Beautiful and charismatic, the daughter of one of Pakistan's most popular leaders -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, hanged by General Zia in 1979 -- Benazir Bhutto is not only the first woman to lead a post-colonial Muslim state, she achieved a status approaching that of a royal princess, only to be stripped of her power in another example of the bitter political in-fighting that has riven her country. F…
Recently named "Woman of the Century" in a survey conducted by the National Women's Hall of Fame, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote her hugely popular syndicated column "My Day" for over a quarter of that century, from 1936 to 1962. This collection brings together for the first time in a single volume the most memorable of those columns, written with singular wit, elegance, compassion, and insight—ever…
Saya sedang mengajar di salah satu kamar di dalam ruang bawah tanah milik sebuah keluarga, ketika salah seorang wanita di rumah itu berteriak panik. Taliban datang! Saya meminta para murid bertiarap di lantai dan melarang mereka bersuara. Lampu pun dimatikan. Dalam kegelapan, terdengarkan suara langkah kaki di atas kepala kami. Negara tragedi itu bernama Afghanistan. Selama puluhan tahun,…
Anne Moody’s autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, follows Anne throughout the stages in her life from childhood, to high school, then to college, and ends with her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout the novel, the reader has the pleasure of seeing Anne tell us her story through events, conversations, and internal, emotional struggles. In comparison to others that f…