Annabel Abbs Ordre des livres (chronologique)

A revelatory, personal exploration of insomnia and the night which shows how women throughout history have found inspiration, creativity and freedom in darkness.

In diesem inspirierenden Buch stellt Annabel Abbs Künstlerinnen vor, die ein tiefes Bedürfnis nach Freiheit und Unabhängigkeit hatten. Und sie geht der Frage nach, warum das Unterwegssein in der Natur gerade für Frauen so beglückend ist. Sie eroberten sich eine Freiheit, die bislang Männer vorbehalten war. Sie besaßen den Mut, einsame Landschaften zu durchwandern. Sie gingen allein zu Fuß, um ihre Unabhängigkeit zu behaupten. Simone de Beauvoir war als junge Frau stundenlang auf den einsamen Küstenwegen bei Marseille unterwegs. Die Malerin Georgia O’Keeffe durchschritt mit ihrem Skizzenbuch die schier endlose Ebene bei Amarillo. Die schottische Schriftstellerin Nan Shepherd lief barfuß und oft bei Nacht durch die Cairngorm Mountains und nahm die Schönheit der Natur mit allen Sinnen auf.

Eliza Acton, despite having never before boiled an egg, became one of the world's most successful cookery writers. Her story is fascinating, uplifting and inspiring. With recipes that leap to life from the page, The Language of Food explores the enduring struggle for female freedom, the creativity and quiet joy of cooking and the poetry of food.

A feminist exploration of the power of walking in nature, following in the footsteps of Gwen John, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frieda Lawrence, Clara Vyvyan, Simone de Beauvoir and Nan Shepherd.

The moving story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D.H. Lawrence - and the real-life inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover, a novel banned for more than 30 years Germany, 1907. Frieda, daughter of aristocrat Baron von Richthofen, has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her family in Munich, a city alive with new ideas of revolution and free love, and goaded by a toxic sibling rivalry with her sisters, Frieda embarks on a passionate affair that is her sensual and intellectual awakening. England, 1912. Trapped in her marriage to Ernest, Frieda meets the penniless but ambitious young writer D.H. Lawrence, a man whose creative energy answers her own needs. Their scandalous affair and tempestuous relationship unleashes a creative outpouring that will change the course of literature - and society - forever. But for Frieda, this fulfilment comes at a terrible personal cost. A stunning novel of emotional intensity, Frieda tells the story of an extraordinary woman - and a notorious love affair that became synonymous with ideas of sexual freedom.

A mesmerising tale of love and madness inspired by the tragic life of Lucia Joyce, daughter of James Joyce. Inspired by a true story, 'The Joyce Girl' is a compelling and moving account of thwarted ambition and the destructive love of a father.