Evans: 3565 books

She was everything he wanted, and everything he had been promised. A fortune-teller's prophecy had sent Kelder of Shulara to seek adventure along the Great Highway. He had been ready to give it up, and dismiss the seer as a fraud, when he met Irith. Irith was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen....

From the winner of the Betty Trask Award and the Premio Ciampi International Prize for Poetry comes a collection which explores a 1960s Catholic upbringing in Cork, Ireland, set against the backdrop of Graceland and the poet's love for the music of Elvis Presley. Drawing on Evans' first five collections,...

Adrian Ray Evans Sr. tells of his wonderful life after thirty-two years of sobriety. His verses depict the honesty, love, and respect he has gained with the help of AA. Ray is often invited to speak at alcohol recovery programs and wrote this book to demonstrate how great and fulfilling life can be...

Segundo volumen de la impresionante trilogía de Richard J. Evans sobre el régimen nazi El Tercer Reich en el poder analiza su historia una vez al frente de los órganos de gobierno y las instituciones alemanas. Evans describe cómo los nazis se ganaron el corazón de los ciudadanos y cambiaron la...

As American Indian tribes seek to overcome centuries of political and social marginalization, they face daunting obstacles. The successes of some tribal casinos have lured many outside observers into thinking that gambling revenue alone can somehow mend the devastation of culture, community, natural...

Suzanne Evans finds commonalities between the many images of war mothers - the Canadian Silver Cross mother, the ancient Jewish Maccabean mother of seven martyred sons, the mother of a Palestinian suicide bomber. She compares the lore about mothers of martyrs in the Judeo-Christian, Muslim, and Sikh...

I Know How to Lose Weight, So Why Haven't I? written by Lisa M Evans, MA, CDP is the perfect weight loss guide for the procrastinator or the frustrated dieter that has run out of options. This book is not like other cookie cutter diet books, it goes deeper than diet and exercise, it addresses the...

Cornell Evans, Jr. grew up in Southeast and Northwest D.C. Raised by his parents, he was taught about the important of respect, to hold true to his principles and to always have morals. Although Cornell was an avid boxer, peer pressure forced him into the drug game. After a stint in jail, he changed...

Despite centuries of campaigning, women still earn less and have less power than men. Equality remains a goal not yet reached. In this incisive account of why this is the case, Mary Evans argues that optimistic narratives of progress and emancipation have served to obscure long-term structural inequalities...

Security is meant to make the world safer. Yet despite living in the most secure of times, we see endangerment everywhere. Whether it is the threat of another devastating terrorist attacks, a natural disaster or unexpected catastrophe, anxieties and fears define the global political age. While liberal...

Emotions are often the driving force behind our decisions, and in difficult times emotions run high. In 'A Woman of Purpose', Evans empowers readers with poetic works that whisper to the soul. Her poetry reads like an invitation to you; an innerstanding expressed through thought, word and innovative...

From highly acclaimed and bestselling author Margaret Evans Porter, the third novel in The Islanders Series—in which lovers’ private passions conflict with their professional demands, and duty is at odds with desire. Escaping a scandal she did not cause, gifted singer Ana St. Albans...

Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights. The battle narratives in ancient sources can be a thrilling read and form the basis of our knowledge of these epic events, but they can just as often provide an incomplete or obscure record....

This introductory textbook offers a concise and lucid account of the main developments in contemporary feminist thinking, and demonstrates the centrality of feminist thought to all areas of intellectual enquiry. In a wide-ranging discussion, Evans argues that most accounts of the world since...