Donna: 2976 books
Hardscrabble
The High Cost of Free Land
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2013
When the Free Grants and Homestead Act was first introduced in 1868, fierce debates erupted in Ontario's Legislature over whether land in the Muskoka region should be opened to settlement or reserved for the Aboriginal population. From the beginning, many people vented serious doubts about the free...
The Glitch Factory
Perfectly Human in an Imperfect World
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Glitch Factory: Perfectly Human in an Imperfect World Local Human Mother Releases Anthology That Explores Our Hilarious Attempts to Control the Chaos in Our Lives. 12 stories, 12 doses of reality, 12 quirky perspectives, all strung together to reveal the glitches that curb our...
by Donna Leon
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
In Donna Leon’s Commissario Guido Brunetti series, the Venetian inspector has been called on to investigate many things, from shocking to petty crimes. But in The Waters of Eternal Youth, the 25th novel in this celebrated series, Brunetti finds himself drawn into a case that may not be a case at...
by Donna Kauffman
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Stevie Franklin is ready to go all-out Grinch on Christmas this year, but a snowy trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains could provide some unexpected gifts...
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Stevie is thrilled to help her best friend Sunny launch her new greenhouse business in Blue Hollow Falls. Not only does it give her a chance...
Aristocratic Vice
The Attack on Duelling, Suicide, Adultery, and Gambling in Eighteenth-Century England
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Aristocratic Vice examines the outrage against—and attempts to end—the four vices associated with the aristocracy in eighteenth-century England: duelling, suicide, adultery, and gambling. Each of the four, it was commonly believed, owed its origin to pride. Many felt the law did not go far enough...
by Donna Cummings
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
A writer's life is filled with second guessing, and revising, and starting over from scratch. It can make a writer determined to forge ahead, or decide to stop putting words on the page forever. This collection is meant to raise your spirits when it seems like the writing is at a constant black moment....
by Donna Lea Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
From the author of An Eccentric Engagement comes a Regency romance celebrating the witty and romantic world that fans of Georgette Heyer have fallen in love with.
“Simpson excels at imbuing her realistic characters with subtle depths!” —John Charles, American Library Association
As...
Stuyvesant Bound
An Essay on Loss Across Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Stuyvesant Bound is an innovative and compelling evaluation of the last director general of New Netherland. Donna Merwick examines the layers of culture in which Peter Stuyvesant forged his career and performed his responsibilities, ultimately reappraising the view of Stuyvesant long held by the majority...
The Art of Being Deaf
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Concerned about aspects of her romantic relationships, Donna McDonald consulted with a psychologist who asked, “Your hearing loss must have had a big impact on you?” At age 45, with a successful career in social work policy, McDonald took umbrage at the question. Then, she realized that she never...
Alcoholism Recovery
An Essential Guidebook For People With Alcohol Addiction With Options For Alcoholism Treatment So You Can Find The Right Addiction Help To Fight Alcohol Dependence And Quit Drinking And Stay Sober For Good!
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Alcohol use can slowly and subtly progress into abuse and even addiction that sometimes the victim does not realize that it has become a problem for him or the people around him. As a result, early intervention comes too late at a stage where physiological and psychological dependence has deeply...
Foreign Relations
American Immigration in Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Histories investigating U.S. immigration have often portrayed America as a domestic melting pot, merging together those who arrive on its shores. Yet this is not a truly accurate depiction of the nation's complex connections to immigration. Offering a brand-new global history of the subject, Foreign...
Breaking Free from Sloth
A HarperOne Select
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
In this selection from Bringing Yoga to Life, one of America’s most respected and loved Yoga teachers helps free us from the trivial humdrum of daily life and shows us how to live more fully by connecting with our soul.
In Breaking Free from Sloth, Donna Farhi presents the philosophy of yoga...
The Rood
The Marylanders, #1
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
She was forced into exile.
He chose his.
A Lonely Exile
Acadian exile Elizabeth Marie Johns refuses to return to Baltimore Town. Not only are the Acadians not wanted, but her own people have turned against her. All alone, she sets out to find her father on the northern border....
Living for the City
Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
In this nuanced and groundbreaking history, Donna Murch argues that the Black Panther Party (BPP) started with a study group. Drawing on oral history and untapped archival sources, she explains how a relatively small city with a recent history of African American settlement produced such compelling...