Barbara D : 148 books
1234 Mama ist hier!
Kursgeschichten
Language: German
Release Date: July 28, 2014
1234 Mama ist hier, sollte nicht so ernst genommen oder zu sehr hinterfragt werden. Man muss die Dinge einfach so hinnehmen, wie sie sind. Wer Kinder hat, weiß das! Es schildert lediglich verschiedene Situationen, in die Kinder oder Erwachsene durch Kinder kommen. Dies ist kein Ratgeber in Sachen...
Shoestring
An Adventure in the Florida Keys
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
Steve Andrews had it made, a successful law practice in Miami, a young, beautiful wife and a sailboat to enjoy his leisure time. Then one day he woke up to find his world turned upside down. His law practice was failing and he was informed his wife was not legally his wife. To make matters worse,...
by Barbara D. Hoffstot
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Palm Beach is a remarkably small town to be so famous; its population is only a little over 10,000. Nor is it an old town: the oldest extant building dates from about 1885, and the town itself was not incorporated until after 1900. What has granted Palm Beach its fame is the same combination of elements...
Sadie's Secret
A Real Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007
This book is the fictional story of one mans journey from agnostic concerning unusual phenomena into the realm of belief in the existence of the Big Foot in the swamps of West Florida.Inspired by the natural beauty of present day Myakka River State Park, not far from Sarasota, Florida, the story deals...
Love 2.0
Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
**In this groundbreaking relationship book, positive emotions expert Barbara L. Fredrickson gives us an entirely new way of understanding love and appreciating its benefits.
“A radically new conception of love.”—The Atlantic**
Even more than happiness and optimism, love holds the...
Barbara F. Vucanovich
From Nevada to Congress, and Back Again
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Barbara Vucanovich was sixty-two when she ran in her first election, becoming the first woman ever elected to a federal office from Nevada. In this engaging memoir, written with her daughter, she reflects on the road that led her to Washington--her years as mother, businesswoman, and volunteer.
by Lawrence A. Shapiro, Shannon Spaulding, Daniel D. Hutto
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
The first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists considers the mind–body relationship from the perspective of athletic skill and sports practice.
This landmark work is the first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists...
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...
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...
by Thomas D. Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2004
As we move out of the past and into the present, our landscape is forever altered by the passing of time. The face of Kokomo, "The City of Firsts," has changed over the years. Once an image of small-town Americana, Kokomo has grown-expanding its industrial reach, enticing new residents, and continuing...
A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps
My Mother's Memories of Imprisonment, Immigration, and a Life Remade
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Jadwiga Lenartowicz Rylko, known as Jadzia (Yah′-jah), was a young Polish Catholic physician in Łódź at the start of World War II. Suspected of resistance activities, she was arrested in January 1944. For the next fifteen months, she endured three Nazi concentration camps and a forty-two-day...
Literature and Cartography
Theories, Histories, Genres
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
The relationship of texts and maps, and the mappability of literature, examined from Homer to Houellebecq.
Literary authors have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground fictional space, to visualize sites, and to help readers get their bearings in the imaginative world of the...
Parks, Peace, and Partnership
Global Initiatives in Transboundary Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
Today, over 3,000 protected areas around the world contribute to the protection of biodiversity, peaceful relations between neighbouring countries, and the well-being of people living in and around the protected environs. Historical and geo-political constraints are disappearing in a new spirit of...
by Colleen Beard, Stephen Bocking, Jennifer Bonnell
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Fundamentally concerned with place, and our ability to understand human relationships with environment over time, Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS) as a tool and a subject has direct bearing for the study of contemporary environmental issues and realities. To date, HGIS projects in...