Willis: 728 books
by Meredith Sue Willis
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
In Dwight's House and Other Stories, Meredith Sue Willis's eclecticism and layered prose release us from the moorings of "regional fiction." Written by a prize-winning member of the Appalachian Renaissance in literature, Dwight's House & Other Stories is an anthology of short stories...
by Sandra Lee, William Trench, Andrew Willis
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
The measurement of building elements is a core subject for quantity surveying students. Responding to the recently published second volume of the New Rules of Measurement (NRM2) by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the 12th edition of Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying explains, from...
Raising Boys Who Respect Girls
Upending Locker Room Mentality, Blind Spots, and Unintended Sexism
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2019
Dave Willis, author, speaker, and father of four boys, talks biblically and practically about how to raise a generation of boys who are champions, encouragers, and respecters of women.
In the #metoo and #churchtoo era, with so many men and boys continuing to make the same mistakes, we have...
by Sandra Lee, William Trench, Andrew Willis
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying has become a standard text in the teaching of building measurement – a core part of the curriculum for quantity surveyors. Particularly in the latter editions it has eclipsed the other books on building measurement, partly because of the heritage, but mostly...
Black
A Celebration of a Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Tucked away in the dusty halls of the Smithsonian archives and nearly forgotten by most historians, black culture is a vast, complex, interconnected web of different people, trends, and lifestyles. Although absent from our collective memory, Deborah Willis has dug through the archives and hunted down...
The Columbus Panhandles
A Complete History of Pro Football's Toughest Team, 1900-1922
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
In 1901 workers at the Panhandle shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, Ohio formed a professional football team called the Columbus Panhandles. The railroad workers, mainly European immigrants, learned the game of football not on college gridirons, but on the sandlots of railroad yards during...
by Linda Fleming-Willis
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Bill Willis, known as Poppa to his grandchildren, had always been a National Football League trailblazer and was challenged during the period of segregated football. His family life outside of the game was rarely shared. Set in Columbus, Ohio during the month of July, Poppa’s Ring provides a quick...
Cooperating for Enhanced Survival in the Twenty-First Century
A Rational Scientific Basis for Understanding and Resolving Economic and Political Problems
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2016
In Cooperating for Survival in the Positive-Sum Universe, Earl Willis proposed that the universe is actually causal and positive sum.
This stance doesnt mesh with current scientific theories, but he argues we need to look at the universe in a new way. In this companion to his first book, Willis...
Red Grange
The Life and Legacy of the NFL's First Superstar
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2019
In celebration of the National Football League’s 100th season, noted football historian Chris Willis brings to life the story of Red Grange, the nation’s first NFL star, in this definitive biography.
Harold “Red” Grange became a national sensation as a junior halfback at the University...
Learning to Love Math
Teaching Strategies That Change Student Attitudes and Get Results
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010
Is there a way to get students to love math? Dr. Judy Willis responds with an emphatic yes in this informative guide to getting better results in math class. Tapping into abundant research on how the brain works, Willis presents a practical approach for how we can improve academic results by demonstrating...
The Poitier Effect
Racial Melodrama and Fantasies of Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
The civil rights struggle was convulsing the nation, its violence broadcast into every living room. Against this fraught background, Sidney Poitier emerged as an image of dignity, discipline, and moral authority. Here was the picture-perfect black man, helping German nuns build a chapel in The Lilies...
by Lynn Chandler Willis
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
In the heart of Appalachia, newspaper publisher Ava Logan should feel joy and pride as she watches her thirteen-year-old daughter being baptized in the cold water of Jackson Creek—but she can’t rejoice when thoughts of an employee who failed to show for work keep pulling her attention away.
Ava’s...
High Contrast
Race and Gender in Contemporary Hollywood Films
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 1997
In High Contrast, Sharon Willis examines the dynamic relationships between racial and sexual difference in Hollywood film from the 1980s and 1990s. Seizing on the way these differences are accentuated, sensationalized, and eroticized on screen—most often with little apparent regard for the political...
Junk to Gold
From Salvage to the World’S Largest Online Auto Auction
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Junk to Gold is about one man's journey from humble beginnings to unimaginable success. Willis Johnson, the founder of Copart [CPRT], offers up a personal and inspirational account of this journey to the top including lessons he learned from love, war and building a global, multi-billion dollar business....