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Das Tagebuch von Anne Frank ist Symbol und Dokument zugleich. Symbol für den Völkermord an den Juden durch die Nazi-Verbrecher und Dokument der Lebenswelt einer einzigartig begabten jungen Schriftstellerin.Die vorliegende Ausgabe ist die einzige vom Anne Frank Fonds in Basel autorisierte Fassung des Tagebuchs, von dem es eine erste und ....

Tagebuch einer Trennung ist das literarische Debüt der gefeierten Fotografin Lina Scheynius. Geschrieben in erschütternd ehrlicher Prosa, die der rohen und verletzlichen Intimität von Lina Scheynius’ fotografischem Werk entspricht, handelt Tagebuch einer Trennung von den Nachwirkungen des Endes einer Beziehung.Das Buch, ursprünglich ....

Deeply personal, astutely observed, sometimes devastating but frequently hysterically funny.The memoir from Australia's much-loved comedian, Hannah Gadsby, whose stand-up show and self-described swan-song, NANETTE, won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2017 before transferring to New York, where it went on to achieve critical acclaim. ....

This is the first time that the complete autobiography which Alexandra Kollontai wrote in 1926 has been published. "For it is not her specific feminine virtue that gives her a place of honor in human society, but the worth of the useful mission accomplished by her, the worth of her personality as human being, as citizen, as thinker, as ....

Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory.For decades Marie Curie was the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings, and despite constant illness ....

Olympian and World Champion Caster Semenya is finally ready to share the vivid and heartbreaking story of how the world came to know her name. Thrust into the spotlight at just eighteen years old after winning the Berlin World Championships in 2009, Semenya’s win was quickly overshadowed by criticism and speculation about her body, and ....

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks is a political biography of Parks, examining her 6 decades of activism and challenging passive perceptions of her contributions in the civil rights movement.Including a new introduction titled “Nine Ways to Be Like Rosa Parks in the Age of Black Lives Matter,” public historian Jeanne ....

In Catholic grade school, Emma Bolden has a strange, intimate experience with a teacher that unleashes a short-lived chronic coughing spell – something the medical establishment will later use against her, as she struggles through chronic pain and fainting spells that coincide with her menstrual cycle. With The Tiger and the Cage, Bolden ....

Meara O'Hara grew up under the constant glare of a violent and charismatic cult leader as she drifted between Germany, Switzerland and Austria. This is her story. It is a true story.Years later, while travelling through the USA, she is revisited by the persistent and sinister shadow of a man who would manipulate those around him to his ....

What‘s in a name? What happens when we consciously choose a different name? How do names influence our identity? this is my name is a collection of intimate stories about the personal journey of people who have consciously decided to change their names: amongst others a non-binary teenager from Germany, a journalist from Turkey persecuted ....

If you had the opportunity to address the person that changed your world for the better as you grew confidently into your beautiful Queer and Black identity, what would you write? What would you say to the person whose existence helped you develop into your authentic self or to the person that unknowingly helped you understand the meaning ....

Als Botschafterin der palästinensischen Sache ist sie zu einem Begriff geworden: Sumaya Farhat-Naser. Sie kommentiert im Radio politische Entwicklungen, im Fernsehen und an Veranstaltungen tritt sie als unpolemische Zeugin und engagierte Frauenvertreterin auf. Für ihre überzeugende Arbeit wurde sie mit zahlreichen Preisen geehrt, u.a. mit ....