Susan: 10531 books
Warren Oates
A Wild Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Though he never reached the lead actor status he labored so relentlessly to achieve, Warren Oates (1928--1982) is one of the most memorable and skilled character actors of the 1970s. With his rugged looks and measured demeanor, Oates crafted complex characters who were at once brazen and thoughtful,...
A Better Woman
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Acclaimed novelist Susan Johnson found, at age thirty-five, that her desire to have a baby became overwhelming. She had no inkling what motherhood would cost -- or give -- her. But as she went on to experience pregnancy and birth, and their impact on her marriage, health, and heart, she recorded it...
by Susan Larson
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
The literary tradition of New Orleans spans centuries and touches every genre; its living heritage winds through storied neighborhoods and is celebrated at numerous festivals across the city. For booklovers, a visit to the Big Easy isn't complete without whiling away the hours in an antiquarian bookstore...
Growing Wings Self-Discovery Workbook: 17 Workshops to a Better Life, Vol. 1
Growing Wings Self-Discovery Series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Embracing personal power by loving our unique selves in our strengths and weaknesses . . . forever—is the key to joyous living.
These seventeen in-depth workshops include written and creative visualization exercises designed for the individual, group, or class to: explore one's nature; deal...
by Susan L. Mizruchi
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life.
When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the movie star, the hunk, the scandals. In Brando’s Smile, Susan L. Mizruchi reveals the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four thousand...
by Susan Sheridan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
In the decades after World War II, the literary scene in Australia flourished: local writers garnered international renown and local publishers sought and produced more Australian books. The traditional view of this postwar period is of successful male writers, with women still confined to the domestic...
Life along the Silk Road
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
In this long-awaited second edition, Susan Whitfield broadens her exploration of the Silk Road and expands her rich and varied portrait of life along the great pre-modern trade routes of Eurasia. This new edition is comprehensively updated to support further understanding of themes relevant to global...
by Susan Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Rick Stanton was a promising professional baseball player with dreams of playing in the major leagues and starting a family with his young wife, Francesca, when World War II changed everything. Rick returns from the war with his body broken and his dreams shattered. But it was not just body and spirit...
by Susan Bordo
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Gossip is easy. Get to the deeper truth, with this in-depth look at the political forces and media culture that vilified and ultimately brought down Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign.
The Destruction of Hillary Clinton is an answer to the question many have been asking: How...
The Dog Who Saved Me
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Rescue comes in unexpected ways for one man and his dog in this moving and redemptive novel, The Dog Who Saved Me, by New York Times bestselling author Susan Wilson
Boston police officer Cooper Harrison never thought he'd go back to his hometown, Harmony Farms. But when his faithful K-9 partner...
Forging a Cherokee-American Alliance in the Creek War
From Creation to Betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
The Creek War of 1813–1814 is studied primarily as an event that impacted its two main antagonists, the defending Creeks in what is now the State of Alabama and the expanding young American republic. Scant attention has been paid to how the United States’ Cherokee allies contributed to the war...
Tohopeka
Rethinking the Creek War and the War of 1812
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2012
Tohopeka contains a variety of perspectives and uses a wide array of evidence and approaches, from scrutiny of cultural and religious practices to literary and linguistic analysis, to illuminate this troubled period.
Almost two hundred years ago, the territory that would become Alabama...
Faithful Friends
Holocaust Survivors' Stories of the Pets Who Gave Them Comfort, Suffered Alongside Them and Waited for Their Return
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Never-before-told stories of the pets that were left behind during World War II in Hungary, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Romania, France, and Yugoslavia when Jewish families were torn from their homes and taken to ghettos and concentration camps. Most of these accounts are told by men and women who were...
Jefferson's Second Revolution
The Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanism
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2004
An “excellent” history of the tumultuous early years of American government, and a constitutional crisis sparked by the Electoral College (Booklist).
In the election of 1800, Federalist incumbent John Adams, and the elitism he represented, faced Republican Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson defeated...