Alicia: 826 books

What happens to people after an earthquake destroys their homes? What is daily life like under a humanitarian regime? Is aid a gift or is it a form of power? A House of One’s Own explores these enduring questions as they unfold in a Salvadoran town in the aftermath of the 2001 earthquakes. In a...

Donna e uomo, partigiana e bandito, «La Pastora», personaggio realmente esistito e protagonista di imprese ardite, divenne un mito della leggenda popolare. Sulle sue tracce, uno psichiatra e un giornalista, inventati dalla penna di Alicia Giménez-Bartlett, intenzionati a squarciare la cortina del suo enigma per svelarne finalmente la natura, le motivazioni, il destino.

Back of book: Thundersnow and Lightning by Del Robertson Do you really, truly believe? Just one look into sultry blue eyes is enough to raise Sam’s Christmas spirits. But, the woman in the Santa suit can’t be the real St. Nic, right? Maybe This Christmas by Jen Silver With the festive season...

Ellen G. White was, among other things, the co-founder of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.  During her long life she claimed to have had over two hundred visions, regarded by her church as divine revelations and which formed the basis of her teachings and much of her writing. She was...

“Dr. Salzer offers an empowering new approach to trying on the coping skills and outlooks of heroic overcomers. These are life skills we all should have learned as kids.” —Dr. Mehmet Oz, bestselling author of YOU: The Owner’s Manual, host of The Dr. Oz Show Back to Life by Alicia...

Near the dawn of the twentieth century, more than a million Americans had subscriptions to popular magazines, and many who did not subscribe read the periodicals. Far more men and women were learning advanced literacy through reading these magazines than by attending college. Yet this form of popular...

This book collects three outstanding examples of the work of Mexican biologist Alfonso Luis Herrera (1868-1943), a pioneer in experimental origins of life research. Two of the collected works appear here in English for the first time. Herrera's works represent the attempt to deal experimentally with...

For Men and Women who are tired of being played or lied to when I know that some men and women are still playing the field and/or still apart of the game. In this book, I clearly define who they are and the rules of the game so you can understand and know if your being played or lied to by these imposters. What better way than to know now before you are too emotional attached to him or her.

If yesterday’s word was “simple,” tomorrow’s word will be “slow.” Our culture is shifting from fast food to health food both physically and spiritually. Self-care, soul-care, life coaches, and spiritual retreats all show our dissatisfaction in quick fixes and fast faith. The Sacred...

Jane doesn't remember. Jane doesn't know that she doesn't remember. She seldom talks, much less questions her life, a life with a boring half day job and an overbearing mother. But when she is forced to go on a blind date, questions make a surprise appearance... and her boring life is threatened with frightening answers. This is a short story.

A must-read for new teachers and seasoned practitioners, this unique book presents Sonia Nieto and Alicia López, mother and daughter writing about the trajectories, vision, and values that brought them to teaching, including the ups and downs they have experienced and the reasons why they have stubbornly...

Esta biografía regional aborda las relaciones de los señoríos étnicos colindantes con Tenochtitlan, la conquista de Cuaunáhuac por Hernán Cortés, los procesos históricos de la Colonia, recorre el siglo XIX y las guerras de independencia y sigue con el zapatismo y la reforma agraria ejidal.

* This novel was previously released as a 5 book series and boxed set* A no-fail recipe: in five pretty cafés, blend women friends and their modern day dramas with to-die-for coffees and scrumptious cakes and serve…. Five Australian women friends calling themselves the 'Cafe Birds'...

You may be familiar with the success stories of Spanx, GoldieBlox, and other women-owned businesses that have taken their markets by storm. But, today, only two percent of women-owned firms generate more than one million dollars annually. The Next Wave is here to help women drive up that number. Drawing...