Gillian: 813 books
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay begins the detective series featuring Shad, a bartender in a fishing village in Jamaica, who is the community problem solver and right hand of Eric, an American who owns the bar and a hotel left in ruins by a hurricane.
When Shad sees movement on the island offshore,...
by Gillian Linscott
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
It’s springtime in Biarritz, France – and playtime for Edwardian society. But the fashionable crowd is shaken by the suicide of a high-class prostitute, Topaz Brown, who has left her fortune to England’s suffragette movement. Suffragette Nell Bray is sent to Biarritz to protect the money and...
by Russ Heinl, Gillian Birch
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Above Alberta and the Rockies captures the remote natural beauty of this wonderful region in a series of 128 aerial photographs by Canadian photographer Russ Heinl. His love of flying and lifelong experience as a professional aerial photographer enable him to capture the essence of this stunning area...
by Maria Mazziotti Gillian
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Writing Poetry to Save Your Life combines Gillan's personal story about her journey as a writer with her suggestions for writers at all stages of development. The voice in this book is the voice of a friend who sits with you in a warm kitchen sipping espresso or a cup of herbal tea, while offering...
Tropical Style
Contemporary Dream Houses in Malaysia
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Tropical Style showcases thirty-five contemporary Malaysian homes and resorts that feature the use of indigenous cultural forms and cross-cultural influences in new and exciting ways.
The elegant and often breathtaking houses, apartments and resorts presented here evoke the essence of the modern...
Superportraits
Caricatures and Recognition
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 1997
As Nixon's unpopularity increased during Watergate, his nose and jowls grew to impossible proportions in published caricatures. Yet the caricatures remained instantly recognizable. Caricatures can even be superportraits, with the paradoxical quality of being more like the face than the face itself.
How...
Imagination and the Engaged Learner
Cognitive Tools for the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Students’ imaginations are often considered as something that might be engaged after the hard work of learning has been done. Countering such beliefs, Egan and Judson show that the imagination—one of the great workhorses of learning—can be used to make all learning and all teaching...
by Gillian Stang
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Gambling in its various forms has been popular for centuries in different cultures all over the entire world. Whether through the national lottery, in horse racing tracks or in casino table games, people are wagering their money hoping to win big time. Although the number of people who go home with life...
Against the Grain
Couples, Gender, and the Reframing of Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Drawing on findings from interviews done with 32 families living in cities across Canada, Ranson challenges dominant understandings of mothering and fathering by looking closely at how couples who have opted for less traditional divisions of labour negotiate their parental and household responsibilities....
Willpower!
How to Master Self-control
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
You already have willpower. Everyone does. All you need is to learn how to use it. With just a little practice, willpower can work even when you don't feel inspired, when you are faced with your strongest temptations. And the wonderful news is that willpower isn't something that gets handed out to...
Living "Difference"
Lesbian Perspectives on Work and Family Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Living “Difference”: Lesbian Perspectives on Work and Family Life examines the roles of lesbians in the home, in the workplace, and as parents. Discussing the advantages of female same-sex relationships, this book suggests that these partnerships are able to facilitate more egalitarian ideals...
Flat Belly Diet! Diabetes
Lose Weight, Target Belly Fat, and Lower Blood Sugar with This Tested Plan from the Editors of Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
The magic ingredient behind the New York Times best-selling Flat Belly Diet!—monounsaturated fatty acids (or MUFAs)—may not only target stubborn belly fat, but may also help treat the underlying cause of type 2 diabetes: insulin resistance. The 5-week program includes a sensible diabetes-friendly...
by Jane Plant CBE, Gillian Tidey
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
This informative, accessible guide to eating for better health will help you regain control of your health whether you're fighting a chronic condition or want to prevent problems in the future. Bestselling author Jane Plant and dietician Gill Tidey show how eating the right foods can help you manage...
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds
The Role of Teachers and Teacher Educators, Part II
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes...