Eleanor: 826 books

Focusing on a decade in Irish history which has been largely overlooked, Youth and Popular Culture in 1950s Irelandprovides the most complete account of the 1950s in Ireland, through the eyes of the young people who contributed, slowly but steadily, to the social and cultural transformation of Irish...

WOD inspiration from CrossFit Journal contributor and New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Brown! You know WODs are tough--on your body and on your mind. You know that when your legs are shaking and you can barely breathe, it takes more than physical strength to make it all the way to--and through--the...

Il libro che vi state accingendo a leggere parla della condizione della donna turca nel 1800, primi del novecento. Trattasi di una relazione di un viaggio compiuto da un occidentale nell’Impero ottomano. Ne viene fuori uno spaccato che ha dell’incredibile e che contrasta anche con quanto...

Un giorno Arianna riceve una lettera da suo padre che le comunica che sta per sposarsi di nuovo. "All’aeroporto ti verrà a prendere Lorenza, così avrete modo di conoscervi. La riconoscerai subito, non potrai sbagliarti, basta che tu scelga la più bella tra le donne presenti.” Tra...

Perceiving the Affordances is a personal history and intellectual autobiography of Eleanor Gibson, the groundbreaking research psychologist who was influential in the founding of the theory of perceptual development. It is also a biography of her husband, James J. Gibson, who was a major perceptual...

Two Californias explores for the first time the pervasive folk myth that Northern and Southern California should really be separate states. You hear it all the time in the media and on the street - but is it true?Michael DiLeo and Eleanor Smith look closely and discover that there are profound truths...

The Sikh religion has a following of over 20 million people worldwide. However,events such as the verbal and physical attacks on Sikhs just after September 11, where Sikhs were being mistaken for Muslims, suggest that the Sikh faith still remains mysterious to many. This Very Short Introduction introduces...

Eleanor Wiley and Maggie Oman Shannon have taken an ancient practice and made it new. A String and a Prayer recounts the history and symbolism of prayer beads, teaches basic techniques for stringing beads and a host of other objects into prayer beads, and offers a variety of prayers and rituals to...

Six spooky tales by prominent 19th century American author Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman.

Mine For The Taking tells the true story of South London gangster Charlie Richardson and his remarkable life and crimes in South Africa. By 1964, London was effectively ruled by two gangs: the Krays and the Richardsons. Their reputation for violence preceded them wherever they went; even today the...

In 1937, with the cash in his pocket, Arthur Corey purchases a grange hall, a derelict, drafty, long-deserted building destined to become the family residence into which babies, including the author, are born, one after another, after another. These children learn lessons via the school of hard knocks,...

This exceptional book, Gymnastic Exercises for Horses Volume II is now available in the Xenophon Press Reprint program. This great work explains how to gymnastically develop your horse and how to address problems that will inevitably arise along his path of training. The exercises are for green horses...

In Group Music Therapy Alison Davies, Eleanor Richards and Nick Barwick bring together developments in theory and clinical practice in music therapy group work, celebrating the richness of what group analytic thinking and music therapy can offer one another. The book explores the dynamic elements...

Lincoln Prairie Homicide Detective Marti MacAlister does not get along with her new boss. Lieutenant Gail Nicholson disapproves of what she calls Marti's sloppy work habits, and regards her success as a fluke rather than the result of hard work and skill. Marti thinks the woman just may be feeling...