Joan: 2841 books
One Hundred Years of Struggle
The History of Women and the Vote in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
The achievement of the vote in 1918 is often celebrated as a triumphant moment in the onward, upward advancement of Canadian women. Acclaimed historian Joan Sangster looks beyond the shiny rhetoric of anniversary celebrations and Heritage Minutes to show that the struggle for equality included gains...
The Great Game in Cuba
CIA and the Cuban Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Joan Mellen tells a brilliantly researched, meticulously supported, and compulsively readable tale that everyone concerned with how America operates should know.” -Samuel R. Delany, author of Dhalgren and Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders
This completely revised and newly updated...
by M. Joan Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
On September 2, 1971, the chemist Paul Lauterbur had an idea that would change the practice of medical research. Considering recent research findings about the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals to detect tumors in tissue samples, Lauterbur realized that the information from NMR signals...
by Joan Wallach Scott
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2009
In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. Proponents of the law insist it upholds France's values of secular liberalism...
Montana UFOs and Extraterrestrials
Extraordinary stories of documented sightings and encounters
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
In 1950, two spinning disks flew over Great Falls, Montana, and were filmed on a hand-held camera. Today, those “flying saucers” in the now-famous “Montana Movie” still defy conventional explanation.
In the 1960s, UFOs were reported at Minuteman missile silos in Montana. In separate...
by Joan Lachkar
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
The Disappearing Male by Joan Lachkar, PhD, provides a psychoanalytic/psychodynamic description of eight different kinds of men who “disappear” from relationships without warning or explanation. The term is not restricted to merely a “physical” disappearance but also to ones who emotionally...
The Chief
The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far
John Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases. His critics argue he has been anything but,...
Placing Nature
Culture And Landscape Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Landscape ecology is a widely influential approach to looking at ecological function at the scale of landscapes, and accepting that human beings powerfully affect landscape pattern and function. It goes beyond investigation of pristine environments to consider ecological questions that are raised...
Salt Dreams
Land & Water in Low-Down California
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
– The 1999 Western States Book Award for Creative Non-Fiction – The 1999 Clements Prize for the Best Non-Fiction Book on Southwestern America – The 2000 Norris and Carol Hundley Award from the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association In low places consequences collect, and in...
What Kindergarten Teachers Know
Practical and Playful Ways for Parents to Help Children Listen, Learn, and Coope rate at Home
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
A kindergarten teacher's ability to guide children through an entire day of activities does not happen by accident. There are secrets teachers know about our kids that let them calmly and gracefully manage a group of students who only hours earlier were arguing and negotiating with their parents about...
by Joan Maguire
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This is a short story about me living with and dealing with a virtually unkown complicated medical condition. Fructose malabsorption has only been discovered within the last ten years and controls your diet for life. It also contains information on each part of Fructose Malabsorption and my diet chart.
The Living Forest
A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
“With precise, stunning photographs and a distinctly literary narrative that tells the story of the forest ecosystem along the way, The Living Forest is an invitation to join in the eloquence of seeing.” —Sierra Magazine
From the leaves and branches of the canopy to the roots and soil...
by Joan Wester Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
These remarkable stories of answered prayers remind us that we are never alone In this inspiring collection, the work of angels takes many forms, including miracles, healings, and heavenly visitations. These events all convey a single, urgent, and loving message: God answers prayer. "There's...
Where Miracles Happen
True Stories of Heavenly Encounters
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
To some, "It's a miracle!" is nothing more than a common expression.To others, it's nothing less than a personal experience with the Divine.In an age of ever-advancing science, the idea that miracles real, God-initiated miracles can and do happen is often cast to the side of the rational...