Janice: 1489 books
The Class of '79
Three Students Who Risked Their Lives to Destroy Apartheid
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Out of the class of 1979 at Rhodes University one of the quietest girls in the class, Marion Sparg joined the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC) Umkhonto we Sizwe, trained in exile in Angola, and was eventually convicted of bombing three police stations. The Cape Times journalist Zubeida...
Women of the Constitution
Wives of the Signers
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Women of the Constitution follows in the footsteps of the 1912 work The Wives of the Signers, which was devoted to biographical sketches of the spouses of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. This new publication will be the first work devoted exclusively to brief biographies of the forty-three...
The Illusion of Ignorance
Constructing the American Encounter with Mexico, 1877-1920
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
The Illusion of Ignorance examines the cultural politics of the American encounter with Porfirian Mexico as a precursor and model for the twentieth-century American encounter with the world. Detailed discussions of the logistics of conducting diplomacy, doing business, or traveling abroad in the era...
by Janice P. Nimura
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
"Nimura paints history in cinematic strokes and brings a forgotten story to vivid, unforgettable life." —Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha
In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture...
by Janice M. Coggins MSW
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
THIS IS THE NOW. I am still here. Call me blessed. Call me determined. And yes, call me very grateful. Now call me a writerbecause I need to share my story.
I have been diagnosed with the fifth most common cancer killer of women: ovarian cancer. I have broken through to a brighter time. My mission...
For the Love of Matthew
Growing up with Down Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Matthews story begins the day he is born. Happiness abounds until the next day when a doctor tells the parents he suspects their baby boy has Down syndrome. What follows is an anguish only a parent who has been through this would understand. Grief, guild and anger is followed by a determination to...
by Janice Raymond
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
This feminist classic explores the many manifestations of friendship between women and examines the ways women have created their own communities and destinies through friendship.
by Janice E. Workcuff
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2003
Road to Restoration Through the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer and Walking on by Faith provides hope, new perspective and insight into ways of overcoming the many challenges of living with cancer. It touches mind, body, spirit and soul of everyone who reads it.
Road to Restoration also includes...
The Bipolar Child (Third Edition)
The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Since it first appeared on bookshelves, The Bipolar Child has made an indelible mark on the field of psychiatry and has become the resource that families rely upon. Now, with more than 200,000 copies sold, the first book about early-onset bipolar disorder is completely revised and expanded.
Bipolar...
Autism Handbook for Parents
Facts and Strategies for Parenting Success
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
The concise, authoritative guide for parents new to the subject of autism.
Autism Handbook for Parents: Facts and Strategies for Parenting Success is written specifically for parents of children recently diagnosed with autism. Although it is a relief to know there is a name for their child's...
by Janice Hanna, Kathleen Y'Barbo Turner
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Wondering what to do now that the kids have flown the coop? Look no further than Turning Points for Empty Nesters, wherein answers to the questions and challenges now facing you reside. Fuel-for-the-journey chapters address issues such as redefining and rediscovering yourself, deliberate downsizing,...
Pearls for His Girls
Raising Daughters of the King
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2018
Pearls for His Girls is a book written to encourage mothers in every stage of their parenting journey and give them practical tips and commonsense ideas to use or tweak to fit their individual needs and those of their children. It is written for mothers of girls but will be an invaluable asset in...
Memoir Writing
A Contextual Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Memoirs are at the heart of story telling. My academic paper, Memoir Writing: A Contextual Analysis, examines a full range of memoirs for style, fact or fiction, writing methods, and the writing process.
My research includes The Way I Am by Eminem; Why I Jumped by Tina Zahn; The Night of the...
Queen of the Cosmos
Interviews with the Visionaries of Medjugorje
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
“The Blessed Mother has been permitted by God to come here [because] she knows what is coming in the future. She is calling all God´s children back on the path to Heaven.” –Ivan Dragicevic, a visionary Over twenty years ago, in the tiny mountain village of Medjugorje, Bosnia, six young people...