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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 ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. Regularly, repeatedly, and with impunity, queens like Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra controlled the totalitarian state as...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
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175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
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English
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Offers brief profiles of over one hundred women leaders, legends, scientists, and artists who shaped history, including Empress Cixi, Marie Laveau, and Julia Child.
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English
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A power-hungry courtier and an impressionable young princess: the Tudor court had never been more perilous for the young Elizabeth, where rumors had the power to determine her fate. England, late 1547. King Henry VIII is dead. His fourteen-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the king's widow, Catherine Parr, and her new husband, Thomas Seymour. Seymour is the brother of Henry VIII 's third wife, the late Jane Seymour, who was the mother to...
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
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vii, 342 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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"In the 1970s, queer people were openly despised and drag queens scared the public; this was also the era when Doris Fish (born Philip Mills in 1952 in Australia) rose to drag queen stardom. He was a leader of the generation that prepared the world not just for drag queens on TV but for a society that is more tolerant and accepting of LGBTQ+ people. How did we get from there to here? Craig Seligman looks at Doris's life as a way to provide some answers...
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English
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The powerful and moving story of three royal mothers whose quest for power led to the downfall of their daughters.
Queen Isabella of Castile, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and Queen Victoria of England were respected and admired rulers whose legacies continue to be felt today. Their daughters-Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Queen Marie Antoinette of France; and Vicky, the Empress Frederick of Germany-are equally legendary for the tragedies...
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Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2024]
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239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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From an international drag superstar and pop culture icon comes his most revealing and personal work to date-a deeply intimate memoir of growing up black, poor and queer in a broken home and discovering the power of performance, found family and self-acceptance.
12) Elizabeth I
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"The book explains the life of Queen Elizabeth I"--
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English
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We can hardly imagine a Britain without Elizabeth II on the throne. It seems to be the job she was born for. And yet for much of her early life the young princess did not know the role that her future would hold. She was our accidental queen.
Elizabeth's determination to share in the struggles of her people marked her out from a young age. Her father initially refused to let her volunteer as a nurse during the Blitz but relented when she was eighteen,...
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Printers Row
Pub. Date
[2014]
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1 online resource (1188 pages)
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English
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"From the House of Wessex to the House of Windsor, follow the pageant of personalities that have made Great Britain what it is today. Fascinating biographies of the British monarchs from the time of Roman Brittania to present day answer your every question about the country's aristocracy. Details of the kings' and queens' personalities are the focus, with a timeline across the bottom relating the major events of their reigns. Also included is a section...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
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176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
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English
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Offers brief profiles of over one hundred male leaders, legends, scientists, and artists who shaped history, including King Kamehameha, B.B. King, and Isaac Newton.
16) Who is RuPaul?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"RuPaul Andre Charles always knew he was meant to be a performer. Even as a young child, he loved to dress up and imitate the glamorous women he saw on television. When he turned fifteen, he began studying theater in a performing arts school in Atlanta and never looked back. Ru developed his drag-queen personality and launched his career in the 1980s. He now hosts and judges the widely popular and long-running show RuPaul's Drag Race"--
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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"In 1936, the life of ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York changed forever. Although she was a member of the British royal family, she never expected to become queen. But when her uncle Edward gave up the throne, suddenly her father was the new king, which meant young Elizabeth was next in line! Queen Elizabeth has reigned since 1953, and while there are palaces galore, the crown jewels, and trips around the world, her life has been one of strict...
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Kultur
Pub. Date
[2011?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Using extraordinary archive footage and rare color material, all the most dramatic events in Elizabeth's life are here, including her marriage to Prince Philip, the birth of Charles, and more.
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Narrator Lucy Paterson provides a charming portrayal of a mother, matron, minx, and monarch: Queen Victoria of England...Paterson's tone is bright and cheerful, and she keeps the historical details lively." — AudioFile Magazine
This program includes an introduction read by the author, as well as a bonus interview exclusive to the audiobook.
The story of the queen who defied convention and defined an era.
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