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Author
Series
Immortal empire volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Queen Victoria rules with an immortal fist. The undead matriarch presides over a Britain where the aristocracy is composed of werewolves and vampires, where goblins live underground, and mothers know better than to let their children out after dark. Xandra Vardan is a member of the elite Royal Guard, and it is her duty to protect the aristocracy. But when her sister goes missing, Xandra will set out on a path that undermines everything she believes...
83) Rebel
Author
Series
[Vicky Peterwald] volume 3
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Vicky Peterwald is no longer just the heir apparent to an imperial dynasty. She survived naval training and proved her mettle in combat to help the starving people of the ravaged world of St. Petersburg. Now, she is truly a Grand Duchess, leading a growing battle fleet in a rebellion against the tyranny of her stepmother, the Empress"--
84) Sniper's honor
Author
Series
Bob Lee Swagger novel volume 9
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ludmilla "Mili" Petrova was a great Russian sniper in World War II until she disappeared on a mission and was virtually erased from history. When Kathy Reilly of the Washington Post encounters a brief mention of Petrova in an old Russian propaganda magazine, she begins building a story around the legendary female sniper, who was once dubbed Die Weisse Hexe--The White Witch--and lauded by enemies and comrades alike. There is very little on record for...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this groundbreaking new history of the role of American women in World War II, a top military analyst for the CIA presents the inspiring, shocking and heartbreaking stories of these servicewomen that reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of combat in the war and illustrates important realities about modern warfighting.
In this groundbreaking new history of the role of American women in World War II, Andrews presents the inspiring,...
86) Warrior queen
Publisher
WGBH Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The story of Boudica, queen of the Iceni in first-century Briton, who united the tribes of Briton in rebellion against Roman occupation.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Our story begins in the squalid corridors of a maximum-security housing project, where a young girl will rise from the war-torn streets of Chicago to battle injustice in a world insane with corruption. She will be called a hero, a traitor, and nearly everything in between, but all along the way, her courage, her integrity, and her unwavering commitment to that most valuable of right--liberty--will inspire a movement that will never surrender. A masterpiece...
88) Ghost warrior
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Lozen, an Apace warrior and shaman, falls in love with Rafe Collins even while she helps to lead the fight against the U.S. governments attempts to move her people to a reservation in Arizona.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A bestselling master of historical fiction, James Alexander Thom has brought unforgettable Native American figures to life for millions of readers, powerfully dramatizing their fortitude, fearsomeness, and profound fates. Now he and his wife, Dark Rain, have created a magnificent portrait of an astonishing womanone who led her people in war when she could not persuade them to make peace. Her name was Nonhelema. Literate, lovely, imposing at...
90) Joan: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
1412. France is mired in a losing war against England. Its people are starving. Its king is in hiding. From this chaos emerges a teenage girl who will turn the tide of battle and lead the French to victory, an unlikely hero whose name will echo across the centuries. In Katherine J. Chen's hands, the myth and legend of Joan of Arc is transformed into a flesh-and-blood young woman: reckless, steel-willed, and brilliant. This stunningly-researched novel...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won. In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. And yet that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of. The Islamic State by then had swept across vast swaths of the country, taking town after town and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around...
Author
Series
Honor Harrington volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The families who rule the People's Republic of Haven are in trouble. The treasury's empty, the Proles are restless, and civil war is imminent. But the ruling class knows what they need to keep in power: a "short victorious war" to unite the people and fill the treasury once more. It's a card they've played often in the last half-century, always successfully, and all that stands in their way is the Star Kingdom of Manticore and its threadbare allies:...
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the young woman who posed as a man to serve in the Union army during the Civil War as a male nurse, and later as a spy who adopted several male and female roles in order to bring back intelligence from behind enemy lines.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A lyrical, dark, and moving look at the life of Joan of Arc, who as a teen girl in the fifteenth century commanded an army and helped crown a king of France. This verse novel from award-winning author Stephanie Hemphill dares to imagine how an ordinary girl became a great leader, and ultimately saved a nation."--Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Pelican
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Cathy Williams, an unskilled former slave, disguised herself as a man and joined the Buffalo Soldiers, a deception that went unnoticed for years, confirming her as the only female on record to serve in the African-American cavalry unit.
Author
Series
Honor Harrington volume 1
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2010].
Language
English
Description
Instead of remaining out of sight during her assignment to a forlorn outpost, spaceship commander Honor Harrington, along with her vessel, the Fearless, performs incredible flying maneuvers to stop a foreign takeover of a major space station.
98) Toll of honor
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen Publishing Enterprises
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant Brandy Bolgeo has come home from the Battle of Hancock station wounded in both body and spirit. She will need months to regenerate her lost leg, but how long will it take to heal her heart? She's come home to find that her wounds, her ship's brutal damage, the deaths of so many friends, were the fault of an arrogant, aristocratic coward who broke and ran in the face of the enemy. Who left her ship to pay the price for his craven desertion...
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