A collection of stories drawn from myth and legend, history and folklore, celebrates the courage, intelligence, boldness, forcefulness, and strength of extraordinary women--from Aphrodite to Pocahantas.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist profiles twenty-five unforgettable individuals who have inspired his admiration, including Malcolm X, Robert Kennedy, and Sister Huang Roushan, among others. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.

Providing portraits of fifty diverse and outstanding women throughout the last two thousand years, a biographical treasury includes such women as Joan of Arc, mother Theresa, Cleopatra, and Golda Meir.

Profiles two hundred real and fictional women who made their feminist mark in the last century through courage, strength, and individuality, and includes Emma Peel, Rosa Parks, Tina Turner, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Miss Marple, among others. Original. 25,000 first printing. Tour. IP.

Product Description: A photographic parade of great historic tanks -- with over 200 styles and models on display in vivid color, some so rare you'll never see them in antique military exhibitions! Others showcase the "land crabs" of World War I, the more than 1,300 Iraqi tanks swiftly destroyed during Operation Desert Storm, and tanks of all countries in World War II and Korea...read more

This compendium of outrageous and bold women covers the world's most colorful courtesans, femme fatales, concubines, bandits, and war heroines--everyone from Lucrezia Borgia to Madonna. Original.

Product Description: Here is a collection of stories of some of the most famous women in history who overstepped the marks of their contemporaries, often earning them undying admiration.

In this enlightening and entertaining work, Paul Johnson continues his engaging history series. As he has done in previous books, he approaches the subject of heroism by example. Here are men and women from every age, walk of life, and corner of the world who have inspired and transformed their cultures and the world itself.Heroes includes: Samson, Judith, and Deborah; Alexander and Caesar; Henry V and Joan of Arc; Thomas More, Lady Jane Grey, and Mary Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I and Walter Raleigh; George Washington, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Nelson; Emily Dickinson; Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee; Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle; Mae West and Marilyn Monroe; Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Pope John Paul II.

What is it that makes some men and women take difficult decisions and do the right thing against the odds when easier and far less dangerous alternatives are open to them? Why is it that some people have the courage to dare? This book answers these questions by exploring the lives of eight outstanding twentieth-century figures.

Addresses the subject of heroism as embodied by men and women from a variety of cultures and historic periods, profiling such diverse subjects as Joan of Arc, Abraham Lincoln, Marilyn Monroe, and Pope John Paul II.

Product Description: Dare to Dream tells the stories of sixteen people whose lives began typical and average, but through their cooperation with God-given virtues and along with courage and perseverance achieved a status that truly made them somebodiesthat is, people to inspire others to reach their own full human potential...read more