Nonfiction / Women's Best Sellers

New York Time Best sellers of Nonfiction / Women's: Check & Mate (2023), The Mothers And Daughters Of The Bible Speak (2021), Things We Hide From The Light (2021), The Women Of The Bible Speak (2018), Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (2017) and other 14 books.

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Check & Mate

released in: 2023
Check & Mate
In this clever and swoonworthy new novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, life's moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart. Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory's focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious 'Kingkiller' Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and reigning Bad Boy of chess. Nolan's loss to an unknown rookie shocks everyone. What's even more confusing? His desire to cross pawns again. What kind of gambit is Nolan playing? The smart move would be to walk away. Resign. Game over. But Mallory's victory opens the door to sorely needed cash-prizes and despite everything, she can't help feeling drawn to the enigmatic strategist... As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place. And as her love for the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly realizes that the games aren't only on the board, the spotlight is brighter than she imagined, and the competition can be fierce (-ly attractive. And intelligent... and infuriating...) This novel is suitable for both young adult and adult audiences.

The Mothers And Daughters Of The Bible Speak

released in: 2021
The Mothers And Daughters Of The Bible Speak
God always keeps His promises, but not always in the way we expect…. “Have faith” is a phrase we hear all the time. But what does it actually look like to live it out? In The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak, Shannon Bream examines the lives of biblical women to see how God’s plans can turn our worlds upside down. She tells the story of Jochebed, a mother who took enormous risks to protect her son, Moses, from Pharaoh in one of many powerful Old Testament stories. Could Jochebed have imagined that God’s actual design for her son involved flight into exile and danger? And yet this was all part of the master plan to deliver Israel from slavery. Another biblical mother, Rebekah, made terrible choices in an attempt to ensure her son’s place in history. And a daughter, Michal, struggled to keep her faithless father, Saul, from sin, while battling pride in herself. Through these stories, Shannon explains the intimate connection between faith and family—and how God’s unexpected agenda can redefine the way we think about family. Not all of these mothers and daughters in the Bible were paragons of virtue. Like us, they were human beings who faltered and struggled to do their best. While some heard God’s voice, others chose their own paths. Through the lens of their imperfections, we can see how God used their stories to bring about His divine plans. He’s still doing the same work in our lives today. The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak shows that faith is more often a twisting road than a straight line. Yet, as these inspirational stories of biblical families attest, at the end of these journeys lies greater peace and joy than we could ever imagine. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. In this moving exploration of the women of the Bible, Bream asks: how does their ancient faith speak to our modern lives? Faith and Family: Discover the intimate, and often complicated, connection between family dynamics and faith, and see how God’s unexpected agenda can redefine everything we think we know. Spiritual Growth: Learn from the struggles and triumphs of these biblical families to find greater peace and joy in your own spiritual journey, no matter how twisting the road. Relatable Women of the Bible: Explore the lives of mothers and daughters like Jochebed, Rebekah, and Michal, who were not paragons of virtue but imperfect people used in God’s divine plan. God's Unfailing Promises: Witness how God always keeps His promises, even when His methods involve risk, exile, and danger that these women could never have imagined.

Things We Hide From The Light

released in: 2021
Things We Hide From The Light
This stunning special edition features a ribbon bookmark, holographic foil, designed endpapers, a printed edge design, and a naked hardcase. #1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score returns to Knockemout, Virginia, following fan-favorite Things We Never Got Over with Knox's brother Nash's story. Nash Morgan was always known as the good Morgan brother, with a smile and a wink for everyone. But now, this chief of police is recovering from being shot and his Southern charm has been overshadowed by panic attacks and nightmares. He feels like a broody shell of the man he once was. Nash isn't about to let anyone in his life know he's struggling. But his new next-door neighbor, smart and sexy Lina, sees his shadows. As a rule, she's not a fan of physical contact unless she initiates it, but for some reason Nash's touch is different. He feels it too. The physical connection between them is incendiary, grounding him and making her wonder if exploring it is worth the risk. Too bad Lina's got secrets of her own, and if Nash finds out the real reason she's in town, he'll never forgive her. Besides, she doesn't do relationships. Ever. A hot, short-term fling with a local cop? Absolutely. Sign her up. A relationship with a man who expects her to plant roots? No freaking way. Once she gets what she's after, she has no intention of sticking around. But Knockemout has a way of getting under people's skin. And once Nash decides to make Lina his, he's not about to be dissuaded...even if it means facing the danger that nearly killed him.

The Women Of The Bible Speak

released in: 2018
The Women Of The Bible Speak
The Women of the Bible Speak is a collection of quotes from the Bible’s most important female characters. Shannon Bream, a Fox News anchor and Bible teacher, brings these women’s stories to life, providing context and insight into their lives and legacies.

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

released in: 2017
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
A young woman\'s well-ordered life is disrupted by the I.T. guy from her office.

Uninvited

released in: 2015
Uninvited
In Uninvited, Lysa shares her own deeply personal experiences with rejection—from the incredibly painful childhood abandonment by her father to the perceived judgment of the perfectly toned woman one elliptical over.

Home To Seaview Key

released in: 2014
Home To Seaview Key
Abby Miller, recently divorced and having returned to Seaview Key, falls for a handsome ex-soldier.

The Body Book

released in: 2013

1105 Yakima Street

released in: 2012
1105 Yakima Street
Bruce Peyton\'s pregnant wife has left him, and he\'s not the only one with problems. Book 11 of the Cedar Cove series.

Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake

released in: 2012
Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake
The journalist and novelist, now nearly 60, looks back at her experiences and those of her generation.

Thrill Me

released in: 2010
Thrill Me
A decade\'s distance does little to reduce the passion between a promoter and an extreme-sports enthusiast.

Fireside

released in: 2010
Fireside
At a winter retreat, romance blooms between an aspiring baseball pro and the woman hired to smooth his media image.

Mennonite In A Little Black Dress

released in: 2009
Mennonite In A Little Black Dress
Life\'s detours send Janzen back to the Mennonite home where she was raised.

Firefly Lane

released in: 2008
Firefly Lane
From the New York Times bestselling author of On Mystic Lake comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . . In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the “coolest girl in the world” moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all---beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer’s end they’ve become TullyandKate. Inseparable. So begins Kristin Hannah’s magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives. From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness. Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn’t know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she’ll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she’ll envy her famous best friend. . . . For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship---jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they’ve survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test. Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone’s Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it’s the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It’s about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you’ll never forget . . . one you’ll want to pass on to your best friend.

Mr. Cavendish, I Presume

released in: 2005
Mr. Cavendish, I Presume
A duke falls for the woman to whom his engagement was arranged long ago, then learns he may not be a duke — and thus not have a right to her hand.

92 Pacific Boulevard

released in: 2002
92 Pacific Boulevard
A Cedar Cove sheriff deals with mysterious remains, a friend\'s cancer and a broken heart.

The Silent Passage

released in: 1992
The Silent Passage
The Silent Passage is a memoir about the author's experience with menopause.

The Female Eunuch

The Female Eunuch
In this groundbreaking work, Germaine Greer argues that the "female eunuch" is not a natural phenomenon but is the result of a cultural conspiracy to keep women in a state of "mental castration." She argues that women must reclaim their sexuality and their sense of self in order to achieve true liberation. The Female Eunuch is a landmark work of feminism that is as relevant today as it was when it was first published.
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