Kenny Kenny: 466 books
by Kenny Porpora
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
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Every autumn, Kenny Porpora would watch his heartbroken mother scribble messages on balloons and release them into the sky above Long Island, one for each family member they'd lost to addiction. As the number of balloons grew, his mother fell deeper into alcoholism,...
Indians Don't Cry
Gaawiin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
George Kenny is an Anishinaabe poet and playwright who learned traditional ways from his parents before being sent to residential school in 1958. When Kenny published his first book, 1982’s Indians Don’t Cry, he joined the ranks of Indigenous writers such as Maria Campbell, Basil Johnston, and...
Laura Trott and Jason Kenny
The Inside Track
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
10 gold medals don't come easy... First comes the graft. Thousands of hours on the pedals, forever turning left, following that black line round, pushing your body harder than it is designed to go. Then comes the sacrifice. All familiar pleasures stripped away in search of perfection. Then the pain....
by Mary Kenny
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
We are all witnesses of our time, and this is something of a witness to mine.' Something of Myself and Others is a fascinating collection of articles and reflections on the public and private life of one of Ireland's best known journalists. Detailing memorable events in her life, as well as those...
Philosophy in the Modern World
A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2008
Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the development of philosophy in the modern world, from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Alongside (and intertwined with) extraordinary scientific advances, cultural changes, and political upheavals, the last two centuries...
Getting Better
Why Global Development Is Succeeding--And How We Can Improve the World Even More
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
As the income gap between developed and developing nations grows, so grows the cacophony of voices claiming that the quest to find a simple recipe for economic growth has failed. Getting Better, in sharp contrast, reports the good news about global progress. Economist Charles Kenny argues against...
Born to Rise
A Story of Children and Teachers Reaching Their Highest Potential
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Born to Rise is the inspiring account of Deborah Kenny’s pursuit of social justice for our nation’s most vulnerable children. Students enter Harlem Village Academies, the network of charter schools Kenny founded, several years behind grade level, but in just a few years they are transformed, ranking...
by Dr Anthony Kenny, Anthony Kenny
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Action, Emotion and Will was first published in 1963, when it was one of the first books to provoke serious interest in the emotions and philosophy of human action. Almost forty years on, Anthony Kenny's account of action and emotion is still essential reading for anyone interested in these topics.
The...
by Kenny Leon
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
From Tony Award-winning director and recipient of the prestigious Mr. Abbott Award, Kenny Leon, comes a powerful memoir of the lessons he has learned on his incredible life journey.
When Kenny Leon's grandmother told him to "take you wherever you go," she could hardly have anticipated...
Better Business Decisions from Data
Statistical Analysis for Professional Success
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2014
Everyone encounters statistics on a daily basis. They are used in proposals, reports, requests, and advertisements, among others, to support assertions, opinions, and theories. Unless you’re a trained statistician, it can be bewildering. What are the numbers really saying or not saying? Better Business...
by Anne Kenny
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Each year, more than 500,000 people are diagnosed with dementia in the United States. As stunning as that figure is, countless family members and caregivers are also affected by each diagnosis. Families are faced with the need to make vital end-of-life decisions about medical treatment, legal and...
Luck or Something Like It
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
A living legend of Country Music and a worldwide music icon, superstar Kenny Rogers has enjoyed a fascinating five decades in show business, and he tells the full story of his remarkable life and career in Luck or Something Like It. From his days with hit group The First Edition to his sterling solo...
Peaceable Kingdom Lost
The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn's Holy Experiment
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment" in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. In this book, historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdom--benevolent, Quaker, pacifist--gradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with...
by Anthony Kenny
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2010
This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy -- the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces...