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Describes the experiences of three women soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq to reveal how their military service has affected their friendship, personal lives and families, detailing the realities of their work on bases and in war zones and how their choices and losses shaped their perspectives.
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"Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons. But just who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried...
83) Girl warriors
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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500L
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English
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"Who were history's fiercest warriors? Who was voted 'Best Team Player?' In the History's Yearbook series, readers will learn about the amazing and diverse women in history. In Girl Warriors, readers will discover and rediscover their favorite heroines and learn about top women warriors who have made an impact. Backmatter material includes writing prompts that encourage readers to think creatively and critically. Each book in this series is written...
84) Down range
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Operation: Shadow Warriors volume 1
Thorndike Press large print romance
Operation Shadow warriors volume 03
Operation Shadow Warriors volume 1
Thorndike Press large print romance
Operation Shadow warriors volume 03
Operation Shadow Warriors volume 1
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Trained to kill, but built for love... Captain Morgan Boland is at the top of her game, as is her former lover, Navy SEAL Jake Ramsey. Then a military computer selects them to partner in a special op. The mission can't be compromised by their personal history-and they have truckloads of it. But the Afghan assignment might provide the discipline they need to finally get it together-outside the bedroom, that is. A lot has happened over the two years...
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Cassie Kendrick is on the run. Her abusive father arranged her marriage to a despicable man, but shes discovered an escape. Disguised as a man, Cassie enlists in the Union army, taking the name Thomas Turner. On the battlefields of the Civil War, keeping her identity a secret is only the beginning of her problems, especially after she meets Gabriel Avery, a handsome young photographer. Anxious to make his mark on the world and to erase the darkness...
86) Full dress gray
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A woman cadet at West Point dies of an apparent heat stroke while on parade. When it is discovered that she was raped, General Slaight, the new superintendent orders an investigation, but gets nowhere. At great risk to herself his daughter, a cadet, pierces the wall of silence.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author lends his remarkable narrative skills to the story of the most famous POW this country has known.
In I Am a Soldier, Too, Bragg lets Jessica Lynch tell the story of her capture in the Iraq War in her own words—not the sensationalized ones of the media's initial reports. Here we see how a humble rural upbringing leads to a stint in...
In I Am a Soldier, Too, Bragg lets Jessica Lynch tell the story of her capture in the Iraq War in her own words—not the sensationalized ones of the media's initial reports. Here we see how a humble rural upbringing leads to a stint in...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 3
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900L
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"David Elliott explores how Joan of Arc changed the course of history and remains a figure of fascination centuries after her extraordinary life and death in a fiery, evocative novel-in-verse."--Provided by publisher.
89) Bloody rose
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Band novels (Nicholas Eames) volume 2
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"A standalone adventure featuring a band of female mercenaries in the world of Kings of the Wyld from author Nicholas Eames, who has been hailed as "the voice of modern fantasy" by Michael R. Fletcher. Live fast, die young. Tam Hashford has always dreamedof living through glory days of her own. With a renowned mercenary for a mother and an illustrious bard for a father, battles and adventure seem the only way to really live. So when she learns that...
91) Raven stratagem
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Machineries of empire volume 2
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Captain Kel Cheris is possessed by a long-dead traitor general. Together they must face the rivalries of the hexarchate and a potentially devastating invasion. "When the hexarchate's gifted young captain Kel Cheris summoned the ghost of the long-dead General Shuos Jedao to help her put down a rebellion, she didn't reckon on his breaking free of centuries of imprisonment - and possessing her. Even worse, the enemy Hafn are invading, and Jedao takes...
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A fateful encounter between Theseus, king of Athens, and the tall Kyrte, a nation of proud female warriors, transforms the ancient world, when Antiope, warrior queen of the Amazons, falls in love with Theseus and flees with him. The author of the international bestsellers Gates of Fire and Tides of War delivers his most gripping and imaginative novel of the ancient world-a stunning epic of love and war that breathes life into the grand myth of the...
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Nicci chronicles volume 4
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2020.
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"In the wake of the brutal war that swept the Old World in Siege of Stone, a new danger is forming along the coast. Taken captive by their enemies, King Grieve, along with Lila and Bannon are about to discover the terrifying force that threatens to bring destruction to the Old World. The Norukai, barbarian raiders and slavers, have been gathering an immense fleet among the inhospitably rocky islands that make up their home. With numbers greater than...
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"Years of intense training have prepared Tessa Wilkes to become a Medusa - part of an elite, women-only Special Forces team. But all the mental prep and physical training in the world can't prepare her to take on one of the world's most dangerous men. The ultimate operative, Tessa teams up with trainer Beau Lambert to track her target, but even if she survives, will her heart? -- page [4] of cover.
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2018.
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"A deeply researched and sweeping history that redefines our understanding of the Amazons and their culture, tracking the ancient legend into the modern world and examining its significance today. Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills...
96) Savage legion
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Savage rebellion volume 1
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"They call them Savages. Brutal. Efficient. Expendable. The empire relies on them. The greatest weapon they ever developed. Culled from the streets of their cities, they take the ones no one will miss and throw them, by the thousands, at the empire's enemies. If they live, they fight again. If they die, well, there are always more. Evie is not a Savage. She's a warrior with a mission: to find the man she once loved, to find the man who holds the key...
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The violence and terror of ethnic cleansing against Muslims forces high schooler Irena Zaric and her family to flee Sarajevo in search of safety across the river, and she comes into even closer contact with war when a former assistant principal employs her as a sniper.
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[2019]
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"The story of women serving in the United States military begins before the founding of the country. Though early laws prohibited women from becoming soldiers, they still found ways to serve, even disguising themselves as men in order to participate in active battle. Women Heroes of the US Army chronicles the critical role women have played in strengthening the US Army from the birth of the nation to today. These smart, brave, and determined women...
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1100L
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"In 2015 the Pentagon changed a historical ruling, allowing American women to serve in front-line ground combat troops. Women have served in the military throughout history. Yet no matter their title, they face discrimination and even sexual assault. Meet the women who serve their country and stand up for fairness."--Provided by publisher.
100) Ghost legion
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"In this tale set during the War for Independence, two intriguing stories emerge. One is of a black freedman, Stuart Brodie. On his return from the war, he finds his brother lynched and his tavern in the backcountry of South Carolina burnt to the ground. Knowing that the guilty party was allied with the Colonial Patriots, he joins the British Army to exact his revenge. The other story is of an abused wife, Marty, who is raped by her husband and his...
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