women journalists

Tells the story of New York reporters Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, two women who raced around the world in the late 1800s.

A photo-illustrated biography of American journalist, author, industrialist, and charity worker Nellie Bly.

"Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. That first close encounter was at once terrifying and exhilarating for May, and in that moment she discovered that everything she needed to know about life and family was right before her eyes, in the secret world of bees. May turned to her grandfather and the art of beekeeping as an escape from her troubled reality"--Dust jacket.

"Casey Benedict, star reporter at the Post, has infiltrated the lives and exposed the lies of countless politicians and power players. Using her network of contacts, Casey is always on the search for the next big story, no matter how much danger this might place her in, no matter what cost emotionally. Tipped off by an overheard conversation at an exclusive London nightclub, she begins to investigate the apparent suicide of a wealthy young British man, whose death has left his fiance? and family devastated. Casey's desperate hunt for the truth will take her from the glitz of St. Tropez to the deserts of Libya and on to the very darkest corners of the human mind."--Publisher's description.

"A . . . memoir from an Iranian journalist in exile about leaving her country, challenging tradition, and sparking an online movement against compulsory hijab"--Dust jacket.

A one-sheet called "The Lurker, " written, edited, and printed by Ashe, a girl raised on the streets of the flying city Amperstam, is dedicated to revealing the city's hidden treasures and deepest secrets--including many the government would prefer stayed hidden. When Ashe discovers the horror of how Amperstam travels the skies, she goes on the run and must decide between continuing to publish at the risk of her life or dropping her work and keeping living.

A memoir in which Precious Williams, the daughter of a Nigerian princess, tells the story of how she was handed off at the age of three months to her foster mother, Nanny, a sixtyish white woman in Sussex, England, who could not understand the challenges Precious faced at her all-white school, discusses the criticism she endured from her mother who, on her occasional visits, said Precious had become "too white, " and explains how she was able to forge her own identity and move forward in life.

Nicole Charles, who wanted to be a real reporter but settled for a job as a society reporter, hears opportunity knocking when she discovers a dead body in an alley one night while covering a gallery opening and she finds herself in the middle of the biggest story of the year.

Investigative reporter Fran Simmons puts her own life in danger when she sets out to discover who really killed Dr. Gary Lasch, a murder for which his wife, Molly, has spent years in jail, even though she has no memory of the night of his death.