Rhodes: 691 books

Book cover of Bobby on the Beat
by Pamela Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013

Pamela Rhodes, one of the first British policewomen, tells her fascinating story in Bobby on the Beat. Back in 1950 Pam became one of the first policewomen in the country. But the force's new female recruits faced a sceptical public in rural Yorkshire and even before they stepped out on the...
Book cover of An Education in Politics

An Education in Politics

The Origins and Evolution of No Child Left Behind

by Jesse H. Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2012

Since the early 1990s, the federal role in education—exemplified by the controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)—has expanded dramatically. Yet states and localities have retained a central role in education policy, leading to a growing struggle for control over the direction of the nation’s...
Book cover of The Twilight of the Bombs

The Twilight of the Bombs

Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons

by Richard Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010

The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post–Cold War age. The past twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary...
Book cover of Complete Works of Apollonius of Rhodes (Delphi Classics)
by Apollonius of Rhodes, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The epic poem ‘Argonautica’ by Apollonius of Rhodes is the only epic poem to survive from the Hellenistic period, telling of the fabled adventures of Jason and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical...
Book cover of Montague Rhodes James: The Best Works
by Montague Rhodes James
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2019

The Best Works of Montague Rhodes James A Thin Ghost and Others Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Masterpiece of Mystery in four volumes (GHOST STORIES) More Ghost Stories Old Testament Legends The Five Jars The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts
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Abbey and Jakey

Book Also Includes ''Jakey's Happy Tale''

by Phyllis Yohn-Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2005

This is the true story about two very special cocker spaniels and their human mom (me)Phyllis. Some believe it to be no more then coincidental but some will see, as I do. There is greater being and when you believe and are in need, anything can and does happen. As you read this true story,...
Book cover of The Marie Laveau Mystery Trilogy

The Marie Laveau Mystery Trilogy

Season, Moon, and Hurricane

by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012

Season In Season (formerly titled Voodoo Season), Jewell Parker Rhodes revisits the sensual, magical landscape of her highly acclaimed debut novel, Voodoo Dreams. Moon In the second part of the New Orleans trilogy that began with Voodoo Season, Rhodes takes on an ancient African vampire in...
Book cover of Bayou Teché
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016

From the award winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, a story of a Louisiana woman stuck in the wrong city with the wrong man.Mira longs to return to the bayou, to sit on her grandma's lap again and watch the fireflies dance through the air. But she ran off with Charlie, and now she's...
Book cover of Spectacle of Property

Spectacle of Property

The House in American Film

by John David Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017

Much of our time at the movies is spent in other people’s homes. Cinema is, after all, often about everyday life. Spectacle of Property is the first book to address the question of the ubiquitous conjuncture of the moving image and its domestic architecture. Arguing that in cinema we pay to occupy...
Book cover of Say It Loud!

Say It Loud!

My Memories of James Brown, Soul Brother No. 1

by Don Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008

When Don Rhodes took his seat not far behind Michael Jackson at the funeral of the “Godfather of Soul” on December 30, 2006, it marked the close of a forty-year friendship. In Say It Loud! Rhodes pays tribute to James Brown and his storied career, with a close and comprehensive look at the life...
Book cover of Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales and Sketches
by William Henry Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

IN MEMORIAM. At the time when, according to custom, Mr. Rhodes's death was formally announced to the several Courts of Record in San Francisco, one of the learned Judges urged the publication of his writings in some form which would give the bar a permanent memorial of one of it's most esteemed members,...
Book cover of The Debasement of Human Rights

The Debasement of Human Rights

How Politics Sabotage the Ideal of Freedom

by Aaron Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018

The idea of human rights began as a call for individual freedom from tyranny, yet today it is exploited to rationalize oppression and promote collectivism. How did this happen? Aaron Rhodes, recognized as “one of the leading human rights activists in the world” by the University of Chicago, reveals...
Book cover of Long Distances
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016

From the award winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes Three thousand miles. That's how far Nate has to drive to get to Los Angeles, to satisfy the dreams of his wife Della and find a new life for the two of them and their daughters. But cruising through Indiana in the early hours of morning with...
Book cover of The Alpha Woman Meets Her Match

The Alpha Woman Meets Her Match

How Today's Strong Women Can Find Love and Happiness Without Settling

by Sonya Rhodes, Susan Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014

Relationship therapist Sonya Rhodes's liberating, straight-talking guide convincingly argues that successful modern women—the audience who embraced Lean In—can find the right guy without having to change or settle, and tells them how to do it. In the twenty-first century, women are outpacing...
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