Golden: 881 books

Just imagine this for a moment ... what if one of the shepherds at the manger in Bethlehem was a young boy learning to tend sheep? What if he experienced that cold, lonely night so long ago that we have been told was invaded by an angel announcing the most improbable news? What if an immeasurable...

The Seattle Play Series presents their debut collection of plays about Green Lake by Seattle playwrights.

Ever heard the expression “the school of hard knocks?”  Most of us have.  It’s a way of saying that life is a place where we learn through difficult situations and experiences.  Sometimes a person considers the lessons from the school of hard knocks more valuable, or at least...

Tiger Woods? Ben Hogan? Annika Sorenstam? None of these amazing athletes knows more about winning golf tournaments than LPGA legend Kathy Whitworth. In the bestselling tradition of Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, long-time Penick student and World Golf Hall of Fame enshrinee Whitworth presents readers...

This accessible work provides critical analysis and context to international capital markets, their regulation and their institutions. It is written from a comparative and international perspective and analyses regulatory approaches in the US, UK and EU as well as smaller markets engaging in successful...

This book retrospectively analyzes the notorious 1924 case of Leopold and Loeb, in which two college students murder a young boy just to prove they could do it. In the almost hundred years since that trial, the field of neuroscience along with neuropsychology have expanded tremendously, and there...

This concise reference clarifies the gray areas between traumatic brain injury and PTSD while providing an empirically sound framework for neuropsychological evaluation and differential diagnosis. Its extended research review summarizes findings on key topics including the neuroanatomy of brain injury,...

A humorous and exciting story of a burglar who reformed on Christmas Eve and returned the things he had stolen, told in Mr. Nicholson's best vein.

No segment of the travel industry is growing faster than river cruising. But how can you pick the right boat or itinerary? This book answers those questions and more, giving detailed, opinionated advice on the varying characters of the boat companies; why one river or itinerary will likely have more...

Penny Pride and the Double Dutch Contest teaches children about the treasure and worth in true friendship. True friends always encourage each other to do their best and trust that forgiveness will always be available to them. It exalts Christian character by showing readers that Gods Word is true: the humble will always be exalted.

This book examines storymaking processes in K-8 classrooms from a social-semiotic perspective that highlights how participants' discourse influences story construction and interpretation. It is unique in that it invites the reader to actively engage in the analysis of classroom discourse and to consider...

Maid Marian, an orphaned heiress, struggles against scheming, duplicitous relatives for the right to her own lands. A medieval romance featuring Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Friar Tuck, and Prince John. Lampoons institutions such as the monarchy and the church in the post-Napoleonic era.

L’assassinat d’un archéologue de renom à New York va plonger Nathan Drake, chasseur de trésor, au cœur d’un mystère millénaire. Pour résoudre le meurtre, Nathan va devoir naviguer entre assassins, armée des ténèbres et trois labyrinthes mythiques. Mais les réponses se trouvent par-delà...

La vita dell'autore fu lunga e tragica, nell'accezione più vera del termine, ossia nel senso che essa fu dominata da una profonda, segreta tensione: una vera tragedia dell'anima. Tolstoj stesso riteneva che il 1878 fosse lo spartiacque tra due fasi della sua esistenza, nella prima il grande scrittore...