David L : 1236 books
Ralphy the Rabbit
Finds Himself
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Ralphy the Rabbit’s dream came true when a little girl named Marta took him home from the pet store. In his new home, Ralphy and Goldie the Fish immediately became friends. One day, Marta’s mom brought home a stray cat. Ralphy couldn’t quite put his finger on what it was, but something seemed...
Durham’s Place-Names of California’s Eastern Sierra
Including Death Valley, Alpine, Inyo & Mono Counties
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
• The Federal Writers’ Project named an area three miles south-southeast of Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley the Devil’s Cornfield because the arrowweed growing there resembled shocks of corn tied about the middle.
• The Devil’s Golf...
Shoreline of Infinity 7
Shoreline of Infinity science fiction magazine, #7
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Stories
Something Fishy—David L ClementsMessage in a Bottle—Davyne DeSyeAn Infinite Number of Me—Dan Grace3.8 Missions—Katie GrayAnyone Can ask About Enhancement—Terry JackmanThe Walls of Tithonium Chasma—Tim MajorQuantum Flush—Daniel SouleBrother’s Keeper—Shannon Connor Winward
That...
by Adam T. Heath, David L. Hudson, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Mixed martial arts hasn't been dubbed the world's fastest growing sport for nothing. It's noticeably rocked the sporting world since the creation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship nearly two decades ago—and has even shaken up the pop culture scene. Who would have expected popular MMA fighter Chuck...
Sidewalking
Coming to Terms with Los Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
In Sidewalking, David L. Ulin offers a compelling inquiry into the evolving landscape of Los Angeles. Part personal narrative, part investigation of the city as both idea and environment, Sidewalking is many things: a discussion of Los Angeles as urban space, a history of the city’s built environment,...
The Longest Suicide
The Life of a Manic-Depressive Rare Book Dealer
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
David L. ONeal looks back at a lifetime filled with adventures, beginning with his childhood, to his time at Princeton University, in the Marine Corps, and his career as a rare book dealer.
Born in Miami in 1938, his family settled in Long Island, New York, where he met his best friend at seven...
Cultivating the Masses
Modern State Practices and Soviet Socialism, 1914–1939
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Under Stalin's leadership, the Soviet government carried out a massive number of deportations, incarcerations, and executions. Paradoxically, at the very moment that Soviet authorities were killing thousands of individuals, they were also engaged in an enormous pronatalist campaign to boost the population....
Earl Scruggs
Banjo Icon
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
As Earl Scruggs picked his banjo with machine gun precision at his 1945 debut at the Ryman Auditorium, he set in motion a successful career and enduring legacy that would eclipse anything the humble farm boy from North Carolina could have imagined. Scruggs’s revolutionary three-finger roll patterns...
Disease-Proof
Slash Your Risk of Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, and More--by 80 Percent
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
“If you want to build better health and a better future, this book makes an excellent tool kit.”—David A. Kessler, MD, author of The End of Overeating and former commissioner of the FDA
It sometimes seems as if everyone around us is being diagnosed with a chronic illness—and that we...
The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents
From Truman to Obama
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
The Faiths of the Founding Fathers, an acclaimed look at the spiritual beliefs of such iconic Americans as Franklin, Washington, and Jefferson, established David L. Holmes as a measured voice in the heated debate over the new nation’s religious underpinnings. With the same judicious approach, Holmes...
by David L. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this concise history of the origins of the Vietnam War, Dr David L Anderson examines the events that led to one of the most controversial wars the US has ever known and succinctly explains, for a new generation, why this conflict still matters today.
Improbable Scholars
The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
No school district can be all charismatic leaders and super-teachers. It can't start from scratch, and it can't fire all its teachers and principals when students do poorly. Great charter schools can only serve a tiny minority of students. Whether we like it or not, most of our youngsters will continue...
by David L. Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
It is not uncommon to hear Christians argue that America was founded as a Christian nation. But how true is this claim? In this compact book, David L. Holmes offers a clear, concise and illuminating look at the spiritual beliefs of our founding fathers. He begins with an informative account of the...
The Layered Garden
Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
“Gardenmaking, in its finest form, is a celebration of life and of love. David and his book epitomize this.” —Lauren Springer Ogden
Brandywine Cottage is David Culp's beloved two-acre Pennsylvania garden where he mastered the design technique of layering—interplanting many different...