Shirley Shirley: 1496 books
Come Along with Me
Classic Short Stories and an Unfinished Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
A haunting and psychologically driven collection from Shirley Jackson that includes her best-known story "The Lottery"
At last, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" enters Penguin Classics, sixty-five years after it shocked America audiences and elicited the most responses of any piece in New Yorker...
by Shirley Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
The compelling novel that began Shirley Jackson's legendary career
Pepper Street is a really nice, safe California neighborhood. The houses are tidy and the lawns are neatly mowed. Of course, the country club is close by, and lots of pleasant folks live there. The only problem is they knocked...
by Shirley Millard
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2011
An unprepared nurse from the U.S. volunteering in World War I France shares her diary and reflections of the horrific, poignant events of 1918. And in the process reveals more about the fascinating people and times, and especially herself, than she apparently realized writing it. Presented to modern...
by Shirley Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
The ramshackle River Queen Hotel is home to vagabonds, gamblers, and heathens—and now, to new widow Rose Peterson. The rundown Gold Rush establishment is the only thing her late husband, Emmet, left her. Despite its raucous saloon and ladies of the evening, Rose can see the hotel’s potential....
by S. Chris Shirley
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
“In Playing by the Book, S. Chris Shirley tells a story I loved curling up with, featuring one of the most endearing teen protagonists I've read in years.”
—Alex Sanchez, author of The God Box and Boyfriends with Girlfriends
When seventeen-year-old...
by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
There is only one way to go: north toward their old home by the sea—the ranch that had been sold, and their beloved horses sold, when their parents were killed in the car accident. Running away from the drunken and abusive uncle with whom they’d been sent to live, Karen and Tom know they are taking...
New Rooms for Old Houses
Beautiful Additions for the Traditional Home
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
A cramped kitchen. A bedroom that lacks elbow room. A living room that's no fun living in. It's the age-old dilemma of owning an old house...you want to add space by making an addition but don't want to damage your home's integrity. Now The Taunton Press and the National Trust for Historic Preservation...
The Occasional Man
Travel, Life, and an Uncommon Love
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
It is often said that wild, impetuous, romantic love is for the young. For Shirley White Pearl, true romance arrived when she was forty-six years old. It was to be her greatest love and a romance that would endure the test of time. Filled with joys, world travels and countless shared celebrations of...
Conversations With The Little Girl Within
A Journey of Forgiveness, Healing, and Liberation from Unresolved Childhood Issues
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
Painful experiences from childhood often shape the way we grow and develop as adults. Many children are not provided with the necessary tools and outlets for dealing with negative circumstances at home, which causes unhealthy coping methods to form and wounds from these past traumas to stay...
Reclaiming Our Teaching Profession
The Power of Educators Learning in Community
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Drawing from a wealth of research and experience, this book shows educators how to use the transformative power of professional learning in community to raise the professional stature of educators. The authors, experts in their field, provide clear steps and real-school examples with a focus on collaborative...
Words at Work and Play
Three Decades in Family and Community Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Childhood and family life have changed significantly in recent decades. What is the nature of these changes? How have they affected the use of time, space, work and play? In what ways have they influenced face-to-face talk and the uses of technology within families and communities? Eminent anthropologist...
by Shirley Ann Gutierrez
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Poetry, to me, is an elegant bridge that God uses to lead us away from the numbness of the familiar into the amazement of His awesome love and grace. He used the Psalms to reveal magnificent truths about Himself to man, and we have been blessed by those songs of love for thousands of years. When He...
Life Is a Sales Job
You Can’T Score a Td If You Don’T Swing the Bat.
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Shirley Thom, a stay at home mom, suddenly became a single parent at age thirty-one. To provide for her two daughters ages five and eight she needed a job.
While working at a radio station, Shirley moved from a support position to a career in sales. This enabled her to work on her own terms...
Radiant After 70
Adding Sparkle and Spirit to Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Aches and pains, frequent doctor visits, and prescription medication don't have to define your seventh decade. In Radiant After 70, Shirley Mitchell reminds all seventy-somethings that they have the power to live well. In each of us, there is a desire for health, beauty, and vibrant relationships. And...