Títulos em Mulheres

Honest, raw, and at times heartbreaking, Matters of the Heart is a deeply personal reflection of how a young Indigenous woman, growing up surrounded by violence and tragedy, beat the odds to become one of the most powerful political voices of our time.

Raised in a traditional Iranian family, eighteen-year-old Parvin Kolahdooz felt increasingly restricted after the 1979 Islamic revolution. She was trapped in a society where just a few strands of her hair showing from under her hijab could land her in jail, where her fatherlessness left her increasingly vulnerable to being given away in marriage, and where venturing alone put her at risk of sexual harassment or death. Left with no other choice, Parvin prepared to flee.

Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography of her friend Charlotte Brontë—the first full-length biography of a woman novelist by a woman novelist—is a true classic. It transports us with a deft hand straight into 19th-century Haworth, Yorkshire and crafts an extensive account of Brontë’s life, quoting throughout from letters she sent and received. From her challenging, isolated childhood to her death shortly before the age of 39, newly married and pregnant, the enigmatic author of Jane Eyre is portrayed with enormous care.

For decades, Amy ran. Through the dirt roads of Amarillo, Texas, where she grew up; to the streets of New York, where she built her adult life; through marriage, motherhood, and a thriving career. To outsiders, it all looked, in many ways, perfect. But Amy was running from something – a secret she was keeping not only from her family and friends, but unconsciously from something terrible in her past. When her ten-year-old daughter confronts her on the distance between them, Amy is propelled to confront what she has spent a lifetime trying to escape. So begins Amy’s journey.

What was life really like for women in the medieval period? How did they think about sex, death and God? Could they live independent lives? And how can we hear the stories of women from this period?

Nancy Pelosi gewährt einen faszinierenden Blick in ihr Privatleben, vor allem aber hinter die Kulissen US-amerikanischer Macht. Erstmals spricht Nancy Pelosi offen über die entscheidenden Momente, Erfahrungen und Strategien, die ihre politische Karriere und ihr Leben prägten. Als erste weibliche Sprecherin des Repräsentantenhauses in der Geschichte der USA arbeitete sie mit Präsidenten von George W. Bush bis Joe Biden zusammen.

Primero, como todas, fueron niñas. Luego siguieron llevando con orgullo el nombre, que ya las distinguía: niñas bien, niñas educadas, niñas de familia. Pronto vivieron los años con arrojo y con amor, y se volvieron niñas con familia. Y hoy… esas niñas son abuelas. En este libro de carácter nostálgico y muy íntimo, Guadalupe Loaeza nos comparte cartas y anécdotas de su historia familiar para explorar el privilegio de ser nietos y abuelos. Un homenaje a varias generaciones que han hecho de este vínculo una de las mayores fuentes de afecto, aprendizaje y amor por la vida.

Join Amy and her family in their mishaps and adventures living in Barcelona and traveling throughout Europe, and watch as Amy—openly and with a self-deprecating humor—unfolds her struggles in her transition from a handle-it-all doctor and mother in the States to full-time parent who needs her kids to translate.

The Narcissist’s Shadow is a powerful and uplifting memoir of resilience, transformation, and the unwavering strength of the human spirit.

Curie y la radiactividad presenta una brillante instantánea de la vida y la obra de Marie Curie y ofrece una explicación clara y accesible del significado e importancia del descubrimiento de la radioactividad y de las implicaciones que ello tendría para la vida en el siglo XX y el futuro.

Una novela que habla del mito del amor romántico como mandato social a través de la propia experiencia de la autora en pareja con su primer amor adolescente, distante 400 kilómetros de su propia casa, ambos residentes en la Argentina. La protagonista, que está en continuo movimiento, desplazándose de una ciudad a otra, de un país a otro, pero siempre pendulando entre su propia ciudad y la de su pareja, intenta comprender de qué modo el amor se ve condicionado por el desplazamiento físico y temporal.

Cuatro preciosas jóvenes, tal vez las más admiradas y fotografiadas de la realeza de principios del siglo XX, objeto de incesantes rumores, nacidas en un mundo de glamour y opulencia, crecieron ajenas a su destino entre juegos, coqueteos con oficiales del ejército y mascotas... hasta la Primera Guerra Mundial y la Revolución.

Un beso perdurable es una colección de textos autobiográficos que giran alrededor de un umbral muy particular en la vida de la narradora: el momento en que pierde a su madre y se convierte a su vez en mamá.

For fans of You’ll Grow Out of It, this comedic patchwork of flash-prose, essay, and poetry snapshots a millennial performance artist’s journey from late bloomer to adult, inviting twenty-something women to embrace their self-worth, sexuality, and own-your-weird mentality.

En este audiolibro el lector descubrirá y aprenderá a amar a mujeres seductoras, odiadas, divas, todas ellas con un mismo denominador: dieron mucho de qué hablar.

Es la biografía de una mujer que fue abusada desde niña. Sufrió el abandono de su padre, fue rechazada por sus amigos de la infancia y se sintió fea y poco valiosa. En este libro cuenta cómo estos sucesos la marcaron a tal punto de convertirla en una mujer nuevamente abusada de adulta por una pareja que la maltrató. Sin embargo, un día, cansada de seguir dando vueltas sin encontrar las fuerzas para salir de ese círculo, buscó ayuda y la encontró.

Recalling memoirs like Wild and Educated, an internationally renowned whitewater rafting guide offers a gripping and inspiring memoir about overcoming hardship and coming into her own through her relationship with the rivers she has known.

After the dissolution of her marriage, a writer is transformed into a "clam" via typo after her mother keeps texting her to "clam down." The funny if unhelpful command forces her to ask what it means to "clam down" during crises—to retreat, hide, close up, and stay silent. Idiomatically, we are said to "clam up" when we can't speak, and to "come out of our shell" when we reemerge, transformed. In order to understand her path, the clam digs into examples of others who have also "succumbed to shellfish" to embrace lives of reclusiveness and extremity.

In 1928, a young social worker and hobby pilot named Amelia Earhart arrived in the office of George Putnam, heir to the Putnam & Sons throne and hitmaker, on the hunt for the right woman for a secret flying mission across the Atlantic. A partnership—professional and soon otherwise—was born.

The world of law enforcement has always been described as a boy’s club, but what does that really mean for women who choose to cross the thin blue line? Is there room for women in the brotherhood? Retired Officer Nenia Corcoran breaks the silence by shining a light on the sexism and sexual harassment that’s ingrained in modern policing. In this unfiltered novel, Corcoran breaks down double standards, unspoken rules, and the frustrating biases that come with wearing a badge.