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

8 best books like Ireland's Pirate Queen: The True Story of Grace O'Malley, 1530-1603 (Anne Chambers): The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt, The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir, Geek Girls Don't Cry: Real-Life Lessons From Fictional Female Characters, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt, Women Warriors: An Unexpected History, The Lodger, Crossing the River, I Am a Story

The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
AuthorKara Cooney
ISBN0307956768
An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power in a man’s world.

Hatshepsut, the daughter of a general who took Egypt's throne without status as a king’s son and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty, was...
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
AuthorSamantha Power
ISBN0062820710
Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, widely known as a relentless advocate for promoting human rights, has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America's "foremost thinkers on foreign policy."

In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person...
Geek Girls Don't Cry: Real-Life Lessons From Fictional Female Characters
AuthorAndrea Towers
ISBN1454933399
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...
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
AuthorKara Cooney
ISBN1426219776
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--women who ruled with real power--and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today.

Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago in...
Women Warriors: An Unexpected History
AuthorPamela D. Toler
ISBN0807064327
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...
The Lodger
AuthorMarie Belloc Lowndes
ISBN0897332997
”’Do you think to escape the consequences of your hideous treachery. I trusted you, Mrs. Bunting, and you betrayed me! But I am protected by a higher power, for I still have much to do.’ Then, his voice sinking to a whisper, he hissed out ‘Your end will be bitter as wormwood and sharp as a two-edged...
Crossing the River
AuthorCaryl Phillips
ISBN0679757945
From the acclaimed author of Cambridge comes an ambitious, formally inventive, and intensely moving evocation of the scattered offspring of Africa. It begins in a year of failing crops and desperate foolishness, which forces a father to sell his three children into slavery. Employing a brilliant...
I Am a Story
AuthorDan Yaccarino
ISBN0062411063
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...
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