Schroeder: 311 books

Lucinda Harrowby was a vicar’s daughter with few resources beside her beauty and intelligence. She fell in love with wealthy businessman Jeffrey Bancroft, but couldn’t determine if his proposal was from duty or love. So she became a nurse in Scutari with Florence Nightingale. Ironically, she was...

Catherine Stanhope came from a privileged background in Victorian England. But instead of desiring to make a good marriage, she was determined to be a nurse, to follow in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale. Her dream took her to the battlefields of the Crimean War, where she met and was challenged...

Lady Amelia Bennett has loved Gideon Falconer since her father rescued the boy from Londons frightening streets. Even while he served a long military commission she has held fast. But Gideon believes a marriage between them is impossible, that she should find someone of her own class. So Amelia decides...

Penniless Lady Margaret Enfield was given an option to save her home, Hedgemere. She could marry a wealthy stranger, Captain James Sheridan. The captain had spent his life at sea, escaping his past. And though Hedgemere satisfied his longing for a home, he was not as certain about the outspoken Lady...

German Kaiju Zerstören – Fressen – Erobern Elf Autoren entführen Sie in die Welt der Riesenmonster, wo sich verrückte Wissenschaftler abnormer Monstrositäten bedienen, außerirdische Aggressoren mit Hilfe von Giganten nach der Herrschaft streben und sich Mutter Erde mit brachialer Gewalt gegen...

This title was first published in 2000:  Over the past decade the welfare state has come under sustained attack not only from quarters which never approved of its policies, but also from political theorists who used to support it. With the collapse of communism, the policy of comprehensive welfare...

Esse é o livro definitivo sobre a vida de um dos homens mais respeitados e fascinantes do mundo: Warren Buffett. O lendário investidor pela primeira vez autorizou alguém a produzir sua biografia, concedendo a Alice Schroeder acesso irrestrito a seus familiares, amigos e parceiros – e, é claro,...

A small collection of haiku. Some have been published before, some see the light of day for the first time. They are a formal (and short) treatment of relationships both between people and within a person, beauty in the small things, the fabric of living.

Experts explore current theory and practice in the application of digitally enabled open networked social models to international development. The emergence of open networked models made possible by digital technology has the potential to transform international development. Open network structures...

Um livro de poesia pode ser a reunião da produção literária de um determinado período. No caso de Claudia Schroeder, "Leia-me toda" ultrapassa essa classificação: representa o estado de espírito da autora, trazendo observações, sentimentos, relacionamentos e traduções do seu...

"How to Really Win or Lose a Guy in Ten Days" is an adventurous and playful look into the world of first dates, awkward come-ons, and unrequited love. In her debut book, professional psychotherapist and distinguished dating blogger, Christie Schroeder, tests the lighthearted hypothesis that...

During WWII President Roosevelt spent $100K to produce a deck of dramatic, colorful propaganda-poster playing cards that never saw the light of day. They remained hidden until 2002 when 500 decks were privately printed with help from the Library of Congress. Few historians even knew of the Anti-Axis...

Shovel Ready provides a comprehensive lens through which to view the New Deal period, a fascinating and prolific time in American archaeology.   In this collection of diverse essays united by a common theme, Bernard K. Means and his contributors deliver a valuable research tool for...

  When at war, aim for the heart… Connor Duffy is desperate. His tell-all book on corrupt Chicago alderman Brady Cavanagh isn’t telling enough to get publisher interest, and in order to get the hot dirt, he must find a way to get closer to the man who let Connor go to prison...