Linda: 7121 books

New York Times Notable Book: A “beautifully written” memoir by the daughter of the brilliant, troubled poet (Detroit Free Press). This is an honest, unsparing account of the anguish and fierce love that bound a difficult mother and the daughter she left behind. Linda Sexton was twenty-one...

'While I don’t have any choice in how long I have to live, I do have a choice in how I spend the time I have. And I’ve chosen not to spend it constantly stressing about cancer. I’ve chosen to enjoy the little things. I’ve chosen to laugh. And I’ve chosen to look back on my life and thank...

Living on a farm with four hundred goats and a cantankerous carnivore isn’t among vegan chef Brie Hooker’s list of lifetime ambitions. But she can’t walk away from her Aunt Eva, who needs help operating her dairy. Once she calls her aunt’s goat farm home, grisly discoveries offer ample...

In 1896, Columbia Professor of logic and ethics, Dr. James H. Hyslop’s stated his lectures “on the Greek ethics attributed to Plato, Socrates and Aristotle is an attempt to reduce the conceptions of Greek ethics to the same terms as those in which modern problems in this field express themselves....

Linda was a single mom for twelve years. She understands first hand this kind of loss. Her journey to healing created a passion for single parents as they rebuild their lives and the lives of those in their care. She also understands the joy and rewards of healing positively and moving forward with...

Amicus Curiae, legal Latin for “friend of the court.” Linda MacFarlane, as an official reporter, was a friend of the court. Not a party to the cases that crawled through the courtrooms where she spent her career, but a technician who took a verbatim record and provided transcripts to the higher...

How often do you rock through life thinking everything is grand, and then out of nowhere, smack, you get hit hard? How do you make it through the bad stuff the really bad stuff ? In her memoir, Hookers, Midgets, and Fire Trucks: An Invitation to Our Party, Linda Gayle Thompson shares how laughing,...

Winter roads were unusually icy in San Antonio, and schools had already cancelled classes more than once. Linda Montez decided to take the bus to work. She soon realized the bus was more than a mode of transportation. For her, it was an avenue for ministry. Linda tells 30 stories about the people...

A nature-loving travel writer and her photographer/husband run away from their home in Florida to spend a year wandering in Australia. Wander with them as they enjoy the highs and lows of life on the road, and as they re-discover many of Australia's natural wonders. If you have ever been to, or would...

Praise for Nonprofit Essentials: The Development Plan "Linda provides a very practical outlook on how to succeed in developing and implementing a fundraising plan for a nonprofit organization. The importance of the various players and their roles—staff, board, and volunteers—is critical...

Shift or Get off the Pot was written by the outrageously funny, sassy, and savvy humorist, speaker, and "accountability expert" Linda Edgecombe. For more than sixteen years, Linda has been showing people how to laugh and find the fun in their lives, while at the same time encouraging people...

Ecocriticism can be described in very general terms as the investigation of the many ways in which culture and the environment are interrelated and conceptualized. Ecocriticism aspires to understand and often to celebrate the natural world, yet it does so indirectly by focusing primarily on written...

Like a storm, death can overtake you, often fiercely and without warning. Your whole life changes in an instant. Widow's Key is a comprehensive step-by- step guide for before, during and after the death of a spouse or any significant personal losses. A national book award winner, Widow's Key provides...

What difference can the aspiring HR strategist really make to business value? In the new edition of her ground-breaking book, Linda Holbeche answers this question and provides the tools and insights to help HR managers and directors add value to the organization by implementing effective HR...