971 results for '"Swanson, Elizabeth'

Poetic, atmospheric, and inspired by a true story, this picture book about family, calling, and belonging tells the story of an Icelandic weather keeper in a world of ice, sea, and sky As the aurora...

"A transformative way of understanding addiction - and an invitation to find connection in the pleasures of life we know are bad for usElizabeth Roberts has experienced the suffering wrought by...

A selection of literary criticism and cultural commentary that provides a broad assessment of the American "brat pack" writers such as Jay McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis and Tama Janowitz - authors who...

"This book explores the many ways in which European artists, writers, and cartographers described and represented an Amerasian continuum in the first two centuries after Columbus"--

"This richly illustrated book provides an in-depth natural history of the most poisonous plants on earth, covering everything from the lethal effects of hemlock and deadly nightshade to the uses of...

Why seismologists still can't predict earthquakesAn earthquake can strike without warning and wreak horrific destruction and death, whether it's the catastrophic 2010 quake that took a devastating...

A short but comprehensive treatment of the history and religion of Ethiopia, formerly called Abyssinia, from the mysterious Queen of Sheba to the time just before Mussolini's attack. A well written,...