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Deeply informed by archival research and current scholarship, but written as a reflective and intimate memoir, What the Oceans Remember addresses current issues in migration, identity, belonging and history through an interrogation of race, ethnicity, gender, archives and memory. More importantly, it addresses the relevance of our past to understanding our present. It shows the multiplicity of identities and origins that can shape the way we understand our histories and our own selves.

A shockingly intimate look at the world of honor killings, as seen through the eyes of both the perpetrator and the victim.

Inspiring and honest, this unique memoir of gender transition and coming of age proves it’s never too late to find your true identity.

Shawna Potter, singer for the band War on Women, has tackled sexism and harassment in lyrics and on stage for years. Taking the battle to music venues themselves, she has trained night clubs and community spaces in how to create safer environments for marginalized people. Now she’s turned decades of experience into a clear and concise guide for public spaces of all sorts, from art galleries to bagel shops to concert halls, that want to shut down harassers wherever they show up.

Feminismo y la España olvidada: un ensayo en primera persona sobre la realidad de las mujeres en el campo y en el mundo rural. Hija y nieta de veterinarios, la última de varias generaciones vinculadas desde hace años a la tierra y a los animales, María Sánchez (Córdoba, 1989) es la primera mujer en su familia en dedicarse a un oficio desempeñado tradicionalmente por hombres. Su día a día como veterinaria de campo pasa por recorrer España en una furgoneta y esquivar las miradas en un entorno predominantemente masculino como es el mundo rural.

Es este uno de esos libros esenciales que nacen de la necesidad y de la urgencia. Porque Leticia Dolera necesita contar por qué es feminista y por qué todas deberíamos serlo. Un camino vital en el que se ha encontrado con personas inspiradoras, lecturas reveladoras, anécdotas - de las buenas, de las malas y de las peores - vividas muy de cerca o en primera persona.

Políticas, escritoras, maestras, poetas, abogadas, inventoras, artistas.... Sandra Sabatés se sumerge en nuestro pasado para rescatar las vidas de mujeres ilustres y valientes que desafiaron prejuicios, superaron barreras y abrieron caminos. Un audiolibro que nos ofrece la oportunidad de acercarnos a nuestro pasado en busca de mujeres que han sido poco reconocidas o directamente olvidadas de la historia española: un tema que sin duda interesará a muchos lectores sensibilizados con el feminismo.

Pocas voces tienen tanta autoridad para hablar de feminismo e identidad como Najat El Hachmi. Más allá de su condición de hija de familia musulmana marroquí, su mundo narrativo es un mundo de mujeres. Con este conocimiento, se ha formado una opinión sobre lo que supone ser feminista hoy. Por eso ha escrito este ensayo que ahora nos narra ella misma en audiolibro, para hacer hincapié en la crucial importancia de alcanzar la igualdad entre sexos en todas las culturas y etnias, y nos alerta del peligro de supeditar el feminismo a otras causas.

Iwona Majewska-Opiełka porusza tu kwestie nurtujące kobiety od zarania dziejów. Pokazuje, że nie trzeba być radykalną feministką, by być jednocześnie silną i kobiecą. Podkreśla wartość dialogu damsko-męskiego i męsko-damskiego, przy czym nie atakuje, ani nie oskarża żadnej ze stron; obiektywnie patrzy na ich argumenty. Rozkłada na czynniki pierwsze naturę kobiet i mężczyzn, ukazuje mechanizmy, które kierują nami na co dzień, a niekoniecznie działają na naszą korzyść.

Kim były kobiety niepodległości? Żonami i powiernicami polityków? Działaczkami społecznymi? Prekursorkami feminizmu? A może celebrytkami II RP? Okrągła rocznica odzyskania przez Polskę niepodległości to dobra okazja, aby przyjrzeć się kobietom tamtej epoki. Iwona Kienzler, znana popularyzatorka historii i autorka bestsellerów biograficznych, w swojej najnowszej książce przybliża postacie rzadko dostrzegane przez historyków, niesłusznie pozostające w cieniu sławnych mężczyzn.

As women, we're expected to be sexy, but not sexual. We're bombarded with conflicting, shame-inducing, and disempowering messages about sex, instead of being encouraged to connect with our true sexual selves. Sexy gets reduced to a performance, leaving us with little to no space to reckon with the complexities of sexuality. In a culture intent on telling you who and how to be, standing in your truth is revolutionary.

In his new book Calling: Awaken to the Purpose of Your Work, author Pierce Brantley uses practical language and shares actionable steps to show men how to redefine the purpose of their work and discover what it means to have a "called career". Brantley shows men they can find a meaningful connection with God in the work they are doing right now. Men were designed for this partnership, and once they embrace it they will be awakened to the true purpose of their work - not just a career but a calling.

As a first-time parent, Kyl Myers had one aspect dialed in from the start: not being beholden to the boy-girl binary, disparities, or stereotypes from the day a child is born. With no wish to eliminate gender but rather gender discrimination, Kyl and her husband, Brent, ventured off on a parenting path less traveled. Raising a confident, compassionate, and self-aware person was all that mattered.

What's the recipe for a successful relationship? How does one look after intimacy and overcome a crisis? After the success of her previous book Chill. You Can't Be Perfect Anyway, Tatiana Mindewicz-Puacz focuses on relations between partners. It would seem that when it comes to love, the most important thing is to fall in love and after that everything will fall into place - we will live happily ever after. Why, then, do so many of us feel lonely in our relationships? Why, after some time, do our conversations turn into battles?

Your menstrual cycle is your fifth vital sign - a barometer of health and wellness that is as telling as your pulse or blood pressure. Yet most of us see our periods as nothing more than a source of inconvenience and embarrassment. The reasons for this are vast and complex and many are rooted in misogyny. The fact is, women the world over are taught the bare minimum about menstruation, and the messages they do receive are negative: That periods are painful and gross, that they turn us into hormonal messes, and that they shouldn't be discussed.

Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg was among the most sought-after gynecologists in pre-World War II Germany. The creator of the first IUD, known as the Gräfenberg ring, he was posthumously credited with identifying the eponymous "Gräfenberg spot" or G-spot. He was also a Jew in Nazi Germany, and by 1938 he had been stripped of his practice, his possessions, and his freedom and was languishing in a Nazi prison.

This is an unconventional biography of an unconventional woman. Eglantyne Jebb moved from drawing rooms to war zones, often defying expectation and at times breaking the law. Although not fond of individual children, she founded Save the Children and originated the revolutionary concept of children's human rights. Clare Mulley brings to life the brilliant, charismatic, passionate, and compassionate woman, whose work has saved millions of lives and permanently changed the way the world treats children. Save the Children ambassador Joely Richardson narrates this extraordinary story.

Delving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-Blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms, and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides listeners with the first comprehensive account of nearly 400 years of state-sanctioned surveillance, criminalization, and punishment of Black lives in Canada. While highlighting the ubiquity of Black resistance, Policing Black Lives traces the still-living legacy of slavery across multiple institutions.

Old New Worlds intertwines the immigrant stories of the author and her great-great grandmother. Sarah Barker and her new husband sail from England in 1815 to minister to the indigenous Khoihoi in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. In the midst of conflict, illness, and natural disasters, Sarah bears 16 children. Two hundred years later, Judith leaves post-apartheid South Africa with her new American husband to immigrate to the United States. She is drawn to Sarah’s immigrant story in the context of her own experience, and she sets out to try and trace her.

The grass isn't greener on the other side: Heiresses have always been viewed with eyes of envy. They were the ones for whom the cornucopia had been upended, showering them with unimaginable wealth and opportunity. However, through intimate historical biographies, Women of Means shows us that oftentimes the weaving sisters saved their most heart-wrenching tapestries for the destinies of wealthy women. Women of Means is bound to be a non-fiction best seller, full of the best biographies of all time.