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"Despite Hitler's dictates on women's place being in the home, two fiercely defiant female pilots were awarded the Iron Cross during the Second World War. Other than this unique distinction and a passion for flying that bordered on addiction, these women could not have been less alike. One was Aryan Nazi poster-girl Hanna Reitsch, an unsurpassed pilot, who is now best-known for being the last person to fly into Berlin-under-siege in April 1945, in...
62) The women's war
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James Patterson's BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. I will avenge my husband and children. Former Marine Corps colonel Amanda Collins and her lethal team of women warriors have vowed to avenge her family's murder. And they have nothing left to lose ...
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This informative book explores the women's rights movement, highlighting the perspectives and motivations of the people involved. The book also includes fascinating sidebars, a "Voices from the Past" special feature, a table of contents, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers series is at the Navigator level, aligned to reading levels of grades 3-5 and interest levels of grades 4-7.
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The book brings together a wealth of black and white pictures which together record not only the operations of the Women's Land Army (WLA) but also scenes of the countryside between 1939 and 1950. Drawn from the worldwide albums of many ex-land girls at a time when film was rationed and photography monitored, this collection offers a fascinating insight into the people and places associated with the WLA. Many of these photographs have never been published...
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A sequel to The Girls of Piazza d'Amore, this novel is a sweeping epic that chronicles the lives of three women of different generations, all living in Montreal, but connected and haunted by the same Italian village past. After her childhood friend, Lucia- protagonist of The Girls of Piazza D'Amore - is found beaten, an apparent victim of domestic violence, and Lucia's husband disappears, Cathy, a high school teacher, takes Lucia's daughter, Angie,...
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This is a story of violence, sexual perversion, and despair. It is also a story of hope, triumph, and success from Behind and Beyond the Walls. Your heart will break for Judy Strickland, soar with the audacity of Vanessa, and cry with Dallas. However, the life changing story of Maria Sanchez will restore your faith in the ultimate good that still resides in all mankind.
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Long live female empire, There's hope , The rise and rise of the female empire Inequality is the question. Are you the answer? Equality: =? 3+1 wise women and the feminist dream, Woman Power, feminism activists, The power of women, No woman No Nothing! The making of? Empire; Its males against the world (females); kiss inequality bye! Dowidzenia Inequality! Au revoir inequality! Auf wieder sehen violence! Assorted female activists; Do not give up!...
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Building on the unique five-day prayer and study formula used in her best-selling book, Women of the Bible, Jean E. Syswerda provides you with a comprehensive overview of Scripture in this fifty-two week devotional. The Women's Devotional Guide to the Bible gives you tools for in-depth study, reflection, and prayer. It also offers you a practical approach to the complexities of the Bible, by employing a method you can effectively and easily use as...
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The Age of Aquarius meets the Dawning of Divorce in an evocative novel of the 1970s.
'There's plenty of depth to Bloom's characters, who are smart, funny and relatable in today's modern world.' The Courier-Mail
It's 1977, and bohemian Libby - stay-at-home mother, genius entertainer and gifted cook - is lonely. When she meets Carol, recently emigrated from London with her controlling husband, and Anna, who loves her career but not her marriage, the...
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An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power. When the women's balcony in an Orthodox synagogue collapses, leaving the rabbi's wife in a coma and the rabbi in shock, the congregation goes into crisis. Charismatic young Rabbi David appears to be a savior after the accident, but slowly starts pushing...
73) The Women's War
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In 1918, Winkler explodes from a community of thirteen helpful souls to a crowded coal mining town of strangers with divided loyalties. War in faraway Europe means more money in the pockets of May Rose and her friends, but as a new wife and mother she feels cut off from people and community events. And though mine owners like her husband are making money hand over fist, the workers' poverty and resentment threaten trouble when the war ends. Before...
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Since its introduction in the 1970s, hip-hop has become a way of life. This title takes an inside look at the women of hip-hop. The Women of Hip-Hop Groups follows the careers of hip-hop's top female acts, examining their contributions to the genre as it burst into the mainstream and went global. Features include a timeline, a glossary, essential facts, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...
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The Women of Brewster Place (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Gloria Naylor
Making the reading experience fun!
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis
*Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols
*A review quiz and essay topicsLively and accessible, these guides are...
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The Women of All Seasons
Delores Lingate moved from Florida to Atlantic City after her divorce. She found a new job, a new friend, and a place to unwind on the weekends. She finds herself fascinated by the handsome man who sent her a drink as she sat in the Oasis Jazz Lounge enjoying the band. His smile sparked her romantic curiosity.
He became mesmerized by her flawless beauty and style the moment he saw her. Disappearing into the night, she left...
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Have you ever been mentally lost? I don't mean crazy or insane, but has your life ever been temporarily out of control? You follow the orders of someone or something else. Nothing is normal during this temporary stage of your life. Have you ever experienced déjà vu? Saying to yourself, "I've been here and done this before"? Have you ever examined yourself mentally, physically, emotionally and/or spiritually and made a change based on your findings?...
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When the history of the Twentieth Century is written let us hope that the few nobel ideals of our era are not entirely submerged by the scientific miracles and horrors, which increasingly dominate our lives. High among such ideas must rank the recognition of women in more and more walks of life as equal partners with men, and in no area was the battle for recognition fought with greater determination then or more evident ultimate justification in...
79) The Women Rule
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Women control more than half of all private wealth in the U .S. and in 2009 held the majority of jobs in the workforce. As women's earnings, freedom and influence increase, the old sequential patterns of education, marriage, motherhood, and retirement no longer apply. In WOMEN RULE authors Camilla Webster and Carol Pepper guide listeners how to navigate the path to success using their own wisdom, life experience, and personal image to promote themselves...
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"The women kissed by fire" is a thriller that combines historical fiction and magical realism. The main characters of the novel are women so significant that they lead us to think History needs to be written under a more realistic prism: the feminine.
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The story begins in the 7th century B.C. in the demo of Hēmeroskopeion. An unsettling discovery is made there which leads the newly settled Greek colonists to consider abandoning those lands....
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