Berger: 852 books
Estranged
Leaving Family and Finding Home
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Jessica Berger Gross’s “gripping memoir about growing up in—and growing out of—a deeply dysfunctional, abusive family” (Glamour.com) redefines our understanding of estrangement and celebrates the ability to triumph over adversity.
To outsiders, Jessica Berger Gross’s childhood—growing...
Der Menschen-Präparator
Kriminalroman
Language: German
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Vor sechs Jahren verbreitete der Menschen-Präparator in Basel Angst und Schrecken. Nun ist er wieder da. Ein neuer spannender Thriller von Anja Berger. Eine schreckliche Entdeckung trübt die Basler Fasnacht: grausig zugerichtete Leichen stellen die Polizei vor ein Rätsel. Als wenig später Auszüge...
Guatemaltecas
The Women's Movement, 1986–2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
After thirty years of military rule and state-sponsored violence, Guatemala reinstated civilian control and began rebuilding democratic institutions in 1986. Responding to these changes, Guatemalan women began organizing to gain an active role in the national body politic and restructure traditional...
With Courage Shall We Fight
The Memoirs and Poetry of Holocaust Resistance Fighters
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
“With courage shall we fight,” a line from one of Frances’ poems, is a fitting title for the memoir of Murray “Motke” and Frances “Fruma” Gulkowich Berger’s incredible story of survival. Miraculously, first individually and then together as fighters in the Bielski Brigade, they escaped...
Understanding American Icons
An Introduction to Semiotics
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
This brief, student-friendly introduction to the study of semiotics uses examples from 25 iconic locations in the United States. From Coney Island to Las Vegas, the World Trade Center to the Grand Canyon, Berger shows how semiotics offers a different lens in understanding locations taken for granted...
by Thomas Berger
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
From the author of Little Big Man comes a modern retelling of Robinson Crusoe that is an introspective look at the human condition only Thomas Berger could deliver. “Both a survival tale and a story of the redemptive power of love and nature, the novel exudes an optimism rare in contemporary fiction.”...
by Gustaf Berger
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Five short stories written by Gustaf Berger and published by literary journals that nobody actually reads. "Yo-leven" - a craps game, a girl and a journey. "Breaking Stride" - when winning is losing. Or is it? "Victor Manure" - sits in his Caddy, waiting, cigarette smoke oozing out the window. "Breaking...
Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps
How to Thrive in Complexity
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Author and consultant Jennifer Garvey Berger has worked with all types of leaders—from top executives at Google to nonprofit directors who are trying to make a dent in social change. She hears a version of the same plea from every client in nearly every sector around the world: "I know that...
by George Berger
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Small towns sometimes hold the biggest secrets.Kevin should know; attending college in sleepy little Mud River, he's got plenty of secrets of his own. None of them, however, can explain why he and his co-ed roommate are being framed for ecoterrorism. Untangling that mystery would probably...
by Bernice Berger Miller
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Sixteen-year-old Juri arrived alone at Ellis Island from Russia. His father sent him for a temporary period, eager for his son to escape the coming war in 1914. Juri, no different from the many other immigrants, spoke no English. All he had was a brown bag that contained a few pictures and a change...
Gizmos or: The Electronic Imperative
How Digital Devices have Transformed American Character and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Gizmos or: The Electronic Imperative offers a concise series of analyses on the transformative impact of digital devices on American society. With approaches ranging from semiotic theory to psychoanalytic theory, sociological theory to personal reflection, Berger taps the span of knowledge from his...
How to Prevent Autism
Expert Advice from Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
The statistics are alarming and become more so every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 68 children have been identified with an autism spectrum disorder, making it one of the fastest growing developmental disorders in the United States. Further, the CDC estimates...
The Road to Power
Fast Food for the Soul (Books 1 & 2)
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Barbara Berger’s bestselling international classic is a book about power of the mind. This is a book about the ways in which you can take control of your life and create the life you’ve always wanted to live. But how do you take control? In this highly practical book, Barbara Berger gives us the...
Backsteintor und Spreewaldkahn
Märkische Landschaften
Language: German
Release Date: August 5, 2013
Uwe Berger erzählt in seinen literarischen Miniaturen von Städten, Seen und Wäldern der Mark Brandenburg, von den Bewohnern und ihrer Historie, beschreibt die Gegenwart und blickt in die Zukunft. In seiner verhaltenen Art schildert er Landschaften und Charaktere im Sinne des Mottos, das er der...