Alexis: 1223 books

A heartfelt and personal collection of poems which explores emotions and experiences at the heart of human existence: love, relationships, desire, identity, sex and understanding. These poems seek to make sense and glean solace from the turmoil that so often torments the human soul in the struggle for personal satisfaction and happiness.

Whether it's the Vatican addressing its role in the Second World War or the United States atoning for its treatment of native Hawai'ian islanders, apologizing for history has become a standard feature of the international political scene. As Alexis Dudden makes clear, interrogating this process is...

In the third chapter of the paranormal serial fiction STAKES, Gwen wrestles with difficult secrets. After an emotional evening of revelations from her brother's past, Gwen shares her developing abilities with her new friends. Struggling with her own secrets and her brother's, she confronts...

Sexism is alive and well. Women still make less money than men per dollar. Women remain objectified. Women continue to lack control over their own bodies. There has been much talk about these things, and calls for equality, but what would that mean? What would need to happen in America for total sexual...

42 DAYS THROUGH FAITH is an interfaith devotional that increases empathy and compassion by emphasizing our common humanity. Each week has a specific theme and includes sacred text from six major world religions. Within each week, every day focuses on a specific aspect of the theme. These daily devotionals...

Fiction Fix is a collection of 47 short stories and over 200 micro fiction stories. Many genres covered, including crime, sci fi, and absurd humor. An eclectic mix for those looking for something out of the ordinary.

Prejudice is often not a conscious attitude: because of ingrained habits in relating to the world, one may act in prejudiced ways toward others without explicitly understanding the meaning of one’s actions. Similarly, one may know how to do certain things, like ride a bicycle, without being able...

Hi, I'm Alexis. My home is in London, England. When I was 13, two friends and myself wrote a book. We took turns writing. It was very exciting finding out every break at school, what each of us had written about our heroes or heroines. I have always loved putting words together. After bringing up...

I’ve been bounced from foster home to foster home since I was seven, now I’m eighteen and I’m free. I am determined to make something of myself, to prove to everyone that they were wrong about me. I finally have my life together, until he comes into it and turns everything upside down. Carter...

A New Abridgement of a Classic on the American Experiment. 
As debates rage over the future of America and the country's relationship to its past, there is no better time to examine the American culture from the perspective of a nineteenth century French thinker and student of democracy....

The most important contribution to our understanding of the French Revolution was written almost one hundred years ago by Alexis de Tocqueville.

This volume comprehensively covers a range of issues related to dynamic norm change in the current major international arms control regimes related to nuclear, biological,and chemical weapons; small arms and light weapons; cluster munitions; and antipersonnel mines. Arms control policies of all of...

Enlightening account of the many different aspects of food and its preparation by the ancient Greeks, Romans, Assyrians, Egyptians, and Jews covers a wide array of subjects: the mythological origin of specific foods; agricultural, milling, and marketing practices; treatment of dinner guests; descriptions of seasonings, pastries, and exotic dishes; more. 38 black-and-white illustrations.

As politicians debate how to address the estimated eleven million unauthorized immigrants residing in the United States, undocumented youth anxiously await the next policy shift that will determine their futures. From one day to the next, their dreams are as likely to crumble around them as to come...