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Women of Steel and Stone
An inspiration for young people who love to design, build, and work with their hands, Women of Steel and Stone tells the stories of 22 female architects, engineers, and landscape designers from the 1800s to today. Engaging profiles based on historical research and firsthand interviews stress how childhood passions, perseverance, and creativity led these women to overcome challenges and break barriers to achieve great success in their professions. Subjects include Marion Mahony Griffin, who worked alongside Frank Lloyd Wright to establish his distinct architectural-drawing style; Emily Warren Roebling, who, after her husband fell ill, took over the duties of chief engineer on the Brooklyn Bri...
The Heretic
The Heretic is a novel of daring adventure, tender first love, religious persecution, and political intrigue. It tells the story of a family of secret Jews living in Seville on the eve of the Spanish Inquisition. "Don't start reading The Heretic unless you're prepared to put everything else aside...Powerful, riveting, and inspiring...a must read." - David A. Harris, American Jewish Committee "The Heretic is deeply absorbing, but it also helps Jews and Christians better understand their complex and often painful relationship." - Elie Wiesel "I found The Heretic and absorbing and challenging story." Bishop John J. Snyder, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Augustine and a member of the U. S. Bishops Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs "A first-rate job of recreating the complex tragedy and drama of Jewish life in fifteenth-century Spain." -Jane S. Gerber, Institute for Sephardic Studies, University of New York "Compelling and emotional...an impassioned cry for tolerance that echoes through the centuries." -Monsignor Thomas J Hartman, Director of Radio and Television for the Diocese of Rockville Center and cohost of The God Squad
The Origins of Iris
SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZE 2022. One woman. Two lives. How far will she go to find herself? *WILD MEETS SLIDING DOORS IN THE UNFORGETTABLE NEW NOVEL FROM BETH LEWIS* On the outside, Iris and Claude have a perfect marriage, but that couldn't be further from the truth. One terrible night Claude's abuse goes too far and Iris flees into the Catskill mountains. In the wilderness, Iris comes face to face with another version of herself. A woman who never met Claude and seemingly made all the right choices in life. Trapped by an oncoming storm, Iris must uncover why they are there, what it means, and if the other Iris is even real. As the storm hits, the truth of what happened that fateful ni...
I Have Something to Tell You
Don’t miss the captivating new book from Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis!
Difficult Women
Well-behaved women don't make history: difficult women do. 'This is the antidote to saccharine you-go-girl fluff. Effortlessly erudite and funny' Caroline Criado-Perez Strikers in saris. Bomb-throwing suffragettes. The pioneer of the refuge movement who became a men's rights activist. Forget feel-good heroines: meet the feminist trailblazers who have been airbrushed from history for being 'difficult' - and discover how they made a difference. Here are their stories in all their shocking, funny and unvarnished glory. ** Shortlisted in the 2020 Parliamentary Book Awards ** 'All the history you need to understand why you're so furious, angry and still hopeful about being a woman now. A book that is part intellectual weapon in your handbag, part cocktail with a friend' Caitlin Moran 'Compulsive, rigorous, unforgettable, hilarious and devastating' Hadley Freeman 'A great manifesto for all those women who have never been very good at being well-behaved.' Mary Beard 'Difficult Women is full of vivid detail, jam-packed with research and fizzing with provocation' Sunday Times
City Doodles Chicago
Take a journey through Chicago with stops at Wrigley Field, the Adler Planetarium, and the Field Museum. See the city from an incredible vantage point on a skyscraper in the Loop, wander through the shops in the Magnificent Mile on Michigan Avenue, and don't forget to pick up a loaded hot dog while you're out. Anna Lewis is an author and award-winning toy inventor. Through her company, Ideasplash, she gets kids thinking creatively. Anna makes Chicago her home. Daniel Chaffin has been a chronic doodler since childhood. Today, you might find Daniel in North Carolina with his wife and son, drawing all over their stuff.
To Thine Own Self Be True
A seminal work on ethical therapy and the vital connection between responsibility, personal values, and peace of mind. “To Thine Own Self Be True is one of the most valuable, enlightening books I have read.”—Hugh Prather, author of Notes to Myself For some, conventional psychotherapy just isn’t enough. In To Thine Own Self Be True, Dr. Lewis M. Andrews debunks the cultural stigma that says being religious is antithetical to being logical or scientific, and explains how incorporating spirituality and traditional ethical values into therapy can lead to a deeper understanding of your true self. “[To Thine Own Self Be True] cannot help but affect the reader profoundly, both personally and professionally.”—Pennsylvania Psychologist
The School of Greatness
When a career-ending injury left elite athlete and professional football player Lewis Howes out of work and living on his sister’s couch, he decided he needed to make a change for the better. He started by reaching out to people he admired, searching for mentors, and applying his past coaches’ advice from sports to life off the field. Lewis did more than bounce back: He built a multimillion-dollar online business and is now a sought-after business coach, speaker, and podcast host. In The School of Greatness, Howes shares the essential tips and habits he gathered in interviewing “the greats” on his wildly popular podcast of the same name. In discussion with people like Olympic gold me...
The View from Somewhere
A look at the history and myth of the objective journalist and how this ideal has been used to silence marginalized voices. In The View from Somewhere, Lewis Raven Wallace dives deep into the history of “objectivity” in journalism and how its been used to gatekeep and silence marginalized writers as far back as Ida B. Wells. At its core, this is a book about fierce journalists who have pursued truth and transparency and sometimes been punished for it—not just by tyrannical governments but by journalistic institutions themselves. He highlights the stories of journalists who question “objectivity” with sensitivity and passion: Desmond Cole of the Toronto Star; New York Times reporter...
The Lewis Chessmen Unmasked
This book was written to accompany a travelling exhibition about new research on the Lewis chessmen. National Museums Scotland and the British Museum partnered in creating the exhibition, The Lewis Chessmen: Unmasked.
