Wendell: 239 books
Nathan Coulter
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
This, the first title in the Port William series, introduces the rural section of Kentucky with which novelist Wendell Berry has had a lifelong fascination. When young Nathan loses his grandfather, Berry guides readers through the process of Nathan's grief, endearing the reader to the simple humanity...
Another Turn of the Crank
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Wendell Berry proposes, and earnestly hopes, that people will learn once more to care for their local communities, and so begin a restoration that might spread over our entire nation and beyond. The renewed development of local economies would help preserve rural diversity despite the burgeoning global...
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., (August 29, 1809 October 7, 1894) was an American physician and professor who also achieved fame as a writer. During his lifetime, he was one of the best regarded poets of the 19th century and is considered a member of the Fireside Poets."
Moral Machines
Teaching Robots Right from Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Computers are already approving financial transactions, controlling electrical supplies, and driving trains. Soon, service robots will be taking care of the elderly in their homes, and military robots will have their own targeting and firing protocols. Colin Allen and Wendell Wallach argue that as...
Beyond Heaving Bosoms
The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name...
We do it in the dark. Under the sheets. With a penlight. We wear sunglasses and a baseball hat at the bookstore. We have a "special place" where we store them. Let's face it: Not many folks are willing to publicly admit they love romance novels. Meanwhile,...
The Weight of a Mustard Seed
The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
“A masterly and elegantly told story that weaves together the Iraqi past and present.”
—New York Times Book Review
“A first-class investigation…that tells the reader more about the tensions of living close to power in Saddam’s dictatorship.”
—Washington...
Deadly Spin
An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
That's how Wendell Potter introduced himself to a Senate committee in June 2009. He proceed to explain how insurance companies make promises they have no intention of keeping, how they flout regulations designed to protect consumers, and how they make it nearly impossible to understand information...
The One-Straw Revolution
An Introduction to Natural Farming
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2010
Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative...
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
A VISIT TO THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED PUNSTERS
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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The Country of Marriage
Poems
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The fifth volume of poetry—including three poems about the Mad Farmer—from the celebrated “beautiful, accessible poet [of] maverick conscience” (Kirkus Reviews).
First published in 1971, The Country of Marriage is Wendell Berry’s fifth volume of poetry. What he calls “an expansive...
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., (August 29, 1809 October 7, 1894) was an American physician and professor who also achieved fame as a writer. During his lifetime, he was one of the best regarded poets of the 19th century and is considered a member of the Fireside Poets."
by Benjamin Franklin, Francis Hopkinson, John Bull
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Contents The Ephemera: An Emblem Of Human Life Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Whistle Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Dialogue Between Franklin And The Gout Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Consolation For The Old Bachelor Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791). John Bull Washington Irving (1783-1859)....
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., (August 29, 1809 October 7, 1894) was an American physician and professor who also achieved fame as a writer. During his lifetime, he was one of the best regarded poets of the 19th century and is considered a member of the Fireside Poets."
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
The Path of the Law is a short essay by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. A cornerstone of his jurisprudential philosophy was the prediction theory of law, believing the law should be defined specifically as a prediction...