From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA agent. As Taber leads us on a tour through the countries to which her father is assigned, we track two parallel stories those of young Sara and …
"73" Result
Sort By:
Women in steppe society -- Ho'elun and Borte -- Conquered women -- Women and the guard, the army and succession -- Sons-in-law, daughters and conquests -- Toregene -- Oghul-Qaimish and Sorqoqtani -- Consort houses in the successor Khanates -- Consort houses in the Ilkhanate "Ho…
"How did women contribute to the rise of the Mongol Empire while Mongol men were conquering Eurasia? This book positions women in their rightful place in the otherwise well-known story of Chinggis Khan (commonly known as Genghis Khan) and his conquests and empire. Examining the …
"How did women contribute to the rise of the Mongol Empire while Mongol men were conquering Eurasia? This book positions women in their rightful place in the otherwise well-known story of Chinggis Khan (commonly known as Genghis Khan) and his conquests and empire. Examining the …
This book has very practical science based tips and guidelines and stories for moms and dads of baby girls. Including: Why you need a book just about girls; The very different health issues, genetic predisposition, hard wiring, neurological and biological development of girls, i…
Twenty-four adult children of key figures in the civil rights movement--including the sons and daughters of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, George Wallace, and others--are profiled in this book of essays that reveal the individual lives of the families behind the public face…
Profiles twenty-three children of the Civil Rights movement's leading figures including the daughter of former Alabama Governor George Wallace, the son of Martin Luther King, and Penny Liuzzo Herrington, daughter of Viola Liuzzo, who was killed during the Selma campaign.
"Discussions about the phrase "Daughter of Zion" have not come to rest. The present book is a study of this and similar phrases from a linguistic point of view. Genitive as a category in Semitic grammar is treated in a separate chapter, and metaphor and irony are brought into th…
Tells the story of how a family attempts to come to terms with something which makes no sense at all.
