Ellen: 2931 books
A note to missionaries in third world countries.
What does the man on the Jericho road really thinks?
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
Settlers of the American West
The Lives of 231 Notable Pioneers
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Depictions of the American west in literature, art and film perpetuate romantic stereotypes of the pioneers—the gold-crazed ’49er, the intrepid sodbuster. While ennobling the woodsman, the farmwife and the lawman, this tunnel vision of American history has shortchanged the whaler, the assayer,...
Freedom's Children
Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2000
In this inspiring collection of true stories, thirty African-Americans who were children or teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s talk about what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South-to sit in an all-white restaurant and demand to be served, to refuse to give up a seat at the front of...
Mom and Dad, Just Shut up and Watch the Game
32 Suggestions for Sideline Parents from an Experienced Sports Mom
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
This book is for all kids, parents and coaches
who love to participate in sports, but sometimes
wish the parents would evaporate from the
sidelines. These suggestions apply to a wide
range of sports, including basketball, soccer,
volleyball, football, hockey, lacrosse...
Retrofitting Suburbia, Updated Edition
Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Updated with a new Introduction by the authors and a foreword by Richard Florida, this book is a comprehensive guide book for urban designers, planners, architects, developers, environmentalists, and community leaders that illustrates how existing suburban developments can be redesigned into more...
by Ellen R. Wald
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
A history of the most profitable company in the world, Saudi Aramco, and the story behind the family that ruthlessly maneuvered to control this multi-trillion dollar enterprise.
The Saudi royal family and Aramco leadership are, and almost always have been, motivated by ambitions of long-term...
Egyptian Hip-Hop: Expressions from the Underground
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 34, No. 1
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
This ethnographic study of the Egyptian underground hip-hop scene examines the artists who collectively molded the scene and analyzes their practices and explores how these artists have interacted with and responded to political and social upheaval and change. It reveals how rappers approached and...
by Ellen Riojas Clark, Carmen Tafolla
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
This culinary history unwraps the extensive culture surrounding the tamale, bringing together writers, artists, journalists, and Texas’ regional leaders to honor this traditional Latin American dish. It is filled with family stories, recipes, and artwork, and also celebrates tamaladas-the large...
Our Prince of Scribes
Writers Remember Pat Conroy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In...
Beautiful Dreamer
The Life of Stephen Collins Foster
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2005
While East Coast composers of the mid-1800s continued to imitate the music of their European forebears, Pittsburgh native Stephen Foster infused his compositions with the rich and diverse flavors of river life. By mixing this western essence with the style of traditional English folk songs, he created...
by Ellen Labrecque, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California...
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Ein Rache-Roman
Language: German
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Rache ist - Frauensache... Beim 25-jährigen Abi-Jubiläum treffen sich drei Freundinnen von einst wieder: Die brave Evi hat ihrem wunderbaren Gatten und den süßen Kindern zuliebe die Karriere an den Nagel gehängt und ihr Glück in der Küche gefunden. Beatrice hat Vorzeigetochter und -ehemann...
by Sue-Ellen Case, Professor Elaine Aston
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2008
This classic study is both an introduction to, and an overview of, the relationship between feminism and theatre. The reissued edition features a new Foreword by Elaine Aston who examines the context in which Case's book was written, the influence it has had, subsequent developments in the field and the continued importance of the work.
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
In this vibrant new historical novel, the acclaimed author of The Plum Tree and What She Left Behind explores one young woman’s determination to put an end to child labor in a Pennsylvania mining town…
As a child, Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Now,...