Women Veterans

Courage in Camouflage II is a follow-up to the first set of soldier stories published two years ago in the original Courage in Camouflage. Both collections are based on individual interviews with military veterans young and old from all across the United States. Most of these brave men and women served considerable time in combat during sometimes historic battles in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and the protracted fight against terrorism in the Middle East. Most all have gone on to successful lives outside the military, but things they saw and did ...

Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling's brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in "one of the best books of the year" (USA Today), the first novel in the brilliant series that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption. “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal Hailed as the top...

What is the price of honor? It took 10 years for Vietnam War Nurse Diane Carlson Evans to answer that question - and the answer was a heavy one.

To anyone seeing him late at night as he walked the dark streets, muffled in an enveloping hoodie and baggy clothes, they merely assumed he was walking his dog, so they took no notice. Except someone did notice, one of his neighbours in their apartment block, and she was consumed with curiosity about the mysterious dog walker. She wondered what he looked like, where he went all night, every night, and also why he limped. She thought he was probably up to no good, and that explained why he was so reclusive and never spoke to anyone, including her. Meanwhile, Carrie had a different, more ...

After their last deployment, when she got shot, her fiancé, Martinez, got killed, and his bomb-sniffing dog, Elvis, got depressed, soldier Mercy Carr and Elvis were both sent home, her late lover’s last words ringing in her ears: “Take care of my partner.” On the Fourth of July weekend, when all of Northshire celebrates with fun and frolic and fireworks, the dog alerts to explosives and they find a squalling baby abandoned near a shallow grave filled with what appear to be human bones.

Why was it so difficult for America to imagine a woman as President when women have successfully led households, families, and communities for generations? In this powerful and deeply personal open letter, a U.S. Navy Veteran asks a question many avoid but all understand: Why do we trust women to raise us, but not to lead us? Drawing from lived experience, motherhood, leadership, and the role misinformation plays in shaping belief, this short read challenges readers to examine what they already know and why they were taught to doubt it. This book explores: Leadership we witness every day in...

Jenny never expected to cross paths with someone like Piston at Perdition, the local biker bar where the Iron Reapers MC calls the shots. Piston is tough, and guarded. But there's something about him—something that pulls Jenny in, despite his rough edges and the fact that he’s connected to her best friend in ways she never imagined. Piston lives a life filled with secrets, one that takes him far away without warning. When he returns, broken and haunted by something that nearly destroyed him, Jenny is the one who steps in. But helping him means stepping into his shadowed world—a world ...

Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome crises.

This is the true account of one Black female veteran's experience in the military during the Viet Nam War to this present day and how she won over fear, intimidation, rejection during and after her military service. It took her many decades to write the book, because she wanted the book to be a blessing to many people, male and female, who have served their country and not been recognized.

I’m a soldier looking for a second chance. She’s the woman whose heart I broke. My final mission—win back my cupcake. Four years ago, I faced an impossible choice. I left the mountain, my MC, and Sydney, the woman I loved. Now I’m back as security for the brewery where she works, and the tension is thick between us. Someone’s siphoning beer in the dead of night, the security cameras aren’t working, and every clipped order she barks makes me want to pin her against a fermenter and remind her who we were. Protecting the brew is the job. Winning back my cupcake? That’s a mission ...

Join me, a fellow survivor of PTSD and passionate advocate for female veterans, on a journey of hope, resilience, and growth. You will unlock the secrets of sustained progress and harness the mighty power of dopamine to conquer procrastination and ignite unwavering motivation. You will learn the challenges that female veterans face and strategies that you can use to overcome them. Your journey will encompass more than just dealing with your illness. It will also involve your physical, social, and spiritual evolution as you will learn new skills and befriend other travelers. If you are a ...

It wasn’t easy leaving their home...the place where she and her husband began their marriage, and brought each of their children home to when they were born. It was filled with so many memories of their life together. But their options were few and staying could be deadly. She was terrified until the moment she saw Caleb. He was one of her late husband’s best friends for as long as she could remember. They’d served together in the military for years until her husband’s death during their last mission together that changed everything. Caleb knew what he had to do as soon as he heard ...

In this New York Times bestselling book, learn the incredible story of Illinois senator and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth and see what inspired her to follow the path that made her who she is today.​ In Every Day Is a Gift, Tammy Duckworth takes readers through the amazing—and amazingly...

A #1 national bestseller from the authors of Walk in My Combat Boots, celebrate the devotion and sacrifices of our nation’s bravest heroes with this collection of stories from those serving in the line of duty. U.S. soldiers who served in overseas conflicts—from World War II, Korea, and...

For this mission, they’ll risk their lives. For each other, they’ll risk their hearts. Buddy Rider's little Cessna spotter aircraft was shot down twice over the jungles of Vietnam, and ten years later he’s flying crop dusters for a living while tinkering with an old WWII transport aircraft. He avoids the painful memories of the war, the bad times, and the loss of friends, until a young woman comes to his aircraft hangar in search of him. Elizabeth Anderson is a lay nun dedicated to aiding the helpless, and her immediate task is to rescue fellow missionaries and orphans trapped in war-...

What's meant to be will always find a way. ~Unknown The military can teach you mental toughness, but not the ways to change your heart's true desire. Keisha Gaines and Greg Jordan didn't know that meeting five years ago would lead to a lasting friendship. Close friendships are amazing until one person develops deeper feelings than the other. This is the dilemma Keisha finds herself struggling to handle. After five years of being nothing more than Greg's best friend, and wanting so much more, Keisha decides to move on with her life. She knows leaving Greg behind will allow her heart to heal....

Bob Hasett, a Vietnam veteran with a tortured past, relocates from his uncle’s cattle ranch in Southern Arizona to the oil fields on the North Slope of Alaska. He wants only to live quietly and grieve the death of his wife, but when he is given a job as the head of security, familiar demons demand he choose between the life he thought he wanted and doing the right thing. Set against the frenetic pace of the early Alaska pipeline days, this story places crime, survival and a strong Inupiat woman directly in Bob’s path. He finds himself confronted with tough ethical and moral choices in a...

WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE A letter from a German soldier to his grandson recounts the terrors of war on the Eastern Front, and a postwar ordinary life in search of atonement, in this “raw, visceral, and propulsive” novel (New York Times Book Review). A New York Times Book...

We stay fighting, even if we don't call it war. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a poet’s memoir about family, survival, and one servicewoman’s search for autonomy. Yanked out of college and torn from her sunny hometown of Los Angeles in the early 1990s, Khadijah Queen finds...