The intimate and revealing memoir of the multi-award-winning telenovela and music superstar. In Growing Stronger, international superstar Thalia opens up for the first time about her rewarding and sometimes devastating life experiences. She reveals her most personal struggles-the loss of her father when she was just five years old, the shocking kidnapping of her sister, and her battle with a life-altering disease-and reflects on her greatest blessings, like husband Tommy Mottola and their daughter Sabrina. Through this process, Thalia discovers that only she could permit herself to accept the joys of life, let go of painful obstacles, and find her true balance. This empowering story will resonate with her millions of fans and new readers alike.

“[Beauty Sick] will blow the top off the body image movement…provocative and necessary.” — Rebellious Magazine An award-winning psychology professor reveals how the cultural obsession with women's appearance is an epidemic that harms women's ability to get ahead and to live happy, meaningful lives, in this powerful, eye-opening work in the vein of Peggy Orenstein and Sheryl Sandberg. Today’s young women face a bewildering set of contradictions when it comes to beauty. They don’t want to be Barbie dolls but, like generations of women before them, are told they must look like them. They’re angry about the media’s treatment of women but hungrily consume the outlets that belittle them. They mock modern culture’s absurd beauty ideal and make videos exposing Photoshopping tricks, but feel pressured to emulate the same images they criticize by posing with a "skinny arm." They understand that what they see isn’t real but still download apps to airbrush their selfies. Yet these same young women are fierce fighters for the issues they care about. They are ready to fight back against their beauty-sick culture and create a different world for themselves, but they need a way forward. In Beauty Sick, Dr. Renee Engeln, whose TEDx talk on beauty sickness has received more than 250,000 views, reveals the shocking consequences of our obsession with girls’ appearance on their emotional and physical health and their wallets and ambitions, including depression, eating disorders, disruptions in cognitive processing, and lost money and time. Combining scientific studies with the voices of real women of all ages, she makes clear that to truly fulfill their potential, we must break free from cultural forces that feed destructive desires, attitudes, and words—from fat-shaming to denigrating commentary about other women. She provides inspiration and workable solutions to help girls and women overcome negative attitudes and embrace their whole selves, to transform their lives, claim the futures they deserve, and, ultimately, change their world.

Pt. 1. Empire and nation-state. A history and geography of Turkish nationalism / Caglar Keyder ; The formation of the state in Greece, 1830-1914 / Kostas P. Kostis ; Greek bull in the china shop of Ottoman 'grand illusion' : Greece in the making of modern Turkey / Faruk Birtek ; Nation and people : the placticity of a relationship / Padelis E. Lekas ; 'Do not think of the Greeks as agricultural labourers' : Ottoman responses to the Greek War of Independence / Hakan Erdem -- pt. 2. Nation and civil society. Civil society and citizenship in post-war Greece / Nicos Mouzelis and George Pagoulatos ; Women's challenge to citizenship in Turkey / Yesim Arat ; Between duties and rights : gender and citizenship in Greece, 1864-1952 / Efi Avdela ; Citizenship in context : rethinking women's relationship to the law in Turkey / Dicle Kogacioglu ; Greek and Turkish students' views on history, the nation and democracy / Thalia Dragonas, Busra Ersanli, and Anna Frangoudaki ; Speculative thoughts on nations and nationalism with special reference to Turkey and Greece / Ilkay Sunar.

Latina superstar Thalia is back with Radiante!, a gorgeous guide for women seeking a fit and fabulous pregnancy. Having just enjoyed the same herself, Thalia is the perfect woman to advise and inspire, sharing nutrition advice, fitness tips, fashion dos and don'ts, and so much more. She's broken the book down into trimesters (including the little acknowledged but very real "fourth" trimester). Each section addresses a woman's state of mind, body, and spirit. Thalia and her personal ob-gyn, Dr. Kramer, advise first time moms on the importance of prenatal care, what tests will be offered when, and how best to cope with any attendant anxieties. With its sound advice and Thalia's bright personality stamped on every page, Radiante! is a go-to resource for moms-to-be.

The story behind Telemundo’s Jenni Rivera: Mariposa del Barrio series, now streaming. A New York Times bestseller, this is the official biography from the beloved Mexican-American singer who lost her life in a tragic plane crash. The only autobiography authorized by Jenni Rivera "I can’t get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. I am a woman like any other, and ugly things happen to me like any other woman. The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up." These are the last words that beloved Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera spoke publicly before boarding the plane that would crash and cut her life short on December 9, 2012. However, they are not the final words that La Diva de la Banda had for the world. Those are found in the pages you hold in your hands, Jenni’s own account of the highs and lows of her extraordinary journey. She became the most acclaimed Spanish-language singer in the United States and sold more than 15 million records worldwide. A single mother of five and grandmother of two, she was also an actress, a television producer, the star of her own reality show, and an entrepreneur. But for all its immense success, Jenni’s life often seemed to be a series of personal battles in which perseverance was her only weapon. As her fame grew, she made it her mission to speak about her struggles, forging an intimate connection with her fans. She became a figure of strength and a source of encouragement to women of all ages. In Unbreakable, Jenni recounts the crucial moments in her past, revealing her experiences with domestic and sexual abuse, divorce, body image issues, making her way in a male-dominated industry, raising her children as a single mother, and learning that she could depend only on herself. Though she is no longer with us, Jenni will always be the "Rivera rebel from Long Beach," the girl who maintained her sense of humor and fighting spirit in every circumstance. In this remarkable memoir, Jenni leaves behind a legacy of inspiration and determination that will forever live on through her precious family, friends, and fans.

Karl Champley, master carpenter and host of DIY Channel's Wasted Spaces and DIY to the Rescue, offers 50 home-improvement projects to maximize space. Readers will learn to create hidey-holes under floor boards, construct fold-down changing tables, carve out shelving niches between studs in the wall, and much more.