Point imprint: 454 books
The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
The question of cleanliness is one every age and culture has answered with confidence. For the first-century Roman, being clean meant a two-hour soak in baths of various temperatures, scraping the body with a miniature rake, and a final application of oil. For the aristocratic Frenchman in the seventeenth...
by Sandra Lindsey Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Life's Garden of Weekly Wisdom is a charming and delightful word garden filled with tasty bites for one's soul. This garden promises to give the reader years of spiritual nourishment. Each chapter explores a practical application of principle. Sandy writes with clarity, love and self-awareness. A...
The Eight Limbs of Yoga
A Handbook for Living Yoga Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
A clear, concise guidebook to the essentials of yogic thought and practice
Many people think yoga simply means postures and breathing. Not true. The intention of this short guide is practical and straightforward: to say what yoga really is and to apply its principles to everyday life. It leads...
Trespass
Living at the Edge of the Promised Land
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Trespass is the story of one woman's struggle to gain footing in inhospitable territory. A wilderness activist and apostate Mormon, Amy Irvine sought respite in the desert outback of southern Utah's red-rock country after her father's suicide, only to find out just how much of an interloper she was...
by Jennifer Sturman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
The mysterious, witty, and romantic follow-up to AND THEN EVERYTHING UNRAVELED, which Meg Cabot called "a delight"!Delia Truesdale is still searching for the truth about her mother, who is in hiding somewhere in South America. But for now, Delia has to make do with her mystery-solving in...
Tank Man
How a Photograph Defined China's Protest Movement
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
No one knew his name. But soon millions would know about his bravery. For almost two months in spring 1989, Beijing’s Tiananmen Square had been the site of growing protests against China's hardline communist government. In early June, China’s leaders had had enough. In a matter of days soldiers...
Am I Safe Here?
LGBTQ Teens and Bullying in Schools
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
This book is written for teachers, administrators, pre-service teachers, guidance counsellors, social workers, trustees, parents, and other LGBTQ allies who want to promote student safety and school improvement by creating a safe and inclusive school for LGBTQ students.
by Steven Otfinoski
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Every battle has two sides, and the Battle of Fort Sumter during the American Civil War is no different. Experience the event from perspective of the Union, and then read the perspective of the Confederates. A deeper understanding of the battle from both sides will give readers a clearer view of this event.
A Psychic in the Heartland
The Extraordinary Experiences of a Small-Town Doctor
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2003
The true story of a small-town doctor destined to live his life along two paths: one as a successful physician, the other as a psychic with ever more interesting adventures.
Experiencing a wide range of spiritual phenomena, Dr. Riblet Hout learned about the connection between the healer and...
The Tuscan Year
Life and Food in an Italian Valley
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 1994
The Tuscan Year recounts the daily life and food preparation of a family living on a farm in Tuscany. Elizabeth Romer chronicles each season's activities month by month: curing prosciutto and making salame in January, planting and cheesemaking in March, harvesting and threshing corn in July, hunting...
The Air Fryer Cookbook
Deep-Fried Flavor Made Easy, Without All the Fat!
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Air fryers are hot new kitchen appliances that use forced hot air to "fry" foods without oil. This is a huge boon to home cooks who love the flavor and texture of deep-fried foods, but hate the fat, calories, mess, and danger that accompany frying foods in a vat of hot oil.
by John Thorne
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 1996
John Thorne's classic first collection is filled with straightforward eating, home cooking, vigorous opinions, and the gracefully intelligent writing that makes him a cult favorite of people who like to think about food.
"Incisive, hilarious and occasionally nostalgic, this volume will...
by Reverend Mary E. Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
The connection between our thoughts/beliefs with our health/life experiences has been recently heralded as an important discovery by scientists. Yet in the 1920s Dr. Ernest Holmes extensively studied what others had already written about this & synthesized his understanding inThe Science of Mind text....
by Richmond A. Lattimore
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Richard Lattimore, among the most distinguished translators of the Greek classics, concluded late in his life one of his most ambitious projects - a complete translation of the New Testament. This New Testament is itself a classic of another kind - the words of the gospel and the apostles presented...