Frances: 2004 books

El pequeño lord (Little Lord Fauntleroy) es una novela infantil de la autora angloestadounidense Frances Hodgson Burnett. Fue publicada por entregas en la revista infantil St. Nicholas Magazine desde noviembre de 1885 hasta octubre de 1886, y a continuación en forma de libro por Charles Scribner's Sons.

Una niña en «el cuarto diurno de los niños» (porque también hay un «cuarto nocturno de los niños»), un sitio lóbrego e inhóspito en una casa estrecha en una calle estrecha... pero en el elegante barrio londinense de Mayfair. La madre, hija de un médico rural de la isla de Jersey, se llama...

Esta singular novela de Frances Hodgson Burnett, una de las favoritas de Nancy Mirford, empieza como La Cenicienta y termina como Rebeca. Emily Fox-Seton, que se gana la vida haciendo encargos para las damas de la alta sociedad y vive —a sus treinta y cuatro años— en una pensión de tercera categoría,...

When a woman alone in the world with her three babies sees a psychiatrist one day in an attempt to overcome her fears, she has no idea that her world is about to be turned upside down with just one prescription. Shared through the eyes of her inner child, Little Porcupine guides others through...

Cuddled in Gods Hands is a magnificent inspirational autobiographical journey of a woman whose life is filled with a mixture of joy, pain, tragedy, euphoria, and supernatural visions. This memoir portrays the authors upbringing in Greenwood, Mississippi, during the pinnacle of the Civil Rights movement....

In 1756, Anna Amalia, the nineteen-year-old princess of the House of Brunswick was married to Constantine, the young duke of the minor duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. She bore Constantine two sons, but only three years after their marriage he died, leaving the young and inexperienced girl as regent....

A charming beautifully illustrated book originally written for English school children. Edith Nesbit attempts and succeeds to make the history of the English royal children (Prince and Princesses) appealing to young readers by putting it into language they could understand. This version of the book...

The benefits of networking are many - improving the chances of keeping a job, getting a new one, career progression, learning how to get along with others and improving personal effectiveness and company performance. Successful Networking is designed to remove the fear factor and encourage...

Nothing is more crucial to landing your dream job than a stellar performance in the all-important interview, that nerve-wracking final step to every job search. Extensively updated and revised for today's highly competitive employment market, this compact, concise handbook will prepare you for the...

Have you ever wondered how some people constantly achieve success in the workplace and in everyday life? Do you wish you knew more about how they think and behave? Understanding NLP will take you a step closer to sharing their success by showing you how to achieve personal and organizational goals....

Long a best-selling author in France, career expert Daniel Porot's American debut, 101 TOUGHEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS, set a new standard for efficiency and utility in a fast-paced job-hunting world. His follow-up volume is just as useful, compact, and highly focused. 101 SALARY SECRETS is packed with...

“AN IMMENSELY AFFIRMATIVE AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GETTING EMPLOYMENT IN AFRICA.” John Battersby, UK Country Manager, Brand South Africa Are you planning to work in Africa? Whether you want to accelerate your career, return home or experience working in a different continent, you need to...

A practical, inspirational, revolutionary guide to social innovation Many of us have a deep desire to make the world around us a better place. But often our good intentions are undermined by the fear that we are so insignificant in the big scheme of things that nothing we can do will actually...

Let us take you on a series of library adventures... from home to space, from a senior sandwich snatcher to an imaginative job applicant, from a library ghost buster to a humorous book club misadventure, from a teen vampire fantasy to a historical romance, from a library on Mars to an archive in space,...