Elaine: 1438 books

Work life in academia might sound like a dream: summers off, year-long sabbaticals, the opportunity to switch between classroom teaching and research. Yet, when it comes to the sciences, life at the top U.S. research universities is hardly idyllic. Based on surveys of over 2,000 junior and senior...

Outside of Shiraz in the Fars Province of southwestern Iran lies "Aliabad." Mary Hegland arrived in this then-small agricultural village of several thousand people in the summer of 1978, unaware of the momentous changes that would sweep this town and this country in the months ahead. She...

Sew up one of these five very different bags, or make them all - it's easy with precut fabrics! Precut fabrics are getting easier and easier to find at any craft store. That's great news for sewers who are looking to make their projects quick and affordable! Patchwork projects are perfect for anyone...

To use a scented herbal soap is to partake of an element of ritual used down the centuries. Since time immemorial, aromatic oils, perfumes and herbs have been used to cleanse, anoint and scent the body for hygiene, medicinal purposes, worship and spiritual well-being. Yet today, we take many of the toiletries...

Long ago, candles were a necessity of life, providing precious light after dark. Today, scented candles are often used to create a warm and relaxing atmosphere, and to flood a home with delightful fragrances to create different moods. Coloured candles are used in interior design as focal points and to...

In acquiring communicative competence, children must learn to speak not only grammatically but also appropriately. Although rules for appropriate language use may vary from culture to culture, they are usually sensitive across languages to many of the same factors, including the context and the topic...

By thinking in terms of the geographies of mobilities, we are better able to understand the central importance of movements, rhythms and shifting emplacements over the life-course. This innovative book represents research from a new and flourishing multidisciplinary field that includes, among other...

Prevent, evaluate, and manage diseases that can be acquired in tropical environments and foreign countries with The Travel and Tropical Medicine Manual. This pragmatic resource equips medical providers with the knowledge they need to offer effective aid, covering key topics in pre- and post-travel...

Une femme part au Burkina Faso en mission humanitaire afin d'aider les plus défavorisés dans ce pays du tiers monde. Au fil de sa mission de dix mois et des défis quotidiens à surmonter, elle se trouve de plus en plus désemparée et impuissante dans un monde démuni et soumis à l'injustice. Son...

DROPLET is a very short prequel to Book One of The Elemental Clan Series, WATER'S BLOOD. The story focuses on Brooke, the Water Elemental, and how she became an Elemental, went through training, and then met the human that would change her life forever.

Decades of bad decisions and general passivity brought the world to the brink of annihilation. Feeling hopeless, mankind grasped at the lifeline that was extended to them. Despotic government rule ensued and took away the burden of free will and replaced it with something more manageable. Now,...

The moment playboy Daniel Shaw walked into the gallery, Eliza Kendrick knew she had a problem. All that wavy, dark hair, his crystal-blue eyes, and a sexy sideways smile threatens her control. But she didn't want a player. She wanted a future. So what if she'd had one lapse. The "elevator incident"...

This book is to acknowledge our Heavenly Father and his mighty angels. There are spiritual forces, energies, and unknown matter also divine that are present in our daily lives. We always seek the divine, yet we find ourselves in paradox. This is indeed where our guides sit in to maintain balance so...

En esta antología el lector encontrará historias controvertidas que obligan a dirigir la mirada hacia ciertos temas tabú de nuestra sociedad, fantasías oscuras en donde se juega con los conceptos del Bien y el Mal, acercamientos lovecraftianos a los horrores de la conquista de América, claustrofóbicas...