Allison: 1539 books
by Wesley Allison
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015
Robotics engineer Dakota Hawk has problems. His life is falling apart. And even he doesn’t know why he bought a used, and seemingly non-functional, Daffodil Nonne. When your life turns to crap, which should you worry about more– your past or your future? How easy is it really to remake yourself...
Colt Coltrane and the Harrowing Heights of Hollywoodland
The Colt Coltrane Series, #2
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
It's been a slow summer at the agency for private investigator Colt Coltrane and his robot sidekick Petey. But then Darcy, Colt's assistant, asks them to visit a local movie set to check up on her young niece, a production assistant for the great director Jimmy Dallas. Things then take a frightening...
Work It!
How to Get Ahead, Save Your Ass, and Land a Job in Any Economy
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2003
Looking for a job?
Preparing for the biggest interview of your life?
Facing a layoff?
Have no fear. Work It! has all the strategies you need.
The work world isn't so friendly anymore. Landing the job you want takes a little more sweat in this tight job market, and keeping that job requires savvy and...
Off the Record
A Reporter Unveils the Celebrity Worlds of Hollywood, Hip-hop, and Sports
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
A collection of offbeat, funny, and often moving backstories of the many entertainers and athletes covered by award-winning Newsweek journalist Allison Samuels, Off the Record reveals the inner worlds of today's A-list black celebrities.
With anecdotes on everyone from Snoop Dogg, Shaquille...
Trade Secrets of the Successful Hairstylist
The Successful Hairstylist’S Proven Techniques for Making a Lot More Money While Working Fewer Hours
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Whether you are a seasoned hairstylist or a recent beauty school graduate, author Allison Bridges provides an insiders handbook showing you how to make money in the beauty salon industry. Trade Secrets of the Successful Hairstylist presents valuable lessons to help you earn more and accelerate your...
Compulsion
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Investigative reporter Maxine Revere has a theory: that the five New York City murders for which Adam Bachman is being tried are just part of his killing spree. In probing the disappearance of a retired couple who vanished the prior summer, Max uncovers striking similarities to Bachman's MO and develops...
American Epic
The First Time America Heard Itself
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
The companion book to the groundbreaking PBS and BBC documentary series celebrating the pioneers and artists of American roots music—blues, gospel, folk, Cajun, Appalachian, Hawaiian, Native American—without which there would be no jazz, rock, country R&B, or hip hop today.
Jack White,...
by Wendy Beckman, Allison Ranieri
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Cincinnati is an amazing place to live and visit for so many reasons. Local author Wendy Beckman and illustrator Allison Ranieri celebrate the city's eight wonders--architecture, art, commerce, food, customs, geography, history and people. With its Venetian Gothic lancet arches and crystal chandeliers,...
by Allison Guertin Marchese
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Bordered by the Hudson River and the Berkshire Mountains, Columbia County is part of the famously picturesque Hudson Valley region. But look beyond the rolling hills to discover the secrets of Columbia County. A mastodon tooth rolled down a farmer's hill in Claverack, changing the world's understanding...
by Allison Morehead
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
This provocative study argues that some of the most inventive artwork of the 1890s was strongly influenced by the methods of experimental science and ultimately foreshadowed twentieth-century modernist practices.
Looking at avant-garde figures such as Maurice Denis, Édouard Vuillard, August...
Always Too Soon
Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2010
While the death of a parent is always painful, losing both is life-altering. When author Allison Gilbert lost both parents at age 32, she could not find any books that spoke to her with the same level of compassion and reassurance that she found in the support group she belonged to, so she decided...
The Ghosts Who Travel with Me
A Literary Pilgrimage Through Brautigan's America
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Curious about her enduring love for Richard Brautigan’s work, Allison Green embarks on a roadtrip tracing the route of his most famous work, Trout Fishing in America. As she travels, she examines the way we relate to the things that influence us—the ancestors who created us, the past that shaped...
Rococo Fiction in France, 1600–1715
Seditious Frivolity
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Rococo Fiction in France reconfigures the history of the “long eighteenth century” by revealing the rococo as a literary phenomenon that characterized a range of experimental texts from the end of the French Renaissance to the eve of the French Revolution. Tracing the literary rococo’s evolution...
Novel Ideas
Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Novel Ideas provides a substantial introduction to the elements of fiction followed by in-depth interviews with successful novelists who speak with candor and insight into the complex process by which a novel is made. This edition includes new and updated interviews as well as writing exercises to...