Shirley Shirley: 1496 books

The Vine is not an apologetic. It is not a self-help book, nor is it about saving others. It may be a declaration an amalgamation of thoughts knit together with the motif of a vine a theological algorithm leading to the Churchs destiny as the Bride of Christ. The major premise of The Vine is...

Thousands of years ago humans discovered that by heating rocks in a fire they could make better weapons for hunting for food. With time people became intelligent enough to improve on these processes and make more sophisticated implements and weapons. These people became known as blacksmiths. With these...

This study, based on the numerous Bible references found in Aaron’s Rod (1922), Kangaroo (1923) and The Plumed Serpent (1926), shows how the constant borrowings from Bible sources voice D. H. Lawrence’s political thought. In many ways, Lawrence’s relation to the Bible recalls Nietzsche’s,...

This anthology, with essays by Riane Eisler, June Singer, and others, considers Goddess myths, current psychological perspectives, and the feminine principle in spirituality today. It offers a worldview that integrates intuition, intellect, and feeling.

Someone is killing Hispanic men in a small town in north central Alabama. Who is killing these men and why? With little or no evidence found at the scenes, progress is slow in solving the crimes. Could the deaths be gang or drug related or something more sinister - - like hate crimes. Local authorities...

A COWBOY BY ANY OTHER NAME Luke Steadman was back-long and lanky and looking every bit the cowboy he once was. But with the feud still raging between the Malones and the Steadmans, his return only made Charlotte Malone's life tougher. Now she had to defend her family ranch against the Steadman...

Misha is a little reindeer with an adult-sized dream! The orphan reindeer's biggest dream is to help Santa fulfill the Christmas wishes of children around the world. But what Misha discovers along the way is that he has an even bigger gift to offer - bigger than anything in Santa's sleigh! Misha teaches...

Born in a different world but she carries one difficult and challenging responsibility. Two identities for two different worlds, one goal for both lands. Born with the sun, destined to save both worlds from the darkness, but can she? Her name is August and she shall not be forgotten.

This book uses the experiences and conversations of Black British women as a lens to examine the impact of discourses surrounding Black beauty shame. Black beauty shame exists within racialized societies which situate white beauty as iconic, and as a result produce Black ‘ugliness’ as a counterpoint....

I received Kenneth Grahames The Wind in the Willows as a present on my seventh birthday. My mother probably read it to me at least fifty times in the next few years. A cousin suggested it as a gift for me. One of her teachers fi nished out class time reading aloud from her favorite books, of which...

Scotland, 1850 Beset by the potato famine and land clearances, the Park and Ridgeway families emigrate to the new stateof Texas. Their lives are altered again by tragedy during the sea voyage, and they are thrust into the cattle business in South Texas. Survivors of Indian raids and Civil War battles...

Jack Emerson is proud of his old-fashioned scruples. After retirement in the mid-1980s, his life settles into a peaceful routine centered around carving wooden horses. He thinks nothing can send his life spinning off its comfortable courseuntil his teenage grandson challenges Jacks staunch beliefs. Granpop,...

It was June, another year of record breaking heat throughout the south when FBI agent, Dr. CC Cannon, returned to her home in New Orleans. For the past three years she had worked at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D. C. Her grandmother had called; her parents had died in an automobile...

Bognor boasts a top spot in the national sunshine league, and has always provided all the attributes for a charming seaside resort. According to a 1950s town guide, "few are the resorts anywhere which vie with Bognor Regis for sand and bathing." Many people remember holidaying in sunny Bognor...