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Explorer, hiker and mountaineer; Truda Peaks of Mount Rogers is named after her Mabel Bent: Anglo-Irish: 1847: 1929: Explored and excavated with her husband James Theodore Bent in the Eastern Mediterranean, South Africa and Southern Arabia Laura Bingham: British: 1992: Executed expedition to cross continent of South America with no money ...
Tipping the Velvet is a 1998 debut novel by Welsh novelist Sarah Waters.A historical novel set in England during the 1890s, it tells a coming-of-age story about a young woman named Nan who falls in love with a male impersonator, follows her to London, and finds various ways to support herself as she journeys through the city.
Krishna then relates to Arjuna a series of arguments that convince Arjuna to go to war nonetheless. [3] In Star Wars, Han Solo is portrayed as a reluctant hero. He is hesitant to join the Alliance to Restore the Republic due to being an outlaw. In the Expanded Universe novel Balance Point his son Jacen fits the characteristics of reluctant hero ...
Rare and Unique Baby Girl Names. Raven: This Old English name means "dark-haired or wise." Amber: Of Arabic, English, and Gaelic origin, this name can mean "jewel" or "fierce." Ruby: This name is ...
A US Navy research ship accidentally travels back in time. The book was nominated for the Nebula Award, but lost to Dune. [9] 1965 / 1967 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: Yasutaka Tsutsui: A high-school girl accidentally acquires the ability to travel through time, which leads to her reliving multiple time loops. 1967 Jessamy: Barbara Sleigh
Ath – Ath is the mage who wrote the first Book of Names. Ayeth – Ayeth is a sorcerer on Semel. Called Sunbright. ("On the High Marsh") Ayo — Ayo is a woman of the Hand, on Havnor, mother of Anieb. ("The Finder") Azver – Azver is the Master Patterner of Roke, from Karego-At. Means "banner of war" in Kargish. ("Dragonfly") B
Woman on the Edge of Time is a 1976 novel by American writer Marge Piercy. It is considered a classic of utopian speculative science fiction as well as a feminist classic. The novel was originally published by Alfred A. Knopf. Piercy draws on several inspirations to write this novel such as utopian studies, technoscience, socialization, and ...
Chawton House Library: Women's Novels; Collective 18th-century biographies of literary women; Eighteenth century women poets: an Oxford anthology; Feminist literary criticism; Feminist science fiction; Feminist theory; Gender in science fiction; List of biographical dictionaries of female writers; List of early-modern British women novelists