Jacobs: 1412 books
Vital Little Plans
The Short Works of Jane Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
A career-spanning selection of previously uncollected writings and talks by the legendary author and activist
No one did more to change how we look at cities than Jane Jacobs, the visionary urbanist and economic thinkerwhose 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities started a global...
From Princess to Chief
Life with the Waccamaw Siouan Indians of North Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
A collaborative life history of Priscilla Freeman Jacobs, From Princess to Chief tells the story of the first female chief (from 1986 to 2005) of the state-recognized Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe of North Carolina.
In From Princess to Chief, Priscilla Freeman Jacobs and Patricia...
by W.W. Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from W.W. Jacobs, ‘The Monkey's Paw’.
"The Monkey's Paw" is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs first published in England in 1902.nIn the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of the monkey's paw, but...
Jane Jacobs: The Last Interview
and Other Conversations
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
“Jane Jacobs is the kind of writer who produces in her readers such changed ways of looking at the world that she becomes an oracle, or final authority.” —The New York Sun
Hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “perhaps the single most influential work in the history of town planning,”...
René Jacobs im Gespräch mit Silke Leopold
Ich will Musik neu erzählen
Language: German
Release Date: March 12, 2015
"Der zurzeit aufregendste Operndirigent"(Münchner Merkur)
René Jacobs gehört zu den renommiertesten Dirigenten der Oper zwischen Monteverdi und Mozart - Werken, die er sowohl an den zentralen Opernhäusern in Europa realisiert als auch auf dem CD-Markt in Referenzeinspielungen...
by Harvey Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
A certain fine madness and a keen sense of the outrageous...When Leon Drew, a typical law-abiding, hard-working (senior copywriter for Rifkin, Blaze and Gillari Advertising), deeply committed family man (a wife, a son, a dog) receives a summons to jury duty, he reacts like most civic-minded Americans......
by W.W. Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Jacobs W.W, ‘At Sunwich Port.’
William Wymark Jacobs was an English author of short stories and novels. Quite popular in his lifetime primarily for his amusing maritime tales of life along the London docks (many of them humorous...
Deep Waters
The Entire Collection
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Jacobs W.W, ‘Deep Waters, the Entire Collection.’
Included in this collection are "Paying Off," "Made to Measure," "Sam's Ghost," "Bedridden," "The Convert," "Husbandry,"...
It's All Relative
Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
#1 New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs undergoes a hilarious, poignant quest to understand what constitutes family—where it begins and how far it goes—in It’s All Relative, a “thought-provoking…delightful, easy-to-read, informative book” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
A.J....
Everything is Happening
Journey into a Painting
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Michael Jacobs was haunted by Vel�zquez's enigmatic masterpiece Las Meninas from first encountering it in the Prado as a teenager. In Everything is Happening Jacobs searches for the ultimate significance of the painting by following the trails of associations from each individual character in the...
by Jonathan Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2011
So, you love movies? Jonathan Jacobs loves to hate movies! Together, with his readers, both will find the common ground.
as a film reviewer for the Screen Spotlight, it is vital for Jacobs to tame his language. In this book, however, readers will find a no-holds barred approach to movie punditry!...
by Harvey Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
The story of America's greatest hoax, "the Cardiff Giant"—shows up even the legendary. P.T.Barnum! All with a fantastical twist from award-winning author Harvey Jacobs.PRAISE FOR AMERICAN GOLIATHAn inspired novel.—TIME MagazineA masterpiece...arguably this year's...
Thanks A Thousand
A Gratitude Journey
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
The idea was deceptively simple: New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs decided to thank every single person involved in producing his morning cup of coffee. The resulting journey takes him across the globe, transforms his life, and reveals secrets about how gratitude can make us all happier,...
It's Not Always Depression
Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Fascinating patient stories and dynamic exercises help you connect to healing emotions, ease anxiety and depression, and discover your authentic self.
Sara suffered a debilitating fear of asserting herself. Spencer experienced crippling social anxiety. Bonnie was shut down, disconnected from her...