Novedades

At twenty-five years old, Parvati Shallow was plunged into fame and fortune after becoming the million-dollar winner of the reality television series Survivor. But despite her success, the ghosts of her traumatic past, coupled with the harsh glare of the public eye, kept her locked in a survival cycle of fear and shame that sabotaged her self-confidence and eroded her self-trust.

Tyra Banks’s America’s Next Top Model was a cultural phenomenon with more than six million weekly viewers at its peak. Over its fifteen-year run, the show captured the glitz of the early aughts as well as its most toxic attitudes—from the glamorous but often questionable photo shoots to the cutting feedback from its highly respected if out-of-touch judges. Watching ANTM now, it feels impossible to imagine a show like this airing today, and as its fans have grown up, they’ve also begun to reckon with the enduring ways that the show has affected their body image and self-esteem.

Catherine Paiz grew up far from the spotlight, in the vibrant multicultural city of Montreal, Canada, where her dreams began. When her path led her to Los Angeles, she built a life that seemed like a fairy tale: love, children, and a pioneering YouTube career that influenced millions. As part of The ACE Family, she became a familiar face around the globe. But behind the scenes, Catherine was carrying heartbreak, facing betrayal, navigating intense public scrutiny, and slowly losing herself.

Caitlin Clark arrived as a sports and cultural icon a little more than fifty years after the passage of Title IX, the 1972 law that opened the floodgates for girls and women to play sports in America. On Her Game is a sports story, certainly, but it’s also the story of a nation falling in love with what it has created because of that law—millions of new athletes, led by the magical Caitlin Clark.

In the neon-drenched streets of a not-so-distant Hollywood, aspiring actress Emma Patterson arrives wide-eyed and hopeful, ready to trade her small-town roots for stardom. But Tinseltown’s glittering façade hides a predatory underbelly—agents who demand more than talent, producers who prey on ambition, and contracts written in fine print. As Emma fights to preserve her integrity, she must navigate backlot dramas, late-night invitations, and the price of attention itself. Will she rise as Tinseltown’s next breakout star…or become another sad story lost in the glare of its spotlights...

Leyla King has been a keeper of family stories since long before she sat down across from her grandmother with a tiny cassette tape recorder. And in this beautifully crafted memoir, she braids matriarchal memory into a vivid saga of love and survival as her ancestors flee war and poverty. From Haifa to Ramallah, Damascus, Beirut, and finally Texas, Leyla makes global politics deeply personal as family squabbles, ambition, mental illness, romance, and religion shape their immigrant journey.

A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua—by the author of Annie John.

Imagine everything you have ever known fading away, all around you. In this gripping memoir and powerful workbook, Angel Lyn recounts her upbringing as a devout member of the Mormon church, a dedicated housewife and loving mother of five sons in southern Utah. As challenges within her marriage unfold, she discovers a warrant for her husband's arrest that causes her to undergo an epic spiritual transformation, moving away from a deeply religious mindset to a more profound and spiritual approach to life.

In this startling new memoir, Sibel Edmonds—the most classified woman in U.S. history—takes us on a surreal journey that begins with the secretive FBI and down the dark halls of a feckless Congress to a stonewalling judiciary and finally, to the national security whistleblowers movement she spearheaded. Having lived under Middle East dictatorships, Edmonds knows firsthand what can happen when government is allowed to operate in secret. Hers is a sobering perspective that combines painful experience with a rallying cry for the public’s right to know and to hold the lawbreakers accountable.

What happens when “I do” becomes “I don’t”? In Calling It Off, Katherine Rose Woller, an “almost bride” herself, uses her hard-fought growth, honest reflection, vulnerability, and ultimately flawed human experience to highlight the realities of what it’s like to call off a wedding. By sharing her transformative journey through the fire of a failed engagement and back, she draws on the relatable yet profoundly stigmatized experience of calling off a wedding to illustrate the importance of trusting your gut, stepping through fear, and living authentically for you.

It’s never too late to start again—and these women prove it. This powerful collection of true stories celebrates women over 50 who chose reinvention. Whether starting businesses, embracing creativity, or taking courageous leaps into new lives, they rewrote the rules of what’s possible later in life. Or indeed midlife. You’ll meet women who changed direction not in spite of age, but because of it. They turned experience into strength. Loss into action. Longing into impact. Each story in It’s Not Too Late is a reminder: You are not invisible. You are not too late. And you are far from finished.

The dramatic untold story of Eugénie de Montijo, the woman who created haute couture, fought for women’s rights, opened France’s schools to girls and ruled the country as its last empress, yet today remains almost unknown.

¿Qué significa realmente pensar bien? Este libro explora las ideas, métodos y enseñanzas de Marilyn vos Savant, la mujer reconocida por tener el coeficiente intelectual más alto del mundo. Pero más allá del número, lo que hizo único su legado fue su capacidad para aplicar la lógica con humildad, tomar decisiones sin arrogancia y cultivar una mente clara incluso en tiempos caóticos. A través de ejemplos, reflexiones y análisis de sus respuestas más célebres, esta obra ofrece una guía práctica para vivir con más lucidez, cuestionar con sentido y decidir con responsabilidad. ...

Collector's Full Color Edition is printed with full color photographs. Have you ever dreamed of leaving home and travelling endlessly? There have been so many junctures in my life where I thought I should write this story. Many times, I didn’t because I knew it wasn’t completely written yet. Other times I didn’t do it because it wasn’t mine to tell. Over time it became too vast and complex to explain. Incomprehensible. Unbelievable. Impossible. Improbable. Crazy. And then the part of the story that wasn’t mine to tell became something that only I could tell. In the years of this ...

In Destined to Death, Chosen to Live, Miranda Wheeler shares her gripping, true story of survival, betrayal, and divine protection. What began as a hopeful second chance at love spiraled into a nightmare of financial abuse, addiction, narcissistic manipulation, and an unthinkable murder plot—one involving a hidden life insurance policy taken out on her without consent.

Kate lived on Highborne Cay, Exuma in the Bahamas, for five years. Most people think it would be a vacation paradise to live and work on a small island, away from the stress and confusion of everyday life. This book will tell otherwise. It is the true story of a woman who learned about courage, fortitude and patience as she continually faced extraordinary and often dangerous situations in a place that had no doctor, no police nor other emergency personnel. Her everyday experiences in an isolated surrounding provide excitement and give a fresh and thought-provoking view of unusual events ...

Saint Demiana A book written by the great Saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church: Father Bishoï Kamel 1931-1979.

Eight women. Thousands of children saved. Unforgettable stories of courage. They were teachers, nurses, students—ordinary women who made extraordinary choices. In the darkest days of World War II, they risked everything to save the most vulnerable: the children. Saving the Children of the Holocaust tells their incredible stories.

To understand Taylor Swift is to understand the modern entertainment industry itself. She is not just a singer-songwriter. She is a brand, a businesswoman, a strategist, and a mirror reflecting the cultural, emotional, and political zeitgeist of each era she occupies. Her presence transcends music charts and tour stages. It inhabits the corridors of corporate boardrooms, the timelines of millions of social media accounts, and the private emotional landscapes of listeners worldwide.

What’s it like to be a park ranger? What happens when you get bucked off a horse, dangled from a cliff, bitten by bloodthirsty horseflies, or fall smack-flat onto your butt while leading a group of people down a trail? These hilarious and eye-popping adventures will capture your imagination and carry you right into the experience of what it's like to be an outdoor adventurer, camper, and park ranger. With vivid descriptions of our beautiful state and national parks, children and adults alike will laugh out loud listening to these comical short stories.