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52 Loaves by William Alexander
Category: Travel
William Alexander is determined to bake the perfect loaf of bread. He tasted it long ago, in a restaurant, and has been trying to reproduce it ever since. Without success. Now, on the theory that practice makes perfect, he sets out to bake peasant bread every week until he gets it right. He bakes his lo ...Show more
A Catholic Christian Meta-Model of the Person - Integration with Psychology and Mental Health Practice by Paul C. Vitz (Editor); Harvey Payne (Contribution by); G. Alexander Ross (Contribution by); Philip Scrofani (Contribution by); William J. Nordling (Editor); Craig Steven Titus (Editor); Su Li Lee (Contribution by); Christopher Gross (Contribution by); Lisa Klewicki (Contribution by); Margaret Laracy (Contribution by); Matthew McWhorter (Contribution by); Frank Moncher (Contribution by)
Category: Religion
A Catholic Christian Meta-Model of the Person integrates the insights of three wisdom traditions-the psychological sciences, philosophy, and theology-to provide a framework for understanding the person. The Meta-Model develops a more systematic, integrative, and nonreductionist vision of the person, ma ...Show more
Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, the Children of Heracles, Hippolytus by Euripides; Anne Carson; R. F. Willetts; Glenn W. Most (Editor, Translator); Richmond Lattimore (Translator, Editor); Richmond Alexander Lattimore (Translator); Oliver Taplin; Mark Griffith (Editor, Translator); David Grene (Translator, Editor); Deborah H. Roberts; William Arrowsmith; Frank William Oliver Jones; Emily Vermeule
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Complete Greek Tragedies Ser.
Euripides I contains the plays "Alcestis," translated by Richmond Lattimore; "Medea," translated by Oliver Taplin; "The Children of Heracles," translated by Mark Griffith; and "Hippolytus," translated by David Grene. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new ...Show more
Fire on Earth - An Introduction by Stephen J. Pyne; Andrew C. Scott; David M. J. S. Bowman; William J. Bond; Martin E. Alexander
Category: Science
Earth is the only planet known to have fire. The reason is both simple and profound: fire exists because Earth is the only planet to possess life as we know it. Fire is an expression of life on Earth and an index of life's history. Few processes are as integral, unique, or ancient. Fire on Earth puts fi ...Show more
For America - Paintings from the National Academy of Design by Akela Reason (Contribution by); Jennifer Greenhill (Contribution by); Kimia Shahi (Contribution by); Jonathan F. Walz (Contribution by); Alexander Nemerov (Contribution by); Alona C. Wilson (Contribution by); Patricia Hills (Contribution by); Jarrett Earnest (Contribution by); Jeremiah William McCarthy (Editor); Diana Thompson (Editor); Susan Rather (Contribution by); Elizabeth Spear (Contribution by); Kenneth Haltman (Contribution by)
Category: Art and Design
A sweeping look at the ways American artists have viewed themselves, their peers, and their painted worlds over two centuries This stunning book provides an unprecedented glimpse into the past two centuries of American art, tracing artistic tradition and innovation at the National Academy of Design fro ...Show more
Gathering - A Personal Anthology of Scottish Poems (HB) by William LETFORD (Editor); Alexander McCall Smith (Editor)
Category: Poetry
A poem does not have to be famous to be cherished. The best-known poems of Robert Burns have been loved by countless people over the years, but there are other poems that may be largely unknown that will mean a great deal to the few who are familiar with them.This anthology is a personal curation and no ...Show more
Ghoulish Song (Goblin Secrets #2) by William Alexander
Category: Fiction | Series: Goblin Secrets
The last day of Kaile's everyday life does not start well...The crazy city of Zombay is home to all sorts. Its residents include creatures of outlandish shapes, unusual sizes, uncanny skills...and Kaile, the baker's daughter, who simply wants to play music. When a goblin gifts her a tiny flute carved ou ...Show more
Goblin Secrets by William Alexander
Category: Children's fantasy
A boy joins a theatrical troupe of goblins to find his missing brother. In the town of Zombay, there is a witch named Graba who has clockwork chicken legs and moves her house around--much like the fairy tale figure of Baba Yaga. Graba takes in stray children, and Rownie is the youngest boy in her house ...Show more
Goblin Secrets (#1) by William Alexander
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Goblin Secrets
Welcome to Zombay, a town full of mystery, magic and make-believe. Once upon a time, Rownie lived there with his mother and his older brother. But his mother drowned in the town's vast River; and then his brother vanished; so now Rownie runs through Zombay's riddlesome streets orphaned and all alone ... ...Show more
Importance of Small Decisions by Michael J. O`brien; R. Alexander Bentley; William A. Brock; John Maeda
Category: Personal Development
How people make decisions in an era of too much information and fake news. Humans originally evolved in a world of few choices. Prehistoric, preindustrial, and predigital eras required fewer decisions than today's all-access, always-on world of too much information. Economists have largely discarded th ...Show more
Man at Leisure by Alexander Trocchi; William S. Burroughs (Introduction by)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oneworld Classics Ser.
Published for the first time in 1972, this verse collection reveals lesser-known facets of the novelist Alexander Trocchi's writing. The poems included span a long period of time, and range from the lyricism of his early love poetry and reflections on his involvement in drug culture to the penetrating c ...Show more