Modern Women

“Mandi Em offers new ideas of how to ‘liberate your unique, authentic, untamed self,’...readers will love this guide to living your life in a more feral manner.” —Book Riot Break free from basic self-care and reconnect with your wild, authentic self through nature, creativity, and...

What if Mother Teresa or Billy Graham lived and worked — and nobody knew their names? What if one of the church’s most influential missionaries went almost unnoticed? Meet Katharine (Katy) Barnwell. Within Bible translation, she’s a legend. Outside of Bible translation, few have heard of her. But not even Billy Graham holds a candle to what God did through Katy.

When Charlotte and Philip meet, the pair form a deep and instant connection. Soon they’re settled in the Florida Keys with plans to marry. But just as they should be getting closer, Charlotte feels Philip slipping away. Second-guessing their love is something Charlotte never imagined, but with Philip’s excessive absences, she finds herself yearning for more. When she meets Ben, she ignores the pull, but the supportive single dad is there for her in ways she never knew she desired.

With humor and honesty, Sheila invites you to believe that God wants to bring oneness and intimacy to your marriage - and challenges you to partner with him in that process by changing the way you think.

Embark on a transformative auditory journey with “The Orchid: The Secret Code of Modern Goddesses,” where the serene whispers of self-discovery meet the echoes of empowerment.

This global history as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especially the drive to "Make China Great Again." We in the West routinely ask: "What does China want?" The answer is quite simple: the superpower status it...

For too long, women have been told that we are terrible at being friends, that we can't help being cruel or competitive, or that we inevitably abandon each other for romantic partners. But we are rejecting those stereotypes and reclaiming the power of female friendship. In Text Me When You Get Home, journalist Kayleen Schaefer interviews more than 100 women about their BFFs, soul mates, girl gangs, and queens while tracing this cultural shift through the lens of pop culture.

Set in the unforgiving maw of the Rocky Mountains, Nowhere Burning is the latest harrowing novel of survival from bestselling author Catriona Ward, perfect for fans of The Last House on Needless Street and the series Yellowjackets. "Gripping and beautiful, haunting and virtuously crafted…you...

A unique hybrid of dual expert guidance, wake-up call motivation, and compelling memoir, The Health and Wealth Sisters’ 360° Action Plan is for the modern woman who needs a swift kick in the pants in order to stop taking a back seat to her own life.

Lady Charlotte French-McGrath has successfully ruled over her family with a rod of iron until the arrival of Cynthia: beautiful, young, talented, selfish - and engaged to her son, Desmond. When Cynthia enters the Jazz Age, on the surface her life passes in a whirl of hunting, drinking and romance. But the ghosts of Garonlea are only biding their time: they know the source of their power, a secret handed on from one generation to the next.

Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is the urgent and revelatory examination of racial inequality in professional athletics America has been waiting for. Commentators, coaches, and fans alike have long touted the diverse rosters of...

A “Wildly steamy, utterly heartwarming” (Tia Williams) debut filled with romance, artistic ambitions, political scandal, and finding love where you least expect it. "Love would be so much easier if it were perfect..." On the night of her husband Matt’s fortieth birthday, Rachel Abbott...

Emma Woodhouse's widowed father is an anxious man, obsessed with nutrition and the latest vitamins. He lives the life of a country gentleman in contemporary England, protectively raising his young daughters, Isabella and Emma. While Isabella grows into a young woman, marries a society photographer for Vogue at the age of 19, and gets down to the business of reproducing herself, Emma pursues a degree in interior design at university in Bath and then returns to set up shop in her home village.

Happy Singlehood charts a way forward for singles to live life on their terms, and shows how everyone - single or coupled - can benefit from accepting solo living. Based on personal interviews, quantitative analysis, and extensive review of singles' writings and literature, author Elyakim Kislev uncovers groundbreaking insights on how unmarried people create satisfying lives in a world where social structures and policies are still designed to favor marriage.

Idyllic Avril Island, owned by the Bennett family, is where their hundred-year-old cottage sat nestled in acres of forest. Forty-year-old June Bennett believed that the island had been sold after the summer of her father's disappearance when she was only 12 years old. It's months after the shocking death of her older sister, May, in a fatal car accident that June finds out that the cottage was never sold. Avril Island is still owned by the Bennett family, and now it's hers. Still reeling from the grief of losing her sister, June travels back to Avril Island in search of answers.

Savushun chronicles the life of a Persian family during the Allied occupation of Iran during World War II. It is set in Shiraz, a town which evokes images of Persepolis and pre-Islamic monuments, the great poets, the shrines, Sufis, and nomadic tribes within a historical web of the interests, privilege, and influence of foreign powers; corruption, incompetence, and arrogance of persons in authority; the paternalistic landowner-peasant relationship; tribalism; and the fear of famine.

It can be difficult to break the glass ceiling. Despite the fact that Hollywood is just now beginning to catch up with cultural trends like feminism and female empowerment, the business sector has been as slow to catch up and has given various difficulties to some of the industry's most imaginative and creative minds. While these female entrepreneurs have had to overcome a variety of obstacles, they've shown that nothing can stop them from starting businesses and building fortunes. In this audiobook, learn what it takes to become a successful and wealthy woman in these modern times.

Lo Blacklock wagt einen Neuanfang: Obwohl die traumatischen Erlebnisse auf einem Kreuzfahrtschiff vor vielen Jahren sie noch immer begleiten, ist die Einladung zur Neueröffnung eines Luxushotels in der Schweiz ihre Chance, endlich ins Berufsleben als Reisejournalistin zurückzukehren. Das Hotel am Ufer des Genfer Sees ist traumhaft und Lo hofft, dort ein Interview mit dem exzentrischen Hotelbesitzer Marcus Leidmann ergattern zu können. Als sie eines Nachts überraschend in sein Hotelzimmer eingeladen wird, ist Lo zwar skeptisch – doch ihre Neugier ist stärker.

Nicole was a rock star when it came to her outside life. She was soaring up the corporate ladder as an engineer, had a great apartment, a closet full of perfect clothes, and a full social calendar. So why was she failing miserably at finding her dream man? This is Nicole’s true story of healing her heart by doing something utterly radical. She walks you through her steps from lost to living the life of her dreams with honesty and humor, showing the behind-the-scenes awkwardness of what it’s really like to learn how to love yourself.

A former foster kid, Jane has led a solitary life as a waitress in the suburbs, working hard to get by. After graduating, Jane accepts a job offer at a distinguished law firm in downtown Toronto. Everyone at the firm thinks she is destined for failure because her boss is the notoriously difficult Edward Rosen. But Jane has known far worse trials and refuses to back down. Edward has never been able to keep an assistant—he’s too loud, too messy, too ill-tempered. Yet there’s something about Jane that intrigues him. As their orbits overlap, their feelings begin to develop.