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The Shopkeeper's Wife

The Shopkeeper's Wife

Noëlle Sickels

From the rippling effects of the advent of electricity to labor strikes to the very beginnings of the women's movement, Noelle Sickels delivers an enthralling glimpse of the birthing of modern America and the lives that are forever changed ...
Walking West

Walking West

Noëlle Sickels

" These westering foremothers take center stage in Walking West, Noelle Sickels's remarkable first novel of women and their families on a grueling wagon train journey across the United States.
The Medium

The Medium

Noëlle Sickels

This historical tale of suspense and romance is rich with details that animate both the home front during World War II and the mysterious, eerily appealing realm of ghosts and spirit guides.
Nineteenth Century

Nineteenth Century

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The Bibliophilist The Shopkeeper's Wife Noelle Sickels Despite the richness of its history, the city of Philadelphia has not been blessed in historical novels. The titanic events of the American Revolution seem to have made authors nervous, ...
Claiming the Spirit Within: A Sourcebook of Women's Poetry

Claiming the Spirit Within: A Sourcebook of Women's Poetry

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Cross Currents Noelle Sickels The moon's choreography is less reliable now. Unlike the obedient tides my body chooses its own tempo, sways out of rhythm then drifts in step again for a measure or two. It surprises my attention. I had forgotten ...
Birch Lane Press Presents American Fiction: The Best ...

Birch Lane Press Presents American Fiction: The Best ...

Michael C. White

Independence Day BY NOELLE SICKELS Claudia Steele lifted up her three-year -old brother so he could reach the top of the vine. When she set him down he ran off holding high a heavy bunch of dusty, dark blue grapes and calling out to the ...
The Santa Claus Project: Stories of Discovery about a man in ...

The Santa Claus Project: Stories of Discovery about a man in ...

Marsha; Matt Schmidt

Good-bye, Hello by noëlle sickels the January that he turned nine, my son Jude learned there is no santa claus. He found a half-used roll of “santa's” wrapping paper hidden in the back of the linen closet, unhappily drew the logical conclusion, ...
Rapport de la commission spéciale sur le projet de loi ...

Rapport de la commission spéciale sur le projet de loi ...

Marie-Noëlle Battistel

Marie-Noëlle Battistel, Sabine Buis, Philippe Plisson, Ericka Bareigts, Denis Baupin. SOMMAIRE ___ Pages 1. Audition, ouverte à la presse, de Mme Ségolène Royal, ministre de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l' énergie, sur le ...
Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich

Amy Sickels

Offers an analysis of the life and works of the American poet.
Richard Peck

Richard Peck

Amy Sickels

Describes the life, writing career, and accomplishments of the Newbery Award-winning author of "A Year Down Yonder."
African-American Writers

African-American Writers

Amy Sickels

Profiles notable African Americans and their work in the field of literature, including Maya Angelou, Walter Dean Myers, and Toni Morrison.
Beloved

Beloved

Amy Sickels

- Concise critical excerpts provide a scholarly overview of each work. - The Story Behind the Story details the conditions under which the work was written.
Julia Kristeva

Julia Kristeva

Noelle McAfee

This volume is an accessible, introductory guide to the main themes of Kristeva's work, including her ideas on: *semiotics and symbolism *abjection *melancholia *feminism *revolt.
Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

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Harold Bloom. AMY SICKELS. Voices. of. Independence. and. Community: The. Prose. of. Zora. Neale. Hurston. INTRODUCTION For years unknown, forgotten, or simply ignored by literary scholarship, the work of Zora Neale Hurston has ...
Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers

Amy Sickels

Walter Dean Myers published his first book in 1969, a picture book called Where Does The Day Go? Since then, he has published more than 80 books, including novels, biographies, poetry, fables, and adventure stories.
The Baby-Sitters Club #42: Jessi and the Dance School Phantom

The Baby-Sitters Club #42: Jessi and the Dance School Phantom

Ann M. Martin

“If Jessi says she brought them, they must be in that room somewhere.” Mme Noelle didn't look happy about the idea, but she agreed. “One more time,” she said. “But zen, rehearsal is off.” I hated having her mad at me. We all paraded back ...
Freedom as a task

Freedom as a task

Wolfgang Fikentscher

... ELISABETH NOELLE-NEUMANN, PETER NOLL, DIETER POHMER, GERD ROEL- LECKE, KLAUS ROLINSKI, HANS HEINRICH RUPP, PETER SCHNEIDER, SPIROS SIMITIS. 2 Ein Beispiel: Bundesverband deutscher Zeitungsverleger e.
Little Felted Animals: Create 16 Irresistible Creatures with ...

Little Felted Animals: Create 16 Irresistible Creatures with ...

Marie-Noëlle Horvath

Using wool roving and a few simple tools, this instructional guide with colorful photographs of the completed critters provides detailed instruction for creating this cute collection of fuzzy animals, including mice, penguins, bunnies, and ...
Michael P. Johnson: The Unshakeable Search for Architecture

Michael P. Johnson: The Unshakeable Search for Architecture

Louise Noelle

The book, about the life work of Architect Michael P. Johnson, speaks directly of his regional buildings in both his native Wisconsin in his early career through the work after the migration to Arizona.
The Oxford Handbook of Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice

The Oxford Handbook of Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice

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Patterson, Gerald R., D. Capaldi, and L. Bank. 1991. “The Development and ... Pratt, Travis C., Francis T. Cullen, Christine S. Sellers, L. Thomas Winfree, Jr., Tamara D. Madensen, Leah E. Daigle, Noelle E. Fearn, and Jacinta M. Gau. 2010.

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