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History of women in the United States historical articles on women's lives and activities volume 5

From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries. Demonstrating, once again, her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches--a family given to poetry and to incest, to murder and to philosophy; a family that, over the ages, is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being....

4) Intersection of work and family life

Series

Publisher

K.G. Sauer

Pub. Date

1992.

Language

English

5) Lasher

Author

Rice, Anne

Series

Lives of the Mayfair witches volume 2

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

1993.

Language

English

Description

At the center of this dark and compelling tale is Rowan Mayfair, queen of the coven, who must flee from the darkly brutal, yet irresistible demon known as Lasher.

6) Jim Abbott: major league pitcher

Author

Macht, Norman L

Series

Publisher

Chelsea House Pub

Pub. Date

[1994]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

7) Stephen Hawking: revolutionary physicist

Author

McDaniel, Melissa

Series

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

[1994]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

Describes the life of the renowned theoretical physicist who has taken the study of cosmology further than most in his field, despite his need for wheelchair and computer to travel and communicate.

8) Taltos

Author

Rice, Anne

Series

Lives of the Mayfair witches volume 3
Mayfair Witches

Language

English

Description

Heroes of America illustrated lives

The adventures of the Taltos, superhuman beings born of witches and known for being violent and oversexed. The story centers on arranging a union between two of them, one a wealthy doll manufacturer in New York, the other a dwarf in Scotland. The union would end the New Yorker's loveless existence, the result of a curse imposed on him for trying to convert his clan to Christianity. By the author of Lasher. Rice's new novel continues the epic occult...

9) Interpreting experience

Series

The narrative study of lives volume 3

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Pub. Date

[1995]

Language

English

10) Eleanor Roosevelt

Author

Donnelly, Shannon

Series

Publisher

Baronet Books

Pub. Date

[1996].

Language

English

11) Ethics and process in the narrative study of lives

Series

Narrative study of lives volume 4

Publisher

Sage Publications

Pub. Date

[1996]

Language

English

12) Ludwig van Beethoven, composer

Author

Balcavage, Dynise

Series

Publisher

Chelsea House Pub

Pub. Date

1996.

Language

English

Description

Book - Regular Print, eBook, Kindle

Narrates the life of the German-born musical genius who lost his hearing completely by age fifty and who is renowned as one of the world's greatest composers.

13) Lives of the presidents: fame, shame, and what the neighbors thought

Author

Krull, Kathleen

Series

Lives of

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4

Lexile measure

1240L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Explores the lives of presidents as parents, husbands, pet-owners, and neighbors while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns. Lexile 1,000

14) Making meaning of narratives

Series

Narrative study of lives volume 6

Publisher

Sage Publications

Pub. Date

[1999]

Language

English

15) Ray Charles: voice of soul

Author

Ritz, David

Series

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

[2000]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

16) Peter Stuyvesant: New Amsterdam and the origins of New York

Author

Krizner, L. J

Series

Publisher

PowerPlus Books

Pub. Date

2001.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

Discusses the origins of New York, once the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, with a focus on the leadership of Peter Stuyvesant.

17) Abigail Adams: a Revolutionary woman

Author

Ching, Jacqueline

Series

Publisher

PowerPlus Books

Pub. Date

2002.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

Presents the life and accomplishments of the second First Lady of the United States, and discusses her fight for women's rights.

18) Emblems of pluralism: cultural differences and the state

Author

Weisbrod, Carol

Series

Cultural lives of law

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Pub. Date

c2002

Language

English

19) Ethan Allen: the Green Mountain boys and Vermont's path to statehood

Author

Raabe, Emily

Series

Publisher

PowerPlus Books

Pub. Date

2002.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

Presents a biography of Ethan Allen, the Revolutionary War hero who led the Green Mountain Boys in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775.

20) John Paul Jones and the American navy

Author

Bradford, James C

Series

Publisher

PowerPlus Books

Pub. Date

2002.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Description