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Following her retirement from Princeton University, celebrated historian Dr. Nell Irvin Painter surprised everyone in her life by returning to school - in her 60s - to earn a BFA and MFA in painting. In Old in Art School, she travels from her beloved Newark to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design; finds meaning in the artists she loves, even as she comes to understand how they may be undervalued; and struggles with the unstable balance between the pursuit of art and the inevitable, sometimes painful, demands of a life fully lived.

Nevertheless, she persisted. These three words became an inspiring battle cry across the United States in 2017, but the woman to whom they refer has been fighting passionately all of her life. Raised in a tough working-class home in Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren went on to become a revered scholar, a law professor, a US Senator, and an unlikely political star.

De amor a primera vista. Así será la relación de cualquier lector con este libro, que recoge apenas una mínima parte de lo que es el Universo Chavela Vargas. Belleza, sabiduría, inteligencia, simpatía, sensibilidad. De todo eso estuvo llena esta mujer extraordinaria y todo eso, y mucho más, regaló al mundo porque era tanto lo que en ella habitaba, que después de cantar o de hablar o de simplemente vivir, iba dejándole a los otros las puertas abiertas para que cada cual encontrara las verdades que le correspondían.

The Diary of Anaïs Nin is the published version of Anaïs Nin's own private manuscript diary, which she began at age 11 in 1914 during a trip from Europe to New York with her mother and two brothers. Nin would later say she had begun the diary as a letter to her father, Cuban composer Joaquín Nin, who had abandoned the family a few years earlier.

Furiously Happy meets Elaine Lui in this truly original - and surprisingly hilarious - memoir about one woman’s journey to learn how to walk after a debilitating diagnosis turned her life upside down.Learn How to Walk (Again) To-Do List: Step 1: Stand, Step 2: Step, Step 3: Pee (Yes!), Step 4: Walk with walker, Step 5: Walk with sticks, Step 6: Walk without props Recreational interlude for sex Step, 7: RUN! Ruth Marshall - power-mom, wife, actor, and daughter - was in great health, until one day, her feet started to tingle.

This book is for listeners of true crime podcasts and audiences of both fiction and true-crime nonfiction. It's the true story of first-generation Irish-American nurse Jane Toppan, born as Honora Kelley. Jane Toppan was absolutely a monster, but she did not start out that way. When Jane was a young child, her father abandoned her and her sister to the Boston Female Asylum. From there, Jane was indentured to a wealthy family who changed her name, never adopted her, and wrote her out of the will.

Las maravillosas memorias de Clarissa Ward, la reportera estrella de la CNN, que narró al mundo la caída de Kabul. Clarissa Ward es una reportera de guerra que ha ganado premios importantes por su trabajo cubriendo conflictos en Siria, Egipto, Afganistán, fue la periodista que cubrió la caída de Kabul. Tuvo una infancia privilegiada, pero prefirió ir a los frentes e informar de la cruda realidad de los conflictos, de una manera empática, cuenta las historias más difíciles.

Con leggerezza e ironia, Isabel Allende rievoca momenti del passato e indugia sul presente per raccontarci le ragioni del suo femminismo. L’autrice parte dalle origini, dalla sua infanzia e adolescenza passate nella cornice di una rigida struttura patriarcale. L’istinto di ribellione è una sorta di reazione naturale al maschilismo imperante che genera in lei l’attitudine che negli anni l’ha portata a schierarsi sempre con i deboli, gli emarginati e tutte le donne che ancora lottano per l’emancipazione.

Tutto quello con cui Chiara era abituata a identificare la sua vita non esiste più. Perché, a volte, capita. Capita che il tuo compagno di sempre ti abbandoni. Che tu debba lasciare la casa in cui sei cresciuto. Che il tuo lavoro venga affidato a un altro. Che cosa si fa, allora? Rudolf Steiner non ha dubbi: si gioca. Chiara non ha niente da perdere, e ci prova. Per un mese intero, ogni giorno, per almeno dieci minuti, decide di fare una cosa nuova, mai fatta prima.

La hija del Ganges es el hermoso testimonio de una experiencia insólita, que significó el reencuentro de esta joven y valiente mujer con una tierra que ella creía perdida para siempre.

100 Donne Vestite di Rosso è un'opera dell'artista e ambasciatrice UNICEF Alessia Cotta Ramusino, che intreccia narrazione e impegno sociale attraverso cento brevi storie che raccontano le vite di altrettante donne, legate dal tragico destino di essere vittime di violenza. Ne emerge un quadro struggente e profondo della loro realtà, capace di suscitare un'intensa riflessione e una forte empatia.

Cuando decides denunciar las injustas muertes de la gente de tu comunidad e inicias un movimiento revolucionario, tal vez algunos te llamen terrorista. Esto es lo que les sucedió a Patrisse Khan-Cullors y Asha Bandele, entre otros muchos activistas, cuando decidieron impulsar el movimiento Black Lives Matter, el cual incendió las redes sociales en 2013 tras la absolución de George Zimmerman por la muerte del adolescente afroamericano Trayvon Martin.

Alison Wearing led a largely carefree childhood until she learned, at age 12, that her family was a little more complex than she had realized. Sure her father had always been unusual compared to the other dads in the neighborhood: he loved to bake croissants, wear silk pajamas around the house, and skip down the street singing songs from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. But when he came out of the closet in the 1970s, when homosexuality was still a cardinal taboo, it was a shock to everyone in the quiet community of Peterborough, Ontario - especially to his wife and three children.

Loin du faste des palais et de la presse à scandale, ce livre audio nous permet de retrouver la femme telle qu'elle était, humaine, fidèle en amitié, ouverte aux réalités du monde. Grace a toujours su donner l'image de la perfection. Actrice, elle a tourné avec les plus grands d'Hollywood, princesse, elle a joué son rôle à la tête de Monaco, côtoyant les puissants de ce monde.

The Mama Sutra spans an 18-year journey through motherhood as a spiritual practice, chronicling Cushman’s first pregnancy, her daughter's tragic stillbirth, the joyful birth of her son, the “home retreat” of early motherhood, the challenges of parenthood, the diagnosis and gifts of her son’s developmental differences, the meltdown of her nuclear family and its reconfiguration into a new and joyful form, and more. This is a powerful story of the rawness and beauty of life.

La voce di Gabriella Greison, fisica, scrittrice e attrice teatrale, racconta la vita di Marie Curie, tracciandone gli aspetti più umani e meno conosciuti, pensando di averla di fianco nella vita di tutti giorni, e parlando con lei come se fosse presente, come se fosse una sorta di amica immaginaria. Ogni episodio segue uno stato d'animo o un lascito indelebile che ci ha lasciato la grande scienziata polacca, e da questi Greison parte con dei voli verso altri luoghi. Le contaminazioni con arte, cinema, musica, attualità e quotidianità sono la base di questo curioso podcast.

In Polish: A rascal with teenage beauty and the voice of Jan Himilsbach. She didn't really have to act. She appeared in the Polish cinema out of nowhere and became an instant phenomenon. At times, as told by her relatives in the book, she hurried as if she knew that everything wouldn't last very long, that she had to quickly start a relationship, start a family, and have kids in order to have time to enjoy all of that. It's the first biography of Anna Przybylska authorised by her family.

Satisfy your craving for extraordinary authors and exceptional fiction: Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein was just the beginning: horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn’t exist without the women who created it. From Gothic ghost stories to psychological horror to science fiction, women have been primary architects of speculative literature of all sorts. And their own life stories are as intriguing as their fiction.

Elsa de' Giorgi è stata una donna bellissima, una delle più belle del suo tempo; un'attrice importante nell'epoca dei telefoni bianchi ma invisa al regime fascista per le sue coraggiose posizioni politiche che la porteranno dopo pochi anni a sostenere concretamente la Resistenza romana. Grazie al matrimonio con il nobile Contini Bonacossi poté contare su una collezione d'arte che spaziava da Cimabue a Goya. E nella sua casa, ormai circolo letterario di alto profilo, fecero capolino molte tra le figure letterarie più importanti degli anni cinquanta.

"Lady Killer": il fascino perturbante della furia omicida. Da sempre, parlando di serial killer, le cronache e la narrazione si sono concentrate su figure maschili, la cui vita si alternava tra la dimensione pubblica e quella misteriosa del crimine. La storia offre tuttavia altrettante vicende di donne che si sono rese colpevoli di omicidi seriali, in alcuni casi capaci di competere con i più oscuri assassini uomini, in altri rivelando una "via femminile" all'omicidio.