Baker: 2306 books
Hop, Skip, Go
How the Mobility Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2019
Urban expert John Rossant and business journalist Stephen Baker look beyond the false promises of the past to examine the real future of transportation and the repercussions for the world’s cities, the global economy, the environment, and our individual lives.
Human mobility, dominated for...
The Body Toxic
How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
We are running a collective chemical fever that we cannot break. Everyone everywhere now carries a dizzying array of chemical contaminants, the by-products of modern industry and innovation that contribute to a host of developmental deficits and health problems in ways just now being understood. These...
The Savvy Investor's Guide to Pooled Investments
Mutual Funds, ETFs, and More
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Do you only have a relatively small amount of money to invest?
Do you think this limitation give you only a few investment choices?
Well, it doesn’t.
Investing experts H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, and Halil Kiymaz offer an essential guide to one of the most common ways...
The A to Z Guide to Finding It in the Bible
A Quick-Scripture Reference
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
This practical, applicable, and easy-to-use reference tool offers an "at your fingertips" guide to key Scripture references, Bible stories, and verses that relate to topics like
-anger
-controversy
-employment
-going green
-happiness
-leadership
-money
-relaxation
-sex
-worship
Even...
Liverpool Gems
Twin sisters chase their dreams
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
While in pursuit of independence and love, a young woman finds her family needs her more than ever.
Liverpool Gems is a dramatic and warm-hearted Liverpool saga from Anne Baker, which is sure to appeal to fans of Katie Flynn and Lyn Andrews.
It is 1935 and as Carrie Courtney watches...
by Gary Giddins, Dorothy Baker
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Rick Martin loved music and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn’t matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage, or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of LA with nothing, and he ended up on top of the game in the...
Daughters of the Mersey
War rips a family apart, but life must go on
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
With the scars of World War I still fresh, the Dransfield family face further challenges...
A heart-breaking saga of love, loss and tragedy, Daughters of the Mersey details the effects of war on a Liverpool family, from much-loved author Anne Baker. Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Lyn...
by Baker Lawley
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
A collection of six raucous short stories about growing up—starring a vagabond uncle hellbent on corrupting his nephew, and a jazz musician stuck in a saxophone factory, and a crew of regulars watching their town take away their bar, just to name a few. Full of hilarious moments, melancholy, great...
The Paul Chowder Chronicles
The Anthologist and Traveling Sprinkler, Two Novels
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, BOTH OF NICHOLSON BAKER’S BRILLIANT NOVELS FEATURING BELOVED HERO AND POET PAUL CHOWDER
A New York Times notable book and a national bestseller, Nicholson Baker’s The Anthologist introduces his quirkiest and most unforgettable protagonist yet, the “erudite, unpretentious,...
by Nicholson Baker
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
From a New York Times–bestselling and National Book Critics Award-winning author comes a “small masterpiece” of fatherhood, childhood, and bottle-feeding (Publishers Weekly).
In a novel Entertainment Weekly called “intensely funny and moving,” Nicholson Baker takes the reader on an intellectual...
Princess between Worlds
A Tale of the Wide-Awake Princess
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The magic continues in the fifth tale of the Wide-Awake Princess, by the author of The Frog Princess!
Just as Annie and Liam are busy making plans to travel the world, a witch shows up and gives them a collection of postcards from the Magic Marketplace. Each postcard gives Annie and Liam the...
A Liverpool Lullaby
A moving saga of love, freedom and family secrets
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
The shocking truth of her parentage causes a young woman's future to be thrown into disarray...
Anne Baker's gripping saga, A Liverpool Lullaby, follows a young girl's search for happiness, and for a sense of belonging. Perfect for fans of Lyn Andrews and Sheila Newberry.
'It is a truly...
A Mersey Duet
A moving saga of love, tragedy and powerful family ties
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
Twins, separated at birth, are reunited... with dramatic consequences.
Anne Baker writes a compelling saga in A Mersey Duet, in which two sisters learn that despite their differences, some bonds cannot be broken. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Lindsey Hutchinson.
When Elsa Gripper...
Show Me Your Environment
Essays on Poetry, Poets, and Poems
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Show Me Your Environment, a penetrating yet personable collection of critical essays, David Baker explores how a poem works, how a poet thinks, and how the art of poetry has evolved—and is still evolving as a highly diverse, spacious, and inclusive art form. The opening essays offer contemplations...