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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
When I was a soldier	Valérie Zenatti	Like all young Israelis, Valérie Zenatti enlisted in the national defense service on her 18th birthday, where for the next two years she endured rigorous training and harsh living conditions, ultimat…	OL11636047W
Mujeres no contadas	Luz María Londoño F.	http://www.lacarretaeditores.com/vinc/carreta%20social/carresocial01_vinc.html	OL11716102W
I'm still standing	Shoshana Johnson	Specialist Shoshana Johnson, a member of the 507th Maintenance Company, was captured during an ambush in the early days of the Iraq war and held prisoner until she and her fellow Soldiers were rescue…	OL13783862W
His Cavalry Lady	Joanna Maitland	"Alex instantly fell for Dominic Aikenhead, Duke of Calder, knowing that he would never notice her--because to him she was Captain Alexei Alexandrov, a young man and a brave hussar! Alex longed to be…	OL15397022W
The heart of a soldier	Kate Blaise,Dana White	Mike and Kate Blaise fell in love during high school in small-town Missouri. Sharing a deep sense of patriotism, they both entered the U.S. Army--she as a commissioned officer and he as an enlisted i…	OL15826559W
Count on us	Amy Nathan	Reviews the history of American women's involvement in the Armed Forces from the Revolutionary War to the present.	OL15835548W
Serving in silence	Margarethe Cammermeyer	A heroic nurse who won the Bronze Star among other honors in her exemplary career chronicles her life, discussing her decision to challenge the official position on homosexuality, an act that led to …	OL15879397W
Sarah Emma Edmonds was a great pretender	Carrie Jones	A picture book biography of Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian-born woman who served as a spy in the Union Army during the Civil War.	OL15975599W
Ash	Mary Gentle	Probably the biggest fantasy novel ever published in a single volume, Mary Gentle's magnificent tale of the gutsy and beautiful mercenary leader Ash will take you on an unforgettable ride through med…	OL16025309W
Powder	Shannon Cain,Lisa Bowden	Collection of 19 women soldiers' personal experiences and poetry, covering service from the period of the Korean War through the Iraq War.	OL16568406W
Battle scars	Meghan O'Brien	Ray McKenna returns from the war in Iraq to find that she has attained unwanted celebrity status back home. As the only surviving American soldier of a well-publicized hostage crisis, she is the cent…	OL16568895W
The people of forever are not afraid	Shani Boianjiu	Yael, Avishag, and Lea grow up together in a tiny, dusty Israeli village, attending a high school made up of caravan classrooms, passing notes to each other to alleviate the universal boredom of teen…	OL16572219W
Wide open	Deborah Coates	"When Sergeant Hallie Michaels returns home to South Dakota from Afghanistan on ten days' compassionate leave, her sister Dell's ghost is waiting at the airport to greet her. The sheriff says that De…	OL16615677W
Soviet women on the frontline in the Second World War	Roger D. Markwick	"More than 800,000 Soviet women fought against Hitler's onslaught during the 'Great Patriotic War,' 1941-45. Female participation in military conflict on such a scale is historically unique. This is …	OL16681703W
One Up	Sarah Ford	272 p. : 24 cm	OL1723176W
У войны не женское лицо	Светлана Алексиевич	«У войны́ не же́нское лицо́» — документально-очерковая книга белорусской писательницы, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе 2015 года Светланы Алексиевич. В этой книге собраны рассказы женщин, у…	OL1725868W
Hardship	Jean Johnson	It began with a terrible vision of the future. Compelled by her precognitive abilities, Ia must somehow save her home galaxy long after shes gone.	OL17714827W
Warrior's lady	Gerri Russell	Camden Lockhart's vow of vengeance against the Ruthven clan is complicated by his attraction to the brave and beautiful Rhiannon Ruthven.	OL17736236W
An army in skirts	Frances DeBra Brown	"Over 150,000 women served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in World War II. Although the majority of WACs were assigned to duties in the United States, several thousand received overseas assignments.…	OL17784870W
Thanksgiving Daddy	Rachel Lee	"Honor, duty and loyalty drove Major Edith Clapton to risk her life flying Combat Search and Recovery in Afghanistan. Hunger, desire and lust drove her into the arms of Seth Hardin, a gorgeous navy S…	OL17794995W