Titoli in Donne

Amanda Knox reflects on her world-famous confinement in an Italian prison and her return to an “ordinary” life—revealing hard-won truths about purpose and fulfillment. Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn’t commit—and became a...

A tanker steaming through the deep Northwest Providence Channel of the Bahamas comes across a shocking sight: a lone dinghy carrying Captain Julian Harvey and the body of a young girl. They are all that remain of the ketch Bluebelle, a handsome sixty-foot sailing yacht chartered by the Duperrault family of Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The feminist writer and activist Betty Friedan (1921-2006), pathbreaking author of The Feminine Mystique, was powerful and polarizing. In this biography, the first in more than twenty years, Rachel Shteir draws on Friedan's papers and on interviews with family, colleagues, and friends to create a nuanced portrait.

This essay collection from renowned journalist and novelist Slavenka Drakulic, which quickly became a modern (and feminist) classic, draws back the Iron Curtain for a glimpse at the lives of Eastern European women under Communist regimes. Provocative, often witty, and always intensely personal, How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed cracks open a paradoxical world that through its rejection of capitalism and commoditization ends up fetishizing both.

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WATCH THE EMMY-NOMINATED NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS...

In her celebrated fiction, Shirley Jackson explored the darkness lurking beneath the surface of small-town America. But in Life Among the Savages, she takes on the lighter side of small-town life. In this witty and warm memoir of her family's life in rural Vermont, she delightfully exposes a domestic side in cheerful contrast to her quietly terrifying fiction. With a novelist's gift for character, an unfailing maternal instinct, and her signature humor, Jackson turns everyday family experiences into brilliant adventures.

At the age of 55, record-breaking ultrarunner Mimi Anderson embarked on her most ambitious adventure yet. She wanted to become the fastest woman in history to run across America from Los Angeles to New York. For 40 days, the determined mother of three pushed herself on and on for more than 2,000 miles across the vast continent, despite the onset of severe pain, until she was forced to make a crushing decision: carry on and risk never being able to run again, or give up on her all-time goal.

Es la pintora mexicana y latinoamericana más importante de todos los tiempos, por el tratamiento original de su obra. Ella construye de manera tal su visión del arte, involucrada en su propia vida, simbolizados en diversas miradas como en un espejo, en medio centenar de autorretratos y dibujos...

La notte è sacra, è fatta di silenzi e di sogni appesi a un filo. Poi arriva la luce e una nuova giornata incomincia. La vita ogni volta ci pone davanti nuove sfide. E così è anche per Francesca che lavora come infermiera e che ha vissuto il dramma del Covid a stretto contatto con i pazienti malati. Per andare avanti nei momenti di difficoltà abbiamo bisogno di ricaricarci di un'energia positiva, è importante sentire che non siamo soli, l'affetto e il sostegno ci possono arrivare anche tramite un gesto, uno sguardo o una parola.

Dal 1863 Adèle Hugo, trentatré anni, seconda figlia di Victor Hugo, è nella sua famiglia la persona di cui si parla a bassa voce, con amici e conoscenti si evita di nominarla. Si è furtivamente imbarcata per Halifax, Canada, dove presta servizio il tenente Albert Pinson. Adèle nutre il desiderio ardente di sposarlo nonostante lui le abbia dato segni eloquenti del suo rifiuto. Anni prima, però, Pinson l'ha sedotta su una terrazza a strapiombo sul mare, poi nelle sale buie di Hauteville House.

Un'altra rivoluzione è nata in Francia prima del 1789: quella di Maria di Francia. Se non è raccontata nei manuali è perché, a differenza della prima, è una rivoluzione fallita. Le idee di Maria non compirono il salto necessario per trasformarsi, come quelle degli Illuministi, in arieti capaci di abbattere le mura della Bastiglia. Perfino la memoria di Maria si perse, e la sua vera identità si confuse. Le sue idee sulle donne, sul rapporto tra i sessi e sull'amore, tuttavia, seppero far emergere una visione - per la prima volta - del tutto femminile del mondo.

Si chiama Inge, ha un padre di origini ebraiche, una madre ariana e non ha ancora tre anni quando nel 1933 Adolf Hitler presta giuramento come Cancelliere. Il carattere è quello forte di Trudel, la madre: testardo, esplosivo, a volte estremo (Inge dei vestiti buoni della domenica non ne vuole proprio sapere; meglio stivali da cavallerizza e pantaloni lunghi). Ingemaus – topolina, così la chiamano in famiglia – passa la sua infanzia a Gottinga, tra le mura amiche della caserma dove vive con il suo patrigno, dopo la fuga del padre in seguito alle persecuzioni razziali.

Violetta ha tagliato tutti i ponti con il passato, vivendo per anni come Barbara Genova, un alter ego che l’ha resa una sconosciuta. È stata Barbara a permetterle di ritrovare se stessa o ha inventato la Violetta che conosciamo oggi? Violetta Bellocchio ha deciso di sparire ed Electra è la storia della sua scomparsa.

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.

In the late 19th century, after Japan was restored to imperial rule, the samurais were no longer the seat of power. The families who were impacted by this shift lost wealth and power. Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto was the daughter of one such samurai, and had begun her life on a track to become a Buddhist priestess. But as the family lost their position in society, her path changed, and she was eventually sent to the United States to be in an arranged marriage to an American man. A Daughter of the Samurai is her personal memoir.

After decades of silence, the last surviving World War II spy operating in the deadly world of Nazi France, reveals the real, untold story of her time as a secret agent. From a unique and singular voice comes the incredible true story of the last surviving undercover British female operative in...

Malintzin was the indigenous woman who translated for Hernando Cortes in his dealings with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma in the days of 1519 to 1521. The Spanish called her doña Marina, and she has become known to posterity as La Malinche. As Malinche, she has long been regarded as a traitor to her people, a dangerously sexy, scheming woman who gave Cortes whatever he wanted out of her own self-interest. The life of the real woman, however, was much more complicated.

*Read by the authors and celebrated podcasters, Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan!* From the beloved hosts of the hit podcast I've Had It, an honest, irreverent and inspiring guide to overcoming life's unexpected challenges and finding joy, stability and humor in today's chaotic world, for fans...

Mani che impastano argilla, impugnano pennelli, che con la loro arte danno vita alla Storia. Mani femminili che carezzano uomini che le tradiscono, dimenticano, zittiscono, violentano, perché non si sappia che levatrice del mondo è la loro libertà. Con un ritmo intimo e deciso Frida, Camille, Artemisia e anche la madre più irragionevolmente sconosciuta, quella di Hitler, parlano finalmente in prima persona narrando, con voce nuova, storie di vittorie e di dolori, di amori e tradimenti.

More than seven years after his death, Michael Jackson continues to fascinate the world. Shana Mangatal was one of Jackson's only constant and true rocks of stability for nearly two decades. Their relationship was quiet and sweet and real - a closely guarded secret, known only to a few trusted employees and friends. Shana is now coming forward to tell their love story. Her story is rich with every little detail.