Shirley: 1496 books
Against The Odds
a working girl's struggle for independence in the post-War world
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
This candid and vividly written autobiography of an Essex working class girl in the immediate prost-War periiod, together with its description of her family background, presents a valuable social history of the milieu and privagte life in which she was nurtured.
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by Shirley Livingston
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...
by Shirley D. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Journey Home is a series of poems reflecting farm life in the 1950-60's before many practices vanished with technological changes. Having a keen eye for detail, the author describes the typical layout of a farm as well as the chores and customs of the era. As you cherish the unforgettable characters,...
by Shirley Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Before there was Hill House, there was the Halloran mansion of Jackson’s stunningly creepy fourth novel, The Sundial
When the Halloran clan gathers at the family home for a funeral, no one is surprised when the somewhat peculiar Aunt Fanny wanders off into the secret garden. But then she...
by Shirley Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
In the uproarious sequel to Life Among the Savages, the author of The Haunting of Hill House confronts the most vexing demons yet: her children
In the long out-of-print sequel to Life Among the Savages, Jackson’s four children have grown from savages into full-fledged demons. After bursting...
Victorian Women's Fiction
Marriage, Freedom, and the Individual
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Focusing on the ways in which female novelists have, in their creative work, challenged or scrutinised contemporary assumptions about their own sex, this book's critical interest in women’s fiction shows how mid-nineteenth-century women writers confront the conflict between the pressures of matrimonial...
Teaching English, How To.......:
A K-12 Supervisor's Guide to Teaching Secondary English
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2004
Teaching English, How To . . . . emphasizes three fundamental teaching techniques: directing reading assignments, modeling skills and using students questions to motivate learning and discussion. Three special features are daily ten-minute writing sessions to improve style and correctness, preparing...
Rhetoric and Writing Studies in the New Century
Historiography, Pedagogy, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
This collection of essays investigates the historiography of rhetoric, global perspectives on rhetoric, and the teaching of writing and rhetoric, offering diverse viewpoints. Addressing four major areas of research in rhetoric and writing studies, contributors consider authorship and audience, discuss...
Research on Schools, Neighborhoods and Communities
Toward Civic Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility focuses on research and theoretical developments related to the role of geography in education, human development, and health. William F. Tate IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts &...
Why Can't I Change?
How to Conquer Your Self-Desctructive Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Put an end to dysfunctional behavior by discovering what your unconscious patterns are and learning to let them go.
by Shirley Stackhouse, Jennifer Stackhouse
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Brimming with advice, resources and suggested planting choices, this friendly guide shows you step by step how to create the garden of your dreams. From basic cultivation to garden design, this book is just what you need to start playing in the dirt ? even if you?ve never picked up a garden trowel in your life.
YOU NEED GOD!
Experience the Benefits of Right Relationshp with God
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
YOU NEED GOD! is a concise exercise in learning the benefits of being in right relationship with a holy and loving God. It gives hope to the one struggling in despair and opens the door to a way out. Presenting relevant scripture references pointing to God’s desire to redeem lives and...
by Shirley Jump
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
"Beautifully written and unflinching in its portrayal of the complexities of marriage, sisterhood and long-held secrets."
Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author, on The Secret Ingredient for a Happy Marriage
Bridget O'Bannon is ready for a do-over. After years of pretending she...
A Prophet’S Journey
My Search for Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
There was a battle for my soul that warm October day in 1939. It was a spiritual battle for my destiny, good versus evil. The weather that twenty-first day was unusually warm, and by the time of my birth at 5 p.m., the thunderstorms were strong, with lightning shooting across the heavens.
Another...