pickThis book tells the story of a little girl from Syria beautifully and mostly in images. It had me searching for more on the book‘s real life namesake, a legendary Syrian queen. There are so few stories told of real life women leaders from ancient times! Ultimately though, this book is about a nation in turmoil and the human costs. I loved this sweet, sad, inspiring book!
pickI was impressed that a 93 pages graphic novel with only few words, could say so much, could transmit so many feelings just by observing those illustrations that maybe are not so elaborated. But the 2017 Danish National Illustration Award was well deserved. The story of Amina, a Syrian refugee with a heartbreaking end😢So hard to give a rating because to a graphic novel with almost not dialogue but the message was so devastated, at least for me.
pickA highly readable and fascinating work on the history of real life Amazons - that is nomadic female warriors from the Scythian peoples at the edge of the Greek known world. Mayor presents compelling evidence in the form of grave goods, art, and historical documents to support her theory. She also uses this theory as a lens through which to evaluate classical Amazon myths and the folklore surrounding historical female warriors.
Æthelflæd was the daughter of King Alfred the Great, and wife of Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians; after her husband‘s death, she continued as Lady of the Mercians, and sent an army to capture Derby, the first of the Five Boroughs of Danelaw to fall to the English. With her husband, she built a new minster in my home town of Gloucester, named St Oswald‘s Priory, where she was later buried.
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In this panoramic work of history, Lady Antonia Fraser looks at women who led armies and empires: Cleopatra, Isabella of Spain, Jinga Mbandi, Margaret Thatcher, and Indira Gandhi, among others.
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pick#DearDecember Day 21: The author, San Souci, noted that the The Song of Mulan #WarriorWoman was created during a period of unrest as the Chinese and the Tartars (or Tatars) who lived beyond the northern border in what is now known to be Mongolia and Manchuria continued to strive for dominance and power. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-3jl
Kicking off Week 1 of #BookFitnessChallenge with some gym time! Sharing my workout for today. What did you guys do?? 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
