陳佑瑄、karen: 6616 books
Beyond Bin Laden
America and the Future of Terror
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Osama bin Laden was the most wanted man in American history—an enemy who brought the United States what President George W. Bush called “a day of fire,” and ushered in a new era of terrorism. It took a decade of blood and sacrifice, of determination and frustration, but finally, in a nighttime...
by Karen Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
One of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world—author of such acclaimed books as A History of God, Islam, and Buddha—now gives us an impassioned and practical book that can help us make the world a more compassionate place.
Karen Armstrong believes that while...
Between Their World and Ours
Breakthroughs with Autistic Children
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Autism has reached epidemic proportions. The latest studies suggest that as many as one in 150 children ages ten and younger may be affected by autism---a total of 300,000 children in the United States alone. Adults included, there are more than a million people in the United States suffering from...
The Mighty Gastropolis: Portland
A Journey Through the Center of America's New Food Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Portland, Oregon, is a city that’s screaming "Hey, world, check me out!" and Karen Brooks is its food-writing doyenne and ambassador. The Mighty Gastropolis is her insider's look at this exciting food scene. The book is part guidebook and part handbook, painting colorful pictures of the...
Separate Spheres No More
Gender Convergence in American Literature, 1830-1930
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Although they wrote in the same historical milieu as their male counterparts, women writers of the 19th- and early 20th-centuries have generally been "ghettoized" by critics into a separate canonical sphere. These original essays argue in favor of reconciling male and female writers, both...
by Karen Swan
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
The glamorous capital city of Italy is brought to startling life in The Rome Affair, a compelling novel by Karen Swan.
1974 and Elena Damiani lives a gilded life. Born to wealth and a noted beauty, no door is closed to her, no man can resist her. At twenty-six, she is already onto her third...
Getting Genki In Japan
The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Family in Tokyo
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
The unexpected gift of a favored bottle of shiraz from her husband leads to the adventure of a lifetime for Karen Pond and her family—moving from rural Maine to the largest city in the world: Tokyo, Japan.
Getting Genki in Japan is a collection of illustrated travel and culture essays and...
by Marcus Borg, Karen Armstrong, James Cone
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2000
“Does the face of God change? Years ago I would have said, ‘No.’ Countless hymns, passage of Scripture and confessions of faith assert or imply the changelessness of God. To take issue with traditions that are centuries, if not millennia old, seemed to be daunting and misguided….But when the...
Writing to Wake the Soul
Opening the Sacred Conversation Within
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Through the power of everyday words, find and deepen your connection with faith and self in the spiritual practice of writing.
Whether you approach this book primarily as a reader or a writer, you can open a rich correspondence with yourself and learn what your own heart has to say. Karen Hering...
Model Patient
My Life As an Incurable Wise-Ass
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
From Revlon spokesmodel to film actress to one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People," Karen Duffy was living the life most of us only dream of. Then her whirlwind life of celebrity parties came to an abrupt, grinding halt when she was stricken with a serious illness in one of its...
by Walt Whitman, Karen Karbiener
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
As he was turning forty, Walt Whitman wrote twelve poems in a small handmade book he entitled “Live Oak, With Moss.” The poems were intensely private reflections on his attraction to and affection for other men. They were also Whitman’s most adventurous explorations of the theme of same-sex...
by Karen Signell
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014
This is the first novel written about the real bear cub who survived a forest fire high in the New Mexican mountains to become the living representative of his namesake, the icon Smokey Bear, famous for preserving wildlife and wilderness.As the story opens, the runt of a black bear litter witnesses...
Quilts in the Attic
Uncovering the Hidden Stories of the Quilts We Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
For generations, quilts have both preserved history and furthered artistic innovation, leading to personal and creative discoveries that have changed lives. In Quilts in the Attic, author and quiltmaker Karen Musgrave presents 30 stories of great quilt discoveries, including hidden masterpieces, fascinating...
Lost Causes
The Romantic Attraction of Defeated Yet Unvanquished Men & Movements
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1999
Lost Causes: The Romantic Attraction of Defeated yet Unvanquished Men and Movements, by George and Karen Grant, is a thoughtful look at several causes that captured the hearts of people, survived defeat, and ultimately out-lived their foes.