Ellen: 2931 books

Cultural conflicts about the family - including those surrounding women's social roles, abortion, same-sex marriage, and contraception - have intensified over the last few decades among Catholics, as well as among Americans generally. In fact, they are the source of much of the political polarization...

Part of a new phase of post-1960s U.S. Latino literature, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz and Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros both engage in unique networks of paratexts that center on the performance of latinidad. Here, Ellen McCracken re-envisions Gérard Genette's paratexts for...

Rather than consistently falling back on romance as an overarching framework for her novels, as did many of her peers, Virginia-born writer Ellen Glasgow often preferred the rough-and-tumble world of politics as a lens through which to explore the human condition. In One Man in His Time, an up-and-coming politician confounds many of the longstanding mores of Southern society.

JATAKA TALES by Ellen C. Babbitt "The Jataka Tales refer to a voluminous body of folklore-like literature concerning the previous births (jati) of the Buddha. The word most specifically refers to a text division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, included in the Khuddaka Nikaya of...

From formulation to implementation, an approach to the analysis of social policy through the lens of research Analyzing Social Policy prepares professionals and students to make better informed decisions related to identifying and understanding the intricacies and potential impact of social...

Constitutional Failure is a major contribution to studies of the German political philosopher Carl Schmitt (1888–1985), the Weimar Republic, and the relationship of constitutionalism, political economy, and democracy. An internationally renowned scholar of Weimar legal theory, Ellen Kennedy brought...

35 Healthy Recipes using Flaxseed shows how to eat lots more flaxseed so that you get all of the healthy goodness from its omega 3 fats, lignans, fibre and all of its other healthy content. Whole flaxseeds, roasted flaxseeds, flaxseed meal and flaxseed oil are dealt with so that you will know how...

A complete, step-by-step guide to developing and using your natural psychic power. Every person is born with natural psychic ability, also called intuition. You can easily improve your psychic power.  This comprehensive guide by Rosemary Ellen Guiley will show you how. Your psychic...

Fairy Magic provides practical instruction for seeing, communicating and working with fairies and is a natural companion to Rosemary Ellen Guiley’s An Angel in Your Pocket and Margaret Neylon’s Angel Magic. This ebook explains the fairy realm and provides material for communicating with fairies....

Dreams have the power to transform your life, emotionally, spiritually, and even physically. Dreamwork for Visionary Living is more than a guide to understanding your dreams—it is a practical guide to pro-active dreaming, using your dreams in targeted ways to improve every facet of your life....

Time is not fixed. What happens when time stands still… goes backwards… goes missing… or ceases altogether? Find out about bizarre twists of time from experts and experiencers who provide riveting accounts: Bewildering slips in time and space People, races, places...

What evidence do we have for the afterlife? Scientists, researchers and experiencers discuss what happens during near-death experiences and deathbed visions, plus transformational experiences, research on dying, and the existence of heaven and hell. Illustrated with photos and drawings. I have...

Paranormal researcher and investigator Rosemary Ellen Guiley takes you on a tour of the spookiest public places throughout the Keystone State. Find out where you can dine with the ghosts, spend a night in a haunted hotel or inn, visit haunted cemeteries, forts, parks, battlefields, and historical...

"Poetry was declining/ Painting advancing/ we were complaining/ it was '50," recalled poet Frank O'Hara in 1957. Criminal Ingenuity traces a series of linked moments in the history of this transfer of cultural power from the sphere of the word to that of the image. Ellen Levy explores the New York...