Mary E : 591 books

He could be just what she needs… Alyssa Wright has one goal before she leaves for college. She refuses to go carrying her v-card. She just has to find someone to give it to in the next six weeks. When she runs into Jake Monroe, almost literally, she knows he’s different. She thinks...

This is a collection of works by American naturalist John Burroughs. Included are: “Birds & Bees”, “Bird Enemies”, “The Tragedies of the Nests”, “Bees”, “An Idyl of the Honey-Bee”, “The Pastoral Bees”, “Sharp Eyes and Other Papers”, “Sharp Eyes, “The Apple”, “A...

Urban Renewal and Resistance: Race, Space, and the City in the Late Twentieth to Early Twenty-First Century examines how urban spaces are rhetorically constructed through discourses that variously justify or resist processes of urban growth and renewal. This book combines insights from critical geography,...

New medical technologies are a leading driver of U.S. health care spending. This report identifies promising policy options to change which medical technologies are created, with two related policy goals: (1) Reduce total health care spending with the smallest possible loss of health benefits, and...

This engrossing mystery features the quirky detective Hamilton Cleek, a one-time master criminal with an uncanny gift for impersonation who has decided to put his nefarious talents to use helping the police. A chance encounter with a young woman who arrived at a train station only to find that nobody...

Hamilton Cleek is a renaissance man for the ages: an intellectual giant with the brawn of ten men, he serves as a consulting detective, often helping Scotland Yard with particularly challenging cases. In The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel, Cleek finds himself at the center of a confounding whodunit. Will this be the mystery that finally pushes him over the edge?

In healthcare settings, the term ‘mentorship’ is normally used to describe the supervision of a pre-registration student by a qualified practitioner. Mentorship can be very formal or relatively informal. It can also be practised differently in particular locations, settings and healthcare professions.This...

Let It Shine! probes the distinctive contribution of black Catholics to the life of the American church, and to the unfolding of lived Christianity in the United States. This important book explores the powerful spiritual renaissance that has marked African American life and selfunderstanding over...

When all her round parts are exposed, he makes her feel ravishing. Tara thought her life was perfect. Right up until everything fell apart. With no job, no boyfriend, and no future, she returned home to Winterville to help her mom run her floral shop. She felt like she was back in high school,...

Roseanna Plow is perfectly content with her nice, simple life on Long Island, despite the fact that she's being driven slowly insane by her meddling mother, who resembles Donna Reed on drugs. Rosie is very happy with her handsome husband and a fulfilling career as job counselor for the developmentally...

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. Luke 2:11 ** ** Read the Christmas story like never before with favorite scriptures hand-lettered and illustrated. Celebrate the wondrous birth of Christ with 31 devotionals that will point...

The Search for the Legacy of the USPHS Syphilis Study at Tuskegee is a collection of essays that seeks to redefine the "legacy" of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study in light of recent findings from other scientific studies that challenge the long-standing, widely-held understanding of...

Freeman drew accolades for her short stories—often portraits of New Englanders—and for her superb eye for detail. She captured nuances of dress, home and household furnishings, food, and gift giving. The stories in The People of Our Neighborhood are all interrelated: from “Little Margaret Snell: The Village Runaway” to “Amanda Todd: The Friend of Cats.”