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First Run Features
Language
Français
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At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of "decompression leave" with their unit, among tourists, at a five-star resort in Cyprus. But it's not that easy to forget the war and leave violence behind.
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Joe's World volume 2
Language
English
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The youthful artist-swordsman Benvenuti Sfondrati-Piccolomini arrived in the city of Goimr just in time for disaster to strike. The evil sorcerer Zulkeh had driven the King of the realm insane, then fled from the city!
Things were not as they seemed. The wizard Zulkeh and his apprentice Shelyid were, in fact, guiltless. Zulkeh had been summoned to interpret the King of Goimr's mysterious dream, which the sorcerer came to realize foretold an impending...
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Discworld volume 29
Language
English
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Running the family inn despite dwindling resources while her brother is away at war, Polly cuts off her hair to join the army and notices that her fellow recruits seem to be hiding secrets of their own.
7) Flame
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
The role of women in guerilla struggles and in post-liberation societies is depicted in a story of the women freedom fighters of the Zimbabwean liberation struggle. Flame is perhaps the most controversial film ever made in Africa --certainly the only one to be seized by the police during editing on the grounds it was subversive and pornographic. Ingrid Sinclair's moving tribute to women fighters in the Zimbabwean liberation struggle aroused the ire...
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English
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"The heart is a battlefield. War has raged for a decade in Lir, and orphaned soldier Talasyn has learned to keep her powers hidden to survive. As the last known Lightweaver on the continent, she can create radiant weapons that cut through the invading Shadowforged warriors' dark magic. But all that changes when she is forced to reveal her abilities on the battlefield to defend herself from the Shadowforged prince himself, Alaric Ossinast. In a clash...
9) Silent city
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Language
English
Description
"Outside the walls of Phoenix City, where the plague has overrun Ireland, one bite from the savage skrake means death or infection. Inside, Orpen and the other survivors of the plague gather in meager numbers. They are protected from disease and death, but the city is by no means a refuge. Phoenix City is ruled with an oppressive hand, with even the best of the leadership power hungry and ruthless. Orpen and the banshees--a fierce, all-women force...
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Baen Books
Language
English
Description
Rear Admiral Michelle Henke was commanding one of the ships in a force led by Honor Harrington in an all-out space battle when she and her surviving crew were taken prisoner. Through an agreement with the Havenites and her government, she was given a command far away from the war's battle lines. What she didn't realize was that she would find herself on a collision course with the interstellar syndicate of criminals known as Manpower.
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English
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"The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv), wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son--but Hitler's invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle...
13) The gilded ones
Author
Series
Deathless trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Ember
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the culture of West Africa, a feminist fantasy debut traces the experiences of an intuitive girl who is invited to leave her discriminatory village to join the emperor's army of near-immortal women warriors.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
In 1861, at the outbreak of the American Civil War, a teenager from New Orleans headed to the front lines. Under the alias Harry T. Buford, he fought at First Bull Run, was wounded at Shiloh, and served as a Confederate spy. But Buford harbored a secret-he was really Loreta Velazquez, a Cuban immigrant from New Orleans. By 1863, Velazquez was spying for the Union. She scandalized America when she revealed her story in her 1876 memoir, The Woman in...
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Series
Immortal empire volume 2
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English
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Infiltrating the seediest parts of London when her brother goes missing, Xandra, the newly crowned Goblin Queen, is wrongly targeted as a suspect in a werewolf investigation at the same time she struggles with rival political factions.
16) The bladebone
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Series
Khorasan archives volume 4
Language
English
Description
A powerful band of women warriors must face off against an oppressive enemy in one final showdown that will determine their survival and the fate of their world in this concluding volume in Ausma Zehanat Khan's powerful fantasy series-an epic of magic, bravery, adventure, and the fight for freedom that lies "somewhere between N. K. Jemisin and George R. R. Martin" (Saladin Ahmed).
Armed with the powerful sorcery of the Bloodprint and supported by...
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Series
Immortal empire volume 1
Language
English
Description
Xandra Vardan, a Royal Guard in the British Empire where the Aristocracy is made up of werewolves and vampires, uncovers a vast conspiracy while investigating the mysterious disappearance of her sister.
18) A peace divided
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Series
Peacekeeper novels (Tanya Huff) volume 2
Publisher
DAW Books
Language
English
19) G.I. Jane
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
The courage and determination of the first woman to join the Navy SEALs is put to the test once it becomes clear that no one wants her to succeed.
20) Mission of honor
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Series
Honor Harrington novels. Main series volume 12
Publisher
Baen
Language
English
Description
As the Republic of Haven, the Solarian League, and other hidden enemies bear down on the Star Kingdom of Manticore, Honor Harrington must do all she can to prevent billions of people from being killed in an all-out galactic war.
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