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Gifts come in many guises. One summer, Rebecca Solnit was bequeathed three boxes of ripening apricots, which lay, mountainous, on her bedroom floor - a windfall, a riddle, an emergency to be dealt with. The fruit came from a neglected tree that her mother, gradually succumbing to memory loss, could no longer tend to. From this unexpected inheritance came stories spun like those of Scheherazade, who used her gifts as a storyteller to change her fate and her listener's heart.

A treasured son. A rare condition. A memoir of loss and joy and everything in between. My mind is racing. I'm trying to make sense of what the doctors have told us, to understand what life is going to look like now, for Levi and for us. We need to tell our families, I think to myself. But Mum is...

ദാരിദ്രൃത്തിന്റെ കുപ്പക്കുഴിയില് ജനിച്ച് അനാഥത്വത്തിന്റെ നീണ്ട പാതകള് താണ്ടേണ്ടിവന്ന ഒരു പെണ്കുട്ടിയുടെ...

Control. Jealousy. Isolation. Blame. Anger. Violence. The inspiring true story of a young woman who suffered a terrifyingly abusive relationship culminating in a horrific acid attack from the man who claimed to love her. Adele was just 23 years old when she was scarred for life by an acid attack...

A devastating true story of love, betrayal, and deceit. Chrissy: attractive, successful 40-year-old divorcee with three amazing children. Alexander Marc d’Ariken de Rothschild-Hatton: international financier, wealthy, charming and smooth-talking. It’s not long before they fall madly in love...

Unabridged ? 11 hours This is the smart-mouthed, soul- searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for...

NPR SPRING PICK An insightful exploration that unveils the lesser-known dimensions of this legendary writer and her legacy, revealing the cultural icon’s profound impact as a visionary editor who helped define an important period in American publishing and literature. A multifaceted genius...

English novelist Barbara Pym’s career was defined, in many senses, by rejection. Her first novel Some Tame Gazelle was turned down by every publisher she sent it out in 1935, finally published only 15 years later. Though she picked up a publisher from there and received modest praise, the publishing industry grew restless and her sales spiralled downwards. By her seventh novel, she had been dropped. This brilliant biography, brimming with Pym’s private diaries and intimate letters, offers a first full insight into Barbara Pym’s life and how it informed her writing.

As a young girl, Cristien witnessed her mother slip from reality, her suffering shaped by trauma and interpreted as mental illness by a world that mistook pain for pathology-answering distress with institutionalization and heavy medication. Women, Madness, Whiteness is a fiercely intimate and...

Her Freedom Rider mugshot has been called one of the most iconic in American history. By the time she was 23 years old, Joan participated in over 50 sit-ins and demonstrations. From her cell on death row to the infamous Jackson Woolworth's Sit-in, Joan helped change the world. Through highs and...

Taylor Swift foi de jovem talentosa de uma cidade pequena a artista ganhadora de prêmios e estrela mundial, constantemente no topo das paradas e quebrando recordes de vendas e de público. Mas como ela chegou lá? E o que o futuro reserva para a loirinha? Quando criança, Taylor sonhava em se apresentar para multidões de fãs. Determinada, ainda adolescente ela teve o apoio dos pais para investir na carreira musical e transformou a sinceridade de suas letras em marca registrada.

For readers of Kate Zambreno, Maggie Nelson, and Nathalie Léger, She Was Wild Grass offers an unflinching exploration of art, history, and self-discovery. The Beat Generation—the postwar literary revolution that canonized Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs—has long been mythologized as a...

María del Monte lleva toda una vida poniendo voz a las emociones. Ahora abre el corazón para compartir las que han marcado la suya. Desde el amor incondicional de sus padres hasta la importancia de las raíces, la familia, la amistad, la pareja o la fe, pero también del dolor y de las grandes...

Schön, stolz, nervig – diese Attribute brachten Frauen wie Sidonia von Borcke einst auf den Scheiterhaufen. Juliane Schiemenz, eine Verwandte von Sidonia, folgt den Spuren ihrer legendär gewordenen Ahnin, die 1620 als Hexe verurteilt wurde. Weder heiratete sie, noch bekam sie Kinder, stattdessen stritt sie vor Gericht um ihr Erbe.

Gloria Steinem était une enfant curieuse : elle accompagnait son père nomade sur les routes, prenait soin de sa mère et dévorait tous les livres qui lui tombaient sous la main. Dans Une vie inattendue, elle revient sur les expériences improbables et les moments charnières de son parcours qui ont façonné la femme visionnaire qu'elle allait devenir. Elle partage son expérience des années passées en Inde, où elle s'est inspirée du mouvement non-violent, et ses voyages pour défendre les droits des femmes.

Liderança, resiliência e a força da mudança no cenário global. Sanna Marin apresenta a jornada extraordinária de sua carreira pioneira. Como a chefe de governo mais jovem do mundo aos 34 anos, ela conquistou a atenção internacional com ideias progressistas e ações decisivas em meio a crises históricas. Sua trajetória é pautada pela resiliência: a primeira da família na universidade, Marin quebrou barreiras para se tornar um ícone da liderança moderna.

The untold story of the nineteenth-century novelist who outearned Jane Austen and wove provocative theories into her fiction—changing economics forever “Smialek, with the analytical rigor and narrative drive that made her one of the finest economics journalists of her generation, has rescued...

For fans of Vanderbilt and The Last Castle, a riveting biography of the reclusive heiress who became a fairy godmother to twentieth-century artists while intently guarding her own secrets. "A journey through the bedrooms and drawing rooms of the twentieth-century art world where luminaries...

From Denise Brown—older sister of Nicole Brown Simpson—comes a vital, trauma-informed book that illuminates intimate partner violence and the systems that enable it. “We’re hearing so many stories now about domestic violence…The statistics are staggering. Denise Brown has been in...

What if the love you were searching for… was always your own?In this raw and luminous memoir, Heather Wild peels back the layers of codependency, heartbreak, single motherhood, and spiritual awakening to reveal what happens when a woman stops waiting to be chosen—and chooses herself instead...