Títulos en Mujeres

He aquí el fascinante testimonio de una mujer fuera de lo común: nicaragüense, revolucionaria, poeta, madre de cuatro hijos y esposa de tres maridos. Inquieta por naturaleza, Gioconda Belli revela en estas memorias su rechazo a los convencionalismos y su incansable lucha con la dictadura somocista.

Catalina Micaela was the younger daughter of Philip II and granddaughter of Catherine de Medici. Aged just seventeen, Catalina married Carlo I, duke of Savoy, and moved from the royal court in Madrid to Turin to begin a new life as a duchess. Overlooked by historians and little known today, Catalina was nonetheless a key figure in sixteenth-century Europe.

Al borde la muerte. Así estuvo Denisse Fuentes en varias oportunidades debido a una enfermedad que la acosa desde que era poco más que una niña: la anorexia. A lo largo de más de diez años se ha sometido a dietas para adelgazar y para engordar, tratamientos psiquiátricos y...

Janice Page hails from Braintree, Massachusetts and a large Catholic brood. Her parents had a complicated marriage. Her five siblings each have their own sagas, and there is a destructive genetic force within the family’s blood lines that over generations has caused much heartbreak. And then there is the large Chinese family of Janice’s husband, James, equally cinematic and sweeping with a rich, complicated history of its own. There is a daring escape from war zones, a lost child, immigration to a new world, and a bittersweet reunion after decades of separation.

Teoría King Kong es uno de los grandes libros de referencia del feminismo y de la teoría de género, un incisivo ensayo en el que Despentes comparte su propia experiencia para hablarnos sin tapujos ni concesiones sobre la prostitución, la violación, la represión del deseo, la maternidad y la pornografía, y para contribuir al derrumbe de los cimientos patriarcales de la sociedad actual.

Las historias de estas cuatro grandes estrellas de cine nos trasladan a la época dorada de Hollywood. Tenían el mundo a sus pies, contaban con una legión de admiradores y protagonizaron sonados romances con los galanes más atractivos. Verdaderas diosas a los ojos del público, fueron las más deseadas y fotografiadas del mundo. La temperamental e indomable Ava Gardner, la deslumbrante sex symbol Rita Hayworth, la elegante y sensual Grace Kelly o la gran diva de los ojos violeta Elizabeth Taylor hicieron soñar a millones de espectadores.

No se pierda la biografía de esta afamada duquesa de Aquitania y Guyena y condesa de Gascuña por derecho propio, así como reina consorte de Francia e Inglaterra, que durante la Segunda Cruzada tuvo gran actividad en virtud de su devoción y fe cristianas.

2020 sin duda será recordado como el año en el que la humanidad se vio obligada a recluirse por la pandemia del Coronavirus. Audible ha querido dejar constancia de este momento excepcional a través de la correspondencia entre Isabel Coixet y Elisabet Benavent, dos mujeres que nos cuentan cómo están viviendo estos tiempos.

He said he was protecting America. She didn’t know he was destroying their family. For 23 years, Traci believed she was married to a dedicated CIA operative—quiet, disciplined, and constantly overseas. But behind the controlled demeanor lived a man fueled by manipulation, financial deception, and psychological abuse. When the cracks finally surface, Traci uncovers the unthinkable: hidden money, secret accounts, illegal weapons dealings, and a long trail of lies designed to keep her powerless.

In her compelling beach-listen memoir, Once Upon a Time In Palm Beach: Tales of Life and Love From The Land of Sunshine and Money, author Karen Soven reveals the world behind the wrought iron gates of Palm Beach. When a fashion job brings her to this land of wealth and privilege, Karen is as much a stranger here as Alice was in Wonderland. Island dwellers are here to enjoy life; she has come to make one.

Nacida en Praga en 1929, hija de familia judía, Dita Kraus ha vivido las décadas más turbulentas de los siglos XX y XXI. En estas, sus memorias, Dita escribe con sorprendente claridad sobre los horrores y las alegrías de una vida interrumpida por el Holocausto. Desde sus primeros recuerdos y amistades de infancia en Praga antes de la guerra, hasta la ocupación nazi que llevó a ella y a su familia a ser enviadas al gueto judío en Terezín, así como al miedo y la valentía inimaginables de su encarcelamiento en Auschwitz y Bergen-Belsen, y la vida después de la liberación.

In I Buried Her in a French Press, Sarah shares how to build a path toward claiming self-worth, discovering inner-strength, and embracing self-love. A memoir and mirror, this book is a reminder that your voice matters, your story counts, and your next chapter can be the boldest one yet.

In The Last Ordinary Life, debut author Cynthia Bowers invites listeners on a deeply personal journey, recounting her life-altering decision to donate one of her kidneys to a critically ill 11-year-old boy at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Registered on the transplant list and running out of time, the boy's only hope came from a woman he had never met.

Shattering the Mirror is a memoir about one woman’s quest to confront her life and see through the distortions of her traumatic past. Lena was raised in madness by a violent, controlling mother obsessed with household cleanliness and the beauty of her porcelain dolls. To survive, Lena perfected the art of dissociation, racing through school with straight A’s, becoming a top producer at a high-tech company, and clicking through two marriages without ever slowing down long enough to fully experience life.

Servant of God Michelle Duppong (1984–2015) lived ordinary days with extraordinary love — and God used her short life to set hearts ablaze. After her death, letters poured in describing the many graces obtained through her intercession — most often a deep peace and trust in God’s will. Her growing reputation for holiness led Bishop David Kagan to open her cause for canonization.

A mosaic of memories, events, and reflections about Dede Montgomery and her remarkable mother, with insights into the generations and circumstances they were born into that informed the women they became. Dede Montgomery returns to her own roots in From First Breath to Last, and skillfully weaves her life with her mother's in a touching tribute to family and what matters most in their lives. She meshes passages from her mother's memoir, journals, published book, and dissertation with her own memories and how her mother's journey influenced her own in a celebration of womanhood.

April Raque nearly killed herself with the stress of corporate America's high-speed conveyor belt. When her own health bucked her off it mid-way through life, she landed with a thud. And then she did as any good Gen X-er would: she figured it out. Using her formal education in health, wellness, and design alongside the trademark independence of her generation, April crafted her own mid-life chapter into a place of joy. Now you can become the boss of your midlife, too. Ollie, ollie, oxen free! The water hose is flowing and the street lights are nowhere near turning on.

Julie had been teaching German in Indiana for 12 years, and longed for a new, wet adventure. One day, inspiration struck, and she decided to move to San Diego, wear Hawaiian shirts, and surf before work. Come along on a journey west, to sunny, sandy, San Diego, as Julie leaves the comforts of her Indiana homestead for America’s Finest City. She trades a yard for the beach, friends for surfboards, and her huge, comfy classroom for a shared, hectic space.

In Shakkai, the eighth book in her bestselling Medicine Woman series, Lynn Andrews goes on an otherworldly journey unlike any she’s experienced before. Finding herself in Japan, Lynn meets the teacher of her future reincarnation, Shakkai, who helps Lynn discover the secret to healing herself and ultimately our endangered planet. Building on the wisdom she has gained through her many journeys into self-discovery, Lynn V. Andrews now moves into an altogether new and remarkable dimension. The place is Japan in the future, but her journey there is truly timeless.

A Woman of Fortitude is packed with fascinating tales as the author hops from continent to continent, but the real thread to the story is her constant positive approach to life and the way she solves the problems it brings.