Diane: 2892 books

In A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman revealed herself as a naturalist who writes with the sensuous immediately of a great poet. Now Jaguar of Sweet Laughter presents the work of a poet with the precise and wondering eye of a gifted naturalist. Ackermans's Olympian vision records...

Diane Lockward, more than any other poet now writing, exemplifies Garcia Lorca's definition of poet as the professor of the five bodily senses. She revels in sensory language, often lip-smacking language, and she can make the language of terror and loss as spine-tingling as the beauty of a last stab...

Women whose abusers are in law enforcement face extraordinary challenges unique to their position as members of the police family. A valuable resource for both victims and advocates as it explores the dynamics of officer-involved domestic violence.

In these sparkling poems, Diane Lockward takes life as it comes and finds nourishment in it all: succulence of the peach, redolence of the pear, the "green grape of sorrow." I love these poems for their craft, sensuality and energy. Like high-wire acts of language and imagination, they almost...

Diane Tucker’s Bonsai Love is an eloquent book of poems about the sensual delicacy of love. Carefully pruned, intricate in design, and sensitive to intrusion, these poems create an image of intimacy through reflection and in relation to nature, the universe, music, literature and art. The...

Never Leave Your Dead will be of interest to millions of Americans whose families are touched by mental illness because it represents their greatest hope—a normal life—and their greatest fear—murder. In a Publisher’s Weekly survey of war books, Edward Nawotka wrote about the growing...

In the rich tradition of Coast Salish legend, mother and son Diane and Joe Silvey write and illustrate a classic quest story. Teenage twins Kaya and Tala journey into the perilous British Columbia wilderness confronting fish and fowl, beast and phantom, and the wolf spirit destined to be Tala's protective...

"My father, Wood Hume, worked for the railroad. We followed him from town to town, through Texas and Louisiana in the tomato-red sun that sank into the plains. I learned to read on highway signs." So begins the beautifully told story of Rachel and her itinerant Southern family. In The Only...

In this innovative novel, a librarian of Cherokee ancestry rekindles and reinvents her Native identity by discovering the rhythm and spark of traditionally told stories in the most unusual places in the modern world. Ada Ronner, a librarian at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, hears...

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. TRACKER Classified K-9 Unit by Lenora Worth FBI agent Zeke Morrow is close to capturing his fugitive brother—until his brother’s ex-girlfriend and son become the man’s targets....

The first three thrilling books in the Lt. Lucinda Pierce series    The Trophy Exchange: Life’s been rough for Lt. Lucinda Pierce.  She lost an eye and disfigured her face at a domestic violence call.  She accidentally killed a small child in a frenzied shoot-out. ...

When Drusilla Thorne goes along with her friend to an interview of reality TV star Courtney Cleary, she's expecting an easy afternoon. Instead, Courtney's shady boyfriend Roger attacks Drusilla, landing her in the hospital. And he claims she assaulted him. Then Courtney disappears. Since she's...

***Two tales of Amish men and women looking for a second chance *** The Amish Widow's Secret **by Cheryl Williford ** Widow Sarah Nolt never expected another marriage proposal. But Mose Fischer needs a caretaker for his daughters, and Sarah needs to escape her father's oppressive rule....

Two Amish stories of faith and love A Groom for Ruby by Emma Miller Arriving in Seven Poplars to find a husband, Ruby Plank stumbles into the arms of an eligible bachelor! To her amazement, Joseph Brenneman doesn’t care if Ruby is clumsy or outspoken. The shy mason thinks she’s wonderful....