Susan Richards: 18 books

Book cover of Lost and Found in Russia

Lost and Found in Russia

Lives in the Post-Soviet Landscape

by Susan Richards
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010

After the fall of communism, Russia was in a state of shock. The sudden and dramatic change left many people adrift and uncertain—but also full of a tentative but tenacious hope. Returning again and again to the provincial hinterlands of this rapidly evolving country from 1992 to 2008, Susan Richards...
Book cover of Saddled

Saddled

How a Spirited Horse Reined Me In and Set Me Free

by Susan Richards
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010

The New York Times bestselling author of Chosen by a Horse explains how caring for an animal taught her to care for herself. One day, at the age of thirty-one, Susan Richards realized that she was an alcoholic. She wrote it down in her journal, struck by the fact that it had taken nine years...
Book cover of Chosen by a Horse
by Susan Richards
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006

“Two kindred spirits find each other in this beautifully written memoir about the human-animal bond” (Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation). When Susan Richards agreed to take on the care of one of the abused horses just rescued by the local SPCA, she didn’t know it was about...
Book cover of Chosen Forever

Chosen Forever

A Memoir

by Susan Richards
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008

The New York Times–bestselling author of Chosen by a Horse shares tales of both hardship and success—and her unexpected love story. “Richards reflects on how rich life becomes when one travels her own best path. Orphaned early in life, Richards struggled to connect with the world until...
Book cover of Warm Springs

Warm Springs

Traces of a Childhood at FDR's Polio Haven

by Susan Richards Shreve
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2008

An “engrossing” memoir of finding comfort, company—and mischief—at the famed Georgia retreat for children with polio (Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air). Just after her eleventh birthday, Susan Richards Shreve was sent to the Polio Foundation in Warm Springs, Georgia. Famously founded...
Book cover of More News Tomorrow: A Novel
by Susan Richards Shreve
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019

A thrilling and richly drawn family drama about a daughter’s quest to understand her mother’s mysterious death. On the morning of her seventieth birthday, Georgianna Grove receives an unexpected letter that calls her back to Missing Lake, Wisconsin, where her mother was murdered sixty-six...
Book cover of You Are the Love of My Life: A Novel
by Susan Richards Shreve
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012

“Spare, elegant and absolutely riveting. . . . Cancel those dinner plans—you’ll want to keep reading.”—Joanna Powell, People It is 1973 and Watergate is on everyone’s lips. Lucy Painter is a children's book illustrator and a single mother of two. She leaves New York and the married...
Book cover of A Student of Living Things
by Susan Richards Shreve
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007

The Frayn family of Washington, D.C., is coping pretty well with twenty-first century realities of life?snipers, bomb threats, natural disasters, etc. Then, in the moment it takes Claire Frayn to dig for her umbrella, her politically outspoken brother Steven is shot down right next to her on the library...
Book cover of Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 1
by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2019

This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Katherine...
Book cover of Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 5
by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019

Ten of the greatest authors of all time present their great works in the short story genre. A great compilation of tales for all tastes with the  great geniuses of literature in his most acclaimed works.  This selection specially chosen by the literary critic  August Nemo, contains the following...
Book cover of Globalization on the Ground

Globalization on the Ground

Postbellum Guatemalan Democracy and Development

by John A. Booth, Stephen G. Bunker, Christopher Chase-Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2001

This book presents research, analysis, and reflections on the major issues of Guatemalan development and democracy: the role of the military, the involvement of Mayan communities in national development, the possible emergence of more inclusive political institutions and the roles of international...
Book cover of Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities
by Krystine Donato, Maurice Feldman, Beverley Fedoroff
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008

'A book such as this both demonstrates the progress that has been made over recent years, and will also serve to enhance respect for the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the years to come.' - From the Foreword by Orville Endicott This wide-ranging volume provides a multidisciplinary...
Book cover of The Life of Our Language

The Life of Our Language

Kaqchikel Maya Maintenance, Shift, and Revitalization

by Susan Garzon, R. McKenna Brown, Julia Becker Richards
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010

The native Maya peoples of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize have been remarkably successful in maintaining their cultural identity during centuries of contact with and domination by outside groups. Yet change is occurring in all Mayan communities as contact with Spanish-speaking Ladino society...
Book cover of Concepts of Nature

Concepts of Nature

Ancient and Modern

by Barry Cooper, Thomas W. Smith, Glenn Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016

Concepts of Nature compare and contrast classical, medieval, and modern conceptions of nature in order to better understand how and why the concept of nature no longer seems to provide a limit or standard for human action. These essays also evaluate whether a rearticulation of pre-modern ideas (or...
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