


Writing with emotion, candour and grace, she introduces us to remarkable women and shows the power of connecting with one another. Throughout, she shows how there has never been more opportunity to change the world - and ourselves. Melinda provides an unforgettable narrative backed by startling data as she presents the issues that most need our attention - from child marriage to lack of access to contraceptives to gender inequity in the workplace, and, for the first time, she writes about her personal life and the road to equality in her own marriage. Li’s fascinating life story, the critical role she played in the development of modern AI, and her ongoing efforts to make it a more human-centered pursuit. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: if you want to lift a society up, you need to stop keeping women down. Fei-Fei Li is a computer science professor at Stanford and a leading thinker in the field of artificial intelligence. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, you need to stop keeping women down. It will launch with three titles in this subject area, the first.

If they are not, it’s a brilliant satire. If the authors are serious, this is a silly, distasteful book. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live.'įor the last 20 years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. The imprint is named after Gates's own book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World. To ask why this is so would be a far more useful project. Bren Brown speaks with Melinda French Gates about her book, The Moment of Lift, in April 2019. As she writes in the introduction, 'That is why I had to write this book - to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. Amazon Barnes & Noble Books A Million Indigo Target Bookshop Audible Apple Books Libro.fm Photo by Christopher Farber. In this moving and compelling New York Times best seller, Melinda shares lessons she's learned from the inspiring people she's met during her work and travels around the world. Melinda weaves together vulnerable, brave storytelling and compelling data to make this one of those rare books that you carry in your heart and mind long after the last page.Bren Brown, Ph.D., author of the New York Times 1 bestseller Dare. It changed how I think about myself, my family, my work, and what’s possible in the world. How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings - and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift up humanity. The Moment of Lift is an urgent call to courage. Winner of the Audiofile Earphones Award 2019 and Audiofile Best Audiobooks of the Year 2019.
