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On the night of 3 October 1922, in the quiet suburb of Ilford, Edith Thompson and her husband, Percy, were walking home after an evening spent at a London theatre, when a man sprang out of the darkness and stabbed Percy to death. The assailant was Frederick Bywaters, a 20-year-old merchant seaman who had been Edith's lover. When the police learned of his relationship with Edith, she was arrested as his accomplice, despite protesting her innocence.

Maria Toorpakai Wazir has lived her life disguised as a boy, defying the Taliban, in order to pursue her love of sport. Coming second in a national junior weightlifting event for boys, Maria decided to put her future in her own hands by going in disguise. When she discovered squash and was easily beating all the boys, life became more dangerous.

Anjelica Huston's life, once she turned 15 and moved to London, is a who's who of popular culture from the Rolling Stones in late '60s London to the Chelsea Hotel in New York when she was modeling in the early '70s, to Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty in '70s and '80s Los Angeles, to Hunter Thompson in Aspen. She is a force who has won every possible acting award, working with some of the greatest directors of her time, and a friend to many of the greatest artists, writers, actors and musicians.

From the best-selling author of Sheila comes the story of a bewitching Australian socialite who fascinated the world. Enid Lindeman stood almost six feet tall, with silver hair and flashing turquoise eyes. The girl from Strathfield in Sydney stopped traffic in Manhattan, silenced gamblers in Monte Carlo and dared walk a pet cheetah on a diamond collar through Hyde Park in London. In early 20th-century society, when women were expected to be demure and obedient, the granddaughter of Hunter Valley wine pioneer Henry Lindeman waltzed through life to the beat of her own drum.

Alice Carrière tells the story of her unconventional upbringing in Greenwich Village as the daughter of a remote mother, the renowned artist Jennifer Bartlett, and a charismatic father, European actor Mathieu Carrière. From an early age, Alice is forced to navigate her mother’s recovered memories of ritualized sexual abuse, which she turns into art, and her father’s confusing attentions—her childhood is spent in an adult’s world, with little-to-no boundaries or supervision.

Arundhati Roy’s first work of memoir, this is a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her complex relationship to the extraordinary, singular mother she describes as ‘my shelter and my storm’. Born out of the onrush of memories and feelings provoked by her mother Mary’s death, this is the astonishing, often disturbing and surprisingly funny memoir of the Arundhati Roy’s life, from childhood to the present, from Kerala to Delhi.

The Leadership Code: A Woman's Guide to Success by Devyani Patel is essential for women aspiring to leadership roles in today's complex corporate world. Drawing on her extensive international experience, Patel provides practical strategies and insights to help women navigate the unique challenges they face in the workplace and develop skills needed to succeed in a leadership role.

Esta es la historia de una mujer. Una mujer que quiso ser quien era. Que vivió Barcelona a través de sus calles... y de sus calabozos. Que fue franco en la pantalla y franca en sus palabras. La historia de una mujer que hizo historia en la televisión. Y en las urnas. La historia de los labios más famosos de España. Una vida trepidante... por detrás y por delante.

After a brutal breakup, Cyn spirals into emotional chaos and flees to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in search of a sexy Latin distraction. But instead of finding the cure for her broken heart, she’s forced to confront the messy, tequila-soaked reality of who she’s become. In a town bursting with mariachis, cheap tacos, bad decisions, and unexpected magic, Cyn begins her wild, unfiltered journey of self-discovery.

What would you do if you ran the world? If you knew you couldn't fail? Maybe it's time to stop wondering and start putting it into practice. Shelly Rachanow's daily words of encouragement will give you inspiration, hope, and words of courage to help you discover confidence in yourself. Your acts, both big and small, matter. Learn about a teenage girl and CNN hero, kids in Zimbabwe saving their part of the planet, and a busy mom who is not too busy to work every day to help impoverished families live better lives.

Sheffield. 2019. Evie and her husband wait in a shopping centre coffee shop for a woman they have only ever spoken with online. When she arrives, they go to a motorway hotel together and have sex with the casual promise afterwards to meet again sometime. When they took their marriage vows, they had meant every word. So how had they drifted so far from the life they had imagined?

האישה שעליה דיברו היתה וירג'יניה הוֹל, אשת חברה אמריקאית מבולטימור שהצליחה בכוח השכנוע להתקבל לשורות "מנהלת המבצעים המיוחדים", ארגון הביון הבריטי שכונה "משרד הלוחמה הבלתי ג'נטלמנית" של צ'רצ'יל. היא היתה לאישה הראשונה שבעלות הברית שלחו אל מעבר לקווי האויב, ולמרות נכותה (רגל תותבת) עזרה להצית את אש הלהבה של הרזיסטנס הצרפתי וחוללה מהפכה בלוחמה החשאית כפי שאנו מכירים אותה.

30 kurze Biografien berühmter Frauen aus den Disziplinen Film, Musik und bildender Kunst erwarten die Hörerschaft, vom Jazz über den Film bis zur Musik! Mit dabei: Marlene Dietrich, Ava Gardner, Romy Schneider, Camille Claudel, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Georgia O'Keeffe, Cher, Ella Fitzgerald, Grace Kelly, Brigitte Bardot, Aretha Franklin, Madonna, Vivienne Westwood - und viele mehr!

In Unraveling, Marta Hobbs shares her powerful story of growing up under the oppressive shadow of the Cold War, navigating the challenges of immigration, and overcoming the trauma of feeling like an outsider.

Pedo, the central character of "The Headhunter's Granddaughter", grew up deep in the jungles of Borneo, Malaysia. Her parents gave her away to her father's brother, a cruel man who used her for child labor, tapping rubber trees to make money. Her parents had too many mouths to feed, twelve children in all. Pedo wouldn't be missed. Her grandfather, the "Headhunter", cared for her by recruiting village women to breastfeed her and their children. During WWII, the Japanese invaded Borneo and tried to take over their village, and Pedo's grandfather practiced his 'skills' with a vengeance.

The journey of an entrepreneurial Orthodox Jewish American-Israeli woman who founded an educational organization and ran an inner-city charter school. Nicki Salfer built a business working with special-needs children while overcoming personal struggle, and explains her amazing story in a fresh and relatable memoir.

In Letter from Japan, Marie Kondo responds to the myriad questions she received about her inspirations by examining the Japanese customs that she grew up with—minute details of tea ceremonies, the art of taking care of gardens, and the power of passing seasons—with her trademark gentle wisdom. But this isn’t only a response to her audience’s fervent desire to get to know the woman behind the show; it’s a manifesto for her three children, a documentation of the foundational elements of their culture that is essential to their understanding of the world around them.

On a chilly day in early spring, Belle Burden’s husband of twenty years announced, with no prior warning, that he was leaving her. Belle was shocked; he had always been a committed partner and a devoted father to their three children. She thought they were in love. She thought he—they—were living the life they'd always wanted: professional success, summers at their beloved beachside home, a vibrant social life. But overnight, her caring, steady husband became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume.

ദാരിദ്രൃത്തിന്റെ കുപ്പക്കുഴിയില് ജനിച്ച് അനാഥത്വത്തിന്റെ നീണ്ട പാതകള് താണ്ടേണ്ടിവന്ന ഒരു പെണ്കുട്ടിയുടെ ജീവിതകഥ. ആകുലതകളുടെ പെരും വെള്ളപ്പാച്ചിലിലും സ്വന്തം ജീവിതത്തെ നിര്മ്മമമായി നോക്കിക്കാണാനും കാരുണ്യത്തോടെ സമൂഹത്തെ കാണാനും ഷെമിക്ക് ഈ ആഖ്യാനത്തില് സാധിക്കുന്നു. വടക്കേ മലബാറിലെ മുസ്ലിംജീവിതാവസ്ഥയുടെ ഒരു നേര്ക്കാഴ്ച. തെരുവോരങ്ങളില് വളര്ന്ന് ആര്ക്കും വേണ്ടാതെ വിരിഞ്ഞുകൊഴിഞ്ഞുപോകുന്ന കുറെ പാഴ്ച്ചെടിപ്പൂക്കളുടെ കഥ.

Introducing Releasing Me: A Memoir" by Kimberly Y. Frederick-Griffin. In this powerful narrative, Kimberly shares the deeply personal story of her tumultuous childhood, marked by trauma and emotional turmoil that shaped her relationships and hindered her pursuit of happiness. Through candid reflections, she unveils the struggles she faced, from battling destructive patterns to grappling with feelings of isolation and unacceptance.