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Author: Celia Hayley Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN: 1474607659 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 224
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Last Word is the popular BBC Radio 4 series broadcast weekly, featuring the lives of several famous people who have recently died. More than standard obituaries, the lives are summarised with narration and include interviews with some of those who knew them. The programme was first broadcast in 2006 and this compelling anthology commemorates the remarkable and revealing lives of 80 women who were illuminating, inspiring or moving. Their names may not always be well known, but their lives made an impact on the world, and they broke new ground in many different ways. The book includes: Lt Islam Bibi - Helmand's top female police officer, shot dead by the Taliban Naty Revuelta Clews - Fidel Castro's mistress Naomi Sims - first Black supermodel Sylvia Robinson - The 'mother of hip-hop' who was the founder/CEO of Sugar Hill records Rosalia Mera - Zara founder, the world's richest self-made woman Marie Colvin - celebrated war reporter killed in Homs Clare Hollingworth - first war correspondent to report the outbreak of the Second World War Eileen Nearne - wartime spy who was captured and tortured by the Gestapo Salome Karwah - Ebola survivor who went back to Liberia to nurse other sufferers Jo Cox - MP murdered in her own Yorkshire constituency Jill Saward - rape survivor and campaigner for victims of sexual abuse Scharlette Holdman - 'The Angel of Death Row' who fought against the death penalty in the US Jeanne Cordova - former nun who became a lesbian rights activist Francis Kelsey - pharmacologist who prevented the licence of Thalidomide in the US Margaret Rule - archaeologist who raised the Mary Rose Countess of Arran - powerboat racer, 'the fastest granny on water'
Author: Celia Hayley Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN: 1474607659 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
Last Word is the popular BBC Radio 4 series broadcast weekly, featuring the lives of several famous people who have recently died. More than standard obituaries, the lives are summarised with narration and include interviews with some of those who knew them. The programme was first broadcast in 2006 and this compelling anthology commemorates the remarkable and revealing lives of 80 women who were illuminating, inspiring or moving. Their names may not always be well known, but their lives made an impact on the world, and they broke new ground in many different ways. The book includes: Lt Islam Bibi - Helmand's top female police officer, shot dead by the Taliban Naty Revuelta Clews - Fidel Castro's mistress Naomi Sims - first Black supermodel Sylvia Robinson - The 'mother of hip-hop' who was the founder/CEO of Sugar Hill records Rosalia Mera - Zara founder, the world's richest self-made woman Marie Colvin - celebrated war reporter killed in Homs Clare Hollingworth - first war correspondent to report the outbreak of the Second World War Eileen Nearne - wartime spy who was captured and tortured by the Gestapo Salome Karwah - Ebola survivor who went back to Liberia to nurse other sufferers Jo Cox - MP murdered in her own Yorkshire constituency Jill Saward - rape survivor and campaigner for victims of sexual abuse Scharlette Holdman - 'The Angel of Death Row' who fought against the death penalty in the US Jeanne Cordova - former nun who became a lesbian rights activist Francis Kelsey - pharmacologist who prevented the licence of Thalidomide in the US Margaret Rule - archaeologist who raised the Mary Rose Countess of Arran - powerboat racer, 'the fastest granny on water'
Author: Hannah Pakula Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0684842165 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 708
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Biography of Prussian Crown Princess Vicky, Queen Victoria's eldest daughter who married Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia and who gave birth to Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Author: Julie Ellis Publisher: Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated ISBN: 9781568954790 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 596
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Born in Munich, Vera Mueller was only thirteen when Kristallnacht shattered her world, wrenching her from her family and forcing her to flee to safety. Terrified and alone, she feared that her life was over. But, in fact, her life had just begun. For out of the chaos of war was born an indomitable passion to survive. Through it all, it is Vera's strength - a strength born of hardship and tragedy - that helps her overcome adversity and forge bonds of love and friendship that will last a lifetime and beyond. A New York Times Bestseller.
Author: Marylin Hayes-Martin Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1481705598 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 279
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Common Thread – Uncommon Women begins in 1863 at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. This historic saga covers four generations of women, beginning with the author’s great grandmother, Minerva, who was Cherokee Native American. Minerva warned her daughter, “Jennie, they put my people on a reservation, took away their pride, and left them with no way to defend themselves. Don’t you ever let anyone hurt you or your children.” Jennie, Minerva’s daughter, was a determined woman. Her friendship with a slave created tension within her husband’s family. Thedis moral presence was a blessing to the sick, and when death won, she readied them for burial. She was destined to suffer heartbreaks too horrific to imagine. Robbie was Thedis’s second-born child. Daily she was reminded of a tragic event, the shotgun blast, her screams, and the smell of fresh blood. Born with a proud Native American heritage, these women endured hardships beyond modern comprehension, but still found joy and happiness. Marylin Hayes Martin breathed essence into her characters, taking them through some of the most difficult times in American History: the Civil War, the Great Depression, and two World Wars. Common Thread - Uncommon Women is Martin’s debut novel. “Marylin Martin’s startling book, “Common Thread - Uncommon Women,” captures the enormous well of strength, both physical and emotional, that the women who helped settle America – and who were born here, of Native American blood – had to draw on simply to survive. Alexander Stuart, author of The War Zone In “Common Thread - Uncommon Women” a story that covers the lives of four generations of her own family, Marylin Martin takes a historical family saga and raises it to a moving memorable work of art. Bill Manville, columnist for the New York Daily News
Author: Sarah Rosetta Wakeman Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780195102437 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 134
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Originally published: Pasadena, Md.: Minerva Center, 1994.
Author: Laura Frantz Publisher: Revell ISBN: 1493421131 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 348
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Unflinching and plainspoken, Tessa Swan is not your typical 18th-century woman. Born and bred on the western Virginia frontier along with her five brothers, she is a force to be reckoned with. Quiet and courageous, Clay Tygart is not your typical 18th-century man. Raised by Lenape Indians, he returns a hero from the French and Indian War to the fort that bears his name, bringing with him Tessa's long-lost friend, Keturah, who disappeared from the settlement years earlier. Determined to avoid any romantic entanglements as fort commander, Clay remains aloof whenever he encounters the lovely Tessa. But when circumstances force Clay's hand--and heart--the stage is set for one very private and one very public reckoning. Intense, evocative, and laced with intricate historical details that bring the past to life, An Uncommon Woman will transport you to the picturesque and dangerous western Virginia mountains of 1770.
Author: Mark Kelley Publisher: Penn State Press ISBN: 0271098740 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 281
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Lydia Hamilton Smith (1813–1884) was a prominent African American businesswoman in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the longtime housekeeper, life companion, and collaborator of the state’s abolitionist congressman Thaddeus Stevens. In his biography of this remarkable woman, Mark Kelley reveals how Smith served the cause of abolition, managed Stevens’s household, acquired property, and crossed racialized social boundaries. Born a free woman near Gettysburg, Smith began working for Stevens in 1844. Her relationship with Stevens fascinated and infuriated many, and it made Smith a highly recognizable figure both locally and nationally. The two walked side by side in Lancaster and in Washington, DC, as they worked to secure the rights of African Americans, sheltered people on the Underground Railroad, managed two households, raised her sons and his nephews, and built a real-estate business. In the last years of Stevens’s life, as his declining health threatened to short-circuit his work, Smith risked her own well-being to keep him alive while he led the drive to end slavery, impeach Andrew Johnson, and push for the ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. An Uncommon Woman is a vital history that accords Lydia Hamilton Smith the recognition that she deserves. Every American should know Smith’s inspiring story.
Author: Mike Murdock Publisher: Wisdom International Inc ISBN: 1563947706 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 109
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There Is Nothing Ordinary About You.You are EXTRAORDINARY and Designed by God to Become The Uncommon Woman. Your Success will depend on the level of your Passion for ... Passion Is Power! Your Passion must become an Obsession... taking you to the Highest place for God to bring ultimate victories and accomplishments in and through your life.An Obsession is when something consumes your thoughts and time. Passion Is What You Are Unwilling To Do Without.This book will assist you in learning every possible strategy to become all you want to be. It can be more than a Dream. You can truly become The Uncommon Woman. You Will Only Be Remembered In Life For Your Obsession And Passion.Subjects you will learn about are listed below: How To Exit A Relationship Graciously.The Power of Having A Daily Success Routine.The importance of Permitting Yesterdays To Die.How To Create An Environment of Order And Motivation.The Value of Protecting Worthy Relationships.The Powerful Influence of Personal Integrity.To Become Willing To Go Where You Have Never Been Before.Encountering Different Types of People.Staying In The Center of Your Expertise.Recognizing Your Strength Comes From The Holy Spirit.And Much, Much More..!
Author: Celia Hayley
Author: Celia Hayley
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Author: Julie Ellis
Author: Marylin Hayes-Martin
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Author: Laura Frantz
Author: Mark Kelley
Author: Mike Murdock