Ergebnis für "Krieger" in Frauenliteratur

Mit 16 haben Lila und Elena, Freundinnen seit Kindertagen, ihr armseliges neapolitanisches Stadtviertel mit seinen einengenden Konventionen gründlich satt. Lila versucht, durch eine vorteilhafte Ehe ihre Chancen zu verbessern, fühlt sich aber schon bald eingesperrt und verbittert. Elena hingegen lässt den Ort ihrer Kindheit hinter sich und geht zum Studium nach Pisa. Die 1970er Jahre bringen Veränderungen für beide.

Mit acht entdeckt Beth Harmon im Waisenhaus zwei Möglichkeiten, der harten Realität zu entfliehen: die grünen Beruhigungspillen, die den Kindern täglich verabreicht werden. Und Schach. Das Mädchen ist ein Ausnahmetalent und gewinnt Turnier um Turnier, mit 16 spielt sie gegen lauter erwachsene Männer um die US-Meisterschaft. Ihr Weg führt steil nach oben, doch bei jedem Schritt droht der Abgrund von Sucht und Selbstzerstörung. Denn für Beth steht viel mehr auf dem Spiel als Sieg und Niederlage.

Hekabe, Penthesilea, Andromache – Bestsellerautorin Natalie Haynes gibt Trojas Frauen eine Stimme. Alles ist so gekommen, wie sie es vorausgesagt hatten nur noch schlimmer! Troja brennt, der Krieg ist verloren. Warum hat Priam nicht auf die skeptischen Worte seiner Frau gehört? Denn während die Männer im Krieg ihr Leben verlieren, verlieren Hekabe, Polyxena und Andromache alles andere. Es gibt Angst, Wut und Schuldgefühle, doch die Frauen zeigen ihren Kummer nicht.

After regaining the throne, Irini ensnares Constantine in a web of deceit, convincing him to divorce Maria and banishing his wife and daughters to Abbess Thekla’s island convent—where Maria slowly descends into madness. But Irini’s thirst for dominance knows no bounds. Manipulating Constantine into turning against the soldiers who once betrayed her, she ignites a brutal civil war, plunging the empire into chaos—army against army, mother against son. As the battle rages, Irini orchestrates a final, ruthless strike, capturing Constantine and leaving him blinded and powerless.

Charlotte hat immer alles im Griff. Als Hochzeitsplanerin ist sie organisiert und geht in ihren Aufgaben im elterlichen Betrieb voll auf. Aber das Schicksal meint es nicht gut mit ihr. Nach einem Junggesellinnenabschied hat sie nicht nur die Erinnerungen an den One-Night-Stand verloren, sondern auch ihr Herz an den charmanten Karaokesänger Jonas. Aber bei ihrem stressigen Job hat sie sowieso genug um die Ohren und keine Zeit für die Liebe - sagt sie. Dennoch will sie nur eines: Jonas wieder sehen.

Californie, 1966. " Les femmes aussi peuvent être des héros. " Lorsque Frankie McGrath, étudiante infirmière de vingt ans, entend ces paroles, c'est une révélation. Élevée au sein d'une communauté privilégiée et patriote sur l'île idyllique de Coronado, elle a toujours été l'incarnation même de la jeune fille de bonne famille. Mais en 1966, le monde change et Frankie imagine pour la première fois une autre vie que celle d'épouse et mère. Alors que son frère vient de partir combattre au Vietnam, elle décide, sans le soutien de ses parents, de rejoindre le corps des infirmières de l'armée.

In April 1860, Dr. Ryder Cole returns home from his studies, sure of his abilities and on fire to serve his country and preserve the Union. A panther attack threatens to cut his life short until a young woman with a rife and a sure-shot eye appears out of the mist. Then she disappears, re-turning as Tom Boyde, his comrade throughout America’s Civil War, and as Diana, met in a Washington D.C. whore house. The seven Aprils from 1860 to 1866 tell their tale of love and war, sex and friendship. And the price of crossing gender lines.

Dans ce quatrième tome du cycle Femmes de guerre , Cristelle Ledroit prête sa voix - toujours avec beaucoup d'émotion et une grande justesse - à un incroyable récit tiré de l'histoire vraie de femmes courageuses, ayant combattu lors de l'Insurrection de Varsovie. Anna Stuart est une romancière britannique. Elle est l'auteure de plusieurs romans qui se déroulent pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale ainsi que des sagas médiévales. Ses livres, devenus des best-sellers, sont traduits dans une dizaine de langues.

In the war-torn streets of 1950s Seoul, Min-ji, a young seamstress, stitches together a life for her mother and ailing sister amidst the chaos of the Korean War. When she meets James, an American soldier with plains-wide eyes and a gentle heart, a fragile love blooms, promising a visa and a new life in America. But when tragedy strikes and James is lost to the front lines, Min-ji’s dreams unravel, leaving her a widow with an expiring visa and a desperate fight to remain in her homeland.

"Anche le donne sanno essere eroiche." Per la ventenne Frances "Frankie" McGrath, studentessa di infermieristica, questa frase è una rivelazione. Cresciuta nell'idilliaco mondo assolato della California del sud e protetta dai suoi genitori di idee conservatrici, si è sempre vantata di fare la cosa giusta, di essere una brava ragazza. Ma è il 1966, il mondo sta cambiando, e Frankie si ritrova all'improvviso a immaginare un futuro diverso, così, quando suo fratello parte per il Vietnam, lei decide di arruolarsi nel Corpo infermieristico dell'esercito.

Mike Krentz presents Book 2 in the Mahoney & Squire series.

2012. Navy Captain Kate "Scarlett" Mahoney never backs down from a challenge. Determined to prove her mettle as the new Director of Operations for the US Seventh Fleet, the single mom naval aviator entrusts her sister to care for her fourteen-year-old son in California. After embarking in the Japan-based Seventh Fleet flagship, her strategic expertise proves vital when two rival Korean warships attack each other and fuel a looming international crisis.

Set internationally and spanning two decades, Annisa is an intricate portrait of a young Afghan girl's struggle to survive after the Soviet invasion in 1979. Her harrowing escape to America, and her fatal decision to return to her people in Afghanistan, evokes insight into a society torn apart by terrorism, drug smuggling, and bitter conflicts over the role of its women.

November 2015—Seasoned war photojournalist Annie Hawkins returns home after an assignment to find her life falling apart. She’s under investigation for an incident that happened six months earlier in Afghanistan. Her best friend’s daughter, Seema, is still missing, apparently with her Taliban boyfriend. Her daughter Mel and friends are busy fundraising to rebuild the Wad Qol Secondary School for Girls and expect Annie to deliver the money. To make matters worse, she has a major argument with the love of her life, Finn Cerelli, and they’re no longer speaking.

The exploits of this almost-all-women Afghan team continue. The oldest 18, the youngest just 14. Set in modern-day Afghanistan, this fascinating story continues to unfold. Their deeds are acknowledged by the Americans, the British, and Russians, which in itself is very unusual. They have been welded into a behind-the-lines fighting unit by Kate Murphy and the man who released them from sexual slavery, known only as “the Commander”, who is British.

Russia, 1941. Katya Ivanova is a young pilot in a far-flung military academy in the Ural Mountains. From childhood, she's dreamed of taking to the skies to escape her bleak mountain life. With the Nazis on the march across Europe, she is called on to use her wings to serve her country in its darkest hour. Not even the entreaties of her new husband—a sensitive artist who fears for her safety—can dissuade her from doing her part as a proud daughter of Russia.

Amie Fish, an ordinary English housewife, is thrown headlong into a third world African country when her husband, Jonathan, receives a once-in-a-lifetime promotion. Far from the normal expatriate life Amie was expecting, she finds herself deep in political intrigue, indebted to a corrupt African master manipulator and fighting for her life in the African bush.

Amelia Gittens, a Black female, has the distinct honor of being the first female to be admitted to the US Army's elite group of snipers, fighting in Afghanistan. It doesn't come without its price, though. She comes back as so many veterans do - with post-traumatic stress syndrome, complete with major flashbacks.

For Nate Kincade, former Army Special Forces, the future looks bleak. Following a tragic incident, he faces a long-term sentence inside a military prison. But when a mysterious visitor appears and offers to have all charges against him dismissed in exchange for him completing a mission, Nate believes his luck has finally turned.

Rhys Gravenor, Great War veteran and Welsh sheep farmer, arrives in Paris in the midst of the city's liberation with a worn letter in his pocket that may have arrived years too late. As he follows the footsteps of his missing son across an unfamiliar, war-torn country, he struggles to come to terms with the incident that drove a wedge between the two of them.