Elizabeth Ellen: 39 books

In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies -- a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of isolation...

ABROAD -This ebook Included TOC for Reader. -This sample in this ebook ; Following the successful Allied landings at Calabria, Taranto, and Salerno in early September 1943 and the unconditional surrender of Italy that same month, German forces had quickly disarmed their...

This unique volume presents the experience of 37 U.S. military nurses sent to the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of war to care for the injured and dying. The personal and professional challenges they faced, the difficulties they endured, the dangers they overcame, and the consequences they grappled...

This book traces the history of formative, enduring concepts, foundational in the development of the health disciplines. It explores existing literature, and subsequent contested applications. Feminist legacies are discussed with a clear message that early sociological and anthropological theories...

Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers...

The World Social Forum (WSF) has become the focus for a diverse array of movements advancing alternative visions of globalisation. The numerous WSF's have helped to connect activists in an increasingly dense network of advocates for radical social change. They have mobilised hundreds of thousands...

Miriam Johnson is forced to become A Roamer in Time when she is pursued by a megalomaniac scientist. She inadvertently escapes to the 12th century with the help of a faulty time-transport device that continually sends her back in time to different countries where she meets historic characters. Her...

“Alien V, the Final Solution” “Hood” “Xantrillian” “Bella” “Libelle” “A Case of Chimerical Denunciation” “A Tale of the Hobbits and One Lonely Dragon” “Alien Destiny” “Borg, the Emergence” “Unwritten” Excerpt from “The Plight of Jonathan Pope” Excerpt from “The Inventor’s Granddaughter” Excerpt from “A Horse Walking Backwards”

Sixteen year-old Jason Longfellow, a farmer’s son, didn’t know what was awaiting him at the local market. He was expecting to buy a pair of shoes, which he did … and as he was doing so he met the prettiest girl he had ever seen, but what he wasn’t aware of right then, was that meeting her...

From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms of Detroit, London, Moscow, Beijing, and beyond, couples of all types and ages have shared their insights into adult romantic...

During the decade preceding World War II, the Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression. It started around 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s depending in which country you lived. It was the longest, most widespread, and deepest depression of the 20th century. Food...