Burns: 965 books
Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog
The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
“Kitty Burns Florey seems to write from a great wellspring of inner calm that derives from a gleeful appreciation of life's smallest details.”
—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls
Once wildly popular in grammar schools across the country, sentence diagramming...
Feeling Good Together
The Secret to Making Troubled Relationships Work
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
Based on twenty-five years of clinical experience and groundbreaking research on more than 1,000 individuals, Feeling Good Together presents an entirely new theory of why we have so much trouble getting along with each other, and provides simple, powerful techniques to make relationships work.
We...
by Eric Burns
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
One of the most dynamic eras in American history—the 1920s—began with this watershed year that would set the tone for the century to follow.
"The Roaring Twenties” is the only decade in American history with a widely applied nickname, and our collective fascination with this era...
The Dust Bowl
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
In this riveting chronicle (which accompanies the documentary broadcasted on PBS) Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns capture the profound drama of the American Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Terrifying photographs of mile-high dust storms, along with firsthand accounts by more than two dozen eyewitnesses, bring...
Virtue, Valor, and Vanity
The Inside Story of the Founding Fathers and the Price of a More Perfect Union
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
Washington, Adams, Henry, Jefferson, Franklin, and Hamilton: their ambitions, intrigues, and jealousies shaped the birth of the nation, but they overcame their foibles and imperfections to throw off the chains of tyranny and form a more perfect union. We think of them now as faces on money or statues...
Burial for a King
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral and the Week that Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
In the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, riots broke out in 110 cities across the country. For five days, Atlanta braced for chaos while preparing to host King’s funeral. An unlikely alliance of former student radicals, the middle-aged patrician mayor, the no-nonsense police...
Experiencing Progressive Rock
A Listener's Companion
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2018
In Experiencing Progressive Rock: A Listener's Companion, Robert G. H. Burns brings together the many strands that define the "prog rock" movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s to chart the evolution of this remarkable rock tradition over the decades.
Originating in the 1960s...
by Christine Burns
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Press for Change (founded in 1992) was a hugely successful campaign for the civil rights of transgender people in the UK — achieving in the first 12 years a string of legislative successes that included protection against discrimination in employment, the right to NHS treatment and ultimately the...
Grover Cleveland, Again!
A Treasury of American Presidents
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
**The instant New York Times bestseller that's perfect for President's Day!
A gorgeous collection of American presidents filled with fun facts and sparkling with personality, from nonfiction master Ken Burns.**
This special treasury from America's beloved documentarian Ken Burns brings the...
by Louis F. Burns
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Traces 400 years of Osage culture from prehistoric times to the group's current status as an officially recognized tribe.
Osage traditional lands are located in mid-continental America encompassed by the present-day states of Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Major waterways through...
The Corner
A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known--and cautiously avoided--by most of Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood. David Simon, an award-winning author and crime reporter, and...
by Robert Burns
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
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