Douglas: 4895 books
Kirk and Anne
Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Film legend Kirk Douglas and Anne Buydens, his wife of nearly sixty-three years, look back on a lifetime filled with drama both on and off the screen. Sharing priceless correspondence with each other as well as the celebrities and world leaders they called friends, Kirk and Anne is a candid portrayal...
In the Palace of Nezahualcoyotl
Painting Manuscripts, Writing the Pre-Hispanic Past in Early Colonial Period Tetzcoco, Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
Around 1542, descendants of the Aztec rulers of Mexico created accounts of the pre-Hispanic history of the city of Tetzcoco, Mexico, one of the imperial capitals of the Aztec Empire. Painted in iconic script ("picture writing"), the Codex Xolotl, the Quinatzin Map, and the Tlohtzin Map appear to retain...
by Douglas Vermeeren
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Personal. Power. Mastery. What do these mean to you?
For Douglas Vermeeren, a highly successful international top performer in the fields of motivational speaking and personal development, these three words are the heart, soul, mind and title of his profoundly impactful leadership program,...
by Zachariah Bennet Douglas
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Zachariah Bennet Douglas has created a meme based out of redefining common sense. The Smartest Person Ever is a rash and insensitive reaction to rash insensitivity. The stories and essays might just make you reassess your own way of thinking. This book is not meant for children or the weak-hearted.
How We Stopped Loving the Bomb
An insider's account of the world on the brink of banning nuclear arms
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Nobody loves nuclear weapons--except their powerfully placed defenders in government, their supporters in the military, and terrorists. When President Barack Obama brought his vision of a nuclear weapons-free world to the White House, he re-energized the peace movement. Today the historical momentum...
William's Gift
One Veterinarian's Journey
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
An anecdotal journey of self-discovery, William’s Gift tells the story of one woman’s life as a country veterinarian with honesty and humility. Through the trials and tribulations of learning on the job, this committed caregiver learns the ropes of caring for animals both great and small. ...
The Vices
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Oliver Vice, forty-one, prominent philosopher, scholar, and art collector, is missing and presumed dead, over the side of Queen Mary 2.Troubled by his friend’s possible suicide, the unnamed narrator of Lawrence Douglas’ new novel launches an all-consuming investigation into Vice’s life history....
Celebrity
A History of Fame
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
The historical and cultural context of fame in the twenty-first century
Today, celebrity culture is an inescapable part of our media landscape and our everyday lives. This was not always the case. Over the past century, media technologies have increasingly expanded the production and proliferation...
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
The Story Hour Kate Douglas Wiggin, american educator and author of children's stories (1856-1923)
This ebook presents «The Story Hour», from Kate Douglas Wiggin. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.
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by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American children's author and educator. She was born in Philadelphia, and was of Welsh descent. With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883), The Birds' Christmas Carol...
The Mother Of All Parenting Books
An All-Canadian Guide to Raising a Happy, Healthy Child from Preschool through the Preteens
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Parenting is the toughest job on the planet. Fortunately, Canadian parents have Ann Douglas to turn to as their guide. Using her trademark non-bossy approach to all of the perennial parenting hot topics, Douglas has pulled together the latest research on everything from teaching kids self-discipline...
Coming Out Christian in the Roman World
How the Followers of Jesus Made a Place in Caesar’s Empire
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
The supposed collapse of Roman civilization is still lamented more than 1,500 years later-and intertwined with this idea is the notion that a fledgling religion, Christianity, went from a persecuted fringe movement to an irresistible force that toppled the empire. The “intolerant zeal” of Christians,...
by R. Douglas Hurt
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2000
Celebrated as one of America's frontier heroes, Daniel Boone left a legacy that made the Boone name almost synonymous with frontier settlement. Nathan Boone, the youngest of Daniel's sons, played a vital role in American pioneering, following in much the same steps as his famous father. In Nathan...
by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American children's author and educator. She was born in Philadelphia, and was of Welsh descent. With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883), The Birds' Christmas Carol...