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Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy’s first work of memoir, is a soaring account, both intimate and inspirational, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her complex relationship to the extraordinary, singular mother she describes as “my shelter and my storm.” “Heart-smashed” by her mother Mary’s death in September 2022 yet puzzled and “more than a little ashamed” by the intensity of her response, Roy began to write.

In this stirring memoir, Lisa Printz Roday begins her narrative with the sudden death of her forty-seven-year-old father. Rather than crush the twenty-one-year-old Printz Roday, it is the pivotal moment that sustains her in each new crisis she faces, including two harrowing preterm births. With remarkable candor, a little dry humor, and plenty of heart, Printz Roday explores how the experiences that shake us to our core can make us stronger than we could ever imagine.

இலங்கையின் வடக்கே கிளிநொச்சி மாவட்டத்திலுள்ள பரந்தனில் தாய் சின்னம்மா தந்தை சுப்பிரமணியம் தம்பதிகளுக்கு மூத்த மகளாகப் பிறந்தவர் தமிழினி (சிவகாமி ஜெயக்குமரன்). 1991 இல் இந்துமகா வித்தியாலயத்தில் படித்துக் கொண்டிருந்த பொழுது தமீழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள் இயக்கத்தில் இணைந்து போராளியானார். இளம் வயதிலேயே பல போர்க்களங்களில் சமராடிய அனுபவங்களோடு, பின்னாளில் விடுதலைப் புலிகளின் அரசியல் துறை மகளிர் பிரிவுப் பொறுப்பாளராகச் செயல்பட்டவர்.

UNA SCRITTRICE FEMMINISTA DEI NOSTRI GIORNI CI MOSTRA, ANCORA UNA VOLTA, LA FORZA IMMORTALE DELLA LETTERATURA, LA SUA CAPACITÀ DI PORTARE CORAGGIO E LIBERTÀ. Essere una bambina, e poi una donna, vuol dire imparare fin da subito cosa si può fare e cosa non si può fare, vuol dire imparare che certe qualità, come il coraggio, l’audacia e l’indipendenza, non sono prettamente femminili, e che reprimere i propri desideri è normale, e consigliabile. Meglio restare ai margini e attendere passivamente un salvatore o, nella più sfortunata delle ipotesi, la provvidenza.

Not Your Average Drug Addict Whore follows the threads linking the extraordinary, oftentimes intense, events of a journey to self-realizing. It is a witness to truth, that a life is never broken, it is purely a singular life on its singular journey.

Conflict defined my childhood and the way I experienced life, shaped by my birth. Coping with the challenges of unstable family dynamics, spousal abuse, and intergenerational trauma. The disappearance of one’s sense of self. Discovering resilience for survival. The story of a tumultuous life, told through the lens of resilience. Dealing with loss, love, and the fear of life. Imprisoned by dysfunction.

فريدامانيا أو جنون فريدا أصبح مصطلحاً معروفاً وخصوصاً في المكسيك (Mexico) بلدها الأم، عشاقها ينظرون إليها بعين العبادة ولوحاتها سافرت حول العالم لتبهر الجميع بسرياليتها وتفردها وخصوصيتها وغوصها في أعماق تلك المرأة ضئيلة الحجم كسيرة الفؤاد ضعيفة الجسد، هي نفسها.

In 1974, a twenty-year-old Christie Brinkley was “discovered” outside a Paris phone booth, which set off a meteoric modeling career that would land her on the covers of hundreds of magazines and cement her legacy as an All-American icon. Although she’s lived more than fifty years in the public eye, the full story of her roller-coaster life has never been told. Now, for the first time, Christie shares what life has been like, both in front of and behind the cameras

Sold is a terrifying, gripping and true story about a young Russian girl who dreams of a better life, but instead falls victim to trafficking. Seventeen-year-old Natasja is attracted by an offer to work as a nanny in Sweden. Her ticket to freedom turns out to be a worse nightmare than she ever could have imagined. Time and time again, she is sold to different men. But even though she is slowly falling apart, Natasja refuses to give up and silently starts to plan her escape. In Sold, she talks about how she managed to get free against all odds.

Esta es la historia de una mujer excepcional, cuyo atrevimiento al pisar esferas de poder reservadas a los hombres acabó costándole la vida. Una mujer a quien la historia y sus fuentes oficiales, escritas por y para hombres, han malinterpretado y vilipendiado sistemáticamente. Emma Southon rescata a Agripina la Menor, hermana, sobrina, esposa y madre de emperadores, y le devuelve el histórico papel central que efectivamente tuvo en cuatro generaciones de la política romana.

New York Times best-selling author Firoozeh Dumas is used to making people laugh, but in 2022, she found herself drowning in tears of sadness. After her 2022 Los Angeles Times article "What I needed was a rest break on the Island of Grieving and Useless Folks" went viral, she was inspired to write Sob, a one-hour audio story about grief, healing, and miracles that will leave you spellbound. In this unflinching story, Firoozeh Dumas, author of the international best seller Funny in Farsi, takes you into the worst year of her life, which she describes as “a bouillon cube of grief”.

Guilty When Black is the poignant, gut-wrenching story of a young African American woman, Miashah Moses, who, through unrelenting media attention and a rush to judgment by the DA is charged with second-degree murder in the fiery deaths of her two small nieces, Noni, 4, and Nylah, 18 months, when she fed them lunch and left for eight minutes to empty the trash.

Kelly Bishop’s long, storied career has been defined by landmark achievements, from winning a Tony Award for her turn in the original Broadway cast of A Chorus Line to her memorable performance as Jennifer Grey’s mother in Dirty Dancing. But it is probably her iconic role as matriarch Emily in the modern classic Gilmore Girls that cemented her legacy. Now, Bishop reflects on her remarkable life and looks towards the future with The Third Gilmore Girl. She shares some of her greatest stories and the life lessons she’s learned on her journey.

Situated in the early decades of the magnificent Mughal Empire, this first ever biography of Princess Gulbadan offers an enthralling portrait of a charismatic adventurer and unique pictures of the multicultural society in which she lived. Following a migratory childhood that spanned Kabul and north India, Gulbadan spent her middle years in a walled harem established by her nephew Akbar to showcase his authority as the Great Emperor.

Ila Arun burst into public view with the controversial song from Khal Nayak (1993), Choli Ke Peechhey. But several years before that, she was already well known for her contribution to Rajasthani folk music. Mumbai soon became her home, and it was in this city of glamour that Ila made a name for herself in every genre of the performing arts―film, television, music and playback singing―and also as a composer and lyricist.

Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this bestselling spiritual classic.

" Adriana se crispa en voyant son père, son regard empli de fureur. Puis, le silence éclata sous le coup de sa main qui s'abattit sur son visage, laissant derrière lui une douleur lancinante et des souvenirs indélébiles. ". L'histoire bouleversante d'Adriana Karembeu est une source d'inspiration, un récit captivant qui dépasse les frontières. De son enfance en pays communiste, où la violence paternelle était monnaie courante, à ses succès remarquables sur les podiums de la mode, Adriana incarne une détermination et une résilience sans limite.

This is a difficult story of my life. How I survived 30 years of domestic violence before finding peace.

Keira D’Amato was an all-American runner who used to chase success. But after being injured in her early twenties, she assumed her running career was over, and settled into life as a military spouse and mother of two young children. In her early thirties, she found herself overweight, out of shape, and battling postpartum depression. She knew that improving her fitness would make her feel better, and told herself to just get out and run ninety seconds, down her street and back.

At three years old, a father gives his triplet daughters away. This story follows the triplets as they navigate the challenges and hardships that life throws at them. Their lives unfold as a vast canvas, filled with vivid scars that tell tales of relentless battles, shattered hearts, and lost dreams.