Books written by female authors (3290)
Costa Rica1452.
Linea Nigra : An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes by Jazmina Barrera EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
"Personal essays about pregnancy interwoven with references to pregnancy in art and literature"--
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Liquid Gold: Bees and the Pursuit of Midlife Honey by Roger Morgan-Grenville EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
'This delightful memoir is an inspiring account of changing direction in mid-life, and a passionate plea on behalf of the honeybee.' Daily Mail 'A light-hearted account of midlife, a yearning for adventure, the plight of bees, the quest for "liquid gold" and, above all, friendship.' Sunday Telegraph After a chance meeting in the pub, Roger Morgan-Grenville and his friend Duncan decide to take up beekeeping. Their enthusiasm matched only by their ignorance, they are pitched into an arcane world of unexpected challenges. Coping with many setbacks along the way, they manage to create a colony of ... continue
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Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik EN
DenmarkDescription:
Little Bear's four adventures include taking a trip to the moon and having a birthday party.
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Peru1456.
Little black bird by Anna Kirchner EN
PolandDescription:
Magic is dying out, but it will not disappear without a fight.Wiktoria is a seventeen year old with a secret: she has psychic powers. Her uncontrollable telekinesis hurts her and others, setting fires and throwing objects in the air, no matter how hard she tries to hold it back. All she wants to have is a peaceful, average life, but it's difficult when you've been cursed to destroy the magical world. Her carefully maintained facade of normality starts to unravel when she's hunted down by local sorcerers and their Guardian, and accused of unleashing banished demons back into the human realm. Wh... continue
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Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A visionary novel about the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity, from a master of the spine-tingling tale. They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Senegal, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv, bedrooms in Ohio. They're following you. They're everywhere now. They're us. In Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel, Little Eyes, "kentukis" have gone viral across the globe. They're little mechanical stuffed animals that have cameras for eyes, wheels for feet, and are connected to an anonymous global server. Owners of kentukis hav... continue
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Little Rot : A Novel by Akwaeke Emezi EN
NigeriaDescription:
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY HARPER'S BAZAAR, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, BOOKPAGE AND MORE! "Emezi unspools a web of erotic danger in their entertaining latest...readers in search of a decadent good time will find it here."–Publishers Weekly A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning, visionary Akwaeke Emezi One weekend. The elite underbelly of a Nigerian city. A party that goes awry. A tangled web of sex and lies and corruption that leaves no one unscathed. Aima and Kalu are a longtime couple who have just split. When Kalu, reeling from the breakup, visits an exclusive ... continue
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England.
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Lo que me queda por vivir by Elvira Lindo ES
SpainDescription:
Antonia tiene veintiséis años cuando se ve sola con un niño de cuatro en el cambiante Madrid de los ochenta. La suya es la historia de un viaje interior, el de una mujer que se enfrenta a la juventud y a la maternidad mientras intenta hacerse un lugar en la vida, en una ciudad y en una época de tiempo acelerado, más propicio a la confusión que a la certeza, sobre todo para alguien que ha tenido una experiencia demasiado temprana de la pérdida y de la soledad.Lo que me queda por vivir es la crónica de un aprendizaje: cómo se logra a duras penas sobreponerse a la deslealtad; cómo el desvalimient... continue