Men speak of sacrifice, but only a woman who has lost everything truly knows what the word means.It is said that the gods become offended when mere humans try to usurp their supremacy in directing earthly affairs. Keiko learns this in a way that leaves her with nothing but crushing grief.To catch a traitor, Keiko must lower herself to serve the man who betrayed her, forced to become his slave. When she loses the thing that has come to mean more to...

Alone in the world, one woman must use her sword to seek revenge... After Keiko finds herself alone, it is up to her to save her family name and honor. But she is still only a woman. After humbling herself to her daimyo and begs him to restore her birthright, she is met with only ridicule and watches as the man takes her family lands for himself. According to the samurai code of bushido, there is only one thing left for Keiko. Vengeance. Keiko...

At the end of the beginning, and the beginning of the end, a journey will come full circle... When Keiko suffers a terrible, personal loss, she believes that she has been reduced to nothing and can no longer wield her samurai sword. In order to survive, she is forced to become little more than a beggar, a humiliating ending for a woman who once inspired legends. But fate still has her own plans for Keiko's future. After traveling the world, and...

When Keiko chooses duty over love, she wonders if the code of the samurai is worth the heartache. Leaving Edo to save the life of a man she once loved, Keiko must give up everything she has worked for. She vows one day to return, but she has learned the hard lesson that the gods have a dark sense of humor. The city of Kobe seems a world away from Edo, a place where she could disappear, become whoever she wants to be, and leave the way of the samurai...

I am whole. I am powerful. I am divine. When you say these words, do you feel the weight of self-judgment and doubt? Or do you feel their truth ringing in your bones?
 
“A Warrior Goddess,” teaches HeatherAsh Amara, “is one who dares to face her fears and doubts, claims the ancestral power that pulses through all women, and lives it with unstoppable purpose, energy, and compassion.”
 

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Graceful Woman Warrior is a gutsy, thought-provoking and deeply moving posthumous memoir about mindfully living and dying with cancer. Compelled to use a Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer diagnosis as an opportunity to grow, learn and discover who she truly was, Terri Luanna da Silva started a blog about her journey. Riding the terrifying cancer treatment roller coaster of hope to despair over and over again, Terri struggled to balance her heart's...

The Real Housewives of New York City star and life coach shares stories from forty survivors of racism, abuse, illness, relationship problems, and more. Unstoppable Warrior Women inspires readers as they read forty short stories of different women who have struggled with horrendous family issues, race issues, health issues, education issues, and romance issues, only to rise above these obstacles and challenges to make something meaningful of their...

Maxine Hong Kingston is known for using a distinctive blend of autobiography, fantasy, and folklore to explore the history, experience, and identity of Chinese Americans. This is exemplified in her first book, The Woman Warrior, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction, a bestseller, and a staple on college and university syllabi. Although The Woman Warrior is by far her most celebrated book, Kingston has penned a wide range...

To the delight of her grandchildren, Grandma Panda relates Chinese legends, including the tales of Mulan the woman warrior and Luban the inventor of the kite.