Ellen: 2931 books
Judging Bertha Wilson
Law as Large as Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2002
Madame Justice Bertha Wilson, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, is an enormously influential and controversial figure in Canadian legal and political history. This engaging, authorized, intellectual biography draws on interviews conducted under the auspices of the Osgoode Society...
The Anthropology of Turquoise
Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
In this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoise—the color and the gem—to probe deeper into our profound human attachment to landscape.
From the Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert, the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Bahamas to her home ground...
Eating Stone
Imagination and the Loss of the Wild
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Long believed to be disappearing and possibly even extinct, the Southwestern bighorn sheep of Utah’s canyonlands have made a surprising comeback. Naturalist Ellen Meloy tracks a band of these majestic creatures through backcountry hikes, downriver floats, and travels across the Southwest. Alone...
Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles
Amusing & Useful Techniques for Nontoxic Housekeeping and Gardening
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
Off with their heads!
Many homemakers and gardeners take the easy way out when it comes to exiling odors and banishing bugs--they use toxic chemicals that may be harmful to their families and the earth. Ellen Sandbeck has discovered that the all-natural alternatives are just as easy and effective...
Secret Medicines from Your Garden
Plants for Healing, Spirituality, and Magic
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
A guided exploration of herbal lore and healing plants found in yards, forests, meadows, and hedgerows
• Draws on traditional knowledge and remedies from around the world, including Native American, Celtic, and Egyptian traditions
• Provides simple recipes to safely make herbal remedies...
Practical Wisdom for Parents
Raising Self-Confident Children in the Preschool Years
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
This reassuring guide to navigating nursery school life-both at home and in the classroom-is the most comprehensive book on the subject. Nancy Schulman and Ellen Birnbaum draw on their decades of experience at the 92nd Street Y Nursery School to respond to parents' hunger for practical information...
by Ellen Evert Hopman
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2008
An in-depth look at the history, herbal uses, and spiritual aspects of the sacred trees in the ancient Celtic Ogham Tree Alphabet
• Details the 20 trees of the ogham alphabet and their therapeutic and magical virtues
• Examines the Forest Druid practices associated with each tree...
Nature Next Door
Cities and Trees in the American Northeast
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
The once denuded northeastern United States is now a region of trees. Nature Next Door argues that the growth of cities, the construction of parks, the transformation of farming, the boom in tourism, and changes in the timber industry have together brought about a return of northeastern forests. Although...
by Mary Ellen (Minnehan) Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Living in timeworn farmhouses her father never owned, Mary Ellen (Minnehan) Bailey describes a childhood on the Nebraska prairie that few children would comprehend in todays digital world. She is excited to live in a house with electricity but without indoor plumbing, recounts tornado alerts and the...
by Ellen G. White
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
The life and work of Nehemiah shows us the responsibility of church leadership in context of a revival and reformation among God's people. This collection of articles by Ellen White dealing with the work of Nehemiah provides leaders and people among the remnant church with study material to help prepare them for the outpouring of the Latter Rain.
by Ellen Frankel, Betsy Patkin Teutsch
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1995
Jewish symbols reflect the interaction of word and image within Jewish culture. Jews have always studied, interpreted, and revered sacred texts; they have also adorned the settings and occasions of sacred acts. Calligraphy and ornamentation have transformed Hebrew letters into art; quotation, interpretation,...
Revolution of Jewish Spirit
How to Revive Ruakh in Your Spiritual Life, Transform Your Synagogue & Inspire Your Jewish Community
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
In this practical and engaging guide to reinvigorating Jewish life, Rabbi Baruch HaLevi and Ellen Frankel identify the difference between a living synagogue and a dying one, and offer methods for reviving the Jewish spiritual centers that serve as the heart of Jewish tradition and your life. They offer...
I Love a Fire Fighter
What the Family Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
How can fire fighter families manage the stress that comes with life in the service? How do you keep a grip on fears and worries during long hours of separation from your spouse? Where can you turn when times get tough?
With this practical, no-nonsense, yet compassionate guide, Dr....
Jesus Revolution
How God Transformed an Unlikely Generation and How He Can Do It Again Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
God has always been interested in turning unlikely people into his most fervent followers. Prostitutes and pagans, tax collectors and tricksters. The more unlikely, the more it seemed to please God and to demonstrate his power, might, and mercy. America in the 1960s and 1970s was full of unlikely...