[PDF] The Maids War eBook

Author : Jeff Wheeler
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,50 MB
Release : 2023-03-04
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ISBN : 9781648393945

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From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler... Sent on an impossible mission by Kingfountain's ruler into the heart of the enemy's capital as two mighty kingdoms prepare for war, Ankarette Tryneowy must divine the location of a magical sword, perhaps their key to victory. What she finds is the truth-one she could never have foreseen. Searching for Firebos, the sword of ancient kings, is no simple task. It disappeared after one of the most powerful Fountain-blessed figures, the Maid of Donremy, used it in battle, and no one-except perhaps the Maid's dearest friend, the Duke of La Marche-knows its whereabouts. But when Ankarette finds the aging duke in his prison cell and hears the mystery he unveils, her mission becomes more perilous than she could have possibly imagined.

Author : Jeff Wheeler
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 2016-12-31
Category : Alliances
ISBN : 9781537798004

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"Sent on an impossible mission by Kingfountain's ruler into the heart of the enemy's capital as two mighty kingdoms prepare for war, Ankarette Tryneowy must divine the location of a magical sword, perhaps their key to victory. What she finds is the truth--one she could never have foreseen"--Back cover.

Author : Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,19 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811224925

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A major discovery: Tanizaki's wonderful final novel--now in English

Author : Julie Wheelwright
Publisher : London : Pandora
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,82 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Amazons
ISBN :

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A study based on memoirs, letters, diaries and historical archives, tracing the careers of women from the 1700s who have lived and worked as men. The tensions that these women came to accept as the price of their tentative freedom aim to provide clues to the understanding of sexual roles.

Author : Katie Skelly
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,68 MB
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1683963687

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The scandalous true crime story about the Papin Sisters, as told by one of comics' most stylized talents. Christine Papin, an overworked live-in maid, is reunited with her younger sister, Lea, who has also been hired by the wealthy Lancelin family. They make the estate's beds, scrub the floors, and spy on the domestic strife that routinely occurs within its walls. What starts as petty theft by the maids ― who are flashing back to their tumultuous time in a convent ― shortly turns into something more nefarious. Madame Lancelin’s increasingly unhinged abuse ignites the sisters' toxic upbringing and social class exploitation and explodes into a ghastly double murder, an event that shocked and fascinated 1930s France and beyond. Maids has high bravura and high intrigue, all drawn in Skelly’s highly stylized manner, which combines the best of pop art, manga, and Eurocomics.

Author : Katherine Van Wormer
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 30,91 MB
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0807149705

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The Maid Narratives shares the memories of black domestic workers and the white families they served, uncovering the often intimate relationships between maid and mistress. Based on interviews with over fifty people -- both white and black -- these stories deliver a personal and powerful message about resilience and resistance in the face of oppression in the Jim Crow South. The housekeepers, caretakers, sharecroppers, and cooks who share their experiences in The Maid Narratives ultimately moved away during the Great Migration. Their perspectives as servants who left for better opportunities outside of the South offer an original telling of physical and psychological survival in a racially oppressive caste system: Vinella Byrd, for instance, from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, recalls how a farmer she worked for would not allow her to clean her hands in the family's wash pan. These narratives are complemented by the voices of white women, such as Flora Templeton Stuart, from New Orleans, who remembers her maid fondly but realizes that she knew little about her life. Like Stuart, many of the white narrators remain troubled by the racial norms of the time. Viewed as a whole, the book presents varied, rich, and detailed accounts, often tragic, and sometimes humorous. The Maid Narratives reveals, across racial lines, shared hardships, strong emotional ties, and inspiring strength.

Author : David Weber
Publisher : Baen
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,78 MB
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451639018

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Bahzell of the Hradani is back! Exciting fantasy adventure by the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the Honor Harrington series. In Wind Rider’s Oath, Bahzell became a wind rider—the first hradani wind rider in history. And, even if Bahzell is the War God’s champion, because the wind riders are the elite of the elite among the Sothoii, Bahzell’s ascension is as likely to stir resentment as respect. What’s more, Baron Tellian’s daughter, the heir to the realm, seems to be thinking that he is the only man—or hradani—for her. Now, War Maid’s Choice continues the story—and things really get complicated. About David Weber’s Bahzell series: “…irresistibly entertaining. . .”—Publishers Weekly “. . .fun adventure full of noble steeds, fierce female fighters, dark sorcerers, serious swordplay, and plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor.”—Locus

Author : Daniel Woodrell
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 24,72 MB
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1444732862

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In 1929, an explosion in a Missouri dance hall killed forty-two people. Who was to blame? Mobsters from St Louis? Embittered gypsies? The preacher who cursed the waltzing couples for their sins? Or could it just have been a colossal accident? Alma Dunahew, whose scandalous younger sister was among the dead, believes the answer lies in a dangerous love affair, but no one will listen to a maid from the wrong side of the tracks. It is only decades later that her grandson hears her version of events - and must decide if it is the right one.

Author : Ran
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,19 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 9780345512468

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Cacao Sardonyx lands what she believes to be her dream job working as a live-in maid for the prince of the Arbansbool Kingdom and is surprised to find herself in the thick of battle when the kingdom is invaded and the prince enlists her, along with the other maids, in a Maid Army.

Author : Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 30,53 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9956558125

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One day, Mama Ngonsu told her son: "Normally, a child grew up and stayed around to help his parents. The world has changed, and things are no longer as they used to be. Things must not be normal all the time, otherwise life would not be life." When Emmanuel Kwanga gets a University scholarship, he travels from the lake and hills of Abehema to the Great City. Everyone in the village has invested in him their hopes for the good life. When the life they've imagined is cut short by the University guillotine, Emmanuel Kwanga must struggle to make sense of what the good life means - for himself and for Abehema - in a world where things are no longer as they used to be. This novel is about coming of age and coming to terms in Mimboland. It is also about the fragility of life and the strength of the human spirit. The filth and screaming splendor of the city and the perplexed tranquility of the village are juxtaposed, as the tension and conviviality between tradition and modernity are lived and explored. Roads and drivers, dreams and public transport link different geographies. Faltering along or speeding away, these spaces of risk, frustration and solidarity are filled with popular songs as vehicles for understanding events and relationships. With every crossing of the Pont de Maturit the story flows, and its mysteries surge. In this novel, the worlds of the living and the dead intermingle, as do the natural and the supernatural, the visible and the invisible.