Carolyn: 2852 books

Countless garden books tell us what, when, where and how to plant.Few explore the reasons why gardening becomes central to so many people's lives.In Garden Voices, Carolyn Rapp explores the relationships of women with their gardens, revealing sources of joy that go far beyond the pleasure of harvesting...

Thousands of pregnant women pass through our nation’s jails every year. What happens to them as they carry their pregnancies in a space of punishment? In this time when the public safety net is frayed, incarceration has become a central and racialized strategy for managing the poor. Using her ethnographic...

The year is 1980, and Democrat US Senator Thomas E. Fitzgerald is running for re-election. But in addition to swimming against a strong conservative tide, someone in his campaign is a murderer. The Body Politic describes the inner workings of a hard-fought political battle: casual liaisons, brutal schedules, polling data, simmering hatred--everything that can go right--and terribly wrong.

Although there is extensive research on the loss of a spouse, predominantly focusing on the experiences of widows, much less attention is paid to bereaved partners not married to their significant other, whether or not the partners are of the same sex. This first-of-its-kind work explores both socially...

The latest book from Carolyn Cullinan McCormick, inventor of the Add-a-Quarter ruler, offers 12 timeless tree patterns that can be made successfully without making thousands of separate half-square triangle units. A gallery of beautiful finished quilts also shows examples of other ways to use the...

Illustrated instructions on using wire, beads, crystals, precious metal clay, cabochons, rivets, and other materials to create unique jewelry. Includes 15 projects for making beautiful necklaces, bracelets, rings, pins, and earrings. Expert instruction from master jeweler Carolyn Yohn McManus.

Emotion is at the centre of our personal and social lives. To love or to hate, to be frightened or grateful is not just a matter of how we feel on the inside: our emotional responses direct our thoughts and actions, unleash our imaginations, and structure our relationships with others. Yet the role...

Susie was born with an unusal Gift; and at age four realized her gift. As time passed, she refused to accept what God had granted her and use it. Thus, her choice led to years of pain, entanglement with voodoo and ner death experiences.

Un week-end pour s’aimer, de Melissa McClone Depuis la rupture de ses fiançailles, Jayne en est persuadée : elle est bien plus heureuse sans homme. Et ce n’est pas le tout nouveau bonheur de ses meilleures amies qui la fera changer d’avis. Aussi se méfie-t-elle lorsque Tristan MacGregor...

Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862 – March 26, 1942) was an American author and poet. Born in Rahway, New Jersey, she was the daughter of William E. and Anna Wells. She died at the Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City in 1942. -wikipedia

How would a young king come to choose a sheltered country girl as his mistress? How does a man of God become a man of war? In feudal England, how might you stop the king from abusing your rights? Why would a family move halfway around the world, leaving the life they knew? How...

Women and men communicate in very different styles, and that’s fine - we just need to know that! We women act “girlie, feminine,” while men assume superiority, accept success as a right. Subservience is a strategy cave girls established to curry favor with small-brained, club wielding CEO’s. Out...

When mystery writer, Victoria Vicky Cooper, moves to a sleepy little town in coastal Georgia, with her three Welsh Pembroke Corgis, their number is soon increased to four by the arrival of a small black Corgi puppy. But a few months later, the normal peace and quiet for both humans and dogs is shattered,...

Alanna Hudson is the wife of a popular United States Senator; her life is about to become quite volatile. Despite being happily married to a career politician, Alanna is as far from political as one can get. She doesn’t believe the people’s government should adhere to party lines or have aisles...