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Child of the Great Depression, teenage "Duchess of Palms" beauty queen, wife of an acclaimed novelist and later of a brilliant U.S. congressman, and ultimately a successful single working woman and mother, Nadine Eckhardt has lived a fascinating life. In this unique, funny, and honest memoir, she recounts her journey from being a "fifties girl" who lived through the men in her life to becoming a woman in her own right, working toward her own goals.

Long before their blockbuster podcast, I’ve Had It, Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan were simply two best friends, supporting each other through the ups and downs of life. Together they’ve celebrated family milestones and cheered on professional successes, but they’ve weathered the storms together too. When Jennifer’s husband battled alcoholism and drug addiction, she turned to Angie for support. When Angie’s own marriage began to crumble, she turned to Jennifer. And crucially, through it all they’ve kept one another laughing in stitches.

At Amanda Hess's seven-month scan, the doctor analysing the ultrasound saw something he 'didn't like' - a potentially serious abnormality in her baby. Telling the moving story of this moment and everything that happened afterwards, Amanda Hess explores how it feels to become a parent in a culture in which everything is mediated by the internet and technology, in which the click of a mouse can conjure infinite information at any time - along with infinite opinions, suggestions and judgements.

Tauchen Sie ein in die Welt der nordischen Legenden und entdecken Sie das außergewöhnliche Leben von Lagertha, der legendären Schildmaid, deren Geschichte die Konventionen ihrer Zeit herausfordert. In "Lagertha" reisen Sie durch die Sagas und historischen Erzählungen, die die mutige Kriegerin zum Leben erwecken, die für ihre unvergleichliche Tapferkeit, strategische Gewandtheit und unbeugsamen Geist bekannt ist.

In den Annalen der Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkriegs ragen nur wenige Figuren so legendär hervor wie Lyudmila Pawlitschenko, die sowjetische Scharfschützin, deren außergewöhnliches Können und unbezwingbarer Geist sie zu einer der tödlichsten Scharfschützinnen der Geschichte machten. "Lyudmila Pawlitschenko" taucht ein in das Leben dieser bemerkenswerten Frau, die den Verlauf des Krieges veränderte und zu einem Symbol für Mut und Widerstandskraft wurde.

A searing memoir about growing up in a fiercely loving, abusive rabbinical family in which the author's father, the charismatic head of a splinter Orthodox religious community, demands unswerving loyalty—and a commitment to guarding terrible secrets. Sara Sherbill was raised by a father who was both a representative of God and a broken man harboring an intricate set of secrets. Her riveting story explores what happens when a daughter is tasked with keeping those secrets, and the cost of keeping them. It asks: How do we live with suffering? What does it mean to heal?

Margarita García Robayo es la hija de un linaje nuevo, del linaje que ella misma funda en su literatura, el de una ética tan despiadada como bella. Es capaz de escudriñar en la memoria, pero también de hundir el escalpelo en el propio músculo hasta llegar al hueso del malestar para escribir un tratado sobre la individualidad y el misterio de saberla y de callarla.

Heralded as “a compelling story full of heart and humor,” Laurie L. Hellmann’s second memoir, 'Selling Vegetables to Drunks,' is equal parts requiem for a dead father and a rededication of life for those he left behind. Travel with mother, sales executive, autism advocate, podcaster, and acclaimed author Laurie L. Hellmann on an autumn road trip from Indiana to Michigan to bury her alcoholic father — a man whose dreams were permanently deferred, whose secrets followed him to the grave, and whose addiction all but defined the way his children experienced the world.

In Soar Into Joy, Loree "Rowdy" Draude offers an introspective look into her life, highlighting both her triumphs and setbacks as a Silicon Valley executive, a startup founder, a parent ,and as one of the first women to fly combat jets in the U.S. Navy. Loree writes about contending with society's entrenched fears. She emphasizes the interconnectedness of society and how we all depend on one another. Despite her daunting achievements, like landing jets on moving aircraft carriers, her most significant fears stemmed from feelings of inadequacy.

Patti Eddington always knew she was adopted, and her beloved parents seemed amenable enough to questions—but she never wanted to hurt them by expressing curiosity, so she didn't. The story of her mother cutting off and dying her hair when she was a toddler? She thought it was eccentric and funny, nothing more. When she discovered at fifteen that her birthday wasn't actually her birthday? She believed it when her mother said she'd changed it to protect her from the "nosy old biddies" who might try to discover her identity.

Schon als Teenager wusste Fern Brady, dass sie anders war. Als sie zufällig über Autismus las, wusste sie instinktiv, warum. Hier war die Erklärung für ihre Wahrnehmungsstörungen, ihre Meltdowns, ihre Unfähigkeit, soziale Signale zu deuten. Doch erst mit 34 folgte endlich die befreiende Diagnose. In dieser schonungslos ehrlichen Autobiografie erzählt sie ohne Rücksicht und mit dem ihr eigenen Witz von Neurodiversität zwischen Sexismus und Ableismus und ihrem offenen Umgang damit.

Im turbulenten Zwielicht der Samurai-Ära, als Japan vom Boshin-Krieg ergriffen war, erhob sich eine Frau, um den Geist des Bushido mit unvergleichlichem Mut und unbezwingbarem Willen zu verkörpern. "Nakano Takeko" ist eine spannende historische Biografie, die das Leben und Vermächtnis von Nakano Takeko beleuchtet, der außergewöhnlichen Kriegerin, deren Name zum Synonym für Tapferkeit und Ehre wurde.

Entdecken Sie das außergewöhnliche Leben von Florence Nightingale, der bahnbrechenden Krankenschwester, deren unerschütterliche Hingabe und Mitgefühl das Gesundheitswesen revolutionierten. Geboren 1820 in eine privilegierte britische Familie, widersetzte sich Nightingale den gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen, um einer göttlichen Berufung zu folgen und anderen zu dienen. Ihre Reise von den luxuriösen Hallen der viktorianischen Gesellschaft zu den düsteren Krankenhäusern des Krimkrieges offenbart eine Frau, die von einem tiefen Pflichtgefühl und einem unbezwingbaren Geist angetrieben wurde.

Para Carmen, 2012 es un punto de inflexión. Tiene setenta y cinco años. La salud le empieza a fallar, los temblores repentinos aumentan y en una cena con amigos ocurre lo peor… Para más inri, sus problemas se multiplican cuando se sienta en el banquillo acusada de proxenetismo. Poco antes había sido desahuciada de la casa donde había vivido casi cincuenta años.

Los 50 son los nuevos 18. Lo celebré viviendo a lo largo de un año cincuenta experiencias que me llamaron la atención. Otras mujeres se han sumado a la idea y hoy festejan así su 50 aniversario.

A heartfelt and funny collection of journals illuminating the joy, uncertainty, and complexity of modern motherhood. Journey with Anony Mom through her social awkwardness, failed romances, and cycle breaking, as she attempts to embrace her imperfections and murder her inner people-pleaser who just won't die.

Dedicado a las sufragistas y pioneras que con sus bicicletas, motocicletas y automóviles lucharon por la igualdad de la mujer. La carretera, o los caminos de principios del siglo XX, deberíamos decir, fueron parte importante de los escenarios elegidos por la mujer en su lucha por la igualdad.

For more than forty years, Diana, Princess of Wales, has been mythologized to the most extraordinary degree. Adored and lionized by some, ridiculed and traduced by others, Diana has always commanded a cultural presence unmatched by any other member of the royal family. In Dianaworld, Edward White offers both a portrait of the princess and a group portrait of those who existed in her orbit—from her royal in-laws, her servants, and the dilapidated ranks of the British aristocracy from which she rose, to drag performers, artists, Britain’s ethnic minorities, and the Gen Z superfans.

Médicos con vocación solidaria, ex azafatas, ex ejecutivas y mujeres de éxito, decidieron cambiar de vida para aportar soluciones prácticas y creativas entre los más necesitados del continente africano. Iniciativas contra la ablación, para crear pozos de agua, construir escuelas, ambulatorios, orfanatos… Premiado con la medalla de oro del Latino Books Awards al mejor libro sobre mujeres en la que las protagonistas comparten un nexo común: formar parte de la solución. Ayudar.