Women and Wars

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

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...

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

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

Reducere. Palace eunuch and secretary Stephen records Empress Theodora's life as she navigates wars, political and religious crises, a citywide rebellion, an...

Reducere. Each life has its place, and every variation ripples the surface of the tiny alpine village called Rosenau. Be it a mysteriously misaddressed love ...

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

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

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. British writer Marjorie Bowen (the pseudonym of Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long, 1885-1952) was a prolific author of short stories, novels, essays, an...

Reducere. Drawing on never before used archival materials, Replacing the Dead exposes the history of Soviet and Russian abortion policy. It is not unusual fo...

Reducere. The early Dutch settlers in Albany called the hills to the west "Hellebergh, " or "Clear Mountain." Little did they know of the rugged terrain that...

Reducere. In conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the borderland o...

"In From Nowhere to Nowhere Bekim Sejranovic gives us the elegiac beauties echoing over the vanishing times and places, inviting us to reflect and ...

Reducere. Words From The Heart...When America's Veterans Speak Individuals who did not have the opportunity to hear about the military experience of family m...

Reducere. 'A startling heroine' SARAH MOSS, Summerwater'A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses' IMOGEN HERMES GOWER, The Mermaid and Mr Hancoc...

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

Reducere. Drama, death, glory and love flowed through the blood of the Egyptians under the watchful eyes of their Gods & Goddesses... Ancient Egypt was one o...

Reducere. During the nineteenth century, the U.S. military fought numerous battles against American Indians. These so-called Indian wars devastated indigenou...

Reducere. Want to know what Vietnam was really like? Real stories told by real people, in their own words, 100 veterans, men and women, caught up in an all t...

World War I gave colonial migrants and French women unprecedented access to the workplaces and nightlife of Paris. After the war they were expected...

The most powerful and feared vampire disappeared at the height of his powers and passed into legend. Most vampires think he's dead. He is not dead....

Otto Dix fought in the First World War for the better part of four years before becoming one of the most important artists of the Weimar era. Marke...

The New York Times bestselling authors of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room return with a glorious historical adventure that moves from the da...

Reducere. She's the most famous woman in history, yet almost nothing is known about her. Although she's portrayed as the gentlest and most tragic of all wome...

Members of Hanger's Horsemen, Mark Wallace and Jonah Brooks arrive in Llano County, Texas, to deliver a steed, never expecting they'd deliver a bab...

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

Reducere. The adventures of the Gumbeaux Sistahs continue Five, fiery Southern women wage wars against their unique problems using their improbable friendshi...

Reducere. By Clint Lacy. Deep in the eastern Ozarks of Missouri, a battle still rages about a massacre that happened on Christmas Day of 1863. While some cal...

Reducere. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this essential Star Wars Legends novel--the first ever to take place after the events of the original trilogy--Gr...

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...

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...

Reducere. This eye-opening journey through centuries of medical care on the battlefield is a fascinating read. The research is impressive, the writing style ...

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

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. 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. Available in paperback, this four-volume narrative world history tells the story of the entire globe, from the earliest nomadic humans all the way ...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The Incredible Life Of Irma Grese And The Holocaust: The Intriguing Life And History Of The Blonde Beast The two World Wars were standing testimony...

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.

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the coal wars from Mother Jones and other important participants *Includes online resources and a bibliogr...

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

Reducere. "The most critical period in Earth's history." -- Gary Seven, Supervisor 194 Even centuries later, the final decades of the twentieth century are s...

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...

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

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

Reducere. National Jewish Book AwardThis ground-breaking documentary history contains over 150 primary sources originally written in 15 languages by or about...

Reducere. Set against the mosques and minarets of Asia Minor and the ruins of ancient Athens, The Embroiderer is a gripping saga of love and loss, hope and d...

Reducere. An industrial port of a war-torn city. Women survivors wait to be shipped abroad. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once Queen, watches as her ...

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

Reducere. Palace eunuch and secretary Stephen records Empress Theodora's life as she navigates wars, political and religious crises, a citywide rebellion, an...

Reducere. Gaylon Finklea Hecker and Marianne Odom began the interviews for this book in 1981 and devoted a professional lifetime to collecting the memories o...

Reducere. As the year 1890 wound to a close, a band of more than three hundred Lakota Sioux Indians led by Chief Big Foot made their way toward South Dakota'...

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

"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...

Reducere. Thomas Blantz's monumental The University of Notre Dame: A History tells the story of the renowned Catholic university's growth and development fro...

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...

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

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. 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...

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

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 ...

Reducere. DescriptionRazia is excited when her grandfather tells her there's a school for girls being built in their Afghan village. At last, girls will have...

Reducere. DescriptionNo 1 NEW RELEASE NOV 2014. This is not a book about Singer sewing machines but Isaac Merritt Singer, the inventor of the first practical...

DescriptionOver the ages and in all societies, gallantry in battle has been highly regarded, with the bravery of individuals and fighting forces be...

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...