Kearney: 218 books

"I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom." Edgar Allan Poe

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow. Orison Swett Marden The only thing Pandora left in the box was hope for mankind

Ari Dillon is not your ordinary hero. He's willing to lie, deceive, and hijack a private jet--all in the name of his cause. So if abducting billionaire Samantha Bessinger is the only way Ari can get her alone, he'll do it. Real estate mogul Samantha has never met anyone like Ari. He's charming,...

Paul Christian, a standout All-American high school basketball player, has one dream: to play NCAA Division I basketball. But that dream is derailed his senior year when he’s diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer with a 50 percent chance of survival. Crushed, Paul’s enthusiasm for life...

WHAT IS MINDFUL MEDITATION AND HOW CAN IT IMPROVE MY LIFE?You hear people talking about it. You may have read research about its benefits. Perhaps you’ve even dabbled in it yourself. You have a sense that it could really make a difference in your life. You’re open and willing to learn.But...

A poor self-image. Chronic depression. A bitter divorce. The trauma of sexual abuse. Why do some wounds fester and refuse to heal, even after we seek help from those who specialize in treating deep emotional pain? Kraft believes that in order to experience real and lasting freedom from a painful past,...

Winner of the Best Book Award in the PETA Vegan Food Awards 2016. Jackie and her family ate their way around Asia, sampling streetfood and jotting menu ideas on the back of napkins. Inspired by the food cultures she embraced on her travels, Jackie has brought new life to healthy, meat- and dairy-free...

"Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star." e.e. cummings

Selective mutism, or refusal or unwillingness to speak in certain situations or settings, poses a particular challenge to educators and other school-based professionals. In many cases, school personnel are on the front lines of assessment and treatment for these children and must help them succeed...

Jonathan Swift and Philosophy is the first book to analyse and interpret Swift’s writing from a philosophical angle. By placing key texts of Swift in their philosophical and cultural contexts and providing background to their history of ideas, it demonstrates how well informed Swift’s criticism...

This book explores major shifts and reorientations in the recent history of American Anthropology, reflecting the author's vision of what anthropology is and what it has the potential to become. The title phrase 'changing fields' can be read in two ways: One meaning refers to how, since the mid-1960s,...

More girls are producing media today than at any other point in U.S. history, and they are creating media texts in virtually every format currently possible--magazines, films, musical recordings, and websites. Girls Make Media explores how young female media producers have reclaimed and reconfigured...

Lost & Found She couldn't rememberShe woke up in a hospital bed with a doctor to die for beside her-and no memory. And while her mind was blank, her arms were full-with a squirming infant they told her was now in her care. He couldn't forget Dr. Jeffry Kendall had sworn a solemn...

In the darkest hours of the Dominion War, as the Federation's downfall seemed ever more certain, Jem'Hadar and Cardassian forces conquered Betazed, the homeworld of Deanna Troi. Their victory sent shock waves through the Alpha Quadrant, and put the Dominion within striking distance of Vulcan, Andor,...