Rachel: 4000 books
Strangers in Berlin
Modern Jewish Literature between East and West, 1919–1933
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Berlin in the 1920s was a cosmopolitan hub where for a brief, vibrant moment German-Jewish writers crossed paths with Hebrew and Yiddish migrant writers. Working against the prevailing tendency to view German and East European Jewish cultures as separate fields of study, Strangers in Berlin is the...
by Rachel G. Fuchs, Victoria E. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2004
During the nineteenth century, European women of all countries and social classes experienced dramatic and enduring changes in their familial, working and political lives. However, the history of women at this time is not one of unmitigated progress - theirs was an uphill struggle, fraught with hindrances,...
Planet/Cuba
Art, Culture, and the Future of the Island
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Transformations in Cuban art, literature and culture in the post-Fidel era
Cuba has been in a state of massive transformation over the past decade, with its historic resumption of diplomatic relations with the United States only the latest development. While the political leadership has changed...
by Rachel Erlanger
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
For eight years, Church authorities searched for a reason not to burn Giordano Bruno, a quarrelsome, opinionated, brilliant Dominican friar and scientist. In the end, he left them no choice. Here, in this short-form book by bestselling author Rachel Erlanger, is his little-told story.
Amish Cinderella Book 1
Amish Fairy Tales (A Lancaster County Christmas) series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Will sixteen-year-old Ella have the strength to fight for her future with Samuel in the face of treachery, violence, and a shocking tragedy that threatens everything she's ever wanted?
Set in a whimsical Lancaster County of fantastic possibility grounded in strong Christian values, sixteen-year-old...
by Rachel Bronson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
For fifty-five years, the United States and Saudi Arabia were solid partners. Then came the 9/11 attacks, which sorely tested that relationship. In Thicker than Oil, Rachel Bronson reveals why the partnership became so intimate and how the countries' shared interests sowed the seeds of today's...
by Rachel Swaby
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Florence Nightingale. Sally Ride. Ada Lovelace. These names and others are etched in history and included here as part of an awe-inspiring collection of profiles of thirty-three of the most influential women in science—women whose vision, creativity, passion, and dedication have changed the world.
Aspiring...
by Jim Rodgers, Lindsey Reinisch, Rachel Mohs
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Africa: The Quest for Justice Amid Conflict and Corruption
by Jim Rodgers, Lindsey Reinisch, Rachel Mohs, Tim Kullman, and Trevor Peterson
Africa: The Quest for Justice Amid Conflict and Corruption outlines the struggle for justice and stability in a region fraught with...
Washington Brotherhood
Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Traditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of angry debates and violent duels, a microcosm of the building animosity throughout the country. Yet, in Washington Brotherhood, Rachel Shelden paints a more nuanced portrait of Washington...
Thicker Than Oil
America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2008
For fifty-five years, the United States and Saudi Arabia were solid partners. Then came the 9/11 attacks, which sorely tested that relationship. In Thicker than Oil, Rachel Bronson reveals why the partnership became so intimate and how the countries' shared interests sowed the seeds of today's most...
The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians
How to Stay Sane and Care for Yourself from Pre-conception Through Birth
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2008
The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians covers everything you need to make the thrilling and challenging journey to motherhood: from choosing a donor to tracking fertility to signing the right papers on the dotted lines. Rachel Pepper's lively, easy-to-read guide is the first place to go for...
A Life in Medicine
A Literary Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
“Excellent” poetry and prose about physicians and their patients, by Raymond Carver, Kay Redfield Jamison, Rachel Naomi Remen, and more (Library Journal).
A Life in Medicine collects stories, poems, and essays by and for those in the healing profession, who are struggling to keep up with...
by John Rachel
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
In this social-political satire, a young man who escapes his hayseed home town in Missouri is accidentally labeled a terrorist and must survive a manhunt by government security agencies in a paranoid and unraveling America. The president out of desperation perpetrates an end-of-the-world hoax, trying...
by John Rachel
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
"12-12-12" is the story of a great nation falling apart and one young man’s quest for meaning in the midst of chaos. It takes the stuff of reality and pitches it to a high scream. Open your mind but cover your ears. Knowledge is bliss but it’s loud and painful. Yet somehow still funny....