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Black Texas Women: 150 Years of Trial and Triumph
Ruthe Winegarten · Univ of Texas Pr
Pages: 427
Format: Hardcover
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Women of all colors have shaped families, communities, institutions, and societies throughout history, but only in recent decades have their contributions been widely recognized, described, and celebrated. This book presents the first comprehensive history of black Texas women, a previously... |
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The Water-Saving Garden: How to Grow a Gorgeous Garden with a Lot Less Water
Pam Penick · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 233
Format: Print book
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A guide to growing beautiful gardens in drought-prone areas utilizing minimal water for maximum results.With climate change, water rationing, and drought on the rise, conserving water is more important than ever - but that doesn't mean your gardening options are limited to cacti and rocks.... |
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Famous First Facts
Steven Anzovin · H.W. Wilson; 7 edition
Format: Hardcover
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For more than half a century, Famous First Facts has earned the accolades of reviewers and a place on library reference shelves nationwide. This new edition of the reference classic is updated and expanded with new entries reflecting the latest developments and discoveries, and newly organized... |
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Chestnut Street
Maeve Binchy · Thorndike Press; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover
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Just round the corner from St Jarlaths Crescent featured in MINDING FRANKIE is Chestnut Street. Here, the lives of the residents are revealed in Maeve Binchys wonderfully compelling tales Bucket Maguire, the window cleaner, who must do more than he bargained for to protect his son. Nessa... |
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The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
Susan Wise Bauer · W W Norton
Pages: 848
Format: Print book
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Is your child getting lost in the system, becoming bored, losing his or her natural eagerness to learn? If so, it may be time to take charge of your child's education -- by doing it yourself.The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically... |
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The Song of the Lark
Willa Cather · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 976
Format: Hardcover
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Willa Cather's third novel, The Song of the Lark, depicts the growth of an artist, singer Thea Kronborg, a character inspired by the Swedish-born immigrant and renowned Wagnerian soprano Olive Fremstad. Thea's early life, however, has much in common with Cather's own. Set from... |
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Matisse And Picasso
Yve-Alain Bois · Flammarion
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Fiercely competitive, Matisse and Picasso engaged in one of the most formidable artistic dialogs of this century. In Matisse and Picasso, Yve-Alain Bois stages the intertwined evolution of the two giants of modern art as though it were an ongoing game of chess between two masters. After... |
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Mankind: The Story of All Of Us
Pamela D. Toler Ph.D. · Running Press; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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It takes more than 10 billion years to create just the right conditions on one planet for life to begin. It takes another three billion years of evolving life forms until it finally happens, a primate super species emerges: mankind.In conjunction with History Channel’s hit television... |
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The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart
Mary S Lovell · St Martins Pr
Pages: 420
Format: Hardcover
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Using over 30,000 documents, this is the biography of America's greatest female aviator and the first woman to fly the Atlantic. It tells of her relationship with the publisher, George Pitman. Mary Lovell also wrote "Straight on Till Morning". --This text refers to the Paperback... |
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