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Meet 25 of the most
powerful and
inspirational women of
all time. From historical
world leaders to modern
pioneers and
international muses,
these are the incredible
life stories of women
from around the world to
inspire and empower.
Created by an all-women
team and illustrated by
internationally renowned
artists, What Would She
Do? packs a feminist
punch.From Cleopatra to
Amelia Earhart, Marie
Curie to Malala
Yousafzai, learn about
powerful and inspiring
women throughout history
in this incredible book!
Covering female world
leaders from centuries
ago through to modern-day
heroes, What Would She
Do? is the ultimate guide
to empowered women.
Portraits created by
hand-picked contemporary
illustrators and snappy,
compelling text bring
these women`s
achievements vividly to
life, and relate their
stories back to those of
young girls today. These
trailblazers not only
accomplished great
things, but overcame the
same issues that girls
all over the world have
to face in modern
society: inequality,
gender stereotyping,
body shaming, bullying
and much more. Each
profile concludes with a
”What Would She
Do...” scenario that
applies the subject`s
attitude to a relatable
situation.
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If you had told Helen two
years ago that she would
be getting up at 6 a.m.
on Sundays to swim in a
freezing reservoir and
spending her Saturday
nights unshowered and
covered in mud in a pub,
she would have spat out
her champagne. But when
everyone around you
starts settling down,
what else is a glamorous
party girl to do but to
launch herself into the
world of endurance
sport?For someone who
didn`t even own a pair of
flat shoes (and
definitely no
waterproofs), Helen
would soon find she had a
lot to learn.Join Helen
on her hilarious and
soul-searching journey as
she swaps a life of
cocktail bars and dating
for the challenges and
exhilaration of
triathlons, trail runs,
obstacle races,
long-distance cycles and
ocean swims... and sets
herself the seemingly
impossible goal of
qualifying as a Team GB
triathlete.
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An extraordinary insight
into life under one of
the world`s most ruthless
and secretive
dictatorships - and the
story of one woman`s
terrifying struggle to
avoid
capture/repatriation and
guide her family to
freedom. As a child
growing up in North
Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was
one of millions trapped
by a secretive and brutal
communist regime. Her
home on the border with
China gave her some
exposure to the world
beyond the confines of
the Hermit Kingdom and,
as the famine of the
1990s struck, she began
to wonder, question and
to realise that she had
been brainwashed her
entire life. Given the
repression, poverty and
starvation she witnessed
surely her country could
not be, as she had been
told ”the best on the
planet”? Aged
seventeen, she decided
to escape North Korea.
She could not have
imagined that it would be
twelve years before she
was reunited with her
family. She could not
return, since rumours of
her escape were
spreading, and she and
her family could incur
the punishments of the
government authorities -
involving imprisonment,
torture, and possible
public execution.
Hyeonseo instead remained
in China and rapidly
learned Chinese in an
effort to adapt and
survive.Twelve years and
two lifetimes later, she
would return to the North
Korean border in a daring
mission to spirit her
mother and brother to
South Korea, on one of
the most arduous, costly
and dangerous journeys
imaginable. This is the
unique story not only of
Hyeonseo`s escape from
the darkness into the
light, but also of her
coming of age, education
and the resolve she found
to rebuild her life - not
once, but twice - first
in China, then in South
Korea. Strong, brave and
eloquent, this memoir is
a triumph of her
remarkable spirit.
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In 1876 Sophia Duleep
Singh was born into
royalty. Her father,
Maharajah Duleep Singh,
was heir to the Kingdom
of the Sikhs, a realm
that stretched from the
lush Kashmir Valley to
the craggy foothills of
the Khyber Pass and
included the mighty
cities of Lahore and
Peshawar. It was a
territory irresistible to
the British, who
plundered everything,
including the fabled
Koh-I-Noor diamond.
Exiled to England, the
dispossessed Maharajah
transformed his estate at
Elveden in Suffolk into a
Moghul palace, its
grounds stocked with
leopards, monkeys and
exotic birds. Sophia,
god-daughter of Queen
Victoria, was raised a
genteel aristocratic
Englishwoman: presented
at court, afforded
grace-and-favour lodgings
at Hampton Court Palace
and photographed wearing
the latest fashions for
the society pages. But
when, in secret defiance
of the British
government, she
travelled to India, she
returned a revolutionary.
Sophia transcended her
heritage to devote
herself to battling
injustice and inequality,
a far cry from the life
to which she was born.Her
causes were the struggle
for Indian independence,
the fate of the Lascars,
the welfare of Indian
soldiers in the First
World War - and, above
all, the fight for
female suffrage. She was
bold and fearless,
attacking politicians,
putting herself in the
front line and swapping
her silks for a nurse`s
uniform to tend wounded
soldiers evacuated from
the battlefields.
Meticulously researched
and passionately written,
this enthralling story
of the rise of women and
the fall of empire
introduces an
extraordinary individual
and her part in the
defining moments of
recent British and Indian
history.
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***Shortlisted for the
Great Outdoors Book of
the Year***Surviving in
the wild takes a great
deal of strength. Often
faced with frozen tundra,
sweltering deserts,
humid jungles, perilous
mountains and
fast-flowing rivers,
Megan Hine is no stranger
to perilous conditions.
Whilst leading
expeditions and bushcraft
survival courses and in
her work on television
shows such as Bear
Gryll`s Mission Survive
and Running Wild, she
has explored the corners
of the globe in pursuit
of adventure.Faced with
the toughest of
conditions: bad weather;
lack of food and being in
the presence of
predators, is the
ultimate test of
character and often the
biggest challenge to
overcome is in the head.
In these situations, the
human brain is
simultaneously the
greatest asset and
biggest liability. Not
everyone is suited to the
great outdoors and when
danger calls many aren`t
as well-equipped to
survive, no amount of
top of the range kit will
save you if you don`t
have the right frame of
mind. Here Megan Hine
examines the human
ability and instinct for
survival, showing us how
others have developed the
attitudes and attributes
to thrive in the most
dangerous situations,
and how those same
attitudes and attributes
help them confront
problems and obstacles at
work and at home. Being
chased through the jungle
by armed opium farm
guards, abseiling past
bears and lighting fires
with tampons, Megan has
seen and done it all. In
Mind of a Survivor she
takes you along for a
series of life-and-death
adventures and shows you
what happens to people
when they are pushed to
their limits.
Inspirational rather than
instructional, Megan
examines the human
ability and instinct for
survival sharing the life
tools that she uses and
showing how they can as
easily be applied to more
domestic everyday life -
from careers to
relationships, from
overcoming adversity to
decision making. Filled
with her own experiences,
Mind of a Survivor is
packed full of adventure
and can help people
survive in any situation
and cope with whatever
life throws at them.
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THE SENSATIONAL NO.1
BESTSELLER`The real-life
children`s fairy tale
book so inspiring adults
are reading it` I
newspaper`Absolutely
beautiful - get one for
yourself and one to
inspire a woman in your
life` Stylist`In an ideal
world, not only would
mothers read this aloud
to their daughters, but
teachers would read it to
schoolboys` Sunday
TimesWhat if the princess
didn`t marry Prince
Charming but instead went
on to be an astronaut?
What if the jealous step
sisters were supportive
and kind? And what if the
queen was the one really
in charge of the kingdom?
Illustrated by sixty
female artists from every
corner of the globe,
Good Night Stories for
Rebel Girls introduces us
to one hundred remarkable
women and their
extraordinary lives,
from Ada Lovelace to
Malala, Amelia Earhart
to Michelle
Obama.Empowering, moving
and inspirational, these
are true fairy tales for
heroines who definitely
don`t need rescuing.
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With the world at her
feet and Californian
railroad fortunes in her
purse, Aimee had a tale
or two to tell. Here,
she boldly delivers her
hilarious memoirs of
escaping headhunters in
Borneo, avoiding
poisoning in Hong Kong
and outwitting murder in
Shanghai. Not remotely
cowered by her skirmishes
with sin, shame or vice,
Aimee celebrates her
quintet of unfortunate
husbands including a
Russian prince almost
forty years her junior
and King Kalakaua of
Hawaii, emboldened by
her forcefulness to hold
sway over the faint of
heart. Aimee was a woman
of means, not always a
lady and never what you
might call `proper`. In
this laugh-out-loud story
of her life, she
recounts her adventures
with flair,
invincibility and
unapologetic gusto.
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