere. Need the perfect gift for a friend, mother or sister? Want to hear some words of wisdom from some of histories greatest women? This stunning little...

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Badass Victorian Women"Wild Women is a delightful collection of riveting stories about our independent, iconoclastic, and utterly outrageous foremo...

Gravenstein. Coe's Golden Drop. Mendocino Cox. The names sound like something from the imagination of Tolkien or perhaps the ingredients in a dubio...

Reducere. This collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West's most egregiously badly behaved female outlaws, gamblers, soiled doves, and other ...

Reducere. Amid the serenity of McMinn County, in southeast Tennessee, lies a history that has long lain hidden in old newspaper stories, county records and t...

Reducere. What history teaches us: writers and theorists on the lessons of the pastHow can our understanding of the past help to solve our present political ...

Reducere. You think you know these stories, don't you? You are wrong. You don't know them at all. Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and...

Reducere. During his career as an actor, William Gillette portrayed world-renowned character Sherlock Holmes in more than 1, 300 performances. His career as ...

Reducere. DescriptionNow more than ever, the world is recognizing how strong women and girls are. How strong? In the early 1920s, Inuit expeditioner Ada Blac...

Reducere. When Polish wigmaker and cosmetician Max Factor arrived in Los Angeles at the dawn of the motion picture industry, make-up had been associated only...

Reducere. DescriptionOn an Oxford bound train in 1866 Mary Miles refused to move to the 'blacks-only' section, eighty-nine years before Rosa Parks' famous ri...

The plays of Shakespeare can be difficult for younger audiences, however in this collection of retellings they can enjoy the story while still be e...

A glimpse into the chaotic, violent and often hilarious world of crime through the eyes of one of Perth's top criminal defence barristers, Henry Sk...

Reducere. A fascinating examination of how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how censorship is used as a tool to prop up authoritie...

Reducere. When the last spike was hammered into the steel track of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point, Utah, Western Union li...

An illuminating commentary on court life from the Tudors to the present day.

Reducere. From the creation of the Manned Spacecraft Center to the launching of the International Space Station and beyond, Making Space for Women explores h...

DescriptionFrance: 1356. Ten years ago, the greatest army in Christendom was slaughtered at Cr cy. Archer Thomas Blackstone stood his ground and le...

DescriptionNimrod Boys is a complementary book to Nimrod Rise and Fall from acclaimed author Tony Blackman. It is a collection of over twenty first...

"A truly inspiring read." --Booklist (starred review) "A solid account of women's contributions as aviators during World War II." --Kirkus Reviews ...

In this groundbreaking book, Sue Brightman beckons us into timely and promising news about women over 50: it's not about aging, it's about becoming...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, an...

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is one of the most important yet least understood Palestinian armed factions, both in terms of its history and ideo...

Reducere. Celebrate the power of Black womanhood in this first-of-its-kind collection of inspirational quotes from fifty activists, artists, and leaders, fea...

David Lloyd Owen introduces us to the breadth of travellers'tales from a mysterious and absorbing country in this fascinatingcompendium.Illustratio...

A charming, evocative collection of Amanda Owen's columns in The Dalesman magazine, describing life on the farm for her family.

Reducere. From #1 New York Times best-selling author Keith O'Brien comes this thrilling young readers' edition of the untold story about pioneering women who...

Biteback Publishing is delighted to announce a major new project, a two volume series of biographies of every female MP ever to be elected to the H...

Weird, decadent, degenerate, racially mixed, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate, and even hyper-literate, Byzantium has long been regarded by ma...

Reducere. At the turn of the last century, miner Joseph Lesher attempted to raise the price of silver by privately minting octagonal "Referendum souvenir med...

DescriptionWhat do Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau have in common with the inventors of barbed wire, margarine and the washing machine? T...