Shirley Shirley: 1496 books

This book is my account of finding a mystery man for four years. His name is Sri Aurobindo, a great spiritual leader. I found a portrait of him in an Ashram in India and in finding him I found myself. I looked up and there in the corner of my bedroom, blinking off and on for some time as if...

When a man wrongly arrested for murder hangs himself, forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy, who helped put him away, leaves her job and moves to a sleepy village. But when the vicar's wife is murdered, Jill discovers village life isn't the retreat she'd hoped to find. And while Jill's excolleague and...

Issue framing is the way that people, especially politicians, get other people to view a particular problem or issue. By framing the issue in a particular way, the goal is to get people to think about the issue, to believe that an action is required and, most importantly, to believe that a particular...

A powerful collection of essays from authors such as Mircea Eliade, Joan Halifax, Stanley Krippner, Brooke Medicine Eagle, Serge King, and Michael Harner on the mystifying phenomenon of shamanism around the world---what it is, how it works and why.

One Day is a collection of poems which highlights the issues and challenges facing mankind in the 20th and 21st centuries. Politics, religion, socio-economic issues, and a need for natural resources led to numerous campaigns on the battlefield, and on the middle class. Issues challenging the poor and...

This anthology introduces some of the most influential literature shaping our understanding of the social and cultural foundations of education today. Together the selections provide students a range of approaches for interpreting and designing educational experiences worthy of the multicultural societies...

This title was first published in 2001. The eminent historian of Victorian Britain, Walter L. Arnstein has, over the course of a career spanning more than 40 years, arguably introduced more students to British history than any other American historian. This collection of essays by some of his former...

All's Fair In Love And…Court? RUST CREEK RAMBLINGS Lindsay Dalton, daughter of our esteemed town attorney, is about to try her first case in the courtroom, and it's a doozy. It's David versus Goliath as Lindsay tests her mettle against millionaire cowboy Walker Jones. With his...

Can tragedies have a happy ending in Storybook Lake?   Every town has one—a mean girl, hell-bent on taking down everything in her path—and Danielle Ranier played the role to a tee. She broke up Storybook Lake’s most beloved couple and to save herself from a lifetime of lectures on morality,...

Molly Hunter's always dreamed of finding Mr. Right and having a family. Now she's accidentally expecting! But Mr. Right's in another city—and he's certainly not expecting to be a dad! From the second she spied him on a weekend in Vegas, Molly was bowled over by millionaire entrepreneur Linc...

1581: young St Andrews academic Hew Cullan is unhappy with his life and disillusioned with the law. After his father’s death he is invited by theadvocate Richard Cunningham to complete his legal education in Edinburgh as Richard’s pupil at the bar. Among his father’s things Hew findsa manuscript...

This edition contains thirteen original full-page color illustrations and thirteen line drawings to show how the littlest dragon grows in power and size with each story he tells. Turn your reader to landscape to best enjoy the color pictures. Petra and Daniel have little use for the quaint...

What could possibly change your life over night and turn a happy existence into a tit for tat practical joke nightmare? Having three brothers move in as your new next door neighbours thats what! Bryony Rose comes head to head with the unruly and unstoppable Booger boys after her own dog displays out...

Vampires and ghosts lurk in the dark shadows of New Orleans. Join us on a journey through the historic French Quarter where the spirits of the dead linger just beyond the reach of the living. Five mysterious and thrilling stories from ten authors guaranteed to send a chill up your spine. Dark...