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Bloomsbury presents Life Without: The Wrongful Conviction of Sandy Shaw by Sandy Shaw and Dan Gleason, read by Megan Gage In 1987, when Sandy heard the bark of the first pistol shot right next to her ear, she bolted and ran for her life. After ducking behind desert scrub brush in the dim glow of...

With Virginia Woolf as a guide, the stories of eight radical 20th century women--wanderers, rebels, explorers, mentors--who made a life for themselves in spite of everything. Everything that changed in the 20th century changed more dramatically for women. Her Own Voice tells the stories of eight...

A stunning memoir in verse about sexual abuse, survival, and sisterhood from the New York Times bestselling author of Blood Water Paint. “Suffer a Witch is a searing, precise testament on the long tradition of not believing women. The juxtaposition of the Salem victims with modern patterns...

Von Müttern, Kindern, Erinnerungen und grünen Pantoffeln für den Großvater: Eine charmante Verbeugung vor den Heldinnen des Alltags »In meinem neuen Buch geht es darum, wie eine über Neunzigjährige mit Nebel im Kopf tapfer weiterlebt, Weltkrisen löst und die Katze erzieht.« Das zumindest sind ein paar der Dinge, um die sich Wladimir Kaminers eigene Mutter kümmert. Und sie ist in diesen Erzählungen in bester Gesellschaft. Denn wer sorgt dafür, dass die Welt sich halbwegs geordnet weiterdreht, wenn nicht unsere Mütter ?

Uncover the gripping biographical history of ten unsung heroes who defied patriarchal rules to reshape our world. Perfect for your daily commute, this empowering narrative drops you directly into cinematic moments of female agency. Whether you are navigating your own barriers or seeking profound...

This immersive historical biography reclaims a fierce political mind from a legacy of tragedy and public scrutiny. Perfect for your daily commute, this dramatic narrative transports you straight into the unforgiving glare of Civil War Washington. Experience the poignant journey of a complex...

When she was sixteen years old, Felicity received a diagnosis that would change her whole life, and even threatened to end it. She had the 'C' word. To be specific, she was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia, at that time an incurable form of Cancer. This is, however, a book of hope. Thanks to medical advancements, although she has not been cured, Felicity's cancer has become treatable, and many of the worst symptoms became manageable.

You built the life you were meant to want. So why aren’t you happy? Mum Interrupted: Postcards from a Perfect Life is a literary memoir about identity, belonging, and the invisible cost of fitting in. From a Tokyo modelling agency at seventeen to the expatriate worlds of Dubai, Monaco and London, Maria Meitern learns how to navigate environments shaped by ambition, beauty, wealth and unspoken rules. She learns how to dress, how to speak and how to belong. With each reinvention, she becomes a little more fluent in the world around her and a little further removed from where she began.

What happens when the spotlight fades and the real story begins? Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson’s journey defies the glittering surface of her Miss America pageant past. In More Than a Crown, From Trauma to Triumphs… Lessons from a Life Unfolding, she peels back the layers of a life that has been anything but perfect—and all the more powerful for it. From boardrooms to hospital rooms, heartbreak to healing, Elizabeth shares the raw, unfiltered truth behind her rise in the corporate world, her battles with cancer, and the personal trials that tested her spirit.

Ervarings wat hulself met woorde begin vorm en dan in sinne begin stap met die skrywer se hartsnare wat die leisels hou, gun ongetwyfeld 'n storie die lewe. Hierdie bundel bevat stories en vertellings oor die skrywer se liefde, ervarings en verhoudings in die Boesmanland, die Karoo en Namibië. Dis vars skryfsels vol energie wat die prag van die omgewing waarbinne sy haar bevind eerlik en op so 'n wyse beskryf, dat luisteraars 'n dieper sielsheid ervaar. Daar's sand in my are, kom uit die murg en dis stories wat jou sal laat lag, soms sal laat huil en dalk sal laat dink.

Orides Fontela (1940-1998) foi uma das mais importantes poetas brasileiras da segunda metade do século XX. Da mesma geração de Paulo Leminski, Hilda Hilst, Roberto Piva e Adélia Prado, sua obra se destaca e se diferencia por um alto rigor unido a uma particular beleza áspera, que a tornam, contra a passagem do tempo, cada vez mais contemporânea. O enigma Orides, uma biografia repõe a vida e a obra de Orides Fontela na corrente sanguínea da literatura brasileira contemporânea.

Debbie Chinn begins this colorful memoir by tracing her roots back to China. In the 19th Century a Southern Baptist missionary by happenstance started her family. Horrors of war, the Japanese occupation of China, the brutalities of starvation and poverty, and the Communist takeover of China in 1949 forced her family to flee their homeland, becoming immigrants in the United States.

I Live You For Ever is a candid and penetrating memoir chronicling Meredith Rutter Marple’s nine-year journey caring for her husband, Gary, as mixed dementia reshaped the fabric of their marriage. What began as small slips—forgotten directions, mental-math errors—unfolded into a relentless progression of symptoms associated with vascular dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and Lewy body dementia.

Have you ever had to rebuild from the ashes? From a devastation. From a valley experience. From a challenge that’s almost insurmountable. Maybe You experienced a disappointments that felt like, “You’re can’t overcome this.” I’ve been there. The days when faith felt fragile. The nights when hope felt tenuous. But I learned something in the fire: I learned that the struggle isn’t the end of the story—it’s the beginning.

Janice liked to say "Coincidences were miracles of God where He wants to remain anonymous." Her life was a remarkable series of these unique events. Take a journey with Jan across the planet, and experience the wonder of observing the great and the small. Then change the world. Jan's experiences traverse the worlds of Audubon and Cornell University ornithology, The history of the Pacific Island of Guam, becoming a freelance author and, Mark Twain scholar.

Lead Thou Me On tells the compelling story of one of Titanic’s most unsung heroines. Britain’s Lady Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes was one of the 325 first class passengers to board the luxury ocean liner on April 10, 1912. Four nights into the voyage, infamous disaster struck when The White Star’s flagship collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic, sending all aboard into panic. The few lifeboats Titanic carried were frantically dispatched from the top deck amid the mass hysteria of frightened passengers of all classes.

Ritanna Armeni resgata a trajetória de Inessa Armand, uma figura fascinante que teve seus registros apagados pelo regime soviético para ocultar um relacionamento que desafiava a moral da época. Considerada o grande amor e a colaboradora mais fiel de Lênin desde 1909, Inessa foi uma intelectual dedicada de corpo e alma à causa bolchevique. Através de uma pesquisa rigorosa, a autora reconstrói a vida dessa mulher indomável que confrontava o líder russo em debates sobre feminismo, amor livre e o papel feminino na revolução.

Both in her novels and her memoirs, Daphne du Maurier revealed an ardent desire to explore her family's history. In Myself When Young, based on diaries she kept between 1920 and 1932, du Maurier probes her own past, beginning with her earliest memories and encompassing the publication of her...

Rebecca was one of Daphne du Maurier's greatest bestsellers. It has been read all around the world, and in many different languages. The book has been adapted for the theater, film, television, and even opera. Now Daphne du Maurier reveals how it came to be written: its origins, its development...

Embrace and learn to love your natural hair with this eye-opening guide from “hair whisperer” to the stars, Felicia Leatherwood. As a child there was nothing Felicia Leatherwood wanted more than long, flowy hair. But Felicia’s short afro grew up and out, not down. Her father who styled...