Joan: 2841 books
Materializing Democracy
Toward a Revitalized Cultural Politics
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2002
For the most part, democracy is simply presumed to exist in the United States. It is viewed as a completed project rather than as a goal to be achieved. Fifteen leading scholars challenge that stasis in Materializing Democracy. They aim to reinvigorate the idea of democracy by placing it in the midst...
by Joan Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1990
Sara Wood had not been heartbroken when her fiancé disappeared six years ago, though no one would have guessed it. And she wasnt delighted when Peter showed up again—as a widower with two young sons and his vulgar sister-in-law. Peters brother, Lord Haldiman, insisted that his brother do the right...
by Joan Silber
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2001
Once upon a very recent time in New York City, there was a couple, two ordinary single people who met the way city people meet. Even though mismatched, they fell in love. And after some hesitations they decided, finally, to marry-only to look up and find their world caving in around them.
Sexy,...
by Joan Horvath
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Mastering 3D Printing shows you how to get the most out of your printer, including how to design models, choose materials, work with different printers, and integrate 3D printing with traditional prototyping to make techniques like sand casting more efficient.
You've printed key chains. You've...
The Ultimate Guide to Sex After Fifty
How to Maintain – or Regain – a Spicy, Satisfying Sex Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
The population over age 50 is larger than ever in history. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 32.1 percent of the U.S. population were age 50 and over in 2011. This demographic is also healthier, more aware, more youthful, and more vocal than any previous older generation. Thanks to ongoing medical...
Unbending Gender
Why Family and Work Conflict and What To Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2001
In Unbending Gender, Joan Williams takes a hard look at the state of feminism in America. Concerned by what she finds--young women who flatly refuse to identify themselves as feminists and working-class and minority women who feel the movement hasn't addressed the issues that dominate their daily...
Communication With All Life
Revelations of An Animal Communicator
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Although Communication with All Life is about animal communication, it isn’t just a how-to book, but a guide that will help you discern how much you’re already exchanging feelings, words, and pictures with your pet. Woven throughout the book are many stories to illustrate and support the theory...
Depression-Free, Naturally
7 Weeks to Eliminating Anxiety, Despair, Fatigue, and Anger from Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Many of you who appear to have life under control are simply great actors. Underneath you live with inner tensions, anxiety or panic states, feelings of hopelessness or paranoia, racing thoughts, ongoing anger, bone-weary fatigue. . . . The good news is that all this is fixable.
What is the...
The Body Project
An Intimate History of American Girls
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
A hundred years ago, women were lacing themselves into corsets and teaching their daughters to do the same. The ideal of the day, however, was inner beauty: a focus on good deeds and a pure heart. Today American women have more social choices and personal freedom than ever before. But fifty-three...
by Michael Tomasello, Carol Dweck, Joan Silk
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2009
Understanding cooperation as a distinctly human combination of innate and learned behavior.
Drop something in front of a two-year-old, and she's likely to pick it up for you. This is not a learned behavior, psychologist Michael Tomasello argues. Through observations of young children in experiments...
Cider Beans, Wild Greens, and Dandelion Jelly
Recipes from Southern Appalachia
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
There are many cookbooks about Southern cooking, but precious few celebrate the southern Appalachian food that has sustained mountain folk past and present. Thankfully, we now have Joan E. Aller's Cider Beans, Wild Greens, and Dandelion Jelly.Featuring more than 150 recipes for down-home, soul-satisfying...
by Joan Holcomb
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Just about any weight loss program will advise people to drink adequate water, because it’s true: hydration is essential for good health and good weight loss. However, especially in the early part of a weight loss effort, plain water is boring. So why not try some of these recipes?
The low-calorie...
The Lotus Still Blooms
Sacred Buddhist Teachings for the Western Mind
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2008
The Lotus Still Blooms is the ideal book for every reader who would like to understand Buddhist principles, but doesn’t know where to start. Eastern wisdom traditions are often baffling for Western minds – where to begin in uncovering the often complicated steps, precepts, concepts and ideas?...
The Children's Jewish Holiday Kitchen
70 Fun Recipes for You and Your Kids, from the Author of Jewish Cooking in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
There could be no more festive way to introduce Jewish children to their Jewish heritage than through the food associated with the holidays. And no better person to do it than Joan Nathan, whose great enthusiasm and knowledge have gained her a national reputation as the maven of the Jewish kitchen.
Here...