B Taylor: 108 books
Monsters of Virginia
Mysterious Creatures in the Old Dominion
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Find out about all the strange phenomena that abounds in Virginia.
Colonial Spanish America
A Documentary History
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
Colonial Spanish America is a book of readings about people—people from different worlds who came together to form a society by chance and by design in the years after 1492. The book is meant to enrich, not repeat, the work of existing texts on this period, and its focus on people makes it stand...
Reliving the Past
The Worlds of Social History
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Five historians uncover the ties between people's daily routines and the all-encompassing framework of their lives. They trace the processes of social construction in Western Europe, the United States, Latin America, Africa, and China, discussing both the historical similarities and the ways in which...
What I Know...
Poems of Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2009
What I KnowPoems of Life takes the reader on a roller coaster ride of emotions, experiencing laughter, tears, a-ha moments, comprehension and rage. The poems provide a glimmer of being black in America, the comprehensive charge of being a woman, and the challenge of facing and surviving the unknown....
Across the Great Divide
New Perspectives on the Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
The financial crisis of 2008 devastated the American economy and caused U.S. policymakers to rethink their approaches to major financial crises. More than five years have passed since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, but questions still persist about the best ways to avoid and respond to future financial...
Medical Writing
A Guide for Clinicians, Educators, and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
The first edition of this book (titled “The Clinician’s Guide to Medical Writing”) has become a standard in its field and remains an indispensible reference for any clinician, academic physician, or health professional who wishes to hone their writing skills. However, since its publication...
Marvels and Miracles in Late Colonial Mexico
Three Texts in Context
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Miracles, signs of divine presence and intervention, have been esteemed by Christians, especially Catholic Christians, as central to religious belief. During the second half of the eighteenth century, Spain’s Bourbon dynasty sought to tighten its control over New World colonies, reform imperial...
by William B. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1979
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1979
This study analyzes the impact of Spanish rule on Indian peasant identity in the late colonial period by investigating three areas of social behavior. Based on the criminal trial records and related documents from the regions of central Mexico and Oaxaca, it attempts to discover how peasants conceived...
The Minor Prophets
Hosea to Malachi
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
The last 12 books of the Old Testament -- Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi – are “minor” only in the sense that they are short, not that they are unimportant. For instance, a sentence in Habakkuk – “the just shall live by his...
Diagnostic Principles and Applications
Avoiding Medical Errors, Passing Board Exams, and Providing Informed Patient Care
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
This book fills the need for a resource presenting important diagnostic facts that clinicians should have learned during their classroom lectures and subsequent clinical training, but often didn’t. The content will be literature-based information that can help the clinician avoid diagnostic errors....
A Highland Emerald
Highland Treasures, #3
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2018
Aine MacLean is forced into an arranged marriage with Sir William, Chief of Clan Munro, yet her heart belongs to a handsome young warrior in her father's guard. She must leave Durant Castle, the home of her birth on the Isle of Mull, and travel across Scotland in a perilous journey to her husband's...
A Highland Pearl
Highland Treasures, #1
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2018
A sweet romance blossoms amidst feuding and war. With her reputation at stake after being accused of practicing witchcraft and hated as a member of a rival clan, Maidie considers leaving Clan Munro and returning to the home of her birth in Clan Cameron. Fierce battles, a tragic encounter, and a handsome...
by George B. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
First Printed in 1891 and re-printed here, this is a classic treatise on maintaining the welfare of your dog. full of information in chapters as varied as, fitting your dog to the home, poor men's dogs here in England, beware of mongrels as pets, the diet of a home dog, installation of the pet, muzzles,...
Charlie Bear
What a Headstrong Rescue Dog Taught Me About Life, Love, and Second Chances
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
When B.J. Taylor first read about rescue dog Charlie Bear, she gazed at his photograph and knew right away he was the dog for her. She just hoped her husband, Roger, would agree. Thankfully, he did, and in the subsequent year, both B.J. and Roger soon discovered that Charlie Bear was brought into...