Brooks: 1783 books
by Brooks Headley
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
“The most entertaining cookbook in memory. . . . A game changer.”—Anthony Bourdain
While other chefs paid dues on restaurant lines and at cooking schools, Brooks Headley was in the back of a tour van as a drummer in much-loved punk bands that never made a dime. Now executive pastry chef...
Before Earth Day
The Origins of American Environmental Law, 1945-1970
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Most Americans—even environmentalists—date the emergence of laws protecting nature to the early 1970s. But Karl Boyd Brooks shows that, far from being a product of that activist decade, American environmental law emerged well before the first Earth Day, often in unexpected places far from Capitol...
Tales from the San Diego Chargers Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Chargers Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
During his 27-year tenure with the San Diego Chargers, equipment manager Sid Brooks kept over 5,000 football players from appearing naked before their cheering fans. The first African American to hold the job of equipment manager in the NFL, Brooks’ job was to see that each player left the locker...
The Social Animal
The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
With unequaled insight and brio, New York Times columnist David Brooks has long explored and explained the way we live. Now Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life. This is...
Reading Price Charts Bar by Bar
The Technical Analysis of Price Action for the Serious Trader
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
While complex strategies and systems may work for some traders, understanding price action is all you really need to succeed in this arena. Price action analysis is an effective approach to trading today's markets—whether you're involved in stocks, futures, or options. It allows you to focus on...
by Terry Brooks
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2003
***NEW YORK TIMES *BESTSELLER **• Expect no end of wonders and suspense, no shortage of adventure and enchantment, as Terry Brooks begins the next extraordinary quest in the magical world of Shannara. . . .
Twenty years have passed since Grianne Ohmsford denounced her former life as the...
Nine Parts of Desire
The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2010
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize winning author presents the stories of a wide range of Muslim women in the Middle East. As an Australian American and an experienced foreign correspondent, Brooks' thoughtful analysis attempts to understand the precarious status of women in the wake of Islamic...
The Second Mountain
The Quest for a Moral Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world.
Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy—who...
Wards of Faerie
The Dark Legacy of Shannara
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Seven years after the conclusion of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks at last revisits one of the most popular eras in the legendary epic fantasy series that has spellbound readers for more than three decades.
Tumultuous times are upon the world...
by Evelyn Roberts Brooks
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2016
Message from the Author: Feeling overwhelmed by grief or divorce pain? If you or someone you know is experiencing grief or the silent ache of old emotional wounds that never healed fully, this book is for you. If you feel trapped in a fog of pain and sorrow, you’ve come to the right place. And if...
Story Physics
Harnessing the Underlying Forces of Storytelling
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Learn how to make your story soar!
In the physical world, gravity, force, and other elements of physics govern your abilities and can be utilized to enhance your every movement. In the world of writing, story physics can be harnessed in much the same way to make your novel or screenplay the best it...
Bodies in Dissent
Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2006
In Bodies in Dissent Daphne A. Brooks argues that from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, black transatlantic activists, actors, singers, and other entertainers frequently transformed the alienating conditions of social and political marginalization into modes of self-actualization...
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by Van Wyck Brooks
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
In this volume, first published in 1947, Pulitzer Prize winning author Van Wyck Brooks gives a superb recreation of a segment of American literary history, namely the period from approximately the 1840’s through to the 1890’s. Those were the days of Melville, Whitman, Mark Twain, Lanier, Bret...
The Longest Year
America at War and at Home in 1944
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
This “highly recommended” account of 1944—arguably the most important year in modern history—reads like a suspenseful drama (The History Channel).
Historian Victor Brooks argues that 1944 was “the longest year” for Americans of that era, both in terms of US casualties and in deciding...