100 esempi di forza e coraggio al femminile, per tutte le donne, grandi e piccole, che puntano sempre in alto. 100 donne straordinarie che hanno cambiato il mondo, 100 favole per sognare in grande! Alle bambine ribelli di tutto il mondo: sognate più in grande, puntate più in alto, lottate con più energia. E, nel dubbio, ricordate: avete ragione voi. C#x92;era una volta una bambina che amava le macchine e amava volare; c#x92;era una volta una bambina che scoprì la metamorfosi delle farfalle... Da Serena Williams a Malala Yousafzai, da Rita Levi Montalcini a Frida Kalo, da Margherita Hack a Michelle Obama, sono 100 le donne raccontate in queste pagine e illustrate da 60 illustratrici provenienti da tutto il mondo
Holky, ruku na srdce. Která z nás nechce být dokonalá, perfektní a oblíbená? Chceme to všechny! A Penelope Kingstonová ze všech nejvíc!!! Touží být milá, trpělivá, pečlivá a většinou se jí to daří. Někdy se však přihlásí ke slovu její druhé já, a to je pak nepříjemná, vznětlivá, netrpělivá a není s ní k vydržení. Když do školy přijde nová spolužačka, Penelope cítí v kostech, že by mohla získat to, po čem už dlouho touží, a stále to, tedy spíše JI, nemá. Nejlepší kamarádku !
In the town of Nova, people have superhuman powers based on which day of the week they were born. But Poppy Mayberry, an 11-year old Monday, has some kinks to work out with her telekinesis powers.
After her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, who have lost their families and homes because of Aric and his men. The crew has one mission- stay alive, and take down Aric's armed and armored fleet.But when Caledonia's best friend and second-in-command barely survives an attack thanks to help from a Bullet looking to defect, Caledonia finds herself questioning whether to let him join their crew. Is this boy the key to taking down Aric Athair once and for all...or will he threaten everything the women of the Mors Navishave worked for?Pairing gorgeous prose with pulse-pounding action, Seafirereminds us of the importance of sisterhood and unity in the face of oppression and tyranny.
'Deep-diving and elegant . . . Wide Sargasso Sea meets Beloved meets Alias Grace' Margaret Atwood THE 'DAZZLINGLY ORIGINAL' DEBUT NOVEL BY A NEW LITERARY STAR 'They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don't believe I've done?' 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs Benham, goes on trial for their murder. The testimonies against her are damning - slave, whore, seductress. And they may be the truth. But they are not the whole truth. For the first time Frannie must tell her story. It begins with a girl learning to read on a plantation in Jamaica, and it ends in a grand house in London, where a beautiful woman waits to be freed. But through her fevered confessions, one burning question haunts Frannie Langton: could she have murdered the only person she ever loved? A beautiful and haunting tale about one woman's fight to tell her story, The Confessions of Frannie Langton leads you through laudanum-laced dressing rooms and dark-as-night back alleys, into the enthralling heart of Georgian London. 'A dazzling page-turner' Emma Donoghue 'A star in the making' Sunday Times 'Gothic fiction made brand new' Stef Penney 'Stunning' Guardian 'Spectacular' Natasha Pulley 'Dazzlingly original' The Times 'A heroine for our times' Elizabeth Day
A major American debut about the mysterious death of a small-town golden girl
and the secret lives of three people connected to her. Intoxicating and
intense, this is a novel that will keep you turning the pages late into the
night.
