楊梓瑤 Carol: 4546 books
by Carol Anne Davis
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
What drives attractive male cousins to rape and kill ten young women? Why do an altar girl and her boyfriend lure innocent victims into their customised torture van? Couples who kill comprise only twenty per cent of killers, but they often murder serially and are responsible for particularly inhumane...
by Carol Anne Davis
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
All of these men and women were in good professions… and all of them were hiding dark secrets.
Why do outwardly normal people commit horrendous crimes? In this collection of incisive profiles, veteran crime writer Carol Anne Davis turns the spotlight on men and women from respectable backgrounds...
Channeling Mark Twain
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
Fresh out of graduate school, Holly Mattox is a young, newly married, and spirited poet who moves to New York City from Minnesota in the early 1970’s. Hoping to share her passion for words and social justice, Holly is also determined to contribute to the politically charged atmosphere around her....
Interactive Democracy
The Social Roots of Global Justice
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
How can we confront the problems of diminished democracy, pervasive economic inequality, and persistent global poverty? Is it possible to fulfill the dual aims of deepening democratic participation and achieving economic justice, not only locally but also globally? Carol C. Gould proposes an integrative...
Otherworld Journeys
Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern Times
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 1988
Dozens of books, articles, television shows, and films relating "near-death" experiences have appeared in the past decade. People who have survived a close brush with death reveal their extraordinary visions and ecstatic feelings at the moment they died, describing journeys through a tunnel to a realm...
Last Chain On Billie
How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Against the backdrop of a glittering but brutal circus world, Carol Bradley's Last Chain on Billie charts the history of elephants in America, the inspiring story of the Elephant Sanctuary and the spellbinding tale of a resilient elephant who defied the system even as she struggled to conquer her...
by Carol Eliassen
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
A mermaid fantasy story of a Princess who conquers not only a powerful spell cast on her by her Grandparents, the King, and Queen of Travestana, located under the Caspian Sea but her own fear of risking her life to save her best friend. Mazzy and Zulu, her best friend and a fish, were inseparable...
Nature's Compass
The Mystery of Animal Navigation
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2012
We know that animals cross miles of water, land, and sky with pinpoint precision on a daily basis. But it is only in recent years that scientists have learned how these astounding feats of navigation are actually accomplished. With colorful and thorough detail, Nature's Compass explores the remarkable...
A Fistful of Dinosaurs
Epic Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
From “Jurassic Park” to “Godzilla,” dinosaurs have a rich history of exploring the idea of the creatures of the past. We love dinosaurs because they are big, and we love them when they are terrifying, we love them because they are dangerous.
Think Like A Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly
Dinosaurs...
Elusive Utopia
The Struggle for Racial Equality in Oberlin, Ohio
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2018
Before the Civil War, Oberlin, Ohio, stood in the vanguard of the abolition and black freedom movements. The community, including co-founded Oberlin College, strove to end slavery and establish full equality for all. Yet, in the half-century after the Union victory, Oberlin’s resolute stand for...
Packin' Spuds
The History of the IDAHO Potato
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Long ago in the mountains of Idaho, the first potatoes were planted, setting the stage for the beginning of the Famous Idaho Potato, known around the world. Packin' Spuds is an illustrated story of the history of the Idaho Potato, told through the lesson of Mrs. Russet, as she educates the potato kids...
When Duty Calls
A Handbook for Families Facing Military Separation
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
In this unique and wonderfully thorough handbook, a military wife and mom shares practical advice about preparing and dealing with deployment of a loved one. Carol Vandesteeg helps families learn what to expect as they prepare for deployment, how to communicate while separated, helping children through...
Realities of Canadian Nursing
Professional, Practice, and Power Issues
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
In Realities of Canadian Nursing, influential scholars throughout Canada give voice to the unheard concerns of nurses and go to great lengths to ensure the text offers readers more than an update on current and pressing professional, legal, ethical, political, social, economic, and environmental issues...
by Carol S. Steiker
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Refusing to eradicate the death penalty, the U.S. has attempted to reform and rationalize capital punishment through federal constitutional law. While execution chambers remain active in several states, Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker argue that the fate of the American death penalty is likely to be sealed by this failed judicial experiment.