Títulos en Mujeres

In the far south of New Zealand, in the remote Fiordland village of Manapouri, Ruth Shaw runs two tiny bookshops. In this memoir, she weaves together stories of the characters who visit her shops, musings about favourite reads, and bittersweet stories from her full and varied life, which has been crammed with incredible escapades. After becoming the first New Zealand Wren to go AWOL, Ruth has sailed the Pacific for years, been boarded by pirates, and worked the yacht Breaksea Girl with her husband Lance.

DYMOCKS NONFICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH Gold Logie-nominated TV personality and food icon Melissa Leong bites down on her demons in this searing memoir, exploring themes of abuse in the hospitality industry, racism, mental health and, for a light palate cleanser, the thrill of mouth-wateringly...

Tammy Cooper Zimmerman has lived a life most people would call successful: NYSE IPOs, companies built and sold, boardrooms led, and barriers broken. But she'll be the first to tell you that none of it happened the way she planned. Eternal Scoreboard is the story of what happens when you stop measuring your life by the world's metrics. Drawing from decades of experience as an entrepreneur, businesswoman, and woman of faith, Tammy shares the real moments behind her life and remarkable career.

Lanceuse d'alerte ou marathonienne, star hollywoodienne ou capitaine de police, les Culottées n'ont jamais rien lâché. Marina Rollman et 18 comédien·ne·s nous emportent dans la vie de ces femmes à la détermination incroyable. Grâce à un habillage sonore riche, l’univers illustré de Pénélope Bagieu prend tout son sens à l’audio. Un régal ! Attention, ce livre audio peut contenir des passages sensibles.

 Consisting of over 20 years of letters, essays, reflections, and interviews, Frantumaglia is a unique depiction of an author who embodies a consummate passion for writing. Ferrante answers many of her listeners’ questions. She addresses her choice to stand aside and let her books live autonomous lives.

By the YouTube sensation with more than two million followers, the inspiring account of a woman in her thirties who, in a moment of personal crisis, embarked on an epic, transcontinental motorcycle ride – and along the way found a new sense of purpose. Noraly Schoenmaker was a thirty-something...

Read by the author. Stop just thinking about earning more money and start making it happen! In We Should All Be Millionaires, Rachel Rodgers—Black woman, mother of four kids, and self-made millionaire—shared her personal story. How she climbed from crushing debt and financial stress to...

Discover the extraordinary diaries of the real Anne Lister. When this volume of Anne Lister's diaries was first published in 1988, it was hailed as a vital piece of lost lesbian history. The editor, Helena Whitbread, had spent years painstakingly researching and transcribing Lister's extensive journals, much of which were written in an elaborate code - what Lister called her 'crypthand', which allowed her to record her life in intimate, and at times, explicit, detail. Until then, Anne Lister's lesbianism had been supressed or hinted at; this was the first time her story had been told.

In this exceptional biography, Pulitzer Prize finalist Mary Gabriel chronicles the meteoric rise and enduring influence of the greatest female pop icon of the modern era: Madonna. Deftly tracing the artist's life and influence from her Michigan roots through to her sold out concerts in Lisbon, Buenos Aires, London, and Malawi, Mary captures the inspiration, fame, and activism of one of the greatest pop icons of our time.

“Wickedly funny and always movingly illuminating, thanks to kick-ass storytelling and a poet's ear.” –Oprah.com The New York Times bestselling, hilarious tale of Mary Karr’s hardscrabble Texas childhood that Oprah.com calls the best memoir of a generation. The Liars’ Club took the...

This program is read by the author. "Kelly is so piercingly honest, you just want to reach out and give her a hug...It’s totally gripping: I couldn’t take my earbuds out." —Vulture "Kelly reads the book with grace, even when she gets to the tough moments, and you’ll walk away afterward...

Brought to you by Penguin. *Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter* THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK IS 'A MONUMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT' One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Edited by her father Otto H. Frank and...

"Rebel Artists" ist ein Buch über 15 Frauen aus aller Welt, die sich als Künstlerinnen Respekt verschafften. Sie mussten gegen Vorurteile und für ihre Rechte kämpfen. Aber sie ließen sich durch nichts und niemanden von ihrer Kunst abbringen. Frida Kahlo kennen alle als starke, mutige Malerin. Doch auch viele weitere Frauen verdienen Beachtung: Emily Kame Kngwarreye, die erst mit 80 Jahren anfing, unermüdlich zu malen, um dann mit über 3000 Bildern zur berühmtesten Aborigines-Künstlerin zu werden.

In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE INSTANT NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the social media superstar behind @SimonSits, Isabel Klee - known for her heartwarming tales of dog rescue - comes an utterly winning memoir about a twentysomething woman's search for true love in New York City...

This book was written to remember August Ames as a person rather than simply as a public figure. Her story contains difficult subjects, including mental health, cyberbullying, and suicide. The purpose of telling her story is not to assign responsibility for her death to one individual or event. Rather, it is to remember August's life, acknowledge the struggles she faced, and encourage greater compassion toward people who may be hurting privately. If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out to a trusted person or a qualified mental-health professional.

Neste romance baseado em um crime real e construído de forma circular — ele começa no ponto em que termina —, Estela está presa em uma sala de interrogatório policial para esclarecer a morte de uma menina a seus inquiridores. Anônimos, eles estão separados da protagonista por um vidro...

THE PERFECTLY OUTRAGEOUS BIOGRAPHY OF QUEEN OF ROMANCE BARBARA CARTLAND LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'a comic gem of a biography' - Craig Brown 'Sweet writes with great wit and brio' - Observer 'Every page is a cliff-hanger' - The Spectator 'Fantastically enjoyable' - Literary Review...

A unique blend of personal reflection, creative histories, and interview-based nonfiction that vividly imagines the lives of Buddhist women over 2,500 years. Of Mud and Lotuses illuminates the hardships, resilience, and creative ways in which Buddhist women have applied the Dharma to daily life—often in ways that history has ignored.

Bryony Gordon is a respected journalist, a number one best-selling author and an award-winning mental health campaigner. She is also an alcoholic. In Glorious Rock Bottom Bryony opens up about a toxic 20-year relationship with alcohol and drugs and explains exactly why hitting rock bottom - for her, a traumatic event and the abrupt realisation that she was putting herself in danger, time and again - saved her life.