Isaacs: 128 books

Poema dedicado por el escritor colombiano Jorge Isaacs a Antioquia, a la raza antioqueña, a las gentes de la “montaña” entre quienes quiso que se le enterrara, según se lo expresó en carta a su amigo Juan Clímaco Arbeláez.

En su poema Mayo, Jorge Isaacs cuenta sus travesuras de niño con el perro Mayo, el mismo que figura en su novela 'María', la obra más célebre del autor colombiano.

A young Confederate soldier, Lucas Burkette, lies on the battlefield. Struck by a Union soldier's musket round before firing a single shot, he is left paralyzed. It's here that he tries to cope with his impending death.Fighting a mental battle with himself through the stages of grief, he learns what it means to die, but more importantly, he learns what it means to live.

The title question is asked of many first - year seminary students. It is one of the most important spiritual questions of all time. This book answers the question definitively. The reader will be shocked to discover how clear the answer has always been. Darek Isaacs engages the reader in a fun riddle...

New York Times bestseller: The heroine of Compromising Positions returns in this “hilarious” suburban murder mystery (People). Where did Courtney Logan go? The former investment banker turned suburban dilettante had not lived in Shorehaven for long, but had begun to establish herself there....

Ranging from bittersweet memories to fantasized futures, from short experimental takes to fully realized satirical concepts, and from social ironies to academic comedies, these stories illustrate the work of a writer one critic has called "prolific and Protean." The first and the last were prize-winners,...

Jesse Miller wears a lot of masks. He's a freelance writer, a bicoastal academic, a husband, an ex-husband, a father, a son, a lover, a teller of tales, a college kid, a college teacher, a tennis player, a man on the make, a man on the come, a man on the job, a man on the ropes, and on the mend....

I have felt the sting of your arrows, the lead of your bullets, the blades of your knives, and the fury of your fists.Above all these, I have known the beauty of your poetry, the vanity of your inane flattery, and the vacancy of your hollow words. You desire to save me, yet you kill me the same.

It's 1940 and Linda Voss, legal secretary extraordinaire, has a secret. She's head over heels in love with her boss, John Berringer, the pride of the Ivy League. Not that she even has a chance--he'd never take a second look at a German-Jewish girl from Queens who spends her time taking care of her...

As more and more the United States becomes a nation of gamblers, an understanding of the attractions and risks of gambling becomes increasingly important. This study explores its history, its misguided myths, its currency in cultural icons, and the potential pathologies of its practice. What may push...

First published in 2002, this guide pioneered the idea that hormones play a key role in weight loss and weight control. Writing in clear, simple terms, Dr. Isaacs profiles each hormone system, discussing what can go wrong and how imbalances can affect weight and even perpetuate obesity. The book explains...

Beat Overeating Now! provides a step-by-step plan for fixing appetite controls while working with your body's natural hunger and weight loss hormones to beat overeating easily and permanently. Written by Dr. Scott Isaacs, one of the leading weight loss experts in the country, Beat Overeating Now!...

Enrich your library collection with outstanding informational books that children really want to read. This annotated resource by veteran children’s book reviewer Isaacs surveys the best nonfiction/informational titles for ages 3 through 10, helping librarians make informed collection development and...

Sedick Isaacs was a prisoner of conscience on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent m18 years. This is another perspective of another section of the prison through the eyes of a scientist.