Beth: 2483 books

In the 1920s and ’30s, people gathered in darkened rooms to explore the paranormal through seances. They were motivated by grief, spiritual devotion, or a desire to be entertained. Beth A. Robertson resurrects the story of a small transnational group and their quest for objective knowledge of the...

Encounters with American Ethnic Cultures represents a cultural approach to understanding ethnic diversity in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Thirteen chapters, each using an ethnographic field methodology, explore such ethnic experience as the "invisible" (WASPS and African-Americans);...

There's no place like home... Nursing a broken heart, Jennifer Bolitho retreats to Pixie Cottage. Her new landlord - a former soldier turned movie heartthrob - has grounds so large, she's sure the little house nestled in the woods will bring her solitude. Alex Delgardo also has reasons...

Elizabeth details of suffering from a virus that changes her into a Great White Shark while living on Mars. She details about fighting the virus and trying to survive to be Human.

Who killed Sir Benedict Stanbury?  Could the stable hand accused of the crime really be guilty?  Perhaps it was Sir Benedict's wild niece or her mercenary mama.  Could it have been the suspicious solicitor or the frightened governess? With a surplus of suspects and an absence of alibis, can newlyweds...

Red Flannel is a pair of woolen long johns, and Rosebud is a lacy, delicate nightgown. On wash days they hang side by side on the clothesline. Red Flannel is in love with Rosebud, but he's too clumsy and shy to speak to her. For her part, Rosebud feels it beneath her dignity to converse with such...

A few days before his death my husband requested me to write a few words of thanks on the publication of this collection of articles. He had already prepared the greater part of the volume for the press and had also decided on the title Science a Road to Wisdom. His original selection was somewhat...

Catholics and Protestants have, since the earliest days of the Reformation, held markedly different views about the Virgin Mary. In Reforming Mary Beth Kreitzer examines the development of Lutheran views on this subject as expressed in 16th-century Lutheran published sermons, starting with the earliest...

This is what Warren Buffett says about the most important things: "Rule No 1: Never lose money; rule No 2: don't forget rule No 1." Source: The Tao of Warren Buffett This book is about not losing money! A common question I have been getting: "How much do you make from trading:"....

The world tells us that the way to make all our dreams come true is to set our own course and strive every day. But when it's all on us, we end up feeling exhausted, frustrated, and, disappointed when things don't turn out as we'd hoped. Have you ever wondered if there was a better way? There...

Andrea McIntyre is about to start medical school when a senseless crime turns her world upside down and takes away everyone she holds most dear. A masked killer invades her home, kills her entire family, and after having his way with her, leaves Andrea for dead. She manages to survive however, and...

Nothing exciting ever happened in Emily's sleepy Church Hill neighborhood. Just when she'd come to accept that she lives in probably the most boring place ever, a giant sinkhole opens up in the middle of the street and swallows two cars. With the help of her best friend Sarah, Emily decides to investigate...

Both party and elegy, Drink to the Lasses is the story of Mary Beth Ellis’ life at Saint Mary’s College, the all-women’s sister school of the somewhat-more-famous University of Notre Dame. The same wit that made her a popular campus columnist is now shaded with a steely view of her younger self....

This issue of Profession contains Michael Bérubé's introduction to his Presidential Forum, Avenues of Access, which was held at the 2013 MLA convention, and the essays of the forum participants: Joshua A. Boldt, Beth Landers, Maria Maisto, and Robert Samuels. The issue also features a section on a...