Kay: 2455 books

Originally published in 1902, this title was discovered as a manuscript after the author’s death and was published 4 years later. David Kay published articles on various subjects and was one of the sub-editors on the eighth edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. After writing an article on mnemonics...

In the summer of 1814 a squadron of Royal Navy ships attacked the tiny Connecticut seaport of Stonington, and declared its intention of destroying the town. Over the next four days the British barraged the nearly defenseless civilian population with some fifty tons of explosives, before mysteriously...

The idea that humankind constituted a unity, albeit at different stages of 'development', was in the 19th century challenged with a new way of thinking. The 'savagery' of certain races was no longer regarded as a stage in their progress towards 'civilisation', but as their permanent state. What caused...

A collection of the world’s oldest football (soccer) stories. Stories include some first published in 1908 in a book called Twenty Five Football Stories which contained 14 association football and 11 rugby union stories. The collection features an early PG Wodehouse story, The Matador of the Five...

This is the first book of poetry and prose by Debra Kay Gundy and will appeal to young and old alike. Lavishly illustrated with the authors own drawings and paintings

Twenty-something Jordan Cole doesn't seem like a viable recruit for a magical spy agency. She takes guilt money from her estranged father, works an undemanding data entry job and glides along the surface of her life. But magician Magnus Wynter knows that there's more to this world than what...

In Lent we have signs such as desert, mountain, fire, road, water, wood (cross) and for Easter there is darkness/light, hands, fish, sheep, heaven/earth, temple, eyes, community. As Dr. Joseph Martos names it, these are "doors to the sacred." In this Daybreaks for Lent and Easter, Kay Murdy conveys to the reader a way of opening each human sense to everyday experiences in their Lenten journey.

An interdisciplinary effort of scholars from history, women’s studies, and family and consumer sciences, Remaking Home Economics covers the field’s history of opening career opportunities for women and responding to domestic and social issues. Calls to “bring back home economics” miss the...

Explores the challenges of maintaining bonds, living up to ideals, and fulfilling desire in Shakespeare’s plays In Thinking About Shakespeare, Kay Stockholder reveals the rich inner lives of some of Shakespeare’s most enigmatic characters and the ways in which their emotions and actions...

During the 1990s, the number of children adopted from poorer countries to the more affluent West grew exponentially. Close to 140,000 transnational adoptions occurred in the United States alone. While in an earlier era, adoption across borders was assumed to be straightforward—a child traveled to...

Detector dog work can be the most satisfying work you do with your dog and offers something for everyone. The list of applications for detectors keeps growing too. Whether you're a professional training medical alert dogs or termite detection dogs or an amateur teaching your dog to find your keys, the...

En este librillo, Kay Gray ofrece consejos muy útiles para los directores espirituales de Emaús, en los que se cubren temas como el rol de los Directores espirituales, los requisitos para la selección, y las responsabilidades que se deben asumir antes, durante y después del fin de semana.

In religious terms Pentecostalism was probably the most vibrant and rapidly-growing religious movement of the 20th century. Starting as a revivalistic and renewal movement within Christianity it encircled the globe in less than 25 years and grew in North America and then in those parts of the world with...

Alone in a remote cabin Samantha and Mike join forces to care for an injured moose as Christmas approaches. Inside attraction sizzles, but outside a blizzard rages and life-threatening danger escalates. Federal Wildlife Officer Michael Donovan faces a dilemma. Christmas is days away, a...