Flake: 34 books
Conscience of a Conservative
A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A thoughtful defense of traditional conservatism and a thorough assault on the way Donald Trump is betraying it.”—David Brooks, in his New York Times column
In a bold act of conscience, Republican Senator Jeff Flake takes his party to task for embracing...
by Sharon Flake
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Bestselling and award-winning author, Sharon G. Flake, delivers a mystery set in the 1950s that eerily blends history, race, culture, and family. Octobia May is girl filled with questions. Her heart condition makes her special - and, some folks would argue, gives this ten-year-old powers that make...
Mama Tried
Dispatches from the Seamy Underbelly of Modern Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake relates the hilarious horrors of pregnancy, birth, and early parenting in this funny, poignant, and beautifully illustrated book.
For most people, having a child doesn't go exactly as planned. Not many are willing to admit that not only did they dislike the...
by Jenny Flake
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
The first cookbook from Jenny Flake, the mom-blogger behind Picky Palate
On-the-go moms like Jenny Flake know how tough it is to keep family meals interesting day-in and day-out, so she did something about it. On her blog, Picky Palate, she serves up fun, super-tasty family meals that will...
The Politics of American Religious Identity
The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
Between 1901 and 1907, a broad coalition of Protestant churches sought to expel newly elected Reed Smoot from the Senate, arguing that as an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smoot was a lawbreaker and therefore unfit to be a lawmaker. The resulting Senate investigative hearing...
Freiheitsbaum und Guillotine
Essays aus sechs Jahrzehnten
Language: German
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Tucholskys Aufsätze über Flake eröffnen diese Essay-Sammlung, die Rolf Hochhuth aus sechs Jahrzehnten kritischer Auseinandersetzung Flakes mit seiner Epoche und mit der Weltgeschichte zusammengestellt hat: ... Versuche!Die Biographien des Marquis de Sade, Nietzsches, Oscar Wildes, zwischen 1930...
Türkenlouis
Gemälde einer Zeit
Language: German
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Als 1649 der Dreißigjährige Krieg in Deutschland beendet war, galt es "Gesittung und Wohlstand" in den Fürstentümern und Grafschaften wiederherzustellen. In diese Zeit hinein, sechs Jahre danach, wird der spätere Markgraf von Baden, Ludwig Wilhelm I., geboren. Louis, der 1683 durch...
by Otto Flake, Max Rychner, Willi Drost
Language: German
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Wie schon der "Fortunat" spielt auch dieser Roman von Otto Flake in Deutschland und Frankreich, in Paris und Karlsruhe, in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Die Handlung läßt sich mit einem Begriff zusammenfassen: es ist eine Dreiecksgeschichte. Anselm liebt Verena, das eine Monthivermädchen,...
by Otto Flake, Michael Farin
Language: German
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Die Darstellung dieses Lebens und Werks hat Otto Flake vor allem aufgrund der Charakterstruktur des aus seiner Sicht nicht gesunden, im Niederen sich bewegenden Marquis de Sade gereizt. Der Gegensatz zur eigenen Lebensauffassung hat den Menschenzeichner Otto Flake geradezu herausfordern müssen.Den...
You Don't Even Know Me
Stories and Poems About Boys
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2010
This collection of original stories and poems provides rare insight into the minds of adolescent African American boys. There's Tow-Kaye, getting married at age seventeen to the love of his life, who's pregnant. James writes in his diary about his twin brother's terrible secret, while Tyler explains...
by Sharon Flake
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Award-winning author, Sharon G. Flake, presents a powerful novel about a teen boy and girl, each tackling disabilities. Autumn and Adonis have nothing in common and everything in common. Autumn is outgoing and has lots of friends. Adonis is shy and not so eager to connect with people. But even with...
What Am I Doing Here?
A Bewildered American in Britain
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
When American writer Kathy Flake moved to Britain in 2004, she had no idea she’d fall in love with this beautiful island in the North Atlantic. The relationship proved rocky right from the start— London parking attendants tend to bring out the worst in everyone. After an argument with an estate...
These Things Ain't Gonna Smoke Themselves
A Love/Hate/Love/Hate/Love Letter to a Very Bad Habit
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
A brief encounter with an older woman in a coffee shop left Emily Flake swearing she would quit smoking when she turned twenty-nine. Only twenty-one at the time, she had years ahead of her to kick the habit. And then she turned twenty-eight, took a good, hard look in the mirror, and knew something...
by Otto Flake, Peter Härtling
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2015
"Man muß das Liebesleben freigeben und gleichzeitig den Weg zu seinem wesentlichsten Ordnungssystem freihalten." So faßt Otto Flake in seiner 1928 erschienenen geist- und kulturbewußten Betrachtung das auch heute noch aktuelle Thema der Emanzipation sexueller Beziehungen zusammen. Unsere...