Gender studies: women and girls Books

Heavenly Rose is the biography of Pamela Diane Timmons Kaniut, adored wife of famous Alaskan author Larry Kaniut. When Pamela's health deteriorated, Larry was motivated to compile memories and accolades from family, friends, and neighbors hoping to...

The simple humor of this Southern-style family will hit home for many readers. Walsh hopes to honor family and others associated with her stories in her best "Southernese" Tennessee style! This book is filled with poignant and funny situations any reader...

A True Story of Wisdom, Healing, and Inspiration.     The Forever Days is an intimate remembrance of a lifetime of summers spent by mind/body/spirit practitioner Mary St Onge at a lakeside cabin near the Boundary Waters in Northern Minnesota. ...

ARE YOU READY TO BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY TO FINANCIAL WELLNESS? Through real life scenarios, personal stories and practical applications, author Heather Ettinger will take you on a journey to explore your past and present and help you design your...

 I have a love/hate relationship with the word "no." It's not my favorite word. (My favorite word starts with an F, and I'll give you one guess what it is.) As a female entrepreneur in a male dominated industry, I've heard the word "no" more...

When women come together, to share their stories within a creative and uplifting space, the unity for healing can be a powerful force. The authors, unveiling their Heart Warrior prowess, have lived through loss, heartbreak, and ultimately discovered hope...

In the late seventies the hippie trail leads Lara Davies to the island of Java. Years later, after a successful career in the Australian fashion industry, life turns around and takes her back. There, immersed in a culture where tradition collides with...

★ New York Times Bestselling author ★  Never believe that life in a tiny Spanish mountain village is predictable. Vicky and Joe have finished fixing up their house and look forward to peaceful days enjoying their retirement. Then the fish van...

Australian-born to Yugoslav parents, Jean Zuvela was among the pioneers who established a Lime Kiln community over 300 kms east of Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia, in the 1920s. She tells the story of her early childhood experiences in the mining town...

What do you do when your life changes overnight?With two children under six, Abi Shaw got to find out. When an unexpected blot on the landscape altered things forever, she began a new adventure; one of brave faces, leaps of faith, and most importantly,...

At the ripe old age of 39, Lily didn't expect to still be single. Determined to change her luck and find love before the big four-oh deadline, she starts adating campaign: she will go on forty dates before her fortieth birthday and find The One, so help...

Limited power; extraordinary influence. The strategies, friendships, and enduring impact of a remarkable C14th noblewoman. Elizabeth de Burgh showed feisty spirit in adversity and imprisonment, war and plague - and she and her friends were...

The Girls Who Refused to Quit shares the powerful, real-life journeys of sixteen inspirational women. They have all overcome adversity and now want to make a difference with their stories.They want you to know that no matter what challenges you...

Susan, a twenty something Londoner, follows her soulmate to South Africa. Love, then tragedy.She returns to London.Marries a seemingly stable and wealthy property developer.Falls in love with a wealthy anarchist.Facing her past, present, and braving her...

This revised and expanded edition of Susan Isaacs: A Life Freeing the Minds of Children by Philip Graham, provides a comprehensive biography of a highly influential educationist and psychoanalyst. The book covers Isaacs' childhood through to the end of...

Saint Cecilia is among the first female Christian saints, being born in the Roman Empire during the early 3rd century AD. This is the story of her life, the discovery of her remains, and her veneration.This biography recounts the various tales...

Explore South East London in 1963; a world of nostalgia that sadly cannot be visited anymore.On Lamlash Street, Cockney families have more character than money, living among the bombed out and condemned buildings. Post WWII London will change swiftly...

Inspired by true events, Corrie and the Rose Accordion is a heart-rending story of a family set in the middle of Hitler's war in The Netherlands. The book spans from 1938 when little Corrie is only four years old, during a time when the Dutch...

Unleash your inner financial feminist and smash the patriarchy, one dollar at a time Women don't build wealth in the same way that men do - and it's not because we shop too much. Younger generations are struggling to match the financial successes...

On her very first day in Chile in 1985, a young Meredith Temple-Smith encountered a shrunken head at the home of the guide who was to lead a four-month zoological expedition to Patagonia. She was the only woman travelling with her new husband - a...

Are you a high achiever who is driven to do more and achieve more and yet still feel like something is missing? Maybe you're striving for more but when you reach it, you don't get that rush of happiness you were hoping for and don't feel fulfilled yet...

Have you tried to solve feelings of overwhelm, stress and tiredness with wine o'clock? Have you wondered how many G and Ts are too many on a night out? Have you thought about whether AA would be right for you? These thoughts and many more are carefully...

A Tale of an Unconventional Life and Courage Developed Through a Combination of Nature, Nurture, and Skills Acquired Along the Way.My mother, Meher, believed that we choose our lives for the lessons we will learn. These lessons flow into each of our...

A high achiever, Mandy has a loving husband, a home mortgage, and a lucrative career by her late twenties-everything expected of a good Midwestern girl. But when an abusive new boss triggers buried childhood shame, she becomes bedbound by depression...

We are living in rapidly changing times, and our lives will never be the same. Now is NOT the time to be fearful! Living Like the Future Matters could not be timelier. Donna Maltz's insightful words invite us to seek a better world for...

People Are the Heartbeat of Business!The heart is the life force within each of us. It's the organ that keeps you alive with every contraction and pulse. Leaders are the life force of every team. Just as the heart pulses our nutrient-rich blood to each...

If you've ever longed for a heartfelt mentor, this book is for you.  Skies have never been brighter for women leaders. As the balance of power shifts to employees who demand the kind of work experience we excel at creating, glass ceilings are...

From space opera to weird fiction to indie games and NaNoWriMo, this collection represents the best in nonfiction dedicated to geekery. Founded by Holly Lyn Walrath, Interstellar Flight Magazine is an online SFF and pop culture mag devoted to essays...

With the right mindset and overall strategy, you can have it all as you pursue your dreams and build your empire without sacrificing what's most important to you. This compilation by Dr. Ranelli A. Williams and 19 other experts in their respective fields...

POUR is the leadership handbook for new entrepreneurs and new leaders who are looking for the keys to accelerate their success in business and in life. In this engaging combination of intimate stories, thought provoking guidance, strategic advice,...

Do you worry you are not as smart as other people think you are?Have past experiences led you to doubt your abilities?Do you try too hard and obsess over details in case you mess up?Are you overly concerned about what others think about you?Worrying that...

A Script For Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys To SuccessWomen, let's face it, you are awesome, and you have unique gifts and skills that define you as a leader. Yet the current society and organizations show a shortage of women leaders with the numbers...

<p><strong>BEFORE AN OFFER CAN BE PROFITABLE, IT HAS TO BE MARKETABLE.</strong></p><p>Your company can create the most innovative, jaw-dropping product or service ever seen. But if your offer is buried beneath the mass of...

If you loved the novel, "The Ghetto Blues" then the sequel Daddy Issues examines and analyzes the reasons why Tammy's life took a turn for the good, the bad, and the not so good at times. Her unforgettable, inspiring, captivating, and heartfelt story...

Polly Young-Eisendrath´s Women and Desire: Beyond Wanting to Be Wanted was first published by Harmony Books in 1999. Since then, it has become a classic read for those readers- to use a cinematographic expression - who want to use analytical...

Sidewalk Tales is a compilations of seventeen short stories about events that happened in my life and were centered around happening on sidewalks. I always wanted to write about my life story because I felt that I could help someone who might have gone...

Footprints & Papa's Legacy is a portion of my life story, a life story that has its ups and downs, the good, the bad, and the ugly as described in a movie I once watched. Footprints & Papa's Legacy was intended for a multiplex, diversified...

In 1962 Mary Carey, newly widowed, drove the Alcan Highway alone from Texas to Alaska, where she would make herself a new life. And her life there - whether she was teaching in an eight-pupil pilot school in Talkeetna, flying Mt. McKinley with bush pilot...

Writing became a way for Karen Wielinski to process a devastating tragedy. Her first book, One on the Ground, told compelling story of how her world was changed forever when Continental Flight 3407 crashed into her home taking 51 souls with it...

"I found these books to be an easy and concise step-by-step road map to operating a more profitable salon." -Bob Loffredo, Barrington, former RI Regional Director for Dessange International Hair Salon Chain"If a salon owner is looking for help, these...

SHARING A JOURNEY OF SURVIVAL IN THE AFTERMATH OF SOUL STRIPPING SEXUAL ATTACKS. GRATEFUL IN THE END FOR THE ABILITY TO DREAM AND ACHIEVE A DREAM. ENCOURAGE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT TO MOVE TO LIVE A FULL LIFE. " IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT."

Cecily Wang wanted to become a doctor to help people in the most fundamental ways possible, only to become disillusioned with the profession during medical school and residency. It wasn't until she went on an international relief mission to Haiti in 2006...

Ericka's story, Married to the Dream, is about hope realized" because she remained committed to the in vitro fertilization (IVF) journey. Her dream is significant because it is an infectious accompaniment that provides energy for those who continue down...

This collection of sexy and intimate illustrations make for a steamy and tranquil activity for those times when you are in the mood all by yourself. Giving into your pleasures can be good for your mind, body and soul, as well as your connection with...

The author reflects on the awful memories of her past and shows readers how God's glory and mercy has healed her of her pain, forgiven her for her sins, and restored her to the woman she once was. Manuscript's Strengths • Within the manuscript, the...

#winning is a twenty-years-in-the-making autobiography that encompasses the life of a young woman who has sacrificed everything she has to please others. Being a giver is a wonderful quality but not when it results in being abused, stolen from, losing...

We all tend to get involved in our work, put our noses down, try to do it diligently, and are sometimes not aware of what is happening around us. Often what is happening around us influences our work, and clearly our work sometimes influences what is...