Stephanie Allen: 21 books

"What's for dinner?" If the sound of those three words sends you reeling or, worse, straight to the nearest fast-food chain or take-out joint, then relax. Dream Dinners will change all that forever. With their new cookbook, Stephanie Allen and Tina Kuna, founders of Dream Dinners,...

Entangled in Yugoslavia - an Outsider's Memoir is a compelling combination of personal memoir as well as a portrait of a collapsing society.The author is a foreign service wife returning to Belgrade - the scene of a previous posting - to find that the city she had known as a stable peaceful place,...

Ten years ago, Adam Walker killed twelve of his classmates before attempting to kill himself. He survived thanks to his girlfriend and now he’s out on parole, trying to figure out where he goes from here. His little girl is almost ten and he’s never met her, will Ruby allow him to? Or will the families of those he killed try for their own idea of justice?

It's 1919, a time when traveling medicine shows can still find audiences eager to buy miracle "cures" and watch old-fashioned variety acts. Stephanie Allen's novel Tonic and Balm follows one such troupe, Doc Bell's Miracles and Mirth Medicine Show, as it winds through Pennsylvania, struggling...

Based on authentic love letters, written to the author by a hapless bullfighter Discover post civil war Andalusia, with its Moorish past through the language and culture of local people Compares 1950s Ireland with Franco’s Spain in the same period, both in the grip of unbending Catholicism Take...

The facts are on the table. Dinnertime is truly the most important hour in a day that a family can spend together. Focusing on the family meal, this book will help strengthen families by showing them how to reclaim this important time in order to build relationships, draw closer to one another, and...

First Steps: Understanding Autism is a clear, concise starter's guide for people interested in autism. Here you find the information you need to get up to speed on the major issues and challenges concerning autism. You gain a better understanding of what autism is, how it is experienced, and what...

The structure, function and reactions of nucleic acids are central to molecular biology and are crucial for the understanding of complex biological processes involved. Revised and updated Nucleic Acids in Chemistry and Biology 3rd Edition discusses in detail, both the chemistry and biology of nucleic...

Crochet Hats & Bags features 14 lovely hats and 7 beautiful bags. They're all vintage patterns, so you'll have timeless and unique additions to your wardrobe. All of the patterns are easy to make and come with pictures.

Discovering Autism I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know how to help my children overcome their developmental delays. I tried to navigate the early intervention programs, but they couldn’t, or wouldn’t, tell me what was wrong. Then, one night my husband’s grandmother intervened. I thought...

Reggie and Leah have always been best friends. Upon high school graduation, they make their first unsupervised vacation trip to Myrtle Beach. They need the time away to relax, not just because college is in their future but also because there’s been a serial killer in their hometown of Sedona, South...

This honest, clearly written, and accessible book shows how to use Family Dialogue Journals (FDJs) to increase and deepen learning across grade levels. Written by K–12 teachers who have been implementing and studying the use of weekly journals for several years, it shares what they have learned...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities...

An in-depth history of Alfred Kinsey’s groundbreaking Institute for Sex Research and the cultural awakening it inspired in America—“it has no rival” (Angus McLaren). While teaching a course on Marriage and Family at Indiana University, biologist Alfred Kinsey noticed a surprising dearth...