A Gerber: 10 books

2008 United States Postal System’s Rita Lloyd Moroney Award In the era before airplanes and e-mail, how did immigrants keep in touch with loved ones in their homelands, as well as preserve links with pasts that were rooted in places from which they voluntarily left? Regardless of literacy level,...

True Faith delves into the spiritual journey many of us take to discover for ourselves what we truly believe. Pulling from religious sources throughout the world, including Taoist, Christian, Hindu and other philosophies both religious and non-religious, this book brings reason and insight into common...

Do historians “write their biographies” with the subjects they choose to address in their research? In this collection, editors Alan M. Kraut and David A. Gerber compiled eleven original essays by historians whose own ethnic backgrounds shaped the choices they have made about their own research...

Americans have come from every corner of the globe, and they have been brought together by a variety of historical processes--conquest, colonialism, the slave trade, territorial acquisition, and voluntary immigration. A thoughtful look at immigration, anti-immigration sentiments, and the motivations...

Poetry is a relative term these days. It seems anyone with an ax to grind or a rant to rave can get up in a dingy venue and call him/ herself a poet. We all know from school days what poetry used to sound like, however, that form has pretty much been abandon and or adapted to fit our times for better...

Ovid's Metamorphoses played an irrefutably important role in the integration of pagan mythology in Christian texts during the Middle Ages. This book is the only study to consider this Ovidian revival as part of a cultural shift disintegrating the boundaries between not only sacred and profane literacy but also between academic and secular politics.

Mein krimineller Sommerausklang: Sechs Krimis auf 1113 Seiten von Alfred Bekker, Uwe Erichsen & A. F. Morland & Ursula Gerber & Horst Bosetzky Der Umfang dieses Buchs entspricht 1113 Taschenbuchseiten. Krimis der Sonderklasse - hart, actionreich und überraschend in der Auflösung....

A. F. MORLANDS KRIMINALMAGAZIN 25 Krimis um Mord und TotschlagA. F. Morland, Ursula Gerber, Alfred Bekker, Horst Bieber & Karl PlepelitsDer Umfang dieses Buchs entspricht 900 Taschenbuchseiten.Dieses Buch enthält folgende fünf Krimis:A. F. Morland: Abserviert von zarter HandUrsula Gerber: Der...

Dieses Buch enthält folgende Krimis: Tote Bullen (von Alfred Bekker) Der Schlächter von Bern (von Ursula Gerber) Ein Toter kam nach Baltimore von A. F. Morland Heiße Fracht nach Washington von A. F. Morland Ein Kandidat für die Todesstrafe von A. F. Morland Das Urteil lautet Tod von A. F. Morland...

Prepare future educators to strengthen the literacy skills of students in Grades 6–12 with this introductory reading textbook, based on the latest research, the Common Core State Standards, and recommended instructional practices. The perfect first text on adolescent literacy, this expertly...