Kathleen: 2959 books

A Power of One leader has all the skills necessary to guide and motivate employees to achieve an organization’s objective. The skills to make work a place employees find rewarding. The skills to create jobs for the community, to generate wealth for employees, investors, and local businesses. The...

A delicious new memoir from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry A family history peppered with recipes, Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good offers a humorous and flavorful tale spanning three generations as Kathleen Flinn returns to the mix of food...

Poetic and provocative, a challenge to women to create more spiritually rich and balanced lives. A successful writer and a committed feminist, Kathleen Hirsch, at age forty, finds herself searching for something more. How, she asks, can women's lives be more spiritually alive and whole? Can we reclaim...

The first global history of architecture to give equal attention to Western and non-Western structures and built landscapes, Architecture since 1400 is unprecedented in its range, approach, and insight. From Tenochtitlan’s Great Pyramid in Mexico City and the Duomo in Florence to Levittown’s suburban...

From homespun to haute couture, the dresses worn by American brides in the first half of the twentieth century had myriad influences. In Bridal Fashion 1900–1950, living-history expert Kathleen York takes readers on an elegant journey back in time, marking the changes that economics, popular...

The North Baltimore neighborhood of Remington has a proud and industrious history. Stone from its quarries built the foundations of homes in the city, and the Jones Falls turned its mills to feed hungry immigrants who found a home in the neighborhood. By the end of World War II, the population of the...

The definitive guide for anyone dreaming of a move to paradise: Portugal’s Algarve region ** ** Welcome to the Algarve, the best of the Old World plus the most beautiful beaches in Europe—at a bargain price. Whether motivated by a desire for adventure, discomfort with the current political...

Frozen custard is more than a dessert in Milwaukee. It's a culture, a lifestyle and a passion. From the stand that inspired television's Happy Days to the big three--Gilles, Leon's and Kopp's--take a tour through the history of this guilty pleasure. Learn about its humble origins as an unexpected...

Starting along the scenic seaside and cruising to the American Dream Mall and a designer high heel fashion show, the reader goes on a whirlwind tour around New Jersey with Constance and her best friend, Anette. Librarians at career crossroads, the friends encounter a philosophizing barista who discusses...

The “harrowing” story of a woman’s twenty-year quest to escape the personal damage caused by “the tedium and terror of nights spent dreading sleep” (Booklist).   I came to in the middle of it, like waking inside a horror movie, silent scream and all. Eyes wide open. I was standing at an...

Faithful Love is young, naive and looking to get ahead, no matter the cost. Dexter Hunter is older, intelligent and looking for love. When these two get together sparks will fly...but will it last? Dex is desperate to fix Faith, but how do you fill a hole in someone who's always...

New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In...

The Untold History of Television provides an exciting glimpse behind the scenes of the groundbreaking series that have defined the landscape of popular culture. Based on Charlaine Harris’s Southern Vampire series, True Blood brings to life a rich fantasy world in which vampires, telepathic...

Across the state and across a wide variety of musical genres, women are making their mark on Texas music. Some have become international superstars, while others are just starting to make their voices heard. But every woman who goes out and plays her music proves that "baring one's heart and soul...