Howe: 470 books

A bookseller in San Francisco during the gold rush, Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918) rose to become the man who would define the early history of California and the West. Creating what he called a “history factory,” he assembled a vast library of over sixty thousand books, maps, letters, and documents;...

Issue #126 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by E. Catherine Tobler and Justin Howe.

A large body of research in disciplines from sociology and policy studies to neuroscience and educational psychology has confirmed that socioeconomic status remains the most powerful influence on children’s educational outcomes. Socially disadvantaged children around the world disproportionately...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Scotch Wit and Humor. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by W. H. (Walter...

The town of Bethel had a tumultuous birth, caught in a land battle between France and Britain in the late seventeenth century. This hardy Maine town was originally called SudburyCanada, and its rugged settlers weathered the hardships of nature and devastating Indian raids. With the growth of agriculture,...

Being a woman in todays world means wrestlingphysically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionallywith lots of weighty struggles. Lifestyle mentor Michele Howe and orthopedic surgeon Christopher Foetisch offer a well-rounded training manual filled with inspirational insight and practical advice for handling...

In Caring for Our Aging Parents, Michele Howe provides practical and necessary guidance to help readers navigate the uncertain and emotional territory of caring for elderly parents. This book addresses the mental and emotional aspects of growing older, and offers sound biblical advice on how to care...

This book tells the story of the Hakka Chinese in Sarawak, Malaysia, who were targeted as communists or communist sympathizers because of their Chinese ethnicity the 1960s and 1970s. Thousands of these rural Hakkas were relocated into “new villages” surrounded by barbed wire or detained at correction...

Winner of the 2001 Anne Szumigalski Award for Poetry and shortlisted for the 2001 Regina Book Award (Saskatchewan Book Awards). Shortlisted for the 2002 Gerald Lampert Award and longlisted for the 2002 ReLit Awards. A wide-ranging reckless intelligence, verbal audacity and irrepressible humour -- all...

In Voices at Twilight, a collection of poems, historical essays, and photographs, Lori Howe illuminates past and present Wyoming ghost towns. Old Sherman, once the highest railroad village in the world, is now inhabited only by a child's grave. Centennial, a former gold-rush town, is now home to...

Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles, this key textbook offers an insight on the theory of emotional intelligence and its vital practical value. Elegantly and succinctly written, it makes a powerful case for the importance of understanding and managing emotions for effective professional...

Social workers need to recognize the critical role that theory plays both in the way they make sense of what is going on and in the way they order their work. Such recognition clarifies practice for both the worker and the client. David Howe's classic text provides a framework to help social workers...

The Native Races, Volumes I-II, Complete Wild Tribes, and Civilized Nations This edition features • two complete books • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS VOLUME I, WILD TRIBES CHAPTER I. ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER II. HYPERBOREANS. CHAPTER...

Hubert Howe Bancrofts History of Utah, 1540-1886 is an expansive, illustrated history of Utah and Mormonism. Numerous illustrations of maps and more are interspersed throughout the chapters. A table of contents is also included for easier navigation.