Frances: 2004 books
Lost in Translation
An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
From the author of Eating the Sun, an artistic collection of more than 50 drawings featuring unique, funny, and poignant foreign words that have no direct translation into English
Did you know that the Japanese language has a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees?...
The Illustrated Book of Sayings
Curious Expressions from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
**From the New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Translation and Eating the Sun, a charming illustrated collection of more than fifty expressions from around the globe that explores the nuances of language
From the hilarious and romantic to the philosophical and literal, the idioms,...
by Frances Spalding
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
The life of the painter and designer Duncan Grant spanned great changes in society and art, from Edwardian Britain to the 1970s, from Alma-Tadema to Gilbert and George. This authoritive biography combines an engrossing narrative with an invaluable assessment of Grant's individual achievement and his...
Political Biography
What They Don't Want You to Know About the Barack Obama Bio, Political Candidates, Presidential Race Candidates, Political Biography Books and Candidates for President
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
In this quick read, discover the surprising unbiased truth about political biography, the barack obama bio, political candidates, presidential race candidates, political biography books, and candidates for president.
BSS New Job Survival Kit
10 steps to surviving and thriving in the first 100 days of your new job
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
So you’ve just started an exciting new job. Now what? Its only natural to feel a little unsure of yourseld, but you can’t afford to make a bad impression Your first three months can make or break your future success. With so much at stake, it pays to prepare yourself. That’s what New Job Survival...
by Frances Itani
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
In the wake of the WWI, the boys are finally coming home in this “gravely beautiful” sequel to the award-winning international bestseller, Deafening (The New York Times).
In the small, insular community of Deseronto, Ontario, two women welcome their husbands home from the Great War. But their...
Tracks on a Page: Louise Erdrich, Her Life and Works
Louise Erdrich, Her Life and Works
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
This book details the intersections between the personal life and exceptional writing of Louise Erdrich, perhaps the most critically and economically successful American Indian author ever.
• Chronological organization takes the reader from Erdrich's childhood, through her years at Dartmouth College, her personal life, and her career as a writer
Blessing the Hands That Feed Us
Lessons from a 10-Mile Diet
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
An exploration of our relationship with food and eating locally—from the bestselling author of Your Money or Your Life
Taking the local food movement to heart, Vicki Robin pledged for one month to eat only food sourced within a ten-mile radius of her home on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound,...
Once They Were Hats
In Search of the Mighty Beaver
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
“Unexpectedly delightful reading—there is much to learn from the buck-toothed rodents of yore” (National Post).
Beavers, those icons of industriousness, have been gnawing down trees, building dams, shaping the land, and creating critical habitat in North America for at least a million...
by Frances Anne Rollin
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
In reviewing the history of the late civil war, it will be found, as in former revolutions, that those who were able to master its magnitude were men who, prior to the occasion, were almost wholly unknown, or claimed but a local reputation. Measures which before were deemed impracticable and inexpedient,...
by Frances C. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
You’re smart. You’re self-aware. You have a lot to offer. So why do you need this book? Because you’re savvy enough to know it’s what you don’t yet know that can make all the difference in whether you land or lose that coveted job. Distilled from The Wow Factor, *Wow Your Way into the...
Will Rogers' World
America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the 20's and 30's and 80's and 90's
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1993
Will Rogers still touches us more than a hlf century after his death in this comprehensive collection of his pithy commentaries about goverment, presidents, business, and philosophy.
by Frances Coombes
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2011
The books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Successful Self-motivation helps you to learn how to motivate yourself and be motivating to others. In just 96 pages, Successful...
by William L. Andrews;Frances Smith Foster;Trudier Harris
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2001
A breathtaking achievement this Concise Companion is a suitable crown to the astonishing production in African American literature and criticism that has swept over American literary studies in the last two decades. It offers an enormous range of writers-from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass from...