Cummins: 164 books
Samurai and Ninja
The Real Story Behind the Japanese Warrior Myth that Shatters the Bushido Mystique
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
The myths of the noble Samurai and the sinister Ninja are filled with romantic fantasy and fallacy.
Samurai and Ninja expert Antony Cummins shatters the myths and exposes the true nature of these very real—and very lethal—medieval Japanese warriors. The Samurai and Ninja were, in fact,...
by Ann Cummins
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2008
For her acclaimed collection of stories, Red Ant House, Joyce Carol Oates hailed Ann Cummins as “a master storyteller.” The San Francisco Chronicle called her “startlingly original.” Now, in her debut novel, Cummins stakes claim to rich new literary territory with a story of straddling cultures...
Beyond the Lettered City
Indigenous Literacies in the Andes
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
In Beyond the Lettered City, the anthropologist Joanne Rappaport and the art historian Tom Cummins examine the colonial imposition of alphabetic and visual literacy on indigenous groups in the northern Andes. They consider how the Andean peoples received, maintained, and subverted the conventions...
Measuring and Interpreting Subjective Wellbeing in Different Cultural Contexts
A Review and Way Forward
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
The scientific study of 'wellbeing' involves both objective and subjective variables. While objective wellbeing can be simply measured as tangible aspects of the living environment, measuring subjective wellbeing involves quantifying self-reported feelings. Although reliable and valid measures can...
How To Drive a Woman To Ecstacy: A Sex Guide For Men
SEX TIPS, #2
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Drive a woman to ecstasy
This is ‘THE’ book for those men who want to become better and more sensitive lovers and want to drive their woman to new exhilarating heights of ecstasy.
In “Drive a Woman to Ecstasy,” best selling author and sex therapist Helen Cummins, explains...
Old Japan
Secrets from the Shores of the Samurai
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
In Antony Cummins’ new work, the hidden life of Old Japan is brought to the fore using newly translated original documents from the times of the Samurai. Find out what fate befell a convicted criminal (spoiler: it wasn’t pretty); why tipping even today is very rare in Japan; what a bunch of worms...
To the Vast and Beautiful Land
Anglo Migration into Spanish Louisiana and Texas, 1760s–1820s
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
To the Vast and Beautiful Land gathers eleven essays written by Light Townsend Cummins, a foremost authority on Texas and Louisiana during the Spanish colonial era, and traces the arc of the author’s career over a quarter of a century. Each essay includes a new introduction linking the original...
by Pamela Cummins
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2016
Do you know that your dreams are special and unique? But if you don’t understand their meaning, you are missing out on vital information. Because every night your subconscious mind sends you messages to help you solve problems, improve relationships, and teach you how to create a higher quality...
by Fiona Cummins
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 23, 2018
La vita di Erdman Frith sta letteralmente andando in pezzi. La sua vita professionale è un disastro, la moglie è sul punto di lasciarlo, e al figlio di soli sei anni, Jakey, è stata diagnosticata la Sindrome dell’Uomo di pietra, una rarissima malattia genetica destinata a trasformarlo, col tempo,...
Le Collectionneur
Plongée dans les pensées d'un psychopathe
Language: French
Release Date: October 17, 2018
La double vie du Collectionneur : dans l'une, il est comme vous et moi, dans l'autre, il est le gardien d'un musée de famille très particulier.
Le Collectionneur a tout organisé et mène une double vie. Dans l’une, il est comme vous et moi. Dans l’autre, il est le gardien d’un macabre...
by Fiona Cummins
Language: Dutch
Release Date: August 27, 2018
Language: Dutch
Release Date: August 27, 2018
In de thriller De opvolger van Fiona Cummins woont de negenjarige Jakey Frith met zijn ouders aan de Engelse zuidkust. Hij is ternauwernood ontsnapt uit de klauwen van een macabere seriemoordenaar. Maar de Bottenverzamelaar loopt nog altijd vrij rond en wacht het moment af om alsnog toe te slaan....
Más allá de la ciudad letrada
Letramientos indígenas en los Andes
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 21, 2016
"En este libro Joanne Rappaport y el historiador Tom Cummins estudian la imposición colonial del letramiento alfabético y visual a los grupos indígenas en los Andes septentrionales. Los autores analizan con profundidad cómo los pueblos andinos recibieron y mantuvieron las convenciones del...
by George M. Cummins III
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
In the last decade of his life, starting when he was a sixty-two-year old curmudgeon in a backwater Slavic country, Czech composer Leo Jancek produced operas and chamber music that would stun the music world, one masterpiece on top of another.
In Janceks Eternal Love, author George M. Cummins...
Secrets of the Ninja
The Shinobi Teachings of Hattori Hanzo
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
***Bronze Medal Winner, 10th International Manga Awards ***
This historically grounded manga follows the ninja Nagata Saburo as he teaches his son, Hisaaki, the weapons, secret tactics, and values of the ninja. Based on the real-life writings of the famous ninja Hattori Hanzo, Secrets of...