Schwartz: 1127 books
Oddly Normal
One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
A heartfelt memoir by the father of a gay teen, and an eye-opening story for families who hope to bring up well-adjusted gay adults.
Three years ago, John Schwartz, a national correspondent at The New York Times, got the call that every parent hopes never to receive: his thirteen-year-old son,...
by Howard Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
In Leaves from the Garden of Eden, Howard Schwartz, a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award, has gathered together one hundred of the most astonishing and luminous stories from Jewish folk tradition. Just as Schwartz's award-winning book Tree of Souls collected the essential myths...
Tree of Souls
The Mythology of Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, Tree of Souls reveals a mythical tradition as rich and as fascinating as any in the world. Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore collected in...
The Way We're Working Isn't Working
The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
This book was previously titled, Be Excellent at Anything.
The Way We're Working Isn't Working is one of those rare books with the power to profoundly transform the way we work and live.
Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of "more, bigger, faster" exacts a series of silent but...
The Great Contraction, 1929-1933
New Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Friedman and Schwartz's A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, published in 1963, stands as one of the most influential economics books of the twentieth century. A landmark achievement, the book marshaled massive historical data and sharp analytics to support the claim that monetary policy--steady...
by Charlotte Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
A positive-training approach to house-training dogs of all ages, from puppies to senior dogs, Charlotte Schwartz’s House-training Your Dog guarantees to get puppies trained in a hurry and to solve ongoing or newly occurring potty issues with older dogs. The importance of successful house-training...
War and Peace and IT
Business Leadership, Technology, and Success in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
The Business-IT Wall Must Come Down.
With A Seat at the Table, thought leader Mark Schwartz pulled out a chair for CIOs at the C-suite table. Now Mark brings his unique perspective and experience to business leaders looking to lead their company into the digital age by harnessing the expertise...
by Bob Schwartz, Ph.D., Leah Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
Previously published as part of The One-Hour Orgasm™, Leah Schwartz, Ph.D., and Bob Schwartz, Ph.D.'s Great Orgasms demonstrates, with pictures and words, how you can master the famous "Venus Butterfly"™ technique (for him and for her), immediately improve your intimate experiences, and enjoy ever-expanding levels of pleasure in your sex life.
by Howard Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2008
In Leaves from the Garden of Eden, Howard Schwartz, a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award, has gathered together one hundred of the most astonishing and luminous stories from Jewish folk tradition. Just as Schwartz's award-winning book Tree of Souls collected the essential myths of...
Cows Save the Planet
And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
"In Cows Save the Planet, journalist Judith D. Schwartz looks at soil as a crucible for our many overlapping environmental, economic, and social crises. Schwartz reveals that for many of these problems—climate change, desertification, biodiversity loss, droughts, floods, wildfires, rural poverty,...
by Mimi Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
When History Is Personal contains the stories of twenty-five moments in Mimi Schwartz’s life, each heightened by its connection to historical, political, and social issues. These essays look both inward and outward so that these individualized tales tell a larger story—of assimilation, the women’s...
A Definite Probability
A Tale of a Boy Named Probably Who Discovers Himself Undoubtably
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
With a nod to “The Phantom Tollbooth” for its creative wordplay and to “The Giving Tree” as a classic tale of life lessons, A Definite Probability is a beautifully illustrated 52-page book that both young (ages 6 to 11) and old will read with delight.It begins in the Place of Personality...
I Wish My Teacher Knew
How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill-in-the-blank in this sentence: "I wish my teacher
knew _____." The results astounded her. Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking-all were profoundly moving and enlightening. The results opened her eyes to...
Sea of Storms
A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2015
The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colonial rule. In this panoramic work of social history, Stuart Schwartz examines how Caribbean societies have responded to the dangers of hurricanes, and how these destructive...