Carolyn: 2852 books

Do you love mystery stories, such as the Sherlock Holmes stories and those of Edgar Allan Poe and Agatha Christie? Do you ever yearn to be a good writer of mysteries? Carolyn Wells was a prolific author of mystery novels. In this detailed book, she teaches the history, types, principles, devices,...

 It All Comes Tumbling Down   As a storm rages in the night, unwary drivers venture onto Tampa Bay’s most renowned bridge. No one sees the danger ahead. No one notices the jagged gap hidden by the darkness and rain. Yet when the bridge collapses vehicles careen into the churning...

Things: In Touch with the Past explores the value of artifacts that have survived from the past and that can be said to "embody" their histories. Such genuine or "real" things afford a particular kind of aesthetic experience-an encounter with the past-despite the fact that genuineness is not a perceptually...

This issue of Profession contains Russell A. Berman's introduction to his Presidential Forum, Language, Literature, Learning, held at the 2012 MLA convention, and the essays of the forum participants Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Christopher Freeburg, Jack Halberstam, B. Venkat Mani, and Imani Perry. To mark...

Carolyn Ellis is the leading writer in the move toward personal, autobiographical writing as a strategy for academic research. In addition to her landmark books Final Negotiations and The Ethnographic I, she has authored numerous stories that demonstrate the emotional power and academic value of autoethnography....

During the holiday season it is easy for families to lose track of each other and forget to spend a few moments a day together truly celebrating the Reason for the Season. This collection of "advent" stories to be read one a day through the days leading to Christmas to help bring the story...

A young woman’s life is turned upside down as she prepares to confront her deepest fears. A group of friends is called together to hear a clergyman’s shocking revelation. A little girl tries to make amends, in the only way she knows how. A down-and-out variety performer remembers his dearest companion....

Mystery authors Carolyn J. Rose and Mike Nettleton serve up 32 short stories featuring detectives, killers, ghosts, radio deejays, thwarted authors, bungling criminals, Harry Houdini, Santa Claus, insurance salesmen, young lovers, talking vegetables, mistaken assumptions, and paranoid conclusions.

Divorce is brutal, especially for the one left behind, the divorcee. You can expect to experience a wide range of emotions that rock you to your core. Are you immobilized with shock, grief, and depression? Do you feel overwhelmed, intimidated, and frightened? Do you think your life is out of control...

Recently, scholars of Olmec visual culture have identified symbols for umbilical cords, bundles, and cave-wombs, as well as a significant number of women portrayed on monuments and as figurines. In this groundbreaking study, Carolyn Tate demonstrates that these subjects were part of a major emphasis...

Nothing beats a natural swimming hole for cooling off on a scorching summer day in Texas. Cold, clear spring water, big old shade trees, and a quiet stretch of beach or lawn offer the perfect excuse to pack a cooler and head out with family and friends to the nearest natural oasis. Whether you're looking...

So many choices. This reference guide has approximately 3,000 words convenient at your finger tips - and, it’s fun! (no conjugations!) This custom-designed dictionary is specifically for English as a second language (or third, fourth…). It explains the tongue-twisting pronunciations and...

‘De eigenzinnige juffrouw Ellison’ van Carolyn Miller: als je van Jane Austen houdt, zul je dit boek geweldig vinden! Juffrouw Lavinia Ellison heeft geen hoge pet op van de nieuwe graaf, Nicholas Stamford. Hij is vast net zo roekeloos en arrogant als zijn broer, die verantwoordelijk is voor de...

Almost one year has passed since widespread terrorist attacks crippled the country. The light apocalyptic tale that began in the picturesque village of Bystander NY, continues with the introduction of three women of varying backgrounds. Follow their journeys to learn what led them from much larger...