Joan: 2841 books
Redlands Remembered
Stories from the Jewel of the Inland Empire
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
By 1889, the newly established town of Redlands at the southern base of the San Bernardino Range offered mild winters and spectacular views of the nearby mountains. The sunny, dry climate enticed eastern industrialists, and Redlands became a place of annual escape, a millionaire mecca by the turn of...
by Joan Opyr
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Sometimes, I think my story is about addiction and adultery. Other times, I think it's about bad luck with the Avon lady. And not just one-one I could chalk up to chance. Two rotten Avon ladies feel more like a curse.So begins the story of Poppy Koslowski. She's trying to recover from a hysterectomy,...
Pregnancy
The Inside Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1995
No longer defined by reproductivity, women have a choice—whether, when, where, and how to have and/or mother a baby. If women wish to understand their own female experience, they can no longer be framed within a masculine model but must attend to and express their inner voices. Men and the growing...
The Paradox Planet
Creating Brand Experiences for the Age of I
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Beginning with the Age of We in the 1950s and moving to the Age of Me to todaythe Age of Ithis book examines how polarization and anger has changed how companies must manage their brands.
Larry Light and Joan Kiddon, the leaders of Arcature LLC, consultants in brand management, examine societal...
by Joan Sauers
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
What to do when someone you love begins to forget.
Having a loved one with memory loss is no laughing matter, but a little humour can help. With her sage advice and trademark irreverence, Joan Sauers helps to relieve the frustration of dealing with dementia sufferers while offering practical...
Heavenly Ambitions
America's Quest to Dominate Space
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2012
In the popular imagination, space is the final frontier. Will that frontier be a wild west, or will it instead be treated as the oceans are: as a global commons, where commerce is allowed to flourish and no one country dominates? At this moment, nations are free to send missions to Mars or launch...
To Be Useful to the World
Women in Revolutionary America, 1740-1790
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2006
Offering an interpretation of the Revolutionary period that places women at the center, Joan R. Gundersen provides a synthesis of the scholarship on women's experiences during the era as well as a nuanced understanding that moves beyond a view of the war as either a "golden age" or a disaster...
by Joan Bello
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2011
By documenting that Cannabis impacts the Autonomic Nervous System to restore balance to body, mind and spirit, the author exposes its unique and hidden value for health and consciousness. This is an easily comprehended holistic explanation of the physical, psychological and spiritual benefits of marijuana,...
by Joan Rendell
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
In this unique and charming portrait of the Cornish market town of Launceston, a delightful selection of photographs from yesteryear are interspersed with Joan Rendell's personal recollections. Situated overlooking the Kensey Valley, Launceston boasts an Norman castle and ancient priory as well as...
Just Another Southern Town
Mary Church Terrell and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation's Capital
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
In January of 1950, Mary Church Terrell, an 86-year-old charter member of the NAACP, headed into Thompson's Restaurant, just a few blocks from the White House, and requested to be served. She and her companions were informed by the manager that they could not eat in his establishment, because they...
Fifty Years of Change on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Growth, Development, and Quality of Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
The U.S. and Mexican border regions have experienced rapid demographic and economic growth over the last fifty years. In this analysis, Joan Anderson and James Gerber offer a new perspective on the changes and tensions pulling at the border from both sides through a discussion of cross-border economic...
by Joan Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1990
Matchmaking was a talent of Cecilia Cummings, and she was happy to assist her cousins to bring their suitors to the sticking point. But Lord Wickham had led the gentlemen astray, and she would have to charm him in order to win this battle. Unaccountably, thoughts of Wickham and her own unmarried state...
Emotionally Healthy Twins
A New Philosophy for Parenting Two Unique Children
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Most parents try to treat their twins as individuals, but most unwittingly undermine their best intentions because they lack a practical set of guidelines for raising emotionally healthy multiples. Drawing on her unique experience as a twin, the mother of twins, and as a psychotherapist, Dr. Joan...
Engagement
Transforming Difficult Relationships at Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Master the interpersonal side of management to enhance productivity and boost success
Engagement is the manager's essential primer for dealing with difficult people and managing your team. Bestselling authors Lee G. Bolman and Joan V. Gallos are back with an engaging business novella that relates...