Shields: 342 books
Letters to Our Sons
A Mother’S Journey—Raising Sons to Become Men with Character and Courage
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Raising boys can be both challenging and incredibly rewarding. Whats more, being a boy in todays society can be equally challenging. In Letters to Our Sons, author Yolanda Conley Shields presents no-nonsense insight and humor along with impactful faith-based, take-away tools to help mothers shape...
by David Shields, David Hickey
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
Bestselling author David Shields analyzed over a decade’s worth of front-page war photographs from The New York Times and came to a shocking conclusion: the photo-editing process of the “paper of record,” by way of pretty, heroic, and lavishly aesthetic image selection, pulls the wool over...
by R. Rand Allingham, Karim F. Damji, Sharon F. Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Thoroughly updated, and now in full color, Shields' Textbook of Glaucoma, Sixth Edition is a clinically focused and practical textbook for general ophthalmologists treating patients with glaucoma. This classic text offers a rational approach to the medical and surgical management of glaucoma and...
What I Learned in the Midst of KAOS
The Making of an Ubuntu Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Both cutting edge and timeless, full of messages that are simultaneously universal and deeply rooted in a sense of place and time, this groundbreaking new book from longtime educators and thought leaders Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields and Dr. Marina V. Gillmore takes you on a journey from the South Side...
Das Dumme am Leben ist, dass man eines Tages tot ist
Eine Art Anleitung zum Glücklichsein
Language: German
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Das Leben ist einfach, tragisch und schön», schreibt David Shields. Der Gedanke, dass alles, was lebt, vergänglich ist, kann auf eine seltsame Weise befreiend sein. Dieses Buch erzählt davon, wie alles auf den Tod zuläuft. Paradox ist, dass der Leser dabei geradezu in eine Leichtigkeit des Seins...
Mockingbird
A Portrait of Harper Lee: From Scout to Go Set a Watchman
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
An extensively revised and updated edition of the bestselling biography of Harper Lee, reframed from the perspective of the recent publication of Lee's Go Set a Watchman
*To Kill a Mockingbird—*the twentieth century's most widely read American novel—has sold thirty million copies and still...
by David Shields
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Mesmerized and somewhat unnerved by his 97-year-old father's vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an original investigation of our flesh-and-blood existence, our mortal being.Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of...
Other People
Takes & Mistakes
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
An intellectually thrilling and emotionally wrenching investigation of otherness: the need for one person to understand another person completely, the impossibility of any such absolute knowing, and the erotics of this separation.
Can one person know another person? How do we live through other...
by Jamie Campbell, Sarah Dalton, Susan Fodor
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Whether they are spirits of the departed or figments of an overactive imagination, ghosts are a staple in fiction. Storytellers have portrayed ghosts as scary, friendly, or annoying across many genres. Now, eight authors offer their own interpretations of ghosts through a collection of short stories...
There Was a Little Girl
The Real Story of My Mother and Me
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
The perfect gift for Brooke Shields fans, There Was a Little Girl explores Brooke's relationship with her unforgettable mother, Teri, in this extraordinary, heartfelt memoir that became a New York Times bestseller.
Brooke Shields never had what anyone would consider an ordinary life. She was...
Body Politic
The Great American Sports Machine
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
In Body Politic, David Shields looks at contemporary America and its mythology through the lens of professional and college sports. The result is an unusually insightful and provocative book about an empire in denial. Shields relentlessly examines the way we tell our sports stories (both fictional...
Still
American Silent Motion Picture Photography
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
The success of movies like The Artist and Hugo recreated the wonder and magic of silent film for modern audiences, many of whom might never have experienced a movie without sound. But while the American silent movie was one of the most significant popular art forms of the modern age, it is also one...
by Carol Shields, Marjorie Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
What are those life experiences that catch us by surprise, that haven't ever been part of our discussions or readings because they lie beyond the limit of words or the courage and will to articulate? When Carol Shields and Marjorie Anderson began asking other women - friends, colleagues, family members...
Down Came the Rain
My Journey Through Postpartum Depression
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2005
In this compelling memoir, Brooke Shields talks candidly about her experience with postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, and provides millions of women with an inspiring example of recovery.
When Brooke Shields welcomed her newborn daughter, Rowan Francis, into the world, something...