Bailey: 1751 books
by Joseph J. Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
He woke to a dying world.
AI's failing.
Datastreams withering.
The Verse crumbling.
Populations shattered.
Civilizations lost.
And his thoughts were on his lost love.
He had every right to be selfish.
His self was all he had left.
The...
The Productivity Project
Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
A fresh, personal, and entertaining exploration of a topic that concerns all of us: how to be more productive at work and in every facet of our lives.
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Chris Bailey turned down lucrative job offers to pursue a lifelong dream—to spend a year performing a deep dive experiment into the pursuit...
Winter Always Turns to Spring A Memoir
My Triumphant Journey Sachiko Takata Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Sachiko Takata was 14 years-old when an atomic bomb dropped on her hometown of Hiroshima, Japan. In an instant her world was changed. Her mother died shortly after Japan’s surrender. The devastation of war and the loss of her mother awakened in Sachiko’s heart a deep resolve to devote her life to...
by Mark Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
In this entertaining homage to the golden age of the cocktail, illustrator Edward Hemingway and writer Mark Bailey present the best (and thirstiest) American writers, their favorite cocktails, true stories of their saucy escapades, and intoxicating excerpts from their literary works. It’s the perfect...
Fearful Spirits, Reasoned Follies
The Boundaries of Superstition in Late Medieval Europe
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Superstitions are commonplace in the modern world. Mostly, however, they evoke innocuous images of people reading their horoscopes or avoiding black cats. Certain religious practices might also come to mind—praying to St. Christopher or lighting candles for the dead. Benign as they might seem today,...
African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Beyond the Silence and the Shame
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2005
It's an awful story. It's an awful story. Why do you want to bring this up now?--Chief Awusa of Atorkor
For centuries, the story of the Atlantic slave trade has been filtered through the eyes and records of white Europeans. In this watershed book, historian Anne C. Bailey focuses on memories...
Fishing Lessons
Artisanal Fisheries and the Future of Our Oceans
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Fish bones in the caves of East Timor reveal that humans have systematically fished the seas for at least 42,000 years. But in recent centuries, our ancient, vital relationship with the oceans has changed faster than the tides. As boats and fishing technology have evolved, traditional fishermen have...
Plain English at Work
A Guide to Writing and Speaking
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 1996
Everyday we write countless memos, letters, and reports without a second thought. Likewise, we give presentations, both formal and informal. Often this writing and speaking gets criticized for being jargon-ridden, obscure, or long-winded--in short, for not being in "plain English." But what...
by Peter J. Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
For three decades, no American filmmaker has been as prolific -- or as paradoxical -- as Woody Allen. From Play It Again, Sam (1972) through Celebrity (1998) and Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Allen has produced an average of one film a year, yet in many of these films Allen reveals a progressively skeptical...
Art & Language International
Conceptual Art between Art Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
In Art & Language International Robert Bailey reconstructs the history of the conceptual art collective Art & Language, situating it in a geographical context to rethink its implications for the broader histories of contemporary art. Focusing on its international collaborations with dozens...
by Kaye Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Thousands of people around the world use Kaye Bailey’s 5 Day Pouch Test to stop weight gain after weight loss surgery and return to the basics prescribed by their bariatric center. But what happens on Day 6? Kaye Bailey answers that question sharing her generous spirit of compassion and belief in...
Cloth Doll Workshop: From the Beginning and Beyond with Doll Masters elinor peace bailey, Patti Medaris Culea, and Barbar
From the Beginning and Beyond with Doll Masters elinor peace bailey, Patti Medaris Culea, and Barbar
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Patti Culea, elinor peace bailey, and Barbara Willis are three of the leading doll artists and teachers in the country. They are also friends. Each of these artists has her own distinct approach to the design and development of a cloth figure. In this book, each artist's process will come alive through...
River of Grace
Creative Passages Through Difficult Times
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Catholic recording artist and popular blogger Susan Bailey reveals, in this personal and moving narrative, how several major losses helped her rediscover creativity and faith. Filled with powerful insights on the presence and action of grace—in the Mass and sacraments, in nature, and even in grief—River...
The Purpose of Life
Answers from the Soul and Tools for Spiritual Growth
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
We are all seekers. We all hunger to understand the mysteries of life, to make sense of life's purpose and meaning. We all have questions about the reality we sense under the surface of our day-to-day existence. In The Purpose of Life, author and psychologist Linnea Bailey, Ph.D., has provided both a...