D L Boyd: 7 books

Finding Love in the Midst of Pain was written at a time when I was feeling lost and alone. I had just received a medical diagnosis which has no cure and I will be constrained to taking medication for the rest of my life. I found solace and hope when I started this project. I felt a sense of hope and...

Finding Love in the Midst of Pain was written at a time when I was feeling lost and alone. I had just received a medical diagnosis which has no cure and I will be constrained to taking medication for the rest of my life. I found solace and hope when I started this project. I felt a sense of hope and...

It is tough to lose the place where you met. For uptown Boston Brahmin gal Charlene Phillips and downtown West End boy Joe Cafario, their starkly different lives come together in Scollay Square, Boston’s famed center, where they fall into a forbidden love amidst the tassels of the Old...

An engaging and sobering look at memorializing in Judaism and why memory—ours and God's—is so central to people. Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, over thirty contributors—men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations—examine...

Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance; Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality; Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases...

Wheat is the most widely cultivated cereal in the world and a staple food for around 3 billion people. It has been estimated that demand for wheat could increase by up to 560% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and...

Women rabbis are changing the face of Judaism. Discover how their interpretations of the Prophets, Writings, and Megillot can enrich your perspective. The Haftarah is a potent tool for understanding the values, ethics, and moral lessons contained in the Torah readings. In this first-of-its-kind...