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Part one of this memoir series takes place in China and follows the authors life from childhood into her late thirties. She was born at the end of the Cultural Revolution, growing up in a country still shaped by tradition, change, and unspoken expectations.She is a sensitive, observant girl...

A whirlwind romance where Jolene meets a seemingly charming man, Andrew, and quickly moves through courtship into marriage. Shortly after saying I do begins a terrifying marriage of control, manipulation, and violence. When the fairy-tale façade shatters, the young mother must find the strength...

Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother (1853-1920, wife of Sri Ramakrishna and helpmate in his mission) was a spiritual teacher par excellence. In her relationship with her disciples she acted as mother, teacher, and divinity incarnate. Some of Sarada Devis disciples were impressed by her motherly...

In Ma Vie en Rose (My Sweet Life), Rose Levy Beranbaum shares her deeply personal journey from a sensitive, food-averse child in postwar New York to the pioneering author of The Cake Bible—the groundbreaking work that introduced standardized weights, ingredient science, and techniques like reverse creaming to generations of home bakers. Along the way, she also designed innovative precision equipment, further advancing accuracy and confidence in the kitchen.

What if your softness was never weakness, but the doorway to your deepest power?For the woman who has learned to survive by holding it all together. Who became the strong one, the steady one, the one who shape-shifts to keep the room comfortable. Who looks unshakeable on the outside, and feels...

« Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven… sont des noms que tout le monde connait. À l’inverse, des musiciennes telles que Pauline Viardot, Chinquinha Gonzaga ou Ethel Smyth nous sont inconnues, ou presque. Et pourtant, elles aussi ont marqué l’histoire. Alors pourquoi ne savons-nous rien d’elles...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. En una casa atestada de gente, luminosa de amor, ruido y daño silencioso, Elena crece junto a su gemela, Mara, aprendiendo desde pequeña que la seguridad reside en ser dócil, poco exigente, casi invisible. Elogiada por su suavidad, confunde el...

Forugh Farrokhzad is a beloved mainstay of the Iranian canon, but her influence on the literary and cinematic traditions of the nation has remained long overlooked by Western readers. Born in 1934 and heralded as the "Iranian Sylvia Plath," Forugh created an immense poetic oeuvre alive with...

When Sandra Leigh was seven years old, she fell into the role of protector of her mother and three younger siblings. One winter night, she ushered her mother out of the house during one of her father’s tirades, and then snuck her back into the dark home through a window. Sandra was used to events like these; what she wasn’t used to were the mountains and nature surrounding her new home in West Virginia.

هل سمعت يومًا بكلمة «سنكوح»؟ وهل تخيلت أن وراءها حياة كاملة من الضحك والألم والصراع؟ في سلسلة روزنامة نلتقي بمذكرات أقدم سنكوح في مصر؛ شهادات حيّة تكشف وجهًا خفيًّا من المجتمع المصري لم تعتده السينما ولا الأدب التقليدي، بعيدًا عن صدمة الاسم والألفاظ العامية التي تمنح النص نكهته الأصيلة. تقدّم هذه المذكرات أدبًا ساخرًا لاذعًا يرسم صورًا مؤثّرة من الفقر والكفاح، ويغلّفها بمشاعر إنسانية تجعل القارئ يرى المشاهد كأنها شريط سينمائي نابض بالحياة.

Rooted in New Jersey grit and told as she experienced it, The One Son: A Testimony of Love, Lies, & Legacy is a deeply intimate memoir from oral historian Adrienne Michelle. Told through the eyes of her fourteen-year-old self, Adrienne reflects on a childhood that once felt safe, joyful, and full of rhythm. She grew up in a military family shaped by loyalty, tradition, and the kind of close-knit community where everyone knew your name, your people, and your story.

Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world.

The Sky Is for Everyone is an internationally diverse collection of autobiographical narratives by women who broke down barriers and changed the face of modern astronomy. This audiobook vividly describes how, before 1900, a woman who wanted to study the stars had to have a father, brother, or husband to provide entry, and how the considerable intellectual skills of women astronomers were still not enough to enable them to pry open doors of opportunity for much of the twentieth century. After decades of difficult struggles, women are closer to equality in astronomy than ever before.

By the early 90s, singer-songwriter and former Blake Babies member Juliana Hatfield was in a position most aspiring alternative rockers only dream of: her solo career was taking off. Then, after canceling a European tour to treat severe depression and failing to produce another hit, she spent a decade releasing well-reviewed albums on indie labels and performing in ever-smaller clubs. No longer willing to play a kid's game by kid's rules, Hatfield resolved to take a year off and experiment with being a civilian. And that year reawakened her creative passion.  

A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a leading historian on women’s suffrage and power While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president—and though history has downplayed her role—just over a century ago a woman became...

Lillian Lincoln Lambert rose from humble beginnings as a poor farm girl in the segregated South to become the first Black woman to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School and, later, the founder of a $20 million maintenance company with 1,200 employees. In The Road to Someplace Better, she shares an inspiring personal journey that took her from dead-end jobs in New York City and Washington, D.C., to the ivory tower and the world of entrepreneurship.

Renowned author Pam Houston treats us to a celebration of real-life adventures in this rich collection of essays. Ranging over five years and five continents, A Little More About Me introduces us to a woman - adventure-seeking, curious, and awestruck - whose experiences resonate with our own navigation through life’s many pleasures and challenges.

Suffering the loss of her mother and grandmother at ages three and thirteen, the innately energetic and resilient Michelle not only survived, but the strong-willed optimist thrived against all odds. A quick learner with keen observation skills, she grasped the lasting principles of timeless lessons and carried them with her into adulthood.