Кристен Иверсен0.0 When Margaret Tobin Brown arrived in New York City shortly after her perilous night in Titanic's Lifeboat Six, a legend was born. Through magazines, books, a Broadway musical, and a Hollywood movie, she became "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," but in the process her life story was distorted beyond recognition. Even her name was changed--she was never known as Molly during her lifetime. Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth is the first full-length biography of this American icon, and the story it tells is of a passionate and outspoken crusader for the rights of women, children, mine workers, and others struggling for their voice in the early twentieth century.
A Siberian tiger cub born at the Denver Zoo is orphaned when he is just a few weeks old. At first T. J. refuses to eat his new food, and it requires the full attention of the zoo staff to ensure that he grows into a huge, beautiful, and very healthy tiger.
Through photographs, narrative, and graphs, young readers follow T.J. as he grows from a tiny newborn into a five-hundred-pound adult. A heartwarming story about one tiger's fight for survival that also introduces a basic math skill.
Джудит Брайлз0.0 Are you ready to become financially confident? To feel comfortable making decisions about investments? To overcome your fears about spending, saving, and retirement? With just "10 Smart Money Moves" . . . from acclaimed financial expert Dr. Judith Briles, you can! A stable and secure financial future is every woman's right, yet most women doubt they have the time, ability, or knowledge to manage their money effectively. Now, in ten simple steps, any woman can get started on the road to a lifetime of financial fitness. For wonen who want to achieve greater financial freedom and overcome the anxiety and fear that often impair money-related decision-making abilities, "10 Smart Money Moves for Women" offers caring, constructive information on becoming financially savvy and planning for the years ahead. Author Judith Briles presents an easy-to-follow, ten-part program that provides solutions for conquering the deep financial fears shared by many--such as the fear of losing everything, the fear of looking stupid, and the fear of following the guidance of the wrong advisers--and then offers practical advice and simple, effective tips for creating and maintaining a realistic financial plan for a prosperous financial future. Brimming with helpful self assessment quizzes and questionnaires designed to help you analyze your financial concerns and improve your financial savvy, "10 Smart Money Moves for Women" covers basic money management issues like budgeting, goal setting, spending, and saving. Plus, detailed information on identifying insurance pitfalls; understanding stocks, bonds, and mutual funds; and planning for retirement through 401(k)s, IRAs, and other savings plans will arm you with theknowledge you need to feel strong and confident when making your next (or your first!) investment decision. Nine out of ten women will be solely responsible for their finances at some point in their lives. Because no one knows what uncertainties the future may hold, set your mind at ease by preparing and planning for your prosperous and stable financial future today! About the Author Dr. Judith Briles is a nationally recognized expert on women's financial issues. She conducts workshops on money-related topics and is the author of several other books on finance, including "The Dollars and Sense of Divorce." Briles is based in Denver, Colorado.
Уэйн Браун0.0 In the spirit of The Road Less Traveled, a popular Denver-based therapist offers a book that helps readers stop debating the correctness of their choices and begin seeking the treasures in the choices and commitments that they have already made.
Амбика Ваутерс0.0 This sumptuous volume follows the spring-to-winter cycle of the zodiac, introducing readers to the angels of the season and the qualities they inspire. Each angel has its own special characteristics—abundance or trust, for example—and this book illuminates the essence of more than 80 angels, accompanying each profile with a prayer or meditation. Written for both traditional believers and uncommitted seekers alike, The Angelic Year offers a continuous source of guidance in daily life. Ambika Wauters, a psychotherapist and homeopath, is the author of Ambika’s Guide to Healing and Wholeness, The Journey of Self Discovery, and The Angel Oracle.
Расселл Мартин0.0 The basis for the movie of the same name, an astonishing tale of one lock of hair and its amazing travels--from nineteenth-century Vienna to twenty-first-century America.
When Ludwig van Beethoven lay dying in 1827, a young musician named Ferdinand Hiller came to pay his respects to the great composer, snipping a lock of Beethoven's hair as a keepsake--as was custom at the time--in the process. For a century, the lock of hair was a treasured Hiller family relic, until it somehow found its way to the town of Gilleleje, in Nazi-occupied Denmark. There, it was given to a local doctor, Kay Fremming, who was deeply involved in the effort to help save hundreds of hunted and frightened Jews.
After Fremming's death, his daughter assumed ownership of the lock, and eventually consigned it for sale at Sotheby's, where two American Beethoven enthusiasts, Ira Brilliant and Che Guevara, purchased it in 1994. Subsequently, they and others instituted a series of complex forensic tests in the hope of finding the probable causes of the composer's chronically bad health, his deafness, and the final demise that Ferdinand Hiller had witnessed all those years ago. The results, revealed for the first time here, are the most compelling explanation yet offered for why one of the foremost musicians the world has ever known was forced to spend much of his life in silence.
In Beethoven's Hair, Russell Martin has created a rich historical treasure hunt, a tale of false leads, amazing breakthroughs, and incredible revelations. This unique and fascinating book is a moving testament to the power of music, the lure of relics, the heroism of the Resistance movement, and the brilliance of molecular science.
Маргарет Коэль0.0 According to legend, Sacajawea—the Native American woman who helped guide the Lewis and Clark expedition through the American wilderness—is buried on the Wind River Reservation. Now, a college professor—and longtime friend of Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden—has disappeared while seeking the truth behind the legend.Vicky and Father John O’Malley soon discover that her missing friend is linked to another female historian who also vanished on the reservation—while researching Sacajawea twenty years ago. The answer to the mystery of the missing scholars may lie in the pages of Sacajawea’s hidden memoirs—and with a culprit who will do anything to ensure they’re never found…
Jean Ross Ewing3.3 She seemed as innocent as a flower, the perfect pawn for a deliciously wicked game of seduction and surrender..
He appeared as sly as a fox, daring his lovely opponent to explore temptations beyond her wildest dreams...
A rake and a scoundrel, Dominic Wyndham hungered for new sensations that could rival his adventures as a spy during the Napoleonic Wars. Opportunity arrived in the shapely form of Catriona Sinclair, a beautiful young highlander. She begged the handsome lord to return to her beloved Scotland, on a mysterious mission. And to her surprise, Dominic agreed -- one one condition: one simple game to amuse themselves on their seven-day journey. Catriona would join him in exploring the seven deadly sins, one for each day. And though she found it easy to resist many of the earthly pleasures this charming Englishman offered, there was one sin, one temptation, she couldn't deny -- the lust for passion...
Дэвид Милофски0.0 This is a rich, absorbing novel about good, evil, and the inability of the legal system to mediate between the two. Two white Milwaukee motorcycle cops pursue and kill a young black man on a bitterly cold winter night in 1959 and with the help of their superiors escape detection for twenty years. When at last the truth comes out -- first in a confession and then in a ground-breaking civil rights suit brought against the state by the victim's family many people find their present lives increasingly altered by this event from the past. This includes Milwaukee Times reporter Bob Joseph, mayoral candidate Andy Hedig, Hedig's wife Sarah, lawyer Charlie Simon, the sister of the murdered youth, and many more. Written in lean, evocative prose, Color of Law is a profoundly ambitious novel that renders precisely an American City and the lives that are lived there.
Вероника Паттерсон0.0 Winner of the Colorado Book Award;
Winner of the Willa Literary Award
As heard on Public Radio International's The Writer's Almanac!
Full of music and evocative word play, Veronica Patterson's Swan, What Shores? offers alluring poems varied in form and inventive in approach. In language that is both precise and lyrical, Patterson's work, like much of the best poetry, plumbs the human condition with depth, wit, and, above all, compassion.
The poems offer fine surprises, from the lyrical litany of "The Riddle of My Want" ("the stride of your eyes / a summering of skin") to the unusual elegy "Three Photographs Not of My Father" to the mysteries embodied in "Where Are My Swans?": "All movement in their dreams is theirs / that glide-without-haste, for what core of the universe / has to hurry?"
Swan, What Shores? marks the blossoming of a major poetic talent.
Виктория Хенли0.0 Legend states that there exists a mighty sword that makes its possessor invincible to his enemies. But there is a curse on anyone who lifts the sword for conquest. King Kareed of Archeld goes after this sword anyway, winning it from the King of Bellandra. When he returns home from battle, he brings his daughter, Princess Torina, two special gifts. One is a unique crystal, in which she can view visions of the future. The other gift is the defeated king’s son Landen, who is to be her slave. Torina immediately releases Landen, who becomes a member of the King’s army and her close friend.
But trouble is lurking in the kingdom of Archeld and people are accusing Landen of plotting against the King. Torina refuses to believe he would hurt her family. Then Torina begins seeing deadly visions in her crystal. Can she save her father’s life and the future of her kingdom?
