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Book Synopsis Where Women Are Kings by : Christie Watson
Download or read book Where Women Are Kings written by Christie Watson and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An intense cross-cultural story of love” about an adopted Nigerian boy who can’t shake his beliefs that his birth mother loves him—and that he’s possessed by a wizard. Elijah, 7 years old, is covered in scars and has a history of disruptive behavior. Taken away from his birth mother, a Nigerian immigrant in England, Elijah is moved from one foster parent to the next before finding a home with Nikki and her husband, Obi. Nikki believes that she and Obi are strong enough to accept Elijah’s difficulties—and that being white will not affect her ability to raise a black son. They care deeply for Elijah and, in spite of his demons, he begins to settle into this loving family. But as Nikki and Obi learn more about their child’s tragic past, they face challenges that threaten to rock the fragile peace they’ve established, challenges that could prove disastrous. “ . . . an unforgettable story that will make your chest tighten, your eyes leak and your heart lurch.” —InStyle
Book Synopsis The Rise of Female Kings in Europe, 1300-1800 by : William Monter
Download or read book The Rise of Female Kings in Europe, 1300-1800 written by William Monter and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively and pathbreaking book, William Monter sketches Europe's increasing acceptance of autonomous female rulers between the late Middle Ages and the French Revolution. Monter surveys the governmental records of Europe's thirty women monarchs—the famous (Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great) as well as the obscure (Charlotte of Cyprus, Isabel Clara Eugenia of the Netherlands)—describing how each of them achieved sovereign authority, wielded it, and (more often than men) abandoned it. Monter argues that Europe's female kings, who ruled by divine right, experienced no significant political opposition despite their gender.
Book Synopsis The Female King of Colonial Nigeria by : Nwando Achebe
Download or read book The Female King of Colonial Nigeria written by Nwando Achebe and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While providing critical perspectives on women, gender, sex and sexuality, and the colonial encounter, she considers how it was possible for this woman to take on the office and responsibilities of a traditionally male role.
Book Synopsis The Kings' Mistresses by : Elizabeth C Goldsmith
Download or read book The Kings' Mistresses written by Elizabeth C Goldsmith and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mancini Sisters, Marie and Hortense, were born in Rome, brought to the court of Louis XIV of France, and strategically married off by their uncle, Cardinal Mazarin, to secure his political power base. Such was the life of many young women of the age: they had no independent status under the law and were entirely a part of their husband's property once married. Marie and Hortense, however, had other ambitions in mind altogether. Miserable in their marriages and determined to live independently, they abandoned their husbands in secret and began lives of extraordinary daring on the run and in the public eye. The beguiling sisters quickly won the affections of noblemen and kings alike. Their flight became popular fodder for salon conversation and tabloids, and was closely followed by seventeenth-century European society. The Countess of Grignan remarked that they were traveling "like two heroines out of a novel." Others gossiped that they "were roaming the countryside in pursuit of wandering lovers. "Their scandalous behavior -- disguising themselves as men, gambling, and publicly disputing with their husbands -- served as more than just entertainment. It sparked discussions across Europe concerning the legal rights of husbands over their wives. Elizabeth Goldsmith's vibrant biography of the Mancini sisters -- drawn from personal papers of the players involved and the tabloids of the time -- illuminates the lives of two pioneering free spirits who were feminists long before the word existed.
Book Synopsis Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa by : Nwando Achebe
Download or read book Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa written by Nwando Achebe and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unapologetically African-centered monograph that reveals physical and spiritual forms and systems of female power and leadership in African cultures. Nwando Achebe’s unparalleled study documents elite females, female principles, and female spiritual entities across the African continent, from the ancient past to the present. Achebe breaks from Western perspectives, research methods, and their consequently incomplete, skewed accounts, to demonstrate the critical importance of distinctly African source materials and world views to any comprehensible African history. This means accounting for the two realities of African cosmology: the physical world of humans and the invisible realm of spiritual gods and forces. That interconnected universe allows biological men and women to become female-gendered males and male-gendered females. This phenomenon empowers the existence of particular African beings, such as female husbands, male priestesses, female kings, and female pharaohs. Achebe portrays their combined power, influence, and authority in a sweeping, African-centric narrative that leads to an analogous consideration of contemporary African women as heads of state, government officials, religious leaders, and prominent entrepreneurs.
Book Synopsis Great Women in the Sport of Kings by : Scooter Toby Davidson
Download or read book Great Women in the Sport of Kings written by Scooter Toby Davidson and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it has only been thirty years since the first female jockey rode onto the then male only turf of thoroughbred horse racing, they have since made their mark on the racetrack and in the winner's circle. Great Women in the Sport of Kings, the first book to consider the phenomenon of female jockeys, takes an indepth look at their lives. Through the oral histories of ten top female jockeys, the authors offer intimate portraits of how they overcame personal and professional obstacles to rise to the top of thoroughbred horse racing. In her Introduction, women's sports historian Mary Jo Festle explores the larger issues of women in sport, sexism in horse racing, the struggles female jockeys face, and the significance of their success. The jockey's include: Diane Nelson, Julie Krone, Paula Keim-Bruno, Jill Jellison, Gwen Jackson, Darci Rice, Rosemary Homiester, Jr., Donna Barton, Kristi Chapman, and Dodi Duys.
Book Synopsis The Woman Who Would Be King by : Kara Cooney
Download or read book The Woman Who Would Be King written by Kara Cooney and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power. Hatshepsut—the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne—was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father’s family. Her failure to produce a male heir, however, paved the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king. At just over twenty, Hatshepsut out-maneuvered the mother of Thutmose III, the infant king, for a seat on the throne, and ascended to the rank of pharaoh. Shrewdly operating the levers of power to emerge as Egypt's second female pharaoh, Hatshepsut was a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays in the veil of piety and sexual reinvention. She successfully negotiated a path from the royal nursery to the very pinnacle of authority, and her reign saw one of Ancient Egypt’s most prolific building periods. Constructing a rich narrative history using the artifacts that remain, noted Egyptologist Kara Cooney offers a remarkable interpretation of how Hatshepsut rapidly but methodically consolidated power—and why she fell from public favor just as quickly. The Woman Who Would Be King traces the unconventional life of an almost-forgotten pharaoh and explores our complicated reactions to women in power.
Book Synopsis The Women's Study Bible by : Mary J. Evans
Download or read book The Women's Study Bible written by Mary J. Evans and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 1922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everyone knows about Noah, Moses, and Paul. But what about Hagar, Michal, and Priscilla, all women who had a direct influence in the story of God's people? The Bible is full of fascinating, powerful, and faithful women, as well as lessons that have unique meaning for women today." "In The Women's Study Bible, respected Bible scholars draw out these often overlooked stories and reveal the lives of women at the time and share lessons for women of today. Separate sidebars cover topics such as midwifery, women disciples, and female images of God. The Women's Study Bible doesn't shy away from the difficult issues, but helps readers to understand them better in both their original context and the modern world." "The New Living Translation of the Bible uses inclusive language for humanity and where it is clear that both male and female are meant to be included." --Book Jacket.
Book Synopsis The Woman Who Defied Kings by : Andrée Aelion Brooks
Download or read book The Woman Who Defied Kings written by Andrée Aelion Brooks and published by Paragon House Publishers. This book was released on 2002-06-15 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography of the one of the most remarkable Jewish women of all time, who saved thousands of Jews from the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition.
Download or read book Drama Kings written by Dalma Heyn and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2005-11-05 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of relationships between strong women and emotionally weak men counsels women on how to recognize warning signs, prevent partners from sabotaging a relationship, and transform a compromising situation into one of strength.
Book Synopsis Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal by : Ashurbanipal (King of Assyria)
Download or read book Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal written by Ashurbanipal (King of Assyria) and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 2007 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eisenbrauns is pleased to announce this quality reprint of Simo Parpola's classic work, Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. "Part II: Commentary and Appendices" originally appeared in 1983 as AOAT 5/2
Book Synopsis Annual register of women's clubs by :
Download or read book Annual register of women's clubs written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Establishing the John Muir-Kings Canyon National Park, California by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands
Download or read book Establishing the John Muir-Kings Canyon National Park, California written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Holy Bible: I+II Kings, I & II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther and Job by :
Download or read book The Holy Bible: I+II Kings, I & II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther and Job written by and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 08 Kings written by 이상현 and published by 기독출판 소금. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 2697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 판권지 KJV Reference Bible 08 Kings 발행일 2021년 8월 30일 발행처 기독출판 소금 광주광역시 광산구 사암로57번길 20-11 이상현 010-2491-4620 등록일 2014년 10월 1일 가격 2,000원 ISBN 979-11-90104-82-1 세트 979-11-90104-90-6 작성한 저작물에 대한 저작권 기타 지적재산권은 기독출판 소금에 있습니다. 이용자는 기독출판 소금이 제공하는 서비스를 이용함으로써 얻은 정보를 사전 승낙없이 복제, 송신, 출판, 배포, 방송 기타 방법에 의하여 영리목적으로 이용하거나 제3자에게 이용하게 하여서는 안됩니다.
Download or read book Joshua to Kings written by Mary E. Mills and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-06-23 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining an analytical approach with a clear commentary on the Old Testament texts, Mills examines issues of contemporary biblical studies and introduces students to the methods of critical enquiry necessary for interpreting biblical texts.
Download or read book 1 Kings written by Burke O. Long and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1984-05-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. Long begins this volume with a discussion of the nature of historical literature and a survey of its important genres: list, report, story, and history. He then focuses on 1 Kings as an example of historical literature, first analyzing the book as a whole and then unit-by-unit. The work is enhanced by extensive bibliographies and a glossary of genres and formulas which offers clear, thorough definitions with examples.