Títulos en Mujeres

After 16 novels, Jacqueline Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing the hardships and joys of her family history. Both shockingly frank and deftly restrained, her story tackles the difficult, poignant, and fascinating family accounts of her paternal grandfather’s shell shock; her mother’s evacuation from London during the Blitz; and her soft-spoken animal-loving father’s torturous assignment to an explosives team during WWII.

In 1526, when the nomadic Timurid warrior-scholar Babur rode into Hindustan, his wives, sisters, daughters, aunts and distant female relatives travelled with him. These women would help establish a dynasty and empire that would rule India for the next 200 years and become a byword for opulence and grandeur. In Daughters of the Sun, we meet remarkable characters like Khanzada Begum who, at 65, rode on horseback through 750 kilometres of icy passes and unforgiving terrain to parley on behalf of her nephew, Humayun....

A deep, dark look at growing up in 90s suburbia, The Brink is eminently relatable to the ostracized youth of today, those who have been there, and those who enjoy gawking at car wrecks Jaime Andrews has been a comedic commentator (TruTV’s World’s Dumbest), an album cover-girl (My Chemical Romance), a columnist (Backstage, New Thinking), a commercial queen, a theater manager and, most recently, an award-winning filmmaker (Division). Way before that, though, she was the big mess you’ll find in this audiobook.

What could possibly be “lucky” about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she “kicked and screamed . . . wishing for something - anything - else” to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky. But in the midst of early sobriety, when no longer able to anesthetize her pain and anxiety, she realized that she was actually the lucky one. Lucky to feel her feelings, live honestly, really be with her daughter, change her legacy.

„Prawie wolna” to kontynuacja prawdziwej historii młodej Rosjanki, która pada ofiarą handlu ludźmi. Po ucieczce z piekła, którym była przymusowa praca seksualna, osiemnastoletnia Natasza staje przed najtrudniejszą próbą: konfrontacją w sądzie z handlarzami ludźmi. W obecności swoich oprawców – odpowiedzialnych za jej uprowadzenie, przymus seksualny, groźby i stręczycielstwo – musi ponownie opowiedzieć o koszmarze bycia seksualną niewolnicą.

After what was supposed to be a routine ovarian cyst removal, Chaun found herself fighting for survival, ignored, dismissed, and nearly lost to a medical error that should have never happened. Trust Your Gut is her powerful story of survival, healing, and awakening to the life-saving importance of self-advocacy in healthcare.

Hard Truth: Growing out of Adversity, tells the remarkable story of the author’s journey towards healing and resilience. Having lost her father during her childhood the author retraces her earliest memories of growing up in the idyllic setting of Barbados. While happy and securely attached to her parents she experienced poverty. Her mother’s decision to emigrate to England to find a new life for her family increased the sense of loss she suffered during her most formative years.

Carolyn Dawn Flynn thought she had the answer. As an author, magazine journalist, and single mother of twins, she was sure of her path. But with her twins eagerly casting their college choices to anywhere-but-here, and the newspaper industry in a death spiral, her life was on a collision course with an uncertain future. Clearly, it was time for a road trip.

STOLEN: LOVE AND LOSS IN THE TIME OF COVID • 19 is a raw and gripping diary account of the battle Jaeger’s dad endured with COVID • 19 in New York City. The narrative brings you into the heart of her family as they come to terms with his death and learn to cope with his absence. In flashbacks throughout the narrative, vignettes illustrate her dad in happier times–a doting father, an adoring grandfather, a man who always put family first.

The stories in this book are about women who are married to, or were once partnered with, men on the mild end of the autism spectrum, formerly known as Asperger’s syndrome. These women are not autistic, so their relationships are considered neurodiverse (meaning there’s a neurotypical person in a relationship with a neurodivergent person). The focus within the stories is Cassandra Syndrome. A very life-altering phenomenon that often occurs—and usually remains unaddressed—within these relationships.

Breaking barriers. A legend in her own right. As the first female career firefighter in her hometown department, Lynnette fought her way through a male-dominated world that was far from welcoming. Her story is one of grit, courage, and survival but behind her legendary status lay a struggle few could see. In this courageous memoir she takes listeners on a journey through her life and into the psychological injuries inflicted by men in authority positions—where bullying, discrimination, and misogyny were rampant.

In Finding Myself Through Chaos!, Erica offers a candid exploration of her life, revealing the struggles of juggling motherhood, relationships, and a demanding career. When an unexpected illness disrupts her carefully crafted world, she is forced to confront her deepest fears and insecurities. Through her heartfelt narrative, Erica shares the raw emotions of betrayal and the complexities of modern life, illustrating how these experiences shaped her understanding of self-worth and purpose.

In How to Plant a Billion Trees, Walker tries to understand why her whole life didn’t fall apart, as was predicted. As she pieces together her story, she finds that it was thanks in no small part to her mother, her sisters, her friends who did not let the sexual abuse to define her. In this candid portrayal of a young girl, Nicole Walker writes about how, thanks to her family, her friends, and the mountains of the Wasatch, Cascades, and San Francisco Peaks, she reknit herself into the fabric of a supportive culture.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'I'd toast the moon and look at the sky... I think it draws us to it; we wonder what lies beyond.' Maggie Aderin-Pocock’s destiny was always written in the stars. From the age of three, inspired by The Clangers, her dream was to go into space. Throughout a chaotic...

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.

Forgive For You is a story about learning to live well with reality, even (and especially) when it doesn’t come with clarity, closure, or apology. Blending sharp insight and raw honesty, the author reflects on love, loss, kinship, trauma, marriage, divorce, and what it means to forgive it all–not for others, but for ourselves. This isn’t a tale of tidy resolution. It’s a winding, at times bewildering, emotional journey through secrets kept and truths uncovered. It’s the reckoning of a rage that could burn the world, and the forging of resilience from fury and surrender.

This is the true life story, of Dr. Linda Varisco "The Girl with the Million Dollar Smile" concludes in book 3. She survived heartbreak. She rebuilt her life. She learned to love again. But this final chapter reveals what truly happens after the smiles, after the storms, after every brave step forward that no one ever sees. The raw, unfiltered, remarkable conclusion to the true-life trilogy of Dr. Linda Varisco, the girl who refused to let life take her light. In Book 3, Linda steps into a new season with more clarity, more courage, and far more responsibility than she ever imagined.

"Never Lean Too Far Over a Cliff and Other Life Lessons Learned the Hard and Hilarious Way" is a collection of crazy, true stories from the author's life . Accidents, odd situations, and weird occurrences always seem to happen to her or around her. The author uses her dark sense of humor and unique perspective to find the funny in terrible situations, offering readers a fresh perspective on life's unexpected twists.

Michelle stood on the brink of disaster and the only person capable of bringing her back from the edge…was herself. From the time she was five years old, when she witnessed the near-death experience of her sister, her world was shaped by trauma. Her mother’s struggle with mental illness, her parents’ divorce, and the sexual assault that echoed through every relationship she formed left scars in her wake. Stretched follows Michelle’s true story through the long aftermath of trauma, and how early abandonment and violence seep into identity, self-worth, and the choices she made.

Hop on the high desert adventure. This one is for the birds. Find the largest grouse in North America with Emmy-winning outdoor journalist Kris Millgate. In the fourth installment of her My Place collection, Millgate follows disappearing sage grouse through the high deserts of the American West for the wildlife film Sage Wisdom West. Her journey through the brushlands of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming reveals the challenges people and wildlife encounter as the presence of this upland bird shrinks. With the loss of sagebrush comes the loss of greater sage grouse.