Titres dans Femmes

In this book, a fictionalized lecture and interview from 1904, you will hear firsthand how this inspirational teacher, on March 3rd 1887, met a six-year-old blind, deaf, and mute child named Helen Keller and found her purpose.

From wartime nutrition science to modern food activism, Six Women Who Shaped What Americans Eat examines the pivotal roles six women played in rewriting the rules of American cuisine. Michelle Mart offers a rich and accessible narrative that connects dietary trends, food marketing, and public health movements to the voices of the women who helped drive them.

Tera Lynch is the author of The Orange Post-it Note, a raw, insightful, and unexpectedly funny memoir about discovering her husband's Ashley Madison account - and the emotional aftershocks that followed. Through heartbreak, therapy, and moments of unexpected clarity in the midst of chaos, Tera pieced her life back together with courage, vulnerability, and a stubborn sense of humor. She now shares her story to support others navigating betrayal, grief, and the long, often-messy path to self-reinvention.

Award-winning American author Bonnie J. Rough separates from her young family for a surprising journey into the difficult past and precarious present of Estonia, the former Soviet state of her heritage. Embarking on a journey to learn the fate of her great-great-grandmother Anna, she encounters World War II ghosts, Vikings, crones, recycled meat, a seven-ton prehistoric bull, gray hairs, and the ultimate librarian, but finds no bully bigger than Putin—or is it her own self-doubt?

Na een nare periode keerde Merel van Groningen op haar vijftiende terug naar het internaat waar zij eerder had gewoond. Ze was een getraumatiseerde tiener die zich alleen voelde en wanhopig op zoek was naar liefde. Die vond ze bij haar mentor. Hij gaf haar het gevoel dat ze mooi en bijzonder was, en dat ze op z'n minst bij hem een heel speciaal plaatsje in zijn hart had. Pas toen bleek dat Merel bepaald niet zijn enige liefje was, begreep ze dat hij misbruik had gemaakt van haar vertrouwen. Hij had meer dan wie ook beter moeten weten, en daarom werd hij op staande voet ontslagen.

Merel is vijftien jaar als ze via een vriendinnetje de zesentwintigjarige Mike ontmoet. Als er thuis echter alleen maar ruzie is en de schoolresultaten van Merel steeds slechter worden, besluiten Merels moeder en stiefvader om haar in een internaat te plaatsen. De vriendschap tussen Mike en Merel wordt daardoor steeds hechter, en de twee worden verliefd.

Op een reis door Egypte ontmoet de Zuid-Hollandse Noor de knappe Omar. Met mooie woorden en veel aandacht weet hij haar te raken en ze worden verliefd. Door de beperkingen die in Egypte gelden om legaal samen te kunnen leven, trouwt Noor met haar grote liefde. Niets lijkt hun geluk in de weg te staan, maar eenmaal in Egypte verandert Omars gedrag. Noor verliest steeds meer van haar eigen identiteit: ze wordt Omars bezness, een verbastering van business.

Anna Chapman: The Glamorous Face of a Russian Spy Ring explores the real woman behind the legend. With expert insight and rich detail, historian David G. Stone unpacks how Chapman’s case reignited Cold War tensions, tested U.S. Russia diplomacy, and offered a chilling glimpse into the world of 21st-century espionage.

Pocket of Pain is both heartbreaking and hopeful—a vital conversation piece for anyone who has endured gaslighting and abuse. It reminds us that we are not alone. It also reveals the resilience and optimism this young woman always held on to. Through her story, we experience her journey as she takes us through the euphoria of her quest to find happiness.

In this raw, southern-rooted, 35-chapter soul journey, Kizzy becomes every woman who’s ever been misunderstood, mishandled, or mislabeled. Through lyrical storytelling and spiritual grit, Shakitha Jamerson takes us deep into the life of a girl who rose from trauma, religious shame, heartbreak, and silence—and came up swinging.

From an early age, Melanie M Johnson recognized she was different. She understood life for her would not be the same as others, however she had no idea what this difference would entail. Facing trauma after trauma, she found herself alone, surrounded by those she thought would love and protect her. But no one could protect her from the things she had to endure. Facing reality brought her to her breaking point, where she thought it would be better to not even exist.

What if your greatest gift feels like your greatest curse? Recently divorced and a newly single mother of three, Suzanne Leydecker had just begun to create a new life for herself and her children in Aspen, Colorado. Suddenly, after the death of both her parents, Suzanne inherited more money than she had ever imagined at the age of 47. All her problems were solved, right? Wrong. It was like winning the lottery. In some ways, life did get easier. But she didn’t anticipate how it would make her relationships with men a lot harder.

Remember when we hit it off so well that we decided we’re going to need more wine? Well, this time you and I are going to turn to our friend the bartender and ask, you got anything stronger? I promise to continue to make you laugh, but with this round, the stakes get higher as the conversation goes deeper.

Charlotte Delbo était une des 230 femmes qui, dans Le Convoi du 24 janvier, partirent en 1943 de Compiègne pour Auschwitz. "Aucun de nous ne reviendra" est, plus qu'un récit, une suite de moments restitués. Ils se détachent sur le fond d'une réalité impossible à imaginer pour ceux qui ne l'ont pas vécue.Charlotte Delbo évoque les souffrances subies et parvient à les porter à un degré d'intensité au-delà duquel il ne reste que l'inconscience ou la mort.

A Chance to Die is a vibrant portrayal of Amy Carmichael, an Irish missionary and writer who spent fifty-three years in south India without furlough. There she became known as "Amma," or "mother," as she founded the Dohnavur Fellowship, a refuge for underprivileged children. Amy's life of obedience and courage stands as a model for all who claim the name of Christ. She was a woman with desires and dreams, faults and fears, who gave her life unconditionally to serve her Master.

It's a crazy idea: trying to name the phrases that make love and connection possible. But that's just what Kelly Corrigan has set out to do here. In her New York Times best-selling memoirs, Corrigan distilled our core relationships to their essences, showcasing a warm, easy storytelling style. Now, in Tell Me More, she's back with a deeply personal, unfailingly honest, and often hilarious examination of the essential phrases that turn the wheel of life.

For decades, Kathleen Buhle chose to play the role of the good wife, beginning when, as a naïve young woman from a working-class family on the South Side of Chicago, she met the dashing son of a senator in Oregon. Within months, Kathleen found herself pregnant and engaged. Determined to build her family on a foundation of love, Kathleen was convinced her and Hunter’s commitment to each other could overcome any obstacle. But when Hunter’s drinking evolved into dependency, she was forced to learn how irrevocably a marriage can fall apart under the merciless power of addiction.

At 15, Elizabeth Gilpin was an honor student, a state-ranked swimmer, and a rising soccer star, but behind closed doors, her undiagnosed depression was wreaking havoc on her life. Growing angrier by the day, she began skipping practices and drinking to excess. At a loss, her parents turned to an educational consultant who suggested Elizabeth be enrolled in a behavioral modification program. That recommendation would change her life forever.

In The Widow Clicquot, Tilar J. Mazzeo brings to life for the first time the fascinating woman behind the iconic yellow label: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin. A young witness to the dramatic events of the French Revolution and a new widow during the chaotic years of the Napoleonic Wars, Barbe-Nicole defied convention by assuming---after her husband's death---the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured.

When you've come out the other side of the bizarre, twisted world of the Playboy mansion, where do you land? If you're Holly Madison...there's no place like Las Vegas. After making the sudden decision to reclaim her life, Holly broke free from the sheltered, deceptive confines of the mansion (which meant exiting a hit television show) and was determined to start her life over...from scratch. Without the security of a job or a relationship, she set out to reinvent herself on no one's terms but her own.