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  • The Ditchdigger's Daughters

    A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story

    de Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton ...
    The Ditchdigger’s Daughters is a loving memoir of how a poor and uneducated black laborer, a child of the Great Depression, overcame incredible obstacles to give his daughters a better life. Dr. Thornton’s father fought in World War II as a Navy seaman, second class. By age twenty-seven he had five children to raise——all girls, and no boys. He dug ditches for a living while his wife cleaned houses ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Bonfire of the Humanities

    Rescuing the Classics in an Impoverished Age

    de Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath, Bruce S. Thornton ...
    With humor, lucidity, and unflinching rigor, the acclaimed authors of Who Killed Homer? and Plagues of the Mind unsparingly document the degeneration of a central, if beleaguered, discipline—classics—and reveal the root causes of its decline. Hanson, Heath, and Thornton point to academics themselves—their careerist ambitions, incessant self-promotion, and overspecialized scholarship, among other ... Leer más

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  • The Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays. Illustrated

    de William Wells Brown, Harriet E. Wilson, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frances E. W. Harper, Langston Hughes, Phillis Wheatley, Solomon Northup, Frederick Douglass, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, Charles Ball, Josiah Henson, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Elizabeth Keckley, Louis Hughes, Booker T. Washington, Henry Box Brown, James Hambleton Christian, Theophilus Collins, Seth Concklin, Charles Gilbert, Samuel Green, Jamie Griffin, Harry Grimes, John Henry Hill, Jane Johnson, Matilda Mahoney, Mary Frances Melvin, Aunt Hannah Moore, Alfred S. Thornton, W. E. B. Du Bois ...
    African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were ... Leer más

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  • Democracy's Dangers & Discontents

    The Tyranny of the Majority from the Greeks to Obama

    de Bruce S. Thornton ...
    By democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens equally. In Democracy's Dangers & Discontents, Bruce Thornton discusses those criticisms first aired ... Leer más

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  • Eros

    The Myth Of Ancient Greek Sexuality

    de Bruce S Thornton ...
    Eros: The Myth of Ancient Greek Sexuality is a controversial book that lays bare the meanings Greeks gave to sex. Contrary to the romantic idealization of sex dominating our culture, the Greeks saw eros as a powerful force of nature, potentially dangerous and in need of control by society: Eros the Destroyer, not Cupid the Insipid, is what fired the Greek imagination. The destructiveness of eros ... Leer más

    $77.99 USD

  • Inside Information for Women

    Answers to the Mysteries of the Female Body and Her Health

    de Yvonne S. Thornton, M. D., Jo Coudert ...
    Yvonne S. Thornton, M. D., M. P. H. whose superb training and peerless credentials make her one of America's top OB/GYN specialists, is also a doctor who truly listens to her patients. She has learned from the questions and concerns of real women what information they truly need to make the best decisions about their bodies and healthcare. Now she has combined a wealth of medical knowledge, the ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Inside Information for Women

    Answers to the Mysteries of the Female Body and Her Health

    de Yvonne S. Thornton, M. D., M. P. H., FACS ...
    From adolescence to menopause, Inside Information for Women will be a valued medical companion to any the busy woman. ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Crown and the Dragon

    de Stanley S. Thornton ...

    $7.99 USD

  • Strategic Employee Communication

    Building a Culture of Engagement

    Edición de Gail S. Thornton, Viviane Regina Mansi, Bruno Carramenha, Thatiana Cappellano ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Employee engagement (or a lack thereof) can often be linked to poor communication and a detachment from company goals. Companies of all sizes are looking for ways to boost communication, recognizing its impact on key business outcomes, such as productivity and profitability.This book offers fresh insights about opportunities to improve the quality of employee communications based on employees’ ... Leer más

    $53.99 USD

  • The First Dragonslayer

    de Johnny Gagne, Stanley S. Thornton ...
    Two children go to visit their grandfather in the country. After questioning their grandfather about a crumbling tower down the road, the children soon find themselves wrapped up in a coming of age story that centers around one particular dragon. It becomes obvious that things are not always as they first appear. ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • The Staff and the Orb

    de Stanley S. Thornton ...
    The second book in the He Walks with Dragons saga:As often happens in our world, the world that Draig the dragonrider once knew was gone, and now, he will have to learn to live in a world he had often shunned. While Draig builds himself a new life within a short distance of a small piece of his past, his old life tugs at his soul.Though he tries to keep his past life a secret from those around him ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • The Dragon on the Hill

    de Stanley S. Thornton ...
    The fourth book in the He Walks with Dragons saga. It falls on Looke, grandson of Belinda, to preserve the Truth from the legend. And it has come to pass, those who came first created the Truth. Those who come second continue to defend it. It has fallen upon Looke to guarantee that the history of dragons is not forgotten by those who are still to come. ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD