Helen: 3878 books

Melba was raised as a boy to pick pockets and run messages in the poor outer circles of Royal Malverne Isle. When Master Turk, a young spymaster, accepts her pledge to join his gang, she can't wait to become a spy. With his exotic southern looks and wealthy lifestyle, Turk fascinates her. Not only...

Music Talks: the lives of classical musicians by Helen Epstein (92,000 words) A collection of profiles of some of the world's most fascinating musicians, including the late Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz, and Dorothy DeLay and the very lively James Galway and Yo-Yo Ma. Passed from hand...

From early accounts of dance customs in medieval Ireland to the present, Helen Brennan offers an authoritative look at the evolution of Irish dance. Every type of dance from social to traditional to clergy is included. Brennan takes care to explain the different styles and traditions that evolved...

The Tapestry Book by Helen Churchill Candee..

This book, first published in 1926, is the candid record of a woman’s experiences in the business world at the turn of the twentieth century. Finishing her career as an advertising executive – one of the first women to succeed in that industry – Helen Woodward had experienced a fascinating life...

The writing of "Evolution of a Family" has been a four year project which was primarily started as a method to uncover my family secrets, but ended up as a tribute to an extraordinary, resilent family. Along the way I found it advantageous to include the social and political demographics...

Après l'immense succès de La Dernière Conquête du Major Pettigrew, le deuxième roman pétillant et so british d'Helen Simonson. Été 1914, dans la campagne anglaise. La gentry de Rye reçoit pour un pique-nique sur le gazon fraîchement tondu. Les ombrelles et les chapeaux sont de sortie et...

This book is for all those who are looking for an interesting and challenging career in a field with lots of openings and available positions. People who work as Administrative Assistant to provide support, pick up the slack, fill in the gaps, ensure that the office runs smoothly, the managers have...

Mina Parker, tireless mom and author of 365 Excuse Me… (inspired by the late Lynn Grabhorn), introduces the new Hampton Roads Collection of motivational classics. These affordable digital shorts will help the harried and the hurried to breathe deep, reassess, and re-purpose their day in the time...

Children of the Holocaust: Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors by Helen Epstein (123,000 words; with a 30th anniversary preface by the author) A blend of memoir, reportage and oral history, Children of the Holocaust was the first book to examine the inter-generational transmission...

Memoir: How I Read, Write and Use It by Helen Epstein (3,400 words) This is an essay for students of memoir. Making meaning in writing memoir is similar to creating narrative in psychotherapy. What differentiates memoir from that work is the public nature of the literary product, its aim to...

A Jewish Athlete: Swimming Against Stereotype in 20th Century Europe by Helen Epstein (4,700 words and 28 illustrations) In the American film Airplane, a stewardess asks a passenger whether he would like something to read. "Do you have anything light?" the man asks. "How about...

Writing from Life: On Trauma, Sexual Assault, and Recovery is a book for aspiring writers who wish to write about difficult subjects. Why, when and how do you do it? Taking a variety of difficult situations — being trapped in a military invasion, coping with a “bleed in the brain” of...

An American classic rediscovered by each generation, The Story of My Life is Helen Keller’s account of her triumph over deafness and blindness. Popularized by the stage play and movie The Miracle Worker, Keller’s story has become a symbol of hope for people all over the world. This book–published...