Rachel: 4000 books
by Rachel May
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
**Following the trail left by an unfinished quilt, this illuminating saga examines slavery from the cotton fields of the South to the textile mills of New England—and the humanity behind it. **
When we think of slavery, most of us think of the American South. We think of back-breaking fieldwork...
The Man from the Train
The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
An Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime, this “impressive…open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America” (The Wall Street Journal) shows legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applying his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old...
American Tapestry
The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
A remarkable history of First Lady Michelle Obama’s mixed ancestry, American Tapestry by Rachel L. Swarns is nothing less than a breathtaking and expansive portrait of America itself.
In this extraordinary feat of genealogical research—in the tradition of The Hemmingses of Monticello and...
Prolife Feminism
Yesterday and Today
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2006
"We need a new way of seeing!"
--Jennifer Ferguson, South African musician & Former MP, African National Congress
Is abortion on "demand" a woman's right, or a wrong inflicted on women? Is it a mark of liberation, or a sign that women are not yet free? From Anglo-Irish...
In Their Own Words
Women who served in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Rachel Vogeleisen is a professional photographer specialising in women's portraits and fashion. Her fascination with the Second World War was sparked by her discovery as a child that her grandfather, from Alsace, had had to fight for the Germans against Russia. This book, the culmination of ten years...
A Girl Stands at the Door
The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
A new history of school desegregation in America, revealing how girls and women led the fight for interracial education
The struggle to desegregate America's schools was a grassroots movement, and young women were its vanguard. In the late 1940s, parents began to file desegregation lawsuits...
Success as a Foster Parent
Everything You Need to Know About Foster Care
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
Change a child's life!
Reap the rewards of becoming a foster parent. Over 600,000 American children are in the foster care system each year, and the number is growing. So is the number of good-hearted people willing to become foster parents. But what does it take to become a foster parent?...
Into Dust and Fire
Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
“A moving, beautifully-written tale… Rachel Cox has produced a masterpiece of storytelling, infused with romance, danger, adventure, humor, and heartbreaking loss. It is, hands down, the best description of the transformation of untested young men into soldiers that I have ever read.” — Lynne...
Pearls before Poppies
The True Story of the Red Cross Pearls
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
In February 1918, when the First World War was still being bitterly fought, prominent society member Lady Northcliffe conceived an idea to help raise funds for the British Red Cross. Using her husband's newspapers, The Times and the Daily Mail, she ran a campaign to collect enough pearls to create...
A Teacher's Guide to American Tapestry
Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
For teachers
We know that the Common Core State Standards are encouraging you to reevaluate the books that you assign to your students. To help you decide which books are right for your classroom, each free ebook in this series contains a Common Core–aligned teaching guide and a sample chapter.
This...
My One Word
Change Your Life With Just One Word
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
The concept of My One Word is simple. Lose the long list of resolutions—all your sweeping promises to change—and do something about one thing this year instead of nothing about everything. Choose just one word that represents what you most hope God will do in you, and focus on it for an entire...
Kudos
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2018 • Amazon Editors' Top 100 of 2018
Rachel Cusk, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of Outline and Transit, completes the transcendent literary trilogy with Kudos, a novel of unsettling power.
A woman writer visits a Europe in flux,...
Transit
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
National Bestseller • A Finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize • A Finalist for the Goldsmiths Prize • Longlisted for the International DUBLIN Literary Award • One of Time Magazine's Top 10 Fiction Books of the Year
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book • Named a Best Book of...
by Amy Andrews, Amanda Usen, Wendy Byrne
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
12 months. 12 men. 12 fantasies come true.
Drop everything and one-click your way to a world where alpha billionaires know how to take care of a woman...
Success, power, and money...these men have it all. Whether you swoon for a crowned prince, melt for a real estate mogul, or get hot...