Warrior Women Great War Leaders from Boudicca to Catherine the Great. Rosalind Miles & Robin Cross by Rosalind Miles, Robin Cross Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2011 by Quercus Books ISBN-13: 978-0-85738-077-7, ISBN: 0-85738-077-X
Michelle Obama A Life by Peter Slevin, RobinMiles Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5113-5848-4, ISBN: 1-5113-5848-3
"An inspiring story of a modern American icon, here is the first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama. With disciplined reporting and a storyteller's eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago's largely segregated South Side. He illuminates her tribulations at Princeton University and Harvard Law School during the racially charged 1980s a ..."
And Then There Was Me A Novel of Friendship, Secrets and Lies (Paperback) by Sadeqa Johnson Paperback, Published 2021 by St Martin's Griffin ISBN-13: 978-1-250-80286-6, ISBN: 1-250-80286-5
"As a teenage girl, Ginny marries Linus Lancaster, her mother's second cousin, and moves to his Kentucky pig farm "ninety miles from nowhere." In the shadows of the lush Kentucky landscape, Ginny discovers the empty promises of Linus' "paradise" - a place where the charms of her husband fall away to reveal a troubled man and cruel slave owner. Ginny befriends the young slaves Cleome and Zinnia who work at the farm - until Linus' attentio ..."
On the Run Fugitive Life in an American City (MP3 CD) by Alice Goffman, Graeme Kent, RobinMiles Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audiobook, Mp3_Audio ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-5794-1, ISBN: 1-5226-5794-0
"A riveting, groundbreaking account of how the war on crime has torn apart inner-city communities. Forty years in, the tough-on-crime turn in American politics has spurred a prison boom of historic proportions that disproportionately affects black communities. It has also torn at the lives of those on the outside. As arrest quotas and high-tech surveillance criminalize entire blocks, a climate of fear and suspicion pervades daily life, n ..."
"bestselling, award-winning futurist David Brin returns to globe-spanning, high concept SF with "Existence." Gerald Livingston is an orbital garbage collector. For a hundred years, people have been abandoning things in space, and someone has to clean it up. But there s something spinning a little bit higher than he expects, something that isn t on the decades old orbital maps. An hour after he grabs it and brings it in, rumors fill Earth ..."
Annie John - by Jamaica Kincaid, RobinMiles Cd, Published 2016 by Blackstone Audiobooks Audiolivro, Mp3 Audio ISBN-13: 978-1-5047-4306-8, ISBN: 1-5047-4306-7
"Jamaica Kincaid presents a haunting and provocative story of a young girl growing up on the island of Antigua.An adored only child, Annie has until recently lived an idyllic life. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother, a powerful presence at the very center of the little girl's existence. Loved and cherished, Annie grows and thrives within her mother's benign shadow. Looking back on her childhood, she reflects, "It was in such a ..."
"As the Baby Boomers retire and the young Millennials, also known as Generation Y, enter the workforce, this massive demographic shift is causing big problems for even the most successful companies. These Millennials are highly sought-after for their technological savvy, energetic work ethos, and young, hip attitude that can help companies connect with young consumers. But all is not well. Many companies are able to recruit Millennial wo ..."
"Inspired by Nigeria s folktales and war, "Under the Udala Trees" is a deeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly.Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child, and the star-crossed pair fall in love. They are from different ethnic communities. They are al ..."
"After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant "information wanted" advertisements in newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to guide listeners back to devastating moments of family separation during slavery when people were sold away from parents, siblings, spouses, and children. William ..."
"Good Morning America viewers have come to know and love Lucimarian Roberts, the 88-year-old mother of coanchor Robin Roberts. On the day after Hurricane Katrina blew through the Gulf Coast, they watched Robin, standing amid the remnants of her hometown, recount the desperate search for her mother–and her return to safety. Robin was not surprised to learn that even as the winds howled and floodwaters rose, Lucimarian sang hymns. Today, L ..."
The Gospel of Trees(Unabridged) A Memoir (CD-Audio) by Apricot Irving, RobinMiles Cd, Published 2019 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-72139-008-3, ISBN: 1-72139-008-1