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Shania Twain narrates her bestselling memoir -- now on unabridged audio for the first time! From superstar Shania Twain, a poignant, heartfelt, and beautifully told account of her hard-scrabble childhood, rise to worldwide fame, and personal tragedies. THE INSPIRING, HEARTSTIRRING MEMOIR FROM...

The brave pioneers who made a life on the frontier were not only male—and they were not only white. The story of African-American women in the Old West is one that has largely gone untold--until now. The story of ten African-American women is reconstructed from historic documents found in...

Women in Country celebrates the biggest female musicians and key players who changed the face of country music over the last 100 years Women in Country is a beautifully illustrated book highlighting women who contributed greatly to the growth of country music artistically and commercially over...

From bestselling biographer Walter Isaacson, this is the inspiring tale of the passionate scientist who pushed through all obstacles to set the stage for the modern world. The only person in history to win Nobel prizes in two different sciences, Marie Curie ushered in the 20th century by...

This book was written to remember August Ames as a person rather than simply as a public figure. Her story contains difficult subjects, including mental health, cyberbullying, and suicide. The purpose of telling her story is not to assign responsibility for her death to one individual or event. Rather, it is to remember August's life, acknowledge the struggles she faced, and encourage greater compassion toward people who may be hurting privately. If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out to a trusted person or a qualified mental-health professional.

THE MUST-READ MEMOIR FROM THE BELOVED FEMINIST ICON The definitive final memoir from the late feminist icon Gloria Steinem - a candid, powerful and inspiring account of her path to becoming one of the world’s most influential voices. Before she was an iconic feminist leader, Gloria Steinem was...

"I Dare You to Walk in my Shoes" is an epic, riveting three volumes that consists of Hell (Getting to the route of all Evils), Heaven, (Redeem the Dream 33), and Eternity (Rev Me Up 33). A throttling and thrilling experience of my journey through mental illness, trauma, and addiction led to resilience, hope, and positivity.

From international icon Jane Seymour, an inspiring, emotionally powerful memoir about resilience, reinvention, and living with purpose—proving it is never too late to begin again. In When You Least Expect It, beloved actress, artist, and entrepreneur Jane Seymour shares the remarkable story of...

Fulvia was born into wealth, privilege, and prestige around the year 80 BCE, yet there was nothing inherently special about her—she was not a saint, an empress, or a queen. But during the years leading up to the fall of the Roman Republic, Fulvia was moving in the most powerful social circles...

Oito dias antes de morrer, Frida Kahlo usou seus pincéis pela última vez, deixando em um quadro a mensagem: "Viva la vida. Coyoacán, 1954". Poucos meses antes, sua perna direita havia sido amputada e ela sentia que toda sua energia a abandonara, como se a vida...

O livro "Empoderadas: Mulheres eternas, corpo a corpo com a vida" do jornalista e escritor, Palmério Dória foi selecionado no "Clube de Leitura ODS em Língua Portuguesa". O processo de seleção dos livros foi realizado pela Câmara...

Segundo Humberto de Campos, pelo médium Chico Xavier, a última reencarnação de Judas Iscariotes na Terra, foi da conhecida heroína francesa Joana D'Arc, queimada nas fogueiras inquisitoriais do século XV, conforme mensagem apresentada no livro: Crô...

Oito dias antes de morrer, Frida Kahlo usou seus pincéis pela última vez, deixando em um quadro a mensagem: "Viva la vida. Coyoacán, 1954". Poucos meses antes, sua perna direita havia sido amputada e ela sentia que toda sua energia a abandonara, como se a vida...

How Victorian male doctors used false science to argue that women were unfit for anything but motherhoodand the brilliant doctor who defied them. After Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school, more women demanded a chance to study medicine. Barred entrance to...

Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature. An account of Annie Ernauxs love affair with journalist Marc Marie while she was undergoing treatment for cancer, and their combined project to document images and memories. Love and death cohabit in The Use of Photography, with alternating chapters...

As part of the legendary comedy team known as Nichols and May, May revolutionized sketch comedy before striking out on her own to make history as the third woman to be admitted into the Directors Guild of America when she wrote, directed, and starred in 1971s A New Leaf. Throughout the 1970s and...

In 2015, the Irish government commissioned an investigation into the states network of Mother and Baby Homes after the discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of up to eight hundred children prompted international outrage. The homes, which operated from the 1920s to the 1990s, were...

Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as spiritual devotion. A humble peasant girl, Joan transformed herself into the legendary Maid of Orléans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following the voice of God, she led an...

*Canada Reads 2019 Longlist *National Bestseller *New York Times Bestseller *Finalist for the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction *Finalist for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Awards *Longlisted for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize *Winner of the Blue Metropolis First Peoples...

When Janis Karpinski first saw the photos of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, she felt the walls of her Baghdad office closing in on her. She recognized that the soldiers shown grinning over the naked, cowering Iraqi detainees serves under her command. Military justice already had swept up...