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A memoir. Do I Know You? is the funny, honest and sometimes surreal story of three women thrown together by circumstance to face declining health and ultimately, loss. The story is told through brief vignettes that are contrastingly humorous and poignant.

Unwilling to let her past define her, Dr. Gail Finney has carved an impressive, successful career—and life—for herself. In this emotional and inspirational memoir, she tells her remarkable story. Learn how she ascended from the roach motel to the ivory tower. In a word, Dr. Gail Finney could be described as resilient. Her childhood was turbulent. She and her family lived below the poverty line, and before she was 18 years old, Gail moved 20 times. It was difficult, attending new schools and trying to make friends.

The post-industrial city of Akron, Ohio is losing its trees. Politicians have been selling off the community’s greenspace instead of fixing up the areas in blight. However when a developer comes in with plans to destroy a forested wetland on White Pond Drive, a group of concerned citizens begin speaking up. One of the people involved is a biology teacher hoping to protect the frogs and other wildlife in the area before her memories of them are all that’s left.

Королева — самая могущественная фигура на шахматной доске. Однако так было не всегда: шахматы не одно столетие существовали без королевы, пока она наконец не явила себя на страницах древнего манускрипта, хранящегося в аббатстве в Швейцарии. Как она оказалась на шахматной доске? Какая из могущественных королев Средневековья стала вдохновением для этого образа? И как его развитие отражало положение женщин у власти в реальной жизни?

Growing up in poverty, and neglected and abused by her own mother and stepfather, Jaz Ampaw-Farr was destined to become a statistic. Her story was changed, however, by five teachers who made a point of putting human connection first, despite the challenges of the education system. Because of these people, Jaz went on to become a teacher, writer and award-winning international speaker who, through celebration and provocation, engages educators and galvanises them into embracing the difference that they can make when they, too, put being a human first.

For more than five decades, Pat Lipsky has been a leading figure in American color field painting. In loosely connected vignettes, this extraordinary book looks back on a life starting in 1970s SoHo.

Selene, ragazzina persa in una provincia italiana degli anni Ottanta che insegue esclusivamente valori materiali, si ritrova a fuggire - piena di ferite e di nevrosi, dovute anche alla morte di suo padre - in Sri Lanka, per lavorare in un villaggio turistico italiano. In questa terra martoriata da una sanguinosa guerra civile, Selene incontra e perde altri padri, maestri spirituali come Michael Williams, colui che le insegna le pratiche arcaiche dello yoga e delle arti marziali e che le lascia in eredità il sigillo sciamanico.

In a world that celebrates the loud and outgoing, how does an introverted daughter of an immigrant rise to leadership in global finance? Quiet Perseverance is the answer to that question. Victoria Liu, a former COO of a prestigious investment bank, shares thirty transformative lessons from her journey as an outsider who turned her perceived weaknesses into formidable strengths.

Noor Akhter, a Pakistani-British single mother, stands at the crossroads of life, grappling with the weight of a traumatic childhood, toxic marriages, and the daunting challenge of raising three children alone. Yet, Noor’s spirit refuses to break. Amidst the relentless questioning from friends and social workers, and often finding herself isolated in her struggles, she turns to meditation. This practice becomes her lifeline, guiding her on a profound inner journey where she confronts her ego, uncovers her true self, and gains the clarity needed to navigate her trials.

In her celebrated fiction, Shirley Jackson explored the darkness lurking beneath the surface of small-town America. But in Life Among the Savages, she takes on the lighter side of small-town life. In this witty and warm memoir of her family's life in rural Vermont, she delightfully exposes a domestic side in cheerful contrast to her quietly terrifying fiction. With a novelist's gift for character, an unfailing maternal instinct, and her signature humor, Jackson turns everyday family experiences into brilliant adventures.

Accidentally on Purpose dives into Kristen Kish’s childhood as a Korean adoptee in the Midwest, finding purpose in kitchens, and becoming the season 10 winner of—and now host—of Top Chef all the while navigating life in the spotlight, coming out in her adult years, and all the life lessons in between.

Little Girl Blue is an intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl from a modest Connecticut upbringing who became a Southern California superstar. Karen was the instantly recognizable lead singer of the Carpenters. The top-selling American musical act of the 1970's, they delivered the love songs that defined a generation. Little Girl Blue reveals Karen's heartbreaking struggles with her mother, brother, and husband; the intimate disclosures she made to her closest friends; and much more.

الكتاب عبارة عن مجموعة من المقالات المتنوعة عن السيدة أم كلثوم، وعن طفولتها ونشأتها وبعض الرجال الذين كان لهم دور في مسيرتها، وعن حفلاتها في كل من السودان وليبيا،...

In her last days, Sylvia Plath struggled to break out from the control of the towering figure of her husband Ted Hughes. In the antique mythology of his retinue, she had become the gorgon threatening to bring down the House of Hughes. Drawing on recently available court records, archives, and interviews, and reevaluating the memoirs of the formidable Hughes contingent who treated Plath as a female hysteric, Carl Rollyson rehabilitates the image of a woman too often viewed solely within the confines of what Hughes and his collaborators wanted to be written.

The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993—a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women’s rights, and popular culture. My Own Words offers...

“Nietfeld’s gifts for capturing the fury of living at the mercy of bad circumstances, for critiquing the hero’s journey even while she tells it, make Acceptance a remarkable memoir.” —The New York Times Book Review A hard-hitting and hilarious memoir of ambition, desperation, and the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This book is the inspirational story that we all need. No one makes me laugh harder than Leanne Morgan!”—Reese Witherspoon Look for Leanne Morgan’s new standup special, Unspeakable Things, and her hit sitcom, Leanne, both available on Netflix. The beloved...

A REBELLIOUS APPROACH TO ACHIEVING PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS. In Unbeatable Latinas, Valeria Aloe takes us on a transformative journey. She begins by examining how ancestral cultural messages —such as "be humble," "just work hard," "be grateful for what you already have," and "don't create conflict"— have historically hindered our professional advancement, leaving many of us feeling undervalued, underpaid, or unsupported in our growth.

**One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2019** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now with a new afterword! How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings—and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift up humanity. For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a...

Amaka Ethel Nwokorie ci trasporta nel suo viaggio dalla Nigeria all'Italia, un percorso segnato dall'inganno della tratta di esseri umani e dallo sfruttamento della prostituzione. Ma questa non è una storia di disperazione. È il racconto di una giovane donna che, aggrappandosi al ricordo delle ultime parole paterne, cambia il suo destino da vittima a protagonista del cambiamento. L'autrice ci mostra come la determinazione possa abbattere ogni barriera. Una testimonianza cruda e luminosa che ci ricorda come anche le esperienze più buie possano trasformarsi in fari di speranza per gli altri.