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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...
2) Dragonfly
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Even the strongest woman has her breaking point, and Keiko has reached hers.
Sick at heart and wanting only to leave her past behind her, Keiko is drawn to the sea. Seeking refuge from the world that has nearly torn her spirit apart, she boards the first ship she finds and sails away gladly from her former life.
Although Keiko thinks she is done with her past life, fate has much more in store. Her ship is taken by a band of wokou—desperate pirates...
3) Spider
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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...
4) Chameleon
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Keiko thought she was becoming a true samurai warrior, but the loss of her sister will make her doubt everything.
Keiko's revenge on her enemies is almost complete. Like the chameleon, she has changed herself to attract and entrap the men she seeks. Now, just one man remains unpunished. But before she can complete her vengeance, karma destroys her plans cruelly.
Niko-her adopted younger sister-is kidnapped.
Keiko is sure she knows who is behind...
5) Moth
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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...
6) Cricket
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Memories are gifts from the gods. But they can also be a curse…Washing up on a strange and distant shore after being swept off her ship, Keiko is given the precious opportunity to walk away from who she was and find true peace and happiness. Two things that have eluded her ever since she first took up her father's sword.But Keiko should know that she can never truly escape her past.When her new life is upended, Keiko sees that the true path of the...
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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...
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A Study Guide for Maxine Hong Kingston's "The Woman Warrior," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
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Warrior Woman is the story of Lozen, sister of the famous Apache warrior Victorio, and warrior in her own right. Hers is a story little discussed in Native American history books. Instead, much of what is known of her has been passed down through generations via stories and legends.
For example, it is said that she was embued with supernatural powers, given to her by the gods. She would lift her arms to the sky and place her palms against the wind,...
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For 80 years Wonder Woman has stood as a symbol of truth, justice, and equality to people everywhere! Follow along in this incredible collection as the Amazon Warrior fights for justice-starting from the first appearance of Wonder Woman through some of her most incredible battles against foes like the Cheetah and Ares. This anniversary hardcover collects stories from All-Star Comics #8, Sensation Comics, #1, Comic Cavalcade #11, Wonder Woman (vol....
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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...
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In her 1991 bombshell book, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, author and activist Susan Faludi wrote "a backlash against women's rights" is a "recurring phenomenon" and that it usually occurs whenever women make significant advances in society. In the new millennium, the world has seen more and more women leading countries, winning Nobel Prizes, and attaining positions at all levels of government. Enter the #MeToo movement in the...
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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...
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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...
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Essays on the island and its history and traditions from the National Book Award–winning author of The Woman Warrior. In these eleven thought-provoking pieces, acclaimed writer and feminist Maxine Hong Kingston tells stories of Hawai'i filled with both personal experience and wider perspective. From a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and numerous other honors, the essays in this collection provide readers with a generous sampling of Kingston's...
17) The Blood Bond
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On a visit to Bangkok, a famed religious leader, the Karmapata, is critically wounded by a would-be assassin, and needs to receive a life-saving blood transfusion within 12 hours. When his enemies learn of his rare blood type, they start killing off all the donors that could possibly save him. The Karmapata's sworn protector, the woman warrior Deva, sets out to the far north of Thailand to find the one man whose blood can save her master. This last...
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Seven Stories from Seven Sisters: A Collection of Philippine Folktales is a children's book that collects retellings of Filipino folk tales. Members of the writers' group PAWWA (Philippine American Women Writers and Artists) retold these ancient Philippine folklore and myths. There are seven stories; and the book has approximately 40 pages.TThe book has black and white illustrations. The folk retellings include beloved tales such as: Seven Thousand...
19) ELITE Protection
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Terrorists want her…but so does he. The only thing that matters is the Guardian Security Atlanta Center expects him to keep his assignment alive. Isaac Snow believes he'll be protecting the pampered daughter of two Atlanta physicians when he arrives in Big Sky, Montana. He expects to be forced to ski the novice slopes all day and spend his nights fending off unwanted pursuers. Hannah Kader was an officer in the all-female YPG Battalion in the Syrian...
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How an understanding of intellectual disability transforms the pleasures of reading
Narrative informs everything we think, do, plan, remember, and imagine. We tell stories and we listen to stories, gauging their "well-formedness" within a couple of years of learning to walk and talk. Some argue that the capacity to understand narrative is innate to our species; others claim that while that might be so, the invention of writing then re-wired our brains....
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