Lisa: 7533 books

What kind of man creates a boy who never grows up? More than 100 years after Peter Pan first appeared on the London stage, author J. M. Barrie remains one of the most complex and enigmatic figures in modern literature. A few facts, of course, are widely known: Peter Pan made Barrie the richest author...

The New York Times bestselling author and International Thriller Writers “Best Novel” finalist Lisa Unger returns to the dark psychological suspense that made Beautiful Lies a bestseller around the world. Lana Granger lives a life of lies. She has told so many lies about where she comes...

Now a New York Times bestseller! There is a reason we look at others as rivals and limit ourselves to comparison and competition. We have an enemy assaulting our mind, will, and emotions in the hope that we'll turn on ourselves and each other. It's a cycle that isolates us from intimate connections,...

Read about one woman’s true encounter with the paranormal. Like most people Lisa Gellers never believed in ghosts or hauntings. But all that changed when she moved into her first apartment. It wasn’t long before strange things began to happen: objects moving on their own, things disappearing,...

The Power of Focused Thought has the Power to Heal Upon becoming aware of the world around him while at the toy store, Toby Bear searches for the secret to being chosen by a child. When Lamb is chosen by a little girl after focusing her thoughts and being touched by the light, Toby learns...

Home horticulture advice from Oregon State University Master Gardener Lisa Marie Long. This free eBook is a compilation of the 2011 articles published through the OSU Extension Service. Bonus: Includes the very first That's the Way it Grows from April 1997.

Learn about the prairie through the photo fantasy artwork of Lisa E. Jobe. Children will add a new plant or animal to the prairie landscape with the turn of each page. Containing pictures and vocabulary words only, this book is perfect for the child in your home.

The bestselling Red Princess thrillers aren’t just riveting crime stories; they’re novels of emotional depth and savvy insight into modern China. At the heart of Lisa See’s dynamic, suspenseful trilogy is the relationship between detective Liu Hulan and American attorney David Stark, two characters...

Lisa Olstein's third collection reverberates with twinned realities: wonder and terror, beauty and difficulty, celebration and lament. Through encounters with science, war, art, animals, and motherhood, Little Stranger explores the exigencies of close attention, the tenuousness of attachment, and...

MIT Professor Emerita Lisa Peattie explores the art and politics of protest around the world.

Behind our political leaders-yes, even the "moral" ones-is an army of young, horny, professional staffers scrapping it out. Lisa Baron should know-she used to be one of them. With the unerring candor of George Stephanopoulos and the uncensored wit of Chelsea Handler, Baron gives good anecdote...

Bestselling author Lisa Alther’s classic coming-of-age novel set amidst the changing times of the 1960s American South Growing up in Tennessee in a family of privilege, Ginny Babcock’s world is seemingly idyllic. Her father, the Major, runs the local plant—and, thus, the town—and her...

A unique eating-disorder memoir written by a mother and daughter. Unbeknownst to food critic Sheila Himmel-as she reviewed exotic cuisines from bistro to brasserie- her daughter, Lisa, was at home starving herself. Before Sheila fully grasped what was happening, her fourteen-year-old with a...

Raw Survival presents an approach that embraces sustainable living as a solution to meet our daily needs, even if the worst case scenario never unfolds. By living in the spirit of community and in balance with the natural cycles, one can live more fully and enjoy a more enriching, healthy lifestyle. From...