The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life by Amy Butler Greenfield

The Woman All Spies Fear shines a light on the unsung genius of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, whose codebreaking brilliance helped shape history. Greenfield captures both the excitement of espionage and the quiet strength of a woman who refused to be defined by her era’s limits. A fascinating, empowering read for anyone who values intellect, perseverance, and the stories of women who changed the world.

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Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely

Kindra Neely never expected it to happen to her. No one does. Sure, she’d sometimes been close to gun violence, like when the house down the street from her childhood home in Texas was targeted in a drive-by shooting. But now she lived in Oregon, where she spent her time swimming in rivers with friends or attending classes at the bucolic Umpqua Community College.

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