Owens: 598 books
by Cóilín Owens
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
"An eminently insightful and informative study of a single story, as well as a profound exploration of Joyce's position within his own historical moment and its most urgent philosophical and religious questions."--James Joyce Quarterly "One of the more intellectually capacious, wide-ranging...
At the Hang-Up
Seeking Your Purpose, Running the Race, Finishing Strong
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
This is the inspirational story of Ted Owens—still the coach with the most wins in the history of Allen Fieldhouse—from growing up as a boy on a cotton farm in Southwestern Oklahoma during the Great Depression to coaching at the highest levels of the college basketball world. “At the end of...
Not Working
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
In the tradition of Jennifer Close’s Girls in White Dresses comes a “a pin-sharp, utterly addictive debut” (Vogue U.K.) told in vignettes that speak to a new generation not trying to have it all but hoping to make sense of it all.
“Everyone’s been talking about this book. . . . Charming...
Catch This!
Going Deep with the NFL's Sharpest Weapon
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2004
In a sport full of players who are larger than life, Terrell Owens towers above the crowd.
It isn't just that he holds the NFL record for catches in a single game (twenty) or that he's the most feared wide receiver in the game. It's also his penchant for unique self-expression -- spiking the...
You Don't Know How Lucky You Are
An Adoptee's Journey Through The American Adoption Experience
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2018
Nearly 50 years after he was relinquished for adoption, Rudy Owens finally met his biological half-sister in San Diego. The meeting inspired him to tell his adoption story set against the larger adoption narrative that has impacted millions of adoptees, their birth parents, and their collective biological...
by Craig Owens
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
HAUNTED BY HISTORY: HOTEL DEL CORONADO by Craig Owens uncovers little-known facts about the Hotel del Coronado and the origins behind many of its ghost stories. Not only does his narrative separate facts from legend, but Owens also keeps the subject matter interesting by staging elaborate Old Hollywood-style...
Confessions of a Bad Teacher
The Shocking Truth from the Front Lines of American Public Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
An explosive new look at the pressures on today's teachers and the pitfalls of school reform, Confessions of a Bad Teacher presents a passionate appeal to save public schools, before it's too late.
When John Owens left a lucrative job to teach English at a public school in New York City's South...
by David Owens
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Do we control what we believe? Are we responsible for what we believe? These two questions are connected: the kind of responsibility we have for our beliefs depends on the form of control that we have over them. For a number of years David Owens has investigated what form of control we must have over...
This . . . Is About Life
Book Iii: Determine Your Outcome
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2018
Randi Owens believes that poetry has the power to provide therapeutic relief from worries and stress. In a collection of poems penned over twenty years, Owens shares lyrical verse that teaches all of us that it is okay to be upset, smile, laugh, cry, and to simply embrace all that comes with living...
by Jack Owens
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2018
vvThe image of the FBI Special Agent, since the days of J. Edgar Hoover, has been carefully crafted as being polite, clean shaven young men and pleasantly smiling women whose hallmarks are polite words and good manners. Author Jack Owens goes behind that facade and shares the human side of the FBI....
Set Free
Discover Forgiveness Amidst Murder and Betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
“Gaile Owens is my mother. I am her son. Please do not take this from me. There is no justice in taking her life. There is no justice in denying the healing power of forgiveness.”
Stephen Owens was 12 years old in 1985 when he discovered his father at home badly beaten and near death. Evidence...
A Social History of Women in Ireland, 1870–1970
An Exploration of the Changing Role and Status of Women in Irish Society
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2005
A Social History of Women in Ireland is an important and overdue book that explores the role and status of women in Ireland from 1870 until 1970, looking at politics, sociology, marriage patterns, religion, education and work among other topics. It provides a vital missing piece in the jigsaw of modern...
by Dwight A. Owens M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Relationships may be far more complicated than it may seem on the surface. What may seem sweet and romantic on the outside may be an emotional, mental and physical disaster on the inside. Some may be wary of sharing their relationship issues with friends or family members because of the fear of revealing...
The Eye of the Elephant
An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 1993
The authors of Secrets of the Sahara battle the elephant poachers of Zambia in this “exciting . . . part adventure story, part wildlife tale” (The Boston Globe).
Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing the...