Morris: 2728 books
White Man's Problems
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Short stories by an author who offers “shrewd, bitingly funny commentary on his own privileged class” (Time).
In nine stories that move between nouveau riche Los Angeles and the working class East Coast, and strike a balance between comedy and catastrophe, Kevin Morris explores the vicissitudes...
From Altoids to Zima
The Surprising Stories Behind 125 Famous Brand Names
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2004
Ever wondered what the Ms in M&Ms stand for?
If Scotch tape was invented in Scotland?
Why a cereal that contains neither grapes nor nuts is called Grape Nuts?
Who thought Gap was a good name for a clothing store?
From the Adidas we wear to the Volkswagens we drive, the daily lives of Americans are...
The Dawn of Innovation
The First American Industrial Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
In the thirty years after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in world history. That is a well-known period in history, when titans like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan walked the earth.
But as Charles R. Morris...
Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments (Music Instruction)
Includes Classic Morris Goldenberg Etudes
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1981
(Percussion). Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments contains materials for the development of technique, performance skill, reading ability and musicianship on marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, bells, and chimes. Compiled by experienced teachers and performers Jim Sewrey, Ben Hans and Tom Schneller,...
by Roz Morris
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
'Nail Your Novel is on my shortlist of indispensable writing books' - Lisa Cron, author of Wired For Story
'Comprehensive, concise and packed with helpful tips for all writers' - Geri Ahearn, Amazon Vine reviewer
What keeps a reader curious? It’s the story. You might have a dazzling...
2010: Take Back America
A Battle Plan
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
As battle lines are drawn for the next midterm elections, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann—authors of the smash #1 New York Times bestseller Catastrophe, as well as bestsellers Fleeced and Outrage—are back with 2010: Take Back America. Fans of Morris’s multiple FOX News appearances will find many...
The Utopia MEGAPACK ®
20 Classic Utopian and Dystopian Works
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Utopia. A community or society possessing highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities. It may be a dream, but it's a dream that has inspired writers for thousands of years. Plato's "Republic" may be the very first utopia presented to a mass audience, but Thomas More coined the term with his 1516 book...
The World of the Shining Prince
Court Life in Ancient Japan
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan.
Using The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set...
Men of Science Men of God
Great Scientists Who Believed the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1988
One of the most serious fallacies today is the belief that genuine scientists cannot believe the Bible.
THE TRUTH IS that many of the major scientific contributions were made by scientists who were dedicated men of God. In Men of Science, Men of God, Dr. Henry Morris presents 101 biographies...
Rage for Fame
The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
“Her technique was simple: aim for the top,” an envious colleague wrote of Clare Boothe Luce. No American woman of the twentieth century aimed so accurately, or rose so far, as this legendary playwright, politician, and social seductress. Born in New York’s Spanish...
The Southern Slow Cooker
Big-Flavor, Low-Fuss Recipes for Comfort Food Classics: A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
A collection of 60 soulful, comforting, and wonderfully convenient recipes for Southern favorites—from Black Eyed Peas with Stewed Tomatoes to Country-Style Pork Ribs and Molasses Gingerbread.
Cooking delicious, soul-warming Southern food that the whole family will love has never been easier!...
by Roz Morris
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
'A perfect primer on character creation' - Mars Dorian
'Great foundational tool' - KM Weiland, speculative fiction author and writing coach
'Nail Your Novel is on my shortlist of indispensable writing books' - Lisa Cron, author of Wired For Story
How do you create characters who...
Peoplewatching
The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Peoplewatching is the culmination of a career of watching people - their behaviour and habits, their personalities and their quirks. Desmond Morris shows us how people, consciously and unconsciously, signal their attitudes, desires and innermost feelings with their bodies and actions, often more powerfully than with their words.
The Rose Man of Sing Sing
A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Today, seventy-three years after his death, journalists still tell tales of Charles E. Chapin. As city editor of Pulitzer’s New York Evening World , Chapin was the model of the take-no-prisoners newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlessly—and kept his paper in the center ring of the circus...