Eileen: 1036 books

The half-century between 1880 and 1930 saw rampant growth in many American cities and an equally rapid movement of women into the work force. In Los Angeles, the city not only grew from a dusty cow town to a major American metropolis but also offered its residents myriad new opportunities and challenges.Earning...

Ruislip is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The short description 'Rislepe' reveals a heavily wooded and thinly populated area with land for twenty ploughs. An unusual feature of the landscape was 'a park for woodland animals', the northern pale of which survives as Park Wood, a scheduled...

For more than five decades, we've been told by pundits, commentators, advertisers, scholars, and politicians that television is both a window on the world and a mirror reflecting our culture. We've been led to believe that it shows us the world's events through news programs and, through entertainment...

George Nieman, an elderly developmentally challenged newspaper vendor, was found one morning on a suburb’s main drag, stabbed multiple times in the chest and throat. The depth of devotion of University City’s firefighters to George soon became apparent to the whole community. U. City’s Bravest and Kindest tells the moving true story of the UCFD’s 50-year friendship with George.

Eileen Stewart-Rhude’s new book, The Leadership Edge: Seven Keys to Dynamic Christian Leadership for Women, is written to encourage every woman in leadership. She combines scriptural examples, historical models and personal experiences that apply profound wisdom and insights rooted in her many years...

For the public sector, which is globally the largest employer of people and repository of information, managing information and knowledge is an extremely problematic area to address. The essence of both resources is that they are intangible, their impact and value cannot be measured through traditional...

Eileen Apperson has always felt a visceral reaction to landscapes. The one she lives in has been compromised and altered, making her relationship to this place all the more complicated. The San Joaquin Valley has gone through series of transitions to become the worlds greatest agricultural region....

From her youth, Mary Shelley immersed herself in the social contract tradition, particularly the educational and political theories of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as the radical philosophies of her parents, the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and the anarchist William Godwin. Against...

Eileen Kezia Tekyi is a young talented poet who spreads emotion through poetry.

Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown comprise Virginia's historic triangle. Some of the most important chapters of America's history unfolded in these settlements. The region has been the scene of violent confrontations between settlers and the original natives, an emotional struggle for independence,...

Eileen Reeves examines a web of connections between journalism, optics, and astronomy in early modern Europe, devoting particular attention to the ways in which a long-standing association of reportage with covert surveillance and astrological prediction was altered by the near simultaneous emergence...

After the death of her mother and step-father, Eloise raises her sister, Sasha, alone. As the investigation moves forward, Sasha helps lead the detectives toward the killer and something more sinister. Sasha’s innocent and cheerful outlook on life draws Ronan back to Eloise and Sasha for more than...

Long ranked as one of the top zoos in America and even the world, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium's history has remained untold, until now. Beginning as little more than a menagerie, the zoo transformed into a spectacular attraction that now draws two million visitors per year. Supporters...

Eileen Sutton has been writing about—and winning at!—poker for over a decade. Now, in this comprehensive book, she joins with the experts at Card Player magazine to demystify the game and detail everything you need to know to play (and win), whether you’re sitting down to a friendly kitchen-table...