Sandra: 4367 books
The WPA
Creating Jobs and Hope in the Great Depression
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Established in 1935 in the midst of the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was one of the most ambitious federal jobs programs ever created in the U.S. At its peak, the program provided work for almost 3.5 million Americans, employing more than 8 million people across its eight-year...
by Sandra Blackard
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
2012 NAPPA Gold Winner - Who says children don't come with handbooks?
This quick how-to guide offers practical tips for communicating effectively, setting boundaries like walls and using acknowledgments instead of constant praise.
Loaded with real-life examples and playful illustrations,...
Puget Sound Whales for Sale
The Fight to End Orca Hunting
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
In November 2005, Washington's iconic killer whales, known as Southern Resident orcas, were placed on the endangered species list. It was a victory long overdue for a fragile population of fewer than one hundred whales. Author and certified marine naturalist Sandra Pollard traces the story and destinies...
Having Faith
An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
A brilliant writer, first-time mother, and respected biologist, Sandra Steingraber tells the month-by-month story of her own pregnancy, weaving in the new knowledge of embryology, the intricate development of organs, the emerging architecture of the brain, and the transformation of the mother's body...
Jaws
The Story of a Hidden Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct...
A Good Death
Making the Most of Our Final Choices
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Having a good death is our final human right, argues Sandra Martin in this updated and expanded version of her bestselling and award-winning social history of the right to die movement in Canada and around the world.
Winner of the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, finalist for both...
Mississippi River Tragedies
A Century of Unnatural Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
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American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river...
Replenish
The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
We have disrupted the natural water cycle for centuries in an effort to control water for our own prosperity. Yet every year, recovery from droughts and floods costs billions of dollars, and we spend billions more on dams, diversions, levees, and other feats of engineering.These massive projects not...
by Sandra Jean Graham
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. First brought to the stage by choral ensembles like the Fisk Jubilee Singers, spirituals anchored a wide range of late nineteenth-century entertainments, including minstrelsy, variety, and plays by both black and...
Bless Your Socks Off
Unleashing the Power of Encouragement
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
Bless Your Socks Off heralds the amazing benefits of encouragement and illustrates how a few kind words can add fulfillment and joy to an ordinary life. Through humor, hope and wonderfully crafted stories, Sandra Aldrich outlines a step-by-step approach to passing along a verbal pat on the back. Further,...
by Sandra K. Carter
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
Seeing God Through Hurt, has been a blessing to many people who have read or even received a copy from someone else. The feedback that my staff and I get have been very positive and encouraging. When something can motivate or encourage someone in there own life is what any author should want when...
Jesus Risen in Our Midst
Essays on the Resurrection of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Jesus Risen in Our Midst mines the Resurrection Narrative of John's gospel as a rich resource for understanding and developing Christian spirituality. In this series of essays, which can be read independently of one another, Scripture scholar Sandra Schneiders draws out especially fascinating insights...
by Sandra M. Dowd
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
In her second book of heartwarming spiritual poems, Sandra is able to put herself in the place of some of the Biblical characters who were closest to Christ when He walked the earth. She puts herself in the very place and time before His death, during His death, and after His glorious resurrection....
From New Age To New Life
A Passage from Darkness to the Light of Christ
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
“Whether or not you believe that psychics are real is not the point of this book,” writes Clifton. “Obviously there is ongoing appeal for such things, or God’s Word would not keep warning against them. The point of my book is to show triumph over sin and darkness.”The former professional psychic,...