Jacobs: 1412 books

Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. Only 51 percent of Americans can afford to pay off their debt. Half of all adult Americans are diagnosed with at least one chronic illness. In Accuracy, author Philip Sharp Skills Jacobs leads us on the hunt to address tough issues such as these and many...

On June 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl, which pitted adoptive parents Matt and Melanie Capobianco against baby Veronica’s biological father, Dusten Brown, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Veronica’s biological mother had relinquished...

More Celtic Fairy Tales is part of a series written by the Australian born folklorist Joseph Jacobs. In this book feature over two dozen stories taken from popular oral tradition and united with John D. Batten's black and white drawings, full of movement and energy. Stories include: 'The Fate of the...

"Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa." "Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?" "Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales." "Well, here goes.—Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your...

Ein Aufbruch voller Hoffnung England im 19. Jahrhundert. Cassandra Blake ist eine starke junge Frau: Nach dem Tod der Mutter hat sie ihre drei Schwestern allein großgezogen. Doch ihre Existenz wird bedroht, als in Amerika der Bürgerkrieg ausbricht. Denn die Baumwollversorgung in das englische Lancashire...

This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1902 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Dialstone Lane' is one of the author's few full length novels. Jacobs worked as a clerk in the civil service before turning to writing in his late twenties,...

The seemingly effortless integration of sound, movement, and editing in films of the late 1930s stands in vivid contrast to the awkwardness of the first talkies. Film Rhythm after Sound analyzes this evolution via close examination of important prototypes of early sound filmmaking, as well as contemporary...

‘More English Fairy Tales’ is a collection of stories written by Joseph Jacobs, accompanied by the masterful black-and-white illustrations of John D. Batten. It includes such tales as ‘The Pied Piper’, ‘Tattercoats’, ‘The Golden Ball’, ‘Coat O’Clay’, ‘The Children in the Wood’,...

This vintage book contains Joseph Jacobs' 1916 collection of fairy tales, “European Folk and Fairy Tales”, features over two dozen stories taken from popular oral tradition united with John D. Batten's black and white drawings. Heavily influenced by the Brothers Grimm and the romantic nationalism...

¿Cómo ve la España real un inglés excéntrico que decide mudarse a un pequeño pueblo jienense? En 1999, el escritor Michael Jacobs descubrió Frailes, en la Sierra Sur de Jaén, y decidió convertirlo en su lugar de residencia durante la mayor parte del año. Este libro, que derrocha...

With intelligence and clarity of observation, the author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities addresses the moral values that underpin working life. In Systems of Survival, Jane Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes—one governing commerce, the other, politics—and explores...

The Art of the Possible Create an Organization with No Limitations offers instructive insight into what works in business, revealing how a few simple tenets can build long-standing excellence and success. An easy-to-use integrated leadership and management guide, this book revolves around the fact that...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a book that was published in 1861 by Harriet Jacobs, using the pen name "Linda Brent". While on one level it chronicles the experiences of Harriet Jacobs as a slave, and the various humiliations she had to endure in that unhappy state, it also deals with the particular...

Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 - 30 January 1916) was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. He was born in Australia, but came to England to attend St. Johns College, Cambridge. He was a prolific writer on many aspects of Jewish history, and biblical archaeology. His works included contributions...