1603: The Death of Queen Elizabeth I, the Return of the Black Plague, the Rise of Shakespeare, Piracy, Witchcraft, and the Birth of the Stuart Era

9 best books like 1603: The Death of Queen Elizabeth I, the Return of the Black Plague, the Rise of Shakespeare, Piracy, Witchcraft, and the Birth of the Stuart Era (Christopher Lee): Hope Never Dies, Hope Rides Again, The Good, the Bad, and the Undead, Geek Girls Don't Cry: Real-Life Lessons From Fictional Female Characters, Women Warriors: An Unexpected History, Ireland's Pirate Queen: The True Story of Grace O'Malley, 1530-1603, The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea, The Army of the Potomac, 3 Vols, I Am a Story

Hope Never Dies

Author

Andrew Shaffer

This mystery thriller reunites Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama for a political mashup full of suspense, intrigue, and laugh out loud bromance.

Vice President Joe Biden is fresh out of the Obama White House and feeling adrift when his favorite railroad conductor dies in...

Hope Rides Again

Author

Andrew Shaffer

There was not a single chapter where I did not laugh out loud at least once. Delightfully campy and a much needed joyride. Almost like a Ferris Bueller's Day Off for Barry and Joe.

But that being said there were also some truth bombs scattered throughout the storyline.“Truth” had somehow...

The Good, the Bad, and the Undead

Author	Kim Harrison
ISBN	0060572973

Actual rating: 3.5 stars.

Well well well, would you look at that?! It seems the Freaking MacHalo TBR Cleaning Challenge of Doom and Destruction (FMTCCoDaD™) isn't ALL about reading crap, after all! Who would have thought?! Not only did I NOT feel like killing this book with fire, but I actually...

Geek Girls Don't Cry: Real-Life Lessons From Fictional Female Characters

Author	Andrea Towers
ISBN	1454933399

Geek girls don’t cry . . . they get strong! Using examples from both real life and pop culture, entertainment writer Andrea Towers provides powerful tips on how women can overcome obstacles.

“An enjoyable read for anyone interested in pop culture, with particular relevance to those...

Women Warriors: An Unexpected History

Author	Pamela D. Toler
ISBN	0807064327

Who says women don't go to war? From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor.

The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly--Joan of Arc, not G.I. Jane. But women, it turns...

Ireland's Pirate Queen: The True Story of Grace O'Malley, 1530-1603

Author	Anne Chambers
ISBN	1567318584

Grace O'Malley (Granuaile) was a legendary Irish pirate chieftain and Gaelic chieftain who was known as such ephitet's as 'The Pirate Queen', A Most Famous Feminine Sea Captain, 'Nurse to All Rebellions' and 'A Notable Traitoress'

This book traces her life. perhaps in too little detail,...

The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea

Author

Barbara Sjoholm

The Pirate Queen begins in Ireland with the notorious Grace O’Malley, a scourge to the most powerful fleets of sixteenth-century Europe. This Irish clan chieftain and pirate queen was a contemporary of Elizabeth I, and a figure whose life is the stuff of myth. Regularly raiding English ships caught...

The Army of the Potomac, 3 Vols

Author

Bruce Catton

This isn't anything like Shelby Foote's trilogy. Let's start with that.

When you're a respected scholar of the Civil War, and you write a trilogy on that subject, there are going to be comparisons to Foote's enormous and consistently awesome The Civil War: A Narrative. It's not fair, of course,...

I Am a Story

Author	Dan Yaccarino
ISBN	0062411063

Internationally acclaimed author-illustrator Dan Yaccarino presents a powerful picture book that celebrates storytelling—from the past to the present and beyond.

From cave drawings to the invention of the printing press to our digital age, discover how a story has been told in many...