Martha: 1810 books
Chronic Illness and the Twelve Steps
A Practical Approach to Spiritual Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
A self-help guide for those who are chronically ill.
When we live with a chronic illness or disability, our spirit is tested. And though we may have no say in our sickness, how we meet its spiritual challenge is entirely up to us. This is the message of Martha Cleveland's heartening book, which...
Out of My Mind
A Collection of Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
OUT OF MY MIND is a delightful, eclectic collection of engaging narratives by author Martha Wood. These were developed as the authors mind was, as she puts it, Set free to play.
Written in short story style, some of the anecdotes are amusing, as in Funny Names, or Things I Always Wanted to...
Diana, Herself
An Allegory of Awakening
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Maybe, once or twice in your life, you’ve experienced a surge of destiny so strong it made you believe in miracles.
Such bolts from the blue seem to hit when weariness or ill fortune have plowed through the ground of reason, breaking it up so magic can take root. What follows is so perfect...
Steering by Starlight
The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
In Steering by Starlight, renowned life coach Martha Beck, Ph.D., describes the step-by-step process she uses with her private clients to help them navigate the terrain of their best lives.
Bringing together cutting-edge research in psychiatry, neurology, and related fields in an accessible,...
Your Best Nap Now
7 Steps to Nodding Off at Your Full Potential
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
No one looks at growing older quite like Martha Bolton. Whether she's contemplating why some people turn cantankerous as they age, suggesting songs and books for the middle years, or looking at the benefits of shrinking, she keeps readers laughing out loud. And when readers are laughing the loudest,...
Hair: Myths and Truths
Hair: Myths and Truths
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Taking care of your hair is important for reasons other than just appearance. While healthy looking locks are aesthetically more appealing than damaged dos, they are also a telltale sign that you’re following a responsible overall physical maintenance regimen. As with the way we protect other sensitive...
Chasing Grace
Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Up
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
From the author of the "absolutely absorbing" (USA Today) memoir Undercurrents comes an unforgettable portrait of childhood, family and community. The eldest child of a devout Irish-American Catholic family, Martha Manning weaves her story around the seven holy sacraments: baptism, penance,...
A Stricken Field
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Martha Gellhorn was one of the first—and most widely read—female war correspondents of the twentieth century. She is best known for her fearless reporting in Europe before and during WWII and for her brief marriage to Ernest Hemingway, but she was also an acclaimed novelist.
In 1938, before...
by Martha Bolton
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Whether Martha Bolton is contemplating whether or not there will be carbs in heaven or why she's growing her own turtle neck, she'll leave readers laughing out loud as they recognize the truth in her hilarious take on aging. Her fans crave each chapter just as they crave one more piece of chocolate....
Alive and Loose in the Ordinary
Stories of the Incarnation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
With a light touch and warm voice, and just a hint of a Southern accent, Martha Sterne tells the stories of her encounters with Christ – in the supermarket and the beauty parlor, in the garden, the kitchen, and sometimes even church.
Glorious in Persecution
Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1839-1844
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Escaping imprisonment in Missouri in 1839, the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith quickly settled with family and followers on the Illinois banks of the Mississippi River. Under Smith’s direction, the small village of Commerce soon mushroomed into the boomtown of Nauvoo, home to 12,000 and more members...
We Know Who We Are
Métis Identity in a Montana Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
They know who they are. Of predominantly Chippewa, Cree, French, and Scottish descent, the Métis people have flourished as a distinct ethnic group in Canada and the northwestern United States for nearly two hundred years. Yet their Métis identity is often ignored or misunderstood in the United States....
The Mayans Among Us
Migrant Women and Meatpacking on the Great Plains
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The Mayans Among Us conveys the unique experiences of Central American indigenous immigrants to the Great Plains, many of whom are political refugees from repressive, war-torn countries. Ann L. Sittig, a Spanish instructor, and Martha Florinda González, a Mayan community leader living in Nebraska,...
Guesswork
A Reckoning With Loss
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
In this “splendid and subtle memoir,” a young woman spends a year in an Italian village reflecting on both beauty and grief (The New York Times Book Review).
Having lost eight friends in ten years, Martha Cooley retreats to a tiny medieval village in Italy with her husband. There, in a rural...