Ergebnis für "The Student" in Frauen

The "utterly compelling, uncommonly beautiful" collection of personal essays (Newsweek) that established Jo Ann Beard as one of the leading writers of her generation. Cousins, mothers, sisters, dolls, dogs, best friends: these are the fixed points in Jo Ann Beard's universe, the constants that...

In this superb work of literary true crime a spellbinding combination of memoir and psychological suspense a female journalist chronicles her unusual connection with a convicted serial killer and her search to understand the darkness inside us. "Well, well, Claudia. Can I call you Claudia?...

In 1912 a penniless Jewish student at the University of Chicago sues one of the deans for slander after being expelled. The girl is accused of lying, immorality, and being a whore. She fires back claiming innocence and charges the faculty with anti-Semitism in a sensational landmark trial that electrifies the nation.

*A New York Times Critics' Best Book of 2018* *An Economist Best Book of 2018* *A Spectator Best Book of 2018* *A Mental Floss Best Book of 2018* An unprecedented history of the personality test conceived a century ago by a mother and her daughter--fiction writers with no formal training in...

For the first time, in her memoir, Dr. Guillaume opens up in detail about her childhood trauma along with its effects on her life’s journey, and how her faith in Jesus gave her the courage and stamina necessary to follow her dream of becoming a Medical Doctor.

As a young English teacher keen to make a difference in the world, Michelle Kuo took a job at a tough school in the Mississippi Delta, sharing books and poetry with a young African-American teenager named Patrick and his classmates. For the first time, these kids began to engage with ideas and...

A sharp-witted and deeply insightful look into the storied world of elite prep schools from the first African-American legacy student to graduate from The Taft School. Early on in Kendra James’ professional life, she began to feel like she was selling a lie. As an admissions officer...

What if the traditional narrative about immigrant women--that those who come to the United States will succeed as long as they work hard, stay focused, and have supportive families--is a lie? Of the 73 million women in the US workforce, 11.5 million are foreign-born. The truth is--even in the...