Barbara: 8138 books
Zum Weinen ist die Zeit zu schade
Diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Erkrankung
Language: German
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Für ihren Urlaub auf Fuerteventura hat sich Barbara einiges einfallen lassen, um ihrem eingerosteten Eheleben etwas Pepp zu verleihen. Ihr Mann Jürgen zieht nicht mit. Selbst die Fitnessbemühungen seiner Frau strengen ihn – eigentlich ein sportlicher Typ – eher an. Er fühlt sich schlapp und ausgelaugt,...
Bärenblut
Von der Mystik des Alltags: Ein schamanischer Weg
Language: German
Release Date: November 14, 2016
In "Bärenblut" lässt uns die erfahrene schamanische Praktikerin Barbara Gramlich teilhaben an einem Leben voller Magie und Schönheit an der Seite der Spirits und Krafttiere. Sie erzählt von ihrer Arbeit und ihrem Leben und lässt uns erfahren, dass die schamanische Welt ganz real ist und ein Teil...
Im Land des Flüsterns
Geschichten aus dem Alltag in Nordkorea
Language: German
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Leben und lieben in Zeiten der Diktatur: Die Autorin und Journalistin Barbara Demick erzählt bewegende Geschichten von Menschen in Nordkorea, ihrem Alltag, ihren Beziehungen, ihren Ängsten und vor allem den Herausforderungen durch die gnadenlosen Lebensverhältnisse im Schattenreich des "geliebten...
by Barbara Cartland
Language: German
Release Date: February 14, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: February 14, 2016
Weil ihre Eltern verarmt sind und ihre Mutter schwerkrank ist, ist Camilla gezwungen den herrschenden Fürsten von Meilenstein zu heiraten, der verspricht für die beiden zu sorgen. Ihr Vater, ein ehemaliger Diplomat des Landes, arrangiert die Heirat. Auf der Überfahrt von England nach Meilenstein...
Mrs. Kennedy
The Missing History of the Kennedy Years
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
New York Times bestselling author Barbara Leaming answers the question: What was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency? Here for the first time is the full story of the extravagant interplay of sex and politics that constitutes one of modern...
by Barbara W. Tuchman
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Barbara W. Tuchman won her second Pulitzer Prize for this nonfiction masterpiece—an authoritative work of history that recounts the birth of modern China through the eyes of one extraordinary American.
General Joseph W. Stilwell was a man who loved China deeply and knew its people as few...
Sisters First
Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
**#1 New York Times Bestseller
The former first daughters share intimate stories and reflections from the Texas countryside to the storied halls of the White House and beyond****.**
Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. As small children, they...
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
My Tale of Madness and Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
As a deadly cancer spread inside her brain, leading neuroscientist Barbara Lipska was plunged into madness—only to miraculously survive with her memories intact. In the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts her ordeal and explains its unforgettable lessons...
by Barbara Holborow
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
No-one knows more about children in trouble than Barbara Holborow. In this best-selling book, Barbara draws on the knowledge and wisdom acquired in her many years as a Children’s Court magistrate, where she presided over the best and the worst of children, and those dealing with them. She tells the...
Failing Up
A Professor's Odyssey of Flunking, Determination, and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
KIRKUS STAR Review
"An absorbing, eye-opening narrative about the value of grit and education, sure to inspire a wide audience**."**
In this stunning debut memoir, Hong (Special Education/Brigham Young Univ.-Hawaii) recounts her exceptional transformation from floundering student...
Malato d'infinito
Don Gnocchi e le virtù
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Molto spesso una biografia non riesce a far emergere tutto lo spessore del personaggio la cui esistenza viene raccontata. Questo perché ci sono aspetti che sfuggono alla logica di una narrazione cronologica, aspetti umani e personali che non possono splendere adeguatamente semplicemente enunciandoli....
Becoming Light
A 21St Century Retelling of the Life of Nano Nagle in Prose and Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2019
Praise for Becoming Light
“Prose and poetry, narrative and dream-like interludes vie with each other in a series of vignettes, charting the twists and turns of an amazing journey under the shadow of the Penal Laws. Nano emerges in stages as a bright and vivacious child, as a privileged young...
Hedge Hogs
The Cowboy Traders Behind Wall Street's Largest Hedge Fund Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
For readers of The Smartest Guys in the Room and When Genius Failed, the definitive take on Brian Hunter, John Arnold, Amaranth Advisors, and the largest hedge fund collapse in history
At its peak, hedge fund Amaranth Advisors LLC had more than $9 billion in assets. A few weeks later, it completely...
The Shopping Revolution
How Successful Retailers Win Customers in an Era of Endless Disruption
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
SILVER WINNER, IBPA BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARDS & FINALIST, 2018 FOREWORD INDIES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Featured in The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Vox, The Shopping Revolution offers a “brilliant analysis of the disruptive effect that Amazon is having on the retail industry and how stores...