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This book, chronicles the journey of a young woman who began her professional life as a teacher, in a village in south Trinidad, during an era of change, a time when the status quo was being questioned and challenged internationally. It is written through the eyes of someone who was a child of the Black Power Revolution in Trinidad and Tobago which impacted the lives of many young people of that era.

Since her death, Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) has become an endless source of fascination for a wide audience ranging from readers of The Bell Jar, her semiautobiographical novel, to her groundbreaking poetry as exemplified by Ariel. Beyond her writing, however, interest in Plath has also been fueled in part by the tragic nature of her death. As a result, a steady stream of biographies of Plath have appeared over the last fifty-five years that mainly focus on her death or contain projections of an array of points of view about the writer.

Pyjamapartys, gemeinsame Fernsehabende und unbeschwerte Familienausflüge ‒ all das bleibt Karin fremd. In ihrer Welt gibt es weder ein liebevoll zubereitetes Mittagessen noch die Fürsorge, die andere Kinder selbstverständlich erleben. Stattdessen lernt sie schon als kleines Mädchen, wie man einen Haushalt führt, wie man für die Mutter unsichtbar bleibt ‒ und wie man Männern gefällt. Mit erschütternder Klarheit erzählt Karin ihre Geschichte: von den Jahren der Kontrolle, Manipulation und der unstillbaren Sehnsucht nach Anerkennung.

Es gibt nur eine Cher – und seit über sieben Jahrzehnten zeigt sie uns, warum. Mit ihrer einzigartigen Stimme, ihrem Stil und ihrem unerschütterlichen Geist fasziniert sie Generationen. Jetzt erzählt Cher erstmals selbst ihre Geschichte – ehrlich, humorvoll und berührend. Von ihren Großeltern zur Zeit der großen Depression, ihrem Aufwachsen mit ihrer Mutter Georgia, die in der Hoffnung, berühmt zu werden, ein unstetes Leben führte. Bis zu ihrem Durchbruch mit Sonny Bono: Gemeinsam wurden sie weltberühmt, doch der Erfolg veränderte alles.

Caroline's story is revealed in raw and incredible detail. Her connections to her American Indian ancestry and history of the Arkansas land are interwoven throughout, revealing the ancient curses and the stones of time that have seen everything.

In Unparalyzed: Shattering Limits While Finding Freedom, Katie shares her inspiring journey from a hopeless, resentful teenager who didn’t want to live, to a young woman who refuses to be limited by a broken body.

स्त्रियांचे उन्नयन घडवेल विश्वात परिवर्तन हा विश्वास बाळगून सतत कार्यरत राहणा-या मेलिंडा गेटसने लिहिलेले हे अनुभव नक्कीच ऐकण्याजोगे आहेत. हे पुस्तक म्हणजे समाजास पुढे नेण्यासाठी आणि त्या अनुषंगाने स्त्रियांच्या सक्षमीकरणासाठी काय केलं पाहिजे, या बद्दल सांगणारं एक सुंदर आणि संक्षिप्त असं ध्येयभाष्यच आहे. लिंगसमानता आणि समानुभूती मांडणा-या या कथा आपल्यातील माणसाला एका वेगळ्या उंचीवर नेतात.

The life-affirming memoir of Lindsey Burrow, the working mother of three young children who has inspired the nation through her selfless commitment to husband Rob Burrow (CBE), the rugby league legend she has cared for full time since his Motor neurone disease (MND) diagnosis.

The Courage to Forgive is a heartfelt memoir by Katie M. Rischer, sharing her journey through childhood, trauma, and healing. Born in a large family in rural Texas, Katie reflects on her early years filled with both joy and struggle. As she grows, she faces the harsh realities of life, including a traumatic experience that leaves her feeling isolated and ashamed. Katie's story unfolds as she navigates the challenges of adolescence, discovering her passion for education and basketball. These passions provide her with a sense of purpose and community

The 12 Indigenous women featured in this book overcame unimaginable hardships—racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty—only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism. Such determination and courage reflect the essence of the traditional Cheyenne saying: A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground.

Robyn Stecher was born outside of Boston and made in New York. She is a writer and an entertainment industry veteran. She is also the founder of Artemis Rising Enterprises- a coaching and consulting company. Her charitable endeavors have included serving as an advisory board member and volunteer for 21 years with The Dream Foundation, Benefit Chair and Co-chair of The Lowell School in NY, a non-public school for children with learning challenges, and as a participant in the Pajama Program, a reading program for at-risk children.

Greed & Grace is an empowering story of personal clarity—a memoir of a woman who discovers that her values and position in a complex family system have always been different from what she believed and with those she loved most.

At just five years old, Dana learned that there was no one she could trust. Most devastating of all, even her own mother betrayed her and in the most unimaginable way. For years, Dana and her younger sister suffered at the hands of one of Britain's largest ever-known paedophile rings. And their mother did nothing to protect them. Only now is Dana's nightmare coming to an end as she crusades to put her abusers behind bars. In June 2007 the truth was finally exposed. Dana bravely testified against her own mother.

Hannah Arendt is one of the most renowned political thinkers of the twentieth century, and her work has never been more relevant than it is today. Born in Germany in 1906, Arendt published her first book at the age of twenty-three, before turning away from the world of academic philosophy to reckon with the rise of the Third Reich. After World War II, Arendt became one of the most prominent—and controversial—public intellectuals of her time, publishing influential works such as The Origins of Totalitarianism, The Human Condition, and Eichmann in Jerusalem.

How did a young girl who rose from underprivileged circumstances in post-war Singapore become a trailblazer of women’s global leadership at the United Nations? Noeleen Heyzer was the first woman from outside North America to be appointed as Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the first woman Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). In these memoirs, Noeleen Heyzer reflects on her remarkable journey.

Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide acclaim and was, indeed, one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. Written by Curie’s daughter, the renowned international activist Eve Curie, this biography chronicles Curie’s legendary achievements in science, including her pioneering efforts in the study of radioactivity and her two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry.

As the youngest of three daughters, and the only one born in Canada soon after her parents' emigration from Iran, Roza Nozari began her life hungry for a sense of belonging. From her early years, she shared a passion for Iranian cuisine with her mother and craved stories of their ancestral home. Eventually they visited and she fell in love with its sights and smells, and with the warm embrace of their extended family. Yet Roza sensed something was amiss with her mother's happy, well-rehearsed story of their original departure. 

When they married Emperors Franz Joseph and Napoleon III, respectively, Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France became two of the most famous women on the planet. Not only were they both young and beautiful—becoming cultural and fashion icons of their time—but they played a pivotal role in ruling their realms during a tempestuous era characterized by unprecedented political and technological change. Fearless, adventurous, and independent, Elisabeth and Eugénie represented a new kind of empress—one who rebelled against tradition and anticipated and embraced modern values.

What does it mean to be someone's "muse"? Historically, to be called a “muse” among artistic circles has been marketed as a flattering title. But the very concept of a muse underestimates these women and their abilities. At its root, muse is a support role, the title a consolation prize that claims to recognize a woman’s greatness—but only in her support of another. I'm Not Your Muse reclaims the narrative of 31 of these extraordinary women.

Morlocks in the Basement is an irreverent, bittersweet, often outrageous chronicle of accidental motherhood in the age of fractured families. Love story, soap opera, play-by-play of a train wreck, Carolyn Colburn's debut memoir is not quite like anything you've listened to before. It's a treatise on housekeeping, a primer for roller skating on acid to Canada and back, a how-to for dodging calls from the county jail concerning “an incarcerated loved one,” your daughter.