陳琬淋（Lynn）: 5171 books
The Modern Temper
American Culture and Society in the 1920s
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1995
When most of us take a backward glance at the 1920s, we may think of prohibition and the jazz age, of movies stars and flappers, of Harold Lloyd and Mary Pickford, of Lindbergh and Hoover--and of Black Friday, October 29, 1929, when the plunging stock market ushered in the great depression.
But...
Make Room for TV
Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Between 1948 and 1955, nearly two-thirds of all American families bought a television set—and a revolution in social life and popular culture was launched.
In this fascinating book, Lynn Spigel chronicles the enormous impact of television in the formative years of the new medium: how, over...
by Carol Lynn Vengroff
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
In 1963, Carol Lynn Vengroff was twelve-years-old and living in France with her family. Returning to their home after a Christmas vacation, the family, exhausted from a long trip, had to deal with freezing temperatures in the house caused by a power outage. Wrapped up in a coat and hat and still shivering...
by Eliza Lynn Linton
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Girl of the Period and Other Social Essays, Vol. II (of 2). It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print.
This is a new and freshly published edition of this...
by Eliza Lynn Linton
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Girl of the Period and Other Social Essays, Vol. I (of 2). It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print.
This is a new and freshly published edition of this...
Donkey Cons
Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2006
Shameless bribery. Illicit sex. Sweeping corruption.
"The Democratic Party is like the Gambino mob, but with matching federal funds."
In this raucous, head-spinning look at the follies and felonies of today's most famous and infamous liberals, journalists Lynn Vincent and Robert Stacy...
by Lynn Austin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Bestselling Author Lynn Austin Launches New Biblical Saga
After years of watching his children and grandchildren wander from their faith, Iddo's prayers are answered: King Cyrus is allowing God's chosen people to return to Jerusalem. Jubilant, he joyfully prepares for their departure, only...
Every Shot Must Have a Purpose
How GOLF54 Can Make You a Better Player
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2005
Two legendary coaches give golfers a powerful new approach to the game... and to life.
As coaches to some of golf’s top players, Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott have designed and refined a revolutionary way of teaching the game, with phenomenal results. They don’t believe in prescribing the...
History Lessons
A Memoir of Growing up in an American Communist Family
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
History Lessons traces Dan Lynn Watts journey through childhood in New York during the McCarthy era. He marched on May Day with his war hero father and activist mother, chanting We dont want another war! and Jim Crow must go! At camp, he sang about world peace, freedom, and workers rights. At school,...
The Gamble
Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election - Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2014
"Game changer." We heard it so many times during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. But what actually made a difference in the contest—and what was just hype? In this groundbreaking book, John Sides and Lynn Vavreck tell the dramatic story of the election—with a big difference. Using...
Hidden History
African American Cemeteries in Central Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
In Hidden History, Lynn Rainville travels through the forgotten African American cemeteries of central Virginia to recover information crucial to the stories of the black families who lived and worked there for over two hundred years. The subjects of Rainville’s research are not statesmen or plantation...
Walking Home
A Traveler in the Alaskan Wilderness, a Journey into the Human Heart
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
In the spring of 2007, hard on the heels of the worst winter in the history of Juneau, Alaska, Lynn Schooler finds himself facing the far side of middle age and exhausted by laboring to handcraft a home as his marriage slips away. Seeking solace and escape in nature, he sets out on a solo journey...
by Lynn E. Barber
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
As oil was washing up on the shores of Louisiana, covering shorebirds and their nests and eggs after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Lynn Barber decided to write this book to heighten awareness, not only of the plight of bird species that are declining in numbers every year, but also of the ways in...
by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt, an ornithology teacher and researcher, examines the amazing talents and personalities of the most common of birds. She muses on the tarnished reputation of the starling, the sexed-up antics of male woodpeckers, and the mysterious behavior and startling population explosion...