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In 1795, Catherine the Great of Russia was in search of a bride for her grandson Constantine, who stood third in line to her throne. In an eerie echo of her own story, Catherine selected an innocent young German princess, Julie of Saxe-Coburg, aunt of the future Queen Victoria. Though Julie had everything a young bride could wish for, she was alone in a court dominated by an aging empress and riven with rivalries, plotting, and gossip—not to mention her brute of a husband. She longed to leave Russia and her disastrous marriage, but her family in Germany refused to allow her to do so.

More than a Holocaust memoir, The Risk of Sorrow is an intimate look at two women of different generations, religions, and cultures who forge an extraordinary friendship as together they examine deep questions of survival, faith, humanity, and love. This is a story for today's world.

I found 23 statues of real women who lived. They are located in our nation's capital, Washington D.C. Find out who they are and where they are located!

In the annals of history, Izola’s name may be but a whisper, a fleeting phantom amidst the tumult of the times. During her lifetime, if the public had known about her life with John Wilkes Booth, she would have been imprisoned or hanged. Deception became her most important tool to protect her family from the judgmental public and the law. Yet, her determination and unwavering loyalty to her family testify to this woman’s resilience in the face of adversity. Even at birth, controversy surrounded her. Izola’s sixteen-year-old mother was unmarried, and neighbors judged her immoral. Her ...

UNAUTHORIZED, Debi Thomas What Really Happened, is an amazing tale of behind the scenes interviews that were conducted by journalist, and two-time award-winning writer, Carol Denise Mitchell. During two-years of phone interviews with Debi Thomas and Debi’s fiancé Jamie Looney, Mitchell got to know the superstar well enough to uncover secrets that Debi Thomas had yet to divulge to the general public. Mitchell uncovers the truth about Debi’s big losses in the 1988 Olympics up to how her medical career ended up failing. The author is stunned to learn that Debi Thomas felt she was not ...

"A well-plotted and highly-emotional historical novel. A FINALIST and highly recommended." - A Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist "It was difficult to tell what was lightning, air fire or ground fire. It seemed we were trying to navigate a sky filled with fireworks within the middle of a storm. The plane shuddered, losing altitude in a dive that was too steep and too fast. Concerned that the stalling engine's fire and tail rip may ignite the load of ammunition within, I instinctively banked, aiming offshore to the water below." Maddy survived and now she wants to know why. Racked with ...

It reflects the life of Alfonso XII and all the vicissitudes of his reign. It is a historical novel written in the first person, with a lively, direct style that combines historical objectivity with narrative amenity. It is based on the abundant and rigorous data that the Doctor of History María Teresa Puga has consulted in national and foreign archives. The journalist Eusebio Ferrer draws on these data. The reader is thus offered an entertaining account, not only of the reign of Alfonso XII, but also of a period of unquestionable historical and human interest, but little known, somewhat ...

Rhiannon is a little tired of being dismissed as a mere girl. Her mother is kidnapped, and her father leaves to find her. Meanwhile the kingdom is left in charge of her incompetent brother. What's a girl to do? Pick up a sword and go after them, that's what! She learns about being a leader, about the loyalties of her companions, and a lot about herself as she leaves clan, family and her love behind. Will the hardship and danger be worth the sacrifice?

Published in 1792, The Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft is not just a pioneering work of feminism, but also a step forward for political philosophy in general. Amit Varma explains how it drove liberalism forward with its argument, radical at the time, that human rights extended to all humans, and not just to men.

Dive into the untold stories of courage, resilience, and innovation in Puerto Rican Women in History: Rebels, Workers, and Visionaries by Alex Alicea. This compelling work illuminates the lives of women who defied societal constraints, fought against injustice, and shaped Puerto Rico's history across generations.

From the leadership of Taíno cacicas who governed with wisdom to the fiery activism of Mariana Bracetti, Lolita Lebrón, and Luisa Capetillo, this book captures the diverse contributions of Puerto Rican women.

Facing the harrowing task of rebuilding a life in the wake of the Holocaust, many Jewish survivors, community and religious leaders, and Allied soldiers viewed marriage between Jewish women and military personnel as a way to move forward after unspeakable loss. Proponents believed that these unions were more than just a ticket out of war-torn Europe: they would help the Jewish people repopulate after the attempted annihilation of European Jewry.

In Mythica Emily Hauser tells, for the first time, the extraordinary stories of the real women behind some of the western world’s greatest legends. Following in their footsteps, digging into the history behind Homer’s epic poems, piecing together evidence from the original texts, recent astonishing archaeological finds and the latest DNA studies, she reveals who these women – queens, mothers, warriors, slaves – were, how they lived, and how history has (or has not – until now) remembered them.