Títulos en Mujeres

Virginia Hall was the spy the Nazis couldn’t catch. Operating behind enemy lines with a wooden leg she nicknamed “Cuthbert,” Hall organized sabotage missions, trained the French Resistance, and sent life-saving intelligence to the Allies. Despite being hunted by the Gestapo, she returned to France again and again—risking everything to liberate a country that wasn’t her own.

Un récit motivant et plein de bienveillance qui aidera les mamans à croire en elles, en leurs projets et à trouver la parfaite harmonie entre vie familiale, accomplissement professionnel et personnel.

Since the 1970s, the science of primatology has been dominated by women—a unique reversal, as men usually outnumber women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. Today, one of those women is primatologist Keriann McGoogan, who has traveled to the far corners of the earth in search of wild primates. In Sisters of the Jungle, McGoogan combines stories about her own studies of howler monkeys (the loudest living primate) and lemurs (the most endangered group of animals on the planet) with those of the women who paved the way.

Rencard avec la trentaine est le journal intime captivant d’une femme sur le point de franchir le cap des 30 ans. Dans ce récit authentique, piquant et incisif, Amal explore les relations amoureuses comme on scrute une garde-robe de luxe, avec l’assurance de celle qui compare les hommes à des sacs à main : indispensables mais toujours optionnels.

Tra le pagine di questo libro si incontrano donne provenienti da ogni ambito della vita: scienziate che hanno sfidato i confini del sapere, donne di spettacolo che hanno lasciato un'impronta indelebile sul mondo dell'arte e dell'intrattenimento, artiste la cui creatività ha illuminato le menti di milioni di persone, giornaliste che hanno dato voce a chi non l'aveva e scrittrici che hanno tessuto storie di potenza e bellezza.

Grandi donne raccontate attraverso gli episodi più importanti della loro vita. Da Agatha Christie a Whitney Houston.

Here’s one thing college doesn’t teach you: Adulting is hard. Studies show that millennials and Gen Z-ers are two of the most anxious generations in history—approximately 50 percent of adults ages eighteen to twenty-four suffer from anxiety. Mindfire takes readers along on the emotional journey that is growing up, and offers insight on the anxiety that comes with it.

Nel suo mondo, come in quello di tutti noi, la Carrà c'è stata e i ricordi riaffiorano. Adriana era bambina quando per la prima volta vide in tv Raffaella che ballava il Tuca Tuca. Una rivoluzione anche per i suoi genitori e per tutti quei bambini che dagli anni '70 in poi sarebbero diventati i suoi fan e che avrebbero visto in Raffaella un'icona di libertà e di riscatto. Il cammino della giornalista si snoda quindi attraverso il recupero di quei frammenti di ricordi e soprattutto attraverso gli incontri con chi ha conosciuto, lavorato e vissuto con la Carrà.

Isabelle Tronquet est hôtesse de l'air. En vingt ans de carrière, elle en a vu des vertes et des pas mûres. L'alcool, la claustrophobie ou encore la peur de l'avion révèlent, parfois, nos plus bas instincts... Pour chacune des 110 histoires, vous allez (enfin) savoir ce que pensent vraiment hôtesses et stewards quand les passagers dépassent les bornes ! Installez-vous confortablement pour déguster ce cocktail céleste mélangeant crises de nerfs, sexe, règlements de compte et belles histoires...

From Lucia Osborne-Crowley comes a necessary, elegant and empathetic work exploring the intricacies of abuse, trauma and shame. Through the voices of women, trans and non-binary people around the world and her own deeply moving testimony, Lucia speaks of vulnerability and acceptance and the reclaiming of ourselves in a world that repeatedly asks us to carry the weight of the shame of the atrocities committed against us.

La biografía de una mujer excepcional. Desaparecida trágicamente tras un vuelo sobre el Océano Pacífico, el 2 de julio de 1937, fue una aviadora estadounidense, célebre por sus marcas de vuelo y por intentar el primer viaje aéreo alrededor del mundo sobre la línea ecuatorial.

El amante turco es la tercera entrega de las memorias de la escritora puertorriqueña Esmeralda Santiago. En ella cuenta sus años al lado de Ulvi Dogan, hombre turco 17 años mayor. Él fue su puerta de escape del hogar familiar pero la convivencia con él terminó siendo aun más difícil que con su propia madre. La narración comienza en Brooklyn, atraviesa Miami y concluye en Massachusetts, donde Santiago se graduó magna cum laude de Harvard.

Cleopatra Thea Philopator se negó a hacer lo que le dijeron. En una época en la que el patriarcado negaba la ciudadanía plena incluso a las mujeres romanas más elitistas, Cleopatra gobernaba su Egipto decidida a mantenerlo independiente y libre del control romano, a cualquier precio que fuera necesario. Demonizada como una simple seductora por Cayo Julio César Octavio (el futuro César Augusto) y sus aliados políticos, Cleopatra VII demostró ser igual a tres de los hombres más poderosos del mundo romano: Cayo Julio César, Marco Antonio y Octavio César.

In this must-listen book for any practitioner, carer or patient, Eleanor Oyston shares her story of bringing oncology massage to Australia. After many years as a scientist, Eleanor went from diagnosing cancer in a lab to massaging clients with a variety of medical conditions. Very quickly, she witnessed the amazing benefits and knew she wanted to spread the word.

Kat Ward is a survivor — and this book is her testimony. Having overcome an abusive childhood — in which she was abused by family members, care staff and even celebrities — you would have thought that karma might have dealt her some kinder hands when it came to her adult life. Well, it didn't. After spending the majority of it simply trying to recover from her childhood, she was eventually forced to confront that monster which apparently awaits 1 in 3 of us at some point in our lives: cancer.

When Valerie Maidment was a baby, doctors diagnosed her with hydrocephalus, a condition that causes excess fluid to build in the brain. After the second surgery at age 9, she was declared healthy; she lived a happy, normal life, graduating from high school and college, having children, and buying and managing her own convenience store. Until one day, when everything changed. Fluid began to build once again in Valerie’s brain, causing immense pressure that—due to misdiagnosis on the part of multiple doctors—caused her optic nerves to break down.

When grief shattered her world, Jill Siegal Chalsty boarded the Queen Anne on its maiden world voyage to find healing and purpose. Packets of Hope: A Journey of Healing and Rediscovery is a deeply personal memoir that follows Jill through twenty-six ports of call across the globe. With every stop—be it the spiritual resilience of Tonga, the harsh beauty of Namibia, or the hopeful faces of children in China—she weaves together intimate reflections, human connection, and her life’s mission to equip young people with essential life skills.

Despite the sadness, Peggy’s book offers hope, humor, inspiration, and a poignant love story that will lift your spirits with promise, helping you believe there is more to this life than you can see and that love never dies.

Butterfly Awakens depicts the story of the extraordinary transformation of a forty-something Italian American attorney as she moves through unimaginable grief and sadness watching her beloved mother lose her battle to breast cancer.

Memoirs of a Hairdresser by Lisa Sesnon is a captivating journey through the author's life, filled with stories that blend humor and depth. Lisa's narrative is candid and reflective, describing her early experiences shaped by family dysfunction and her resilience through life's hard lessons.