Women and Wars

What did it mean to be a 'rebel woman' in the interwar years? Taking the form of a multiple biography, this book traces the struggles, passions and...

The first book of its kind, Agente tells the remarkable stories of some of the bravest and most dangerous women who ever lived.

Reducere. A sweeping history of the passionate men and women in uniform who have bravely and courageously exercised the power of dissent Before the U.S. Cons...

Contributor(s): Author: Amy RatcliffeForeword by: Kathleen KennedyThey are heroes and villains, Sith and Jedi, senators and scoundrels, mothers, me...

Wide-ranging, stimulating reassessment of the changing role of women in modern warfare, focuses on the parts women played in the world wars.

Pan American Women examines U.S. women activists' attempts to advance inter-American cooperation among women and further hemispheric peace between ...

" A] gem of a book... enlivened by incisive analysis, exquisite detail and an elegant and witty style." --Alison WeirThe Wars of the Roses, which t...

Reducere. From Pakistan to Chechnya, Sri Lanka to Canada, pioneering women are taking their places in formal and informal military structures previously rese...

Reducere. Star Trek and Star Wars step aside, because women are in command in this fantastic vision of the future. An epic space opera.

Two women Two wars A secret that threatens to tear them apartPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Deborah CarrNumber of pages: 416Publicat...

DescriptionThis inspiring trio of notebooks celebrates three iconic heroes of the Star Wars galaxy: Leia Organa, Rey, and Ahsoka Tano. Each noteboo...

A dinner party during the Second World War unites celebrated writers Agatha Christie, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. ...

DescriptionThe winner of the National Book Award returns with a moving story of a family of women drawn together by the trials of the times.The wom...

The civil wars of the second half of the fifteenth century still stand in the popular imagination as the period of greatest anarchy in English hist...

DescriptionEveryone has a mother and a line of female ancestors and often their paths through life are hard to trace. That is why this detailed, ac...

DescriptionDuring the two world wars, it is well known that women all over the country entered factories, armed services and farms, filling gaps le...

"Ashamed? Not in the least, my superiors told me that the results of my work saved thousands of British and American lives. It involved me in situa...

A highly original account of the Liberian civil wars and their aftermath, uncovering the forgotten voices of the conflict's female child soldiers.

Reducere. "This is the kind of investigatory history Hochschild pulls off like no one else . . . Hochschild is a master at chronicling how prevailing cultura...

The story of how a singular group of women in a pivotal time and place - Paris, Between the Wars - fostered the birth of the Modernist movement.

Reducere. A brilliantly original, landmark retelling of Greek myths, recounted as if they were actual scenes being woven into textiles by women who feature p...

Reducere. A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE - "A beautiful and deeply moving book."--Sally Rooney, author of Normal...

Considers the broad spectrum of influential German films made between the world wars. This title investigates important themes in films from this p...

How the Golden Age of transatlantic travel between the wars transformed women's lives across all classes - a vivid portrait of life on-board the ic...

Reducere. In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, two women seek to preserve the small treasury of books available to them - a gift of knowledge and hope for future...

How the Golden Age of transatlantic travel between the wars transformed women's lives across all classes - a vivid portrait of life on-board the ic...

Reducere. Now available in paperback from psychologist and award- winningcolumnistSusanPinker, the groundbreaking and contro- versial book that is "lively, w...

From the Line brings together the best of Scotland's poetry from the two World Wars: 138 poems, from fifty-six poets, are represented here; poetry ...

DescriptionThese are the stories of women, famous, infamous and unknown, who shaped the course of medieval history. The lives and actions of mediev...

Set in Europe through the World Wars, three generations of women share a story that will echo across time. The summer of 1915 was a time of prosper...

The first study of Queens and Princesses in wartime nursing - from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth IIPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): C...

Reducere. In the Trenches of the Abortion Battle Every day, thousands of children-fragile, innocent, alone-are abandoned. They are brutally snuffed from the ...

Reducere. America's Women tells the story of more than four centuries of history. It features a stunning array of personalities, from the women peering worri...

Running from Bondage tells the compelling stories of enslaved women, who comprised one-third of all runaways, and the ways in which they fled or at...

WORLD WAR II Prelude to World War II Collapse of World Financial Markets Felt Around the GlobeAbout the AuthorLeap into Adventure with Books for Ou...

Reducere. Incredible Stories And Accounts Of World War 2 Women Spies, Heroes And Informers... Clich d though it may be, a human being's true strength of char...

Soon after publication on September 30, 1868, Little Women became an enormous bestseller and one of America's favorite novels. Its popularity quick...

A history of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), affectionately known as the Wrens, a branch of the British Royal Navy that served in both worl...

Reducere. Poetry. Caribbean Studies. Ida Faubert (1882--1969) is a 20th-century Haitian-French poet considered a Caribbean--and especially Haitian--literary ...

Reducere. For eight decades, an epic power struggle raged across a frontier that would become Maine. Between 1675 and 1759, British, French and Native Americ...

Reducere. For eight decades, an epic power struggle raged across a frontier that would become Maine. Between 1675 and 1759, British, French and Native Americ...

"A stunning portrayal of a tragedy endured and survived by women."--David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass "Readers expecting hoop-skirted l...

Reducere. DescriptionOver the past five years, Jess Ruliffson has traveled across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from ki...

Reducere. Eileen M. Wirth never set out to be a groundbreaker for women in journalism, but if she wanted to report on social issues instead of society news, ...

Reducere. Meet Trenchmouth Taggart, a man born and orphaned in 1903, a man nicknamed for his lifelong oral affliction. His boyhood is shaped by the Widow Dor...

Reducere. Throughout history women have caused wars, defied the rules, and brought men to their knees. The famous and the infamous, queens, divorcees, actres...

Reducere. They were the most famous women in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the thre...

Reducere. Few women and children sailed to Jamestown in 1609. But to Joan, prosperity in Virginia sounded promising. Then she learned she would have to leave...

Reducere. When the King and all the men of the castle die, it's time for the women to knight up. When King Mancastle and his mighty vassals ride off on a cru...

Contributor(s): Author: Anne Boyd RiouxSoon after its publication on September 30, 1868, Little Women became an enormous bestseller and one of Amer...

A story of men and women setting out in search of new adventures, blown off course by illness, war and strokes of fate, this exuberant Franco-Chile...

Reducere. Farid Younes makes his home in Byblos, a coastal town in northern Lebanon. He lived through both the Lebanese and now the Syrian civil wars. Like a...

Reducere. DescriptionA New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Time Best Book for Summ...

Reducere. At a time when wars are fought over scriptural interpretation, when the influence of religion on American politics has never been greater, when man...

Reducere. In this beautifully written memoir (Publishers Weekly), Jean Said Makdisi illuminates a century of Arab life and history through the stories of her...

Reducere. These are the stories of four women with Latin roots and their different journeys. Their true stories, secrets, and struggles are single and unique...

Reducere. The four life histories collected here--personal accounts of the Yaqui wars, deportation from Sonora in virtual slavery, life as soldaderas with th...

DescriptionSaffron unites the women of the Serenity crew to join her on a heist in this all-new original FIREFLY graphic novel. Saffron -- the enig...

Reducere. Share the amazing American story with your children with Our Patriots, a one-of-a-kind coloring book sponsored by the Daughters of the American Rev...

Reducere. This book is a daily devotional filled with inspirational stories about Marines, vividly demonstrating how our warriors have been sustained by fait...

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...

A fascinating new take on one of the most enduring mysteries in history - what happened to the princes imprisoned in the Tower? Gregory vividly bri...

Reducere. Earl "Dusty" Trimmer relates with both skill and personal experience events surrounding our most forgetable and misunderstood war in America's hist...

Post-traumatic stress disorder--and its predecessor diagnoses, including soldier's heart, railroad spine, and shell shock--was recognized as a psyc...

DescriptionNow a classic, the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Wahida Clark's gritty Thug series takes readers into the streets, wh...

Reducere. Did you know that the Trinity often turned to goddesses to defeat the asuras? Did you know that the first clone in the world was created by a woman...

Aims to bring to life the great dramas of modern France - the two cataclysmic wars - the Algerian disaster, and the student and worker revolt of 19...

Now available in paperback Women in the United States military have received more recognition than ever in recent years, but women also played vita...

Reducere. Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in this beguiling debut novel that brilliantly brings to life the residents of a small English town in the grip of th...

Reducere. Persuasion narrates the emotional journey of its protagonist Anne Elliot, who chances upon Captain Wentworth, a suitor she was persuaded to reject ...