Susan Signe Morrison
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What have a deaf nun, the mother of the first baby born to Europeans in North America, and a condemned heretic to do with one another? They are among the virtuous virgins, marvelous maidens, and fierce feminists of the Middle Ages who trail-blazed paths for women today. Without those first courageous souls who worked in fields dominated by men, women might not have the presence they currently do in professions such as education, the law, and literature.
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An amber bead. A gold and glass drinking horn. A ring engraved with Thor's hammer, all artifacts from a Germanic tribe that carved a space for itself through brutality and violence on a windswept land. Brimhild weaves, peace and conveys culture to the kingdom, until the secret of her birth threatens to tear apart the fragile political stability. This is her story, the tale of Grendel's Mother. She is no monster as, portrayed in the Old English epic,...
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This diary of a smart, astute, and funny teenager provides a fascinating record of what an everyday American girl felt and thought during the Depression and the lead-up to World War II. Young Chicagoan Joan Wehlen describes her daily life growing up in the city and ruminates about the impending war, daily headlines, and major touchstones of the era FDRs radio addresses, the Lindbergh kidnapping, Goodbye Mr. Chips and Citizen Kane, Churchill and Hitler,...