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In this rich, intelligent, and witty memoir, the President and CEO of Essence Ventures—a woman with a defiant intuition who rejects cultural expectations and outside influence—tells how she charted her own destiny, offering inspiration and advice to help everyone on their own journey to becoming everything they were born to be.

Ciencia, mujeres y divulgación científica constituyen el entramado de este texto. Algunas de ellas son: Agnódice de Atenas, Isabella Cortese, Martine de Bertereau, Marie Meurdrac, María Winckelmann Kirch y María Gaetana Agnesi. La autora las reconduce al lugar al que pertenecen, la ciencia, a la que deberíamos todos tener acceso si es que queremos realmente entendernos y entender el mundo que nos rodea.

Eine mitreißende Erzählung über die Reise zum eigenen Ich Leonie Maßmann berichtet über ihre abenteuerliche Weltreise auf einem kleinen Segelboot. Und davon, was es heißt, seinen Traum zu leben – mit allen Höhen und Tiefen.

There is much more to see, learn, and experience in the world. People interested in knowing more about Iran and the lifestyle of people living there during the past forty years might benefit from this book too.

Childhood trauma leads to perseverance and personal growth in this empowering memoir. Born into a world shrouded by multi-generational cycles of abuse and child marriages, Donna Simmons navigates a harrowing landscape of pain and betrayal, detailing the challenges that devastated her early years but ultimately did not define the person she became. Through poignant storytelling, she shares both moments of despair and the small victories that fueled her resilience.

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.

Australia, primi anni del Novecento. Stella Miles Franklin è la maggiore di sette tra fratelli e sorelle, vive in una fattoria dell’entroterra. Si vede libera, padrona del suo destino. Nel 1901, a vent’anni, scrive un romanzo, La mia brillante carriera, che inaspettatamente diventa un bestseller proiettandola agli onori della cronaca.

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.

In the early 1980s, when Erna Walraven decided to follow her dreams and become one of the first female zookeepers in Australia, she thought her biggest challenges would be feeding big cats and subduing irate gorillas. In fact, it was her male colleagues who made work miserable, harassing and humiliating her for doing a 'man's job'. So, she looked to the animals under her care to prove them wrong.

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!

A la mort de sa mère, découvrant les rites funéraires de ses origines, Farida se replonge dans son enfance, si loin de sa vie d'adulte. Les mots et les souvenirs se bousculent alors qu'elle raconte pour la première fois la vie de cette famille d'immigrés algériens : les HLM misérables, les hommes brisés par l'illettrisme et la colonisation, les mères pétrifiées. Au milieu, une fratrie élevée dans une violence inouïe mais soudée par le rire et la force de vie.

On a Melbourne afternoon in the eerie early days of the pandemic, young parents Jordan and Gary Ablett finally learned why their beautiful baby boy, Levi, had not been hitting the milestones that most new parents celebrate and are reassured by. After months of concern and worry, the specialists' diagnosis gave them clarity, but with it came an overwhelming sorrow at the loss of the life they had imagined for their son, and for themselves as a family.

Throughout Zarna’s whole childhood in India, everyone called her “so American” just for reading the newspaper, having deep thoughts, and talking back to anyone over the age of thirty. When Zarna’s dad tried to marry her off at age fourteen, Zarna fled—first to the streets of Mumbai and ultimately to the glittering paradise of Akron, Ohio, where she got to become American for real.

Growing up, Kumi Taguchi thought her father was merely distant: reserved, obsessively frugal and–after her parents’ divorce–almost entirely missing. When he died, Kumi’s feelings about him and the Japanese heritage he had given her remained tangled. But just because a parent has gone doesn’t mean they’re absent. Over time Kumi came to understand more about what made her father as he was, including his experiences as a child in wartime Japan and, above all, the culture she both loved and felt burdened by.

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.

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.