Browsing: Notable Women

The moving story of the life of the woman behind A Raisin in the Sun, the most widely anthologized, read,…

An intimate, fresh perspective on the most powerful woman in American political history, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, by award-winning political…

In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade,…

Get out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first!…

This inspiring memoir documents the coming-of-age of a young girl living aboard her father’s 45-foot sailboat — and enduring his abuse. On a nautical journey around the world, Leslie must navigate dangerous tensions and find power within herself.

An international bestseller: When Joan Anderson traveled to Cape Cod for a year of solitude, she met vivacious Joan Erikson — and found extraordinary friendship, boundless wisdom, and a fresh perspective on life. “Every encounter with [Erikson] is as much a treat as it was for Anderson” (Publishers Weekly).

A “warm and inviting” New York Times bestseller (Publishers Weekly): Just seven years old when she first skyrocketed to fame with E.T., actress Drew Barrymore offers “an endearing, earnest, lightly cultivated garden of stories” from her eventful life (Kirkus Reviews).

This young readers’ edition tells the remarkable story, largely forgotten until now, of the young Jewish women who became resistance…

They’re bold. They’re fearless. They’re adventurous. They have a faith that can move mountains. They’re women of courage. This series…

How do you move forward when the past is holding you back? When the abuse from the past affects life…