Títulos em Mulheres

Christina Jacobsen wrote her book in the hopes of healing others by sharing her story. The pain that her great grandmother, grandmother, mother, and herself endured needed to serve a purpose. Her story defines the approaches that she took to heal and overcome the pain she inherited from others and created for herself because of not feeling loved. She believes that if she could heal herself that you too could heal. Her book takes you through the journey of her life and how she went from no self-worth and feeling unloved to discovering that she is love.

When Hurricane Betsy hit Louisiana in 1965, the first year that Nelda Stidham-Woodruff had moved back to the South from California, was an experience she'll never forget. Betsy was only the first in a chain of hurricanes and hot, humid climate in the bayou. Follow Nelda as she recounts some of the unbelievably dangerous encounters she's been through while living her best life in the Louisiana bayou. Filled with her passion for the bayou and the culture of the area, Nelda's stories will keep you on the edge of your seat and leave you craving Cajun cuisine and hot summers.

Dying with His Eyes Wide Open: A Memoir of Love and Grief is the revealing portrait of a real, faults-and-all, shiningly beautiful relationship, a multi-faceted diamond in the rough. Reconstructed from the author's journal entries and other writings poured out during the two years after her husband of 30 years slipped agonizingly away, the book moves back and forth through time fluidly, reflecting on how its passage is shaped and altered by grief.

This acclaimed, accessible, and thoroughly researched biography documents the life of Ann Lee, a controversial, religious leader and early feminist figure. Lee established the Shaker movement in 1770 in Manchester, England. The core principles of the Shakers were radical: in an era when wives were the possession of their husband, Lee proclaimed the equality of men and women. The Shakers were dedicated to beliefs in absolute pacifism, equality of the sexes, absolute celibacy, and the cleansing of sin through dancing and chanting to shake away the past.

Discover the remarkable life of Calamity Jane... Calamity Jane was an icon of the Wild West, and she lived her life just as free and wild as the Wild West stage shows she later performed in. Part of this wildness was not by choice but born of necessity. Her parents both passed when she was a young girl, forcing her to find a way to make it on her own. It was during this struggle for survival that she first embraced a free and unfettered lifestyle, learning to ride, shoot, and fend for herself in ways that would have been considered scandalous for women of her era.

In 1978 Deanna met her hermit husband in Northern BC while she was working as a forestry lookout attendant. For the next thirteen years she led the life of a pioneering mother in the wilderness. Over a hundred miles from the nearest paved road and cut off from most contact with the outside world, Deanna and her husband Jay built a life and raised their children in the stunning beauty and staggering isolation of the Ningunsaw Valley.

Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814), America’s first woman playwright and historian, was the fiery wife of a Massachusetts patriot and the mother of five sons who secretly authored influential anti-British plays that helped spark the American Revolution.

When I considered writing a book on conquering my fears, the first thing that came to mind was The Girl Who Doesn't Go on roller coasters because I thought roller coasters felt the scariest of all—actually, the closest torture to actively dying. On a roller coaster, you are completely out of control. You want to stop and get off mid-ride but are constrained until the ride ends, which can feel like forever. People who don’t go on rollers get each other.

Life throws curveballs, but you're not just here to swing and miss. You're here to get bendy, to flex, to adapt, and to thrive. In this captivating adventure guide, Get Bendy: An Adventure Guide To Resilience and Discovering Your Best Life, Michelle Hargrave takes you on a journey through her own experiences, sharing the wisdom and humor she's gathered along the way.

Immigrants bear an invisible grief—of lives left behind, scattered memories, and the absence of familial support. For many, this loss manifests as a profound sense of isolation, suspended between two worlds that neither fully embrace nor reflect them. But what if belonging didn’t require shrinking or stretching the self to fit? What if there was a middle path—one that honors complexity without compromise?

True stories about Alzheimer’s, escorting, sugar daddies, bad men, worse dates, selling plasma, gynecology students poking around, a geriatric sex dungeon, weird clowns, and the strange shit we do to survive. Dark, sharp, and uncomfortably funny.

In How to Plant a Billion Trees, Walker tries to understand why her whole life didn’t fall apart, as was predicted. As she pieces together her story, she finds that it was thanks in no small part to her mother, her sisters, her friends who did not let the sexual abuse to define her. In this candid portrayal of a young girl, Nicole Walker writes about how, thanks to her family, her friends, and the mountains of the Wasatch, Cascades, and San Francisco Peaks, she reknit herself into the fabric of a supportive culture.

This true, inspiring story follows a young girl forced to flee her home in Wonsan, North Korea, embarking on a dangerous journey of nearly 350 miles toward the DMZ border in search of freedom. Through years of hardship, fear, and relentless struggle, she survives unimaginable circumstances—driven not only by the desire to free herself, but to secure a better future for the generations to come.

Circling the Wagons is a raw, courageous memoir that chronicles one woman’s journey to reclaim her life after surviving intra-familial childhood sexual abuse. After decades of silence, the author breaks that silence to tell the story she once could not, offering truth, validation, and hope to survivors everywhere, without oversharing. Written primarily for fellow survivors of childhood trauma, the book also speaks to friends, family members, and professionals seeking to better understand and support them.

The book is a memoir of the last 15 years of my life. It was inspired after I lost my 15 year old Shih Tzu, Saki. This memoir recounts our journey through subjugation, loss of self, despair and how Saki’s unwavering love and tenacity helped me survive, heal and ultimately rediscover myself. Our story begins with a dramatic escape, capturing the fear and the hopelessness of my five month relationship with Theo, a man with narcissistic and bipolar personality disorder. Flashing back to our initial happiness, the narrative details how Theos manipulations gradually strip away my identity.

Body, Enough is a raw, fearless memoir of a woman who spent decades chasing thinness, fitness, and control—only to discover that real strength begins where self-punishment ends. From seventh-grade shame to postpartum desperation, from gym-floor spectacle to surgical surrender, this is the story of learning to live inside a body that never stopped trying to save her. Honest, gritty, and fiercely human, Body, Enough is for anyone who’s ever believed their worth was measured in pounds.

Minutes to Hours chronicles the incredible journey of DonnaJean Wilde, a woman who defied the odds to break two Guinness World Records in less than six months: the longest time in an abdominal plank (female) and the most pushups in one hour (female). This memoir is a powerful testament to both mental and physical endurance, showing that true strength comes from years of preparation and an unwavering commitment to self-improvement.

Confessions of a Tarot Addict: A Twin Flame Situationship is a raw, luminous, and painfully honest memoir about obsession, intuition, trauma, spiritual escapism, and the long road back to self-love. With lyrical vulnerability and psychological clarity, Avery Hollins takes listeners deep into the heart of a woman who learned to read the cards long before she ever learned to read herself.

In this coming-of-age memoir, set in Chicago's western suburbs between the 1960s and '80s, adopted twins Julie and Jenny provide their parents with an instant family. Their sisterly bond holds tight as the two strive for identity, individuality, and belonging. But as Julie's parents continue adding children to the family, some painful and tragic experiences test family values, parental relationships, and sibling bonds.

Marina nunca quiso contar los cientos de historias que vivieron juntas, pero ahora ha decidido rendirle homenaje. Mi vida con Christina Onassis revela los secretos mejor guardados de una de las herederas más importantes del siglo XX, la hija del magnate Aristóteles Onassis.