Títulos en Mujeres

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 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.

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.

Stacey Freeman had no idea what she was in for when she looked inside her husband’s suitcase, but what she found would change the course of her life and her children’s forever. Set in Short Hills, New Jersey, I Bought My Husband’s Mistress Lingerie tells the relatable story of a woman once happily married to her high school sweetheart who had watched her marriage slowly deteriorate without seeing the reality around her.

Growing up an only child of a cop and secretary in Las Vegas, life started out pretty uneventful, however, the events of her upbringing brought fear and uncertainty into Deborah's life and caused her to make choices that were fraught with risk and danger. Coming into her own at a time when organized crime dominated Las Vegas, she began to experience growing pains, and her life became dangerous. Deborah fled her persecutors and moved to Los Angeles to start again where the allure of the ocean and her lifelong love of horses brought her joy and comfort.

Caught between junkie messiahs, violent zealots, and a media desperate for monsters, Lucy becomes a useful idiot for everyone with a cause. From slick studio shoots to coke-fuelled afterparties, from rallies to vicious rifts, this darkly comic memoir exposes how idealism curdles into corruption, and how those who claim to fight hate often feed it the most.

Cheryl thought she knew her husband. Nine years after marrying her college sweetheart, the middle-class woman wondered if his odd episodes of paranoia were more than just work stress. But when his condition worsened significantly after being laid off, she made a surprising discovery that revealed the depth of his mental deterioration. Stunned when he vanished without a word, Cheryl was left with a pile of guilt and empty bank accounts and being forced to live in her car.

A Child in Berlin is the true story of a mother, a daughter, and their courage in the face of Nazi terror. Käthe is a mother who must choose between her dreams as a rising star in the opera and her conscience. She discovers the truth about her Jewish friends around the time she attends a dinner party presided by Adolf Hitler himself. She realizes she cannot remain among Nazi society and makes the gut-wrenching choice to leave the opera. To support herself and young Heidi, she joins Berlin’s black-market network and ends up dealing with more than just food.

Mountain Notes: A Nature Diary is a captivating, poetic journal that celebrates the rugged beauty of the Dromara Hills in County Down, Northern Ireland where the author returned home to live on her family farm in 2020. Maggie Doyle grew up on this small dairy farm and feels a deep, emotional connection to this landscape and the rhythms of the natural world. Following a thirty-year career in radio production at BBC Northern Ireland, she took early retirement in 2019.

A lume di candela o su un prato fiorito, in cucina o - le più fortunate - in una stanza tutta per sé, le donne hanno sempre letto. E fintanto che i loro occhi si posavano su libri scelti dagli uomini, non hanno mai fatto troppa paura. Così, per secoli, le donne hanno conosciuto solo gli scritti dei padri, gli stessi che fin da bambina anche Dacia Maraini ha divorato, e che hanno nutrito la sua fantasia.

Nel 1519 Caterina de‘ Medici, appena nata, rimane orfana di entrambi i genitori; nel 1527 si ritrova sola, senza alcuna protezione, ostaggio dei nemici della sua famiglia, prigioniera in un convento di monache; nel 1533 sposa Enrico di Valois, uno dei figli del re di Francia, che è innamorato di un’altra donna, molto più anziana di lei; nel 1544, dopo anni di dolorosissima sterilità, riesce a partorire il primo figlio, che viene affidato però all’amante del marito.

In Jure Sanguinis: Reclaiming My Great-Grandfather’s Legacy, author Stephanie Frazer shares her personal and determined journey to obtain Italian dual citizenship through the bloodline of her great-grandfather. Guided by the legal principle of jure sanguinis—citizenship by right of blood—Stephanie embarks on a deeply emotional mission to trace her Italian lineage and reconnect with a heritage nearly lost to time.

Kraft und Hoffnung bei der Pflege von Demenzkranken schöpfen An dem Tag, an dem bei Emmas Ehemann Bruce Willis eine frontotemporale Demenz diagnostiziert wird, bricht für sie eine Welt zusammen. Sie fühlt sich völlig verloren und alleingelassen, vor allem von den Ärzten. Wie soll ihr Leben jetzt weitergehen? Wie kann sie sich bestmöglich um Bruce und gleichzeitig um ihre beiden kleinen Töchter kümmern?

From LA Times bestselling author Mallory O'Meara, the story of America’s first professional stuntwoman, Helen Gibson, who rose to fame during a time when women ruled Hollywood. Helen Gibson was a woman willing to do anything to give audiences a thrill. Advertised as "The Most Daring Actress in...

In 1787, Lucia, the beautiful 16-year-old daughter of a prominent Venetian statesman, is married off to Alvise Mocenigo, scion of one of the most powerful Venetian families. But their life as a golden couple will be suddenly transformed when Venice falls to Bonaparte.