Leslie: 2389 books
The Aliens Among Us
How Invasive Species Are Transforming the Planet—and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
A thoughtful, accessible look at the rapidly growing issue of invasive plants, animals, and microbes around the globe with a focus on the scientific issues and ecological, health, and other challenges
From an award-winning adventure and science journalist comes an eye-opening exploration of...
Dangerous Pregnancies
Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
Dangerous Pregnancies tells the largely forgotten story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and "dangerous" babies. This epidemic would ultimately transform abortion politics, produce new science, and help build two...
by Leslie James Pickering
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
The first book on the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), this collection is a must read for those interested in understanding the radical environmental movement in the United States, as well as the birth of a clandestine, underground organization acting in defense of the planet. Former ELF spokesperson...
The Nominee
A Political and Spiritual Journey
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
President George W. Bush nominated Leslie H. Southwick in 2007 to the federal appeals court, Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans. Initially, Southwick seemed a consensus nominee. Just days before his hearing, though, a progressive advocacy group distributed the results of research it had conducted...
Children's Nature
The Rise of the American Summer Camp
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
For over a century, summer camps have provided many American children's first experience of community beyond their immediate family and neighborhoods. Each summer, children experience the pain of homesickness, learn to swim, and sit around campfires at night.
Children's Nature chronicles the history...
Remembering Childhood
Workbook Your Way to a Finished Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Learn how to write a memoir that conveys the powerful feelings that your memories hold. With the help of Leslie Rupley’s expertly crafted vignettes to invoke them, you’ll recapture your cherished remembrances of the people you have known and the poignant events of your early life.
These...
Kohima: The Furthest Battle
The Story of the Japanese Invasion of India in 1944 and the Battle of Kohima
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
A comprehensive insight into a major turning point in World War II, using previously unpublished first-hand accounts. Leslie Edwards tells the story of the Japanese invasion of India in 1944 and provides a definitive analysis of the battle of Kohima.
Israel Since the Six-Day War
Tears of Joy, Tears of Sorrow
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Completing his acclaimed trilogy on the history of Israel, Leslie Stein brings readers right up to contemporary events in Israel Since the Six-Day War. Stein vividly chronicles Israel's wars and military engagements, but he also incorporates fascinating assessments of many other issues, including...
by Raymond Leslie Williams
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Smitten by the modernity of Cervantes and Borges at an early age, Carlos Fuentes has written extensively on the cultures of the Americas and elsewhere. His work includes over a dozen novels, among them The Death of Artemio Cruz, Christopher Unborn, The Old Gringo, and Terra Nostra, several volumes...
Screw Chocolate 2
14(+2) Queer Valentines to Get You Through February 14
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
Roses, cupid’s arrows, chocolate—chocolate? Screw chocolate! Queer up Valentine’s Day instead with these hilarious, heartbreaking (sometimes deliciously filthy) valentines by a posse of queer authors who have a fresh, occasionally revolutionary (always, insightful) take on love.
This...
by Leslie Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
"The Tenth Virgin," is a depiction of a day in the life of one of the Ten Virgins. Her whole day is spent serving others in need and then finds she, herself, is lacking what she needs to be prepared for the Bridegroom's arrival.A beggar was hungry and I made him some bread,A child lost...
by Leslie Smith Dow
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The Billings Kids History Mystery series begins with 12-year-old Elkanah Stowell, who ventures into the wilderness with his uncle, Braddish Billings, to help found what will become the Billings Bridge settlement. He’s an orphan, so he has to grow up quickly. He helps his uncle build a log cabin,...
by L. LESLIE BROOKE
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
THE
GOLDEN GOOSE BOOK
BEING THE STORIES OF
THE GOLDEN GOOSE
THE THREE BEARS
THE 3 LITTLE PIGS
TOM THUMB
With numerous Drawings...
by Leslie Wheeler
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
When Miranda Lewis and her friend Nate Barnes spend a weekend visiting friends at the Rhode Island coast, things go terribly wrong. Mirandas friend Erins fiancé is murdered and Nates friend Jimmy becomes the prime suspect. Tension increases because of the areas long-time cultural bias against Native...