Robinson: 2599 books

No matter if he’s adjusting the lean mixture on his carburetor with a butter knife or putting the front door back on his house with toothpicks, Murphy’s law never seems to take a vacation with Jeff Robinson. Things Gone Wrong is an outrageous collection of short stories and essays filled with...

The needs are real: Children are dying from lack of access to basic nutrition and health care. Human slaves are trafficked in our home cities and around the world. Believers face prison time in East Asia. Racial injustice continues to fester in America. It's not that I don't care, I just don't know what...

"Trade your Furs or Die" This was not a threat — it was simply Radisson reminding his Native friends that they could die in war or starvation if they did not trade with him, as their neighboring enemies would have the European guns and knives instead. Radisson was the world’s most successful fur...

Does Thoreau belong to the past or to the future? Instead of canonizing him as a celebrant of “pure” nature apart from the corruption of civilization, the essays in Thoreauvian Modernities reveal edgier facets of his work—how Thoreau is able to unsettle as well as inspire and how he is able...

From Humble beginnings to becoming a millionaire twice in his lifetime, John Robinson weaves the story of his life. Born in the deep south, reared by a mother living the life of a migrant worker, John endures the hardships of a troubled childhood. Sentenced to jail as a teenager only to find redemption...

We can only really know about love and life in hindsight. Looking back on this linier poetic experiment called the Sea trilogy, Ive learnt a lot about what is important about the bigger experiment. Through poetry I have been able to look deeper into my own, and others, prejudices and fears, loves...

Having gained her freedom from an abusive situation this naïve woman looked forward to a peaceful and contend life with her young son. But life, lust and fate had other ideas. Besides the hardships of single parenthood when it was socially unacceptable she had to also endure continuing unwanted attention...

For the past two hundred years, Western readers, young and old alike, have been transported to the fabulous Orient by means of these remarkable stories, in which the everyday mingles on an equal footing with the uncanny and the miraculous. Accompanying the text are illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, which are themselves miracles of visual and imaginative sympathy.

JealousyWhat thoughts crowd a jealous woman’s mind?And where do they lead?Is it simply cerebral imbalance?OrIs it an unrelenting evil?

An abuse of innocenceWhere the satisfaction?Excited at the prospect of her own home this naïve innocent looked forward to enjoying the good company of neighbours she could share with. But …………Why would they pick on an innocent in this way?Why would they want to...

Parenting teenagers of this generation requires a new skill set. Adolescence is one of the most risky growth and developmental periods for our children. Like never before, we need parents, carers and other adults to have the skills, knowledge and strategies to provide this generation's young...

'This is a wonderful, beautiful little book. It is like a quiet, wise friend, full of comfort and practical counsel, when your world has collapsed or changed beyond recognition. It is like a crib sheet of how to cope; it is as helpful to friends of widows as to the widows themselves, and it is written...

The public sector is the largest provider of sport and leisure facilities and the biggest employer of leisure management graduates – the last decade has seen enormous changes in this sector. In this significant new student textbook – the first to investigate leisure management in a public...

A recent book intimates that there are three kinds of Sunday-school teachers. Some are so poor that they must be forgiven by those who had the disadvantage of having Christianity interpreted through their words and spirit. Some are so colorless, so neutral, so neither poor nor rich, that they are...