Gardner: 1155 books
The Cambridge Medieval History - Book IV
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
This process of history may be said to have entered on its effective stage in the West with Alaric's invasion of Italy. But it had been present, as a potentiality and a menace, for many years before Alaric heard the voice that drew him steadily towards Rome. The frontier war along the limes was...
The First Girl Guide
The Story of Agnes Baden-Powell
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
In 1909 Sir Robert Baden-Powell's rally of boy scouts at the crystal palace was joined by 2,000 'Girl Scouts'. In an age where single sex education and heavy chaperoning until marriage was the norm, Sir Robert Baden-Powell recognised that a separate organisation for girls was necessary, and his sister...
A Lady Raised High
A Novel of Anne Boleyn
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
“A well-written account of the relationship that changed England so…Fans of Tudor tales will want to read [this book].”—Midwest Book Review
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Frances Pierce is a simple, plain country girl who enters Lady Anne Boleyn’s circle after shielding her from an angry mob. Anne is beloved by King...
No Victory in Valhalla
The untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Bastogne to Berchtesgaden
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
In late November 1944, after 71 days on the line in Holland, the 506th PIR was withdrawn having suffered heavy losses during Operation Market Garden, and each paratrooper was looking forward to three months rest, recuperation, and restructuring. However, this was not to be. On December 16, 1944, the...
The Evacuation from Dunkirk
'Operation Dynamo', 26 May-June 1940
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
This is the Naval Staff History of "Operation Dynamo", originally published internally in 1949. British ships evacuated nearly 100,000 men of the BEF from the beaches, and over 200,000 from harbours. Other nations' vessels carried more than 30,000.
Living the Serenity Prayer
True Stories of Acceptance, Courage, and Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
by Nicole Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
A familiar Bill Cosby style updated with a new direction. This book is your ultimate resource for Bill Cosby. Here you will find the most up-to-date 66 Success Facts, Information, and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know...
by G.P. Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
**Young retiree Cleo Mack is trading in academia for a second act in Harbor Village, a community for active seniors in coastal Alabama. But someone in this picture-perfect coastal town is burning the candle at both ends . . . **
It’s love at first sight when Cleo arrives in Fairhope, Alabama,...
by G.P. Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
This ebook includes an exclusive knitting pattern!
Harbor Village is a vivacious retirement paradise known for its beachy locale and active senior scene. But ever since murder moved in, the idyllic coastal community is becoming a little less lively . . .
With the first annual antique car...
by Spider Robinson, James Alan Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
Compostela (Tesseracts Twenty) is an anthology of hard and soft science fiction stories that best represent a futuristic view of the sciences and how humanity might be affected (for better or worse) by a reliance in all things technological.
The stories contained within the pages of Compostela...
Sarah Gives Thanks
How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
During the nineteenth century, Sarah Josepha Hale dedicated her life to making Thanksgiving a national holiday, all while raising a family and becoming a groundbreaking writer and women's magazine editor. Sarah Hale's inspiring story, accompanied by luscious watercolor illustrations, tells the tale of one woman who wouldn't take no for an answer.
Poetry and Popular Protest
Peterloo, Cato Street and the Queen Caroline Controversy
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
This book provides provocative information on poetry written in response to the most revolutionary set of events seen in Britain since the 1640s: 'Peterloo', a peaceful protest that became a massacre; 'Cato Street', a government scripted rebellion; and the 'Queen Caroline Controversy', when the estranged wife of George IV tried to claim her crown.
by Ginny Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2015
This wonderful slouch hat, inspired by the colorful patchwork caps seen at Renaissance fairs around the country, requires extremely basic knitting skills. The only complicated factors relate to slipping and picking up stitches. There is also a three needle bind-off needed at the end.
The pattern...
by Eric Gardner, Sarah Wider, Susan M. Stone
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Traditional histories of the American transcendentalist movement begin in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s terms: describing a rejection of college books and church pulpits in favor of the individual power of “Man Thinking.” This essay collection asks how women who lacked the privileges of both college...