books by Elizabeth Gilbert

books by Elizabeth Gilbert

books:

Elizabeth Gilbert

The Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social

Duke University Press, 2007

“The innovative essays in this volume . . . demonstrat[e] the potential of the perspective of the affects in a wide range of fields and with a variety of methodological approaches. Some of the essays . . . use fieldwork to investigate the functions of affects—among organized sex workers, health care workers, and in the modeling industry. ...

The Last American Man

Elizabeth Gilbert

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003

Eustace
I have purchased approx. 10 copies of this book-- I find it entertaining, amusing and cannot decide if I liked this man at the end or not. As I live in North Carolina; not far from the subject- guests often think it would be fun to meet him and see how he as aged. ...

Tribes of the Great Rift Valley

Abrams Books, 2007

Tribes of the Great Rift Valley is a celebration of the traditional peoples who occupy the lands of the Great Rift Valley, from the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Eritrea, across the Ethiopian highlands, and down to the great lakes and plains of Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi. Here are the proud, majestic warriors of the Maasai and Samburu, the Mursi ...

A Writer's Workbook: Daily Exercises for the Writing Life

Caroline Sharp

St. Martin's Griffin, 2002

Author takes the fear out of writing
Caroline Sharp has written an approachable, easy to understand "hand-up" for aspiring writers. Breaking down the fear so many face at the thought of approaching a vast blank page, Sharp guides novices and experienced writers alike through a series of steps and ...

Come, reza, ama / Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

Elizabeth Gilbert

Aguilar, 2007

Excellent
This book is amazing. I bought it cause one person in my family is going through something similar and it has really helped me to give her advice. I haven't finish the book but i can't stop reading it. Definitely something that happens to many women.

Pilgrims

Elizabeth Gilbert

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

Satisfying indeed.
A friend's interest in Gilbert spurned me to read this short story collection, which I found very enjoyable. Gilbert has a way of creating a very vivid scene and situation, so as to wrap your interest around the characters promptly. Then, naughty as it is, she ends ...

Broken Spears: A Maasai Journey

Elizabeth L. Gilbert

Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003

A remarkable record of a vanishing society
I read this pictorial record of the Maasai in one sitting from start to finish. Rather than being just another coffee table book with pretty pictures, Liz Gilbert intersperses her photographs with insightful essays documenting Maasai history, rituals, and traditions ...

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

Elizabeth Gilbert

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

Best book I've read in a long time
I'm such a slow reader and I never put this book down. It speaks as though it was written for me...which I'm sure means it'll speak as though it was written for you too! The journey the author goes on can be seen as a metaphor for whatever is going on in the reader's ...

Manual of High Risk Pregnancy and Delivery

Elizabeth S. Gilbert

Mosby, 2006

Manual of High Risk Pregnancy and Delivery
Very informative. Exactly what I needed for perinatal teaching. Covers many aspects of high risk pregnancies and deliveries.

Stern Men

Elizabeth Gilbert

Mariner Books, 2001

From an experienced lobster friend!
I enjoyed Stern Men very much! It was light, humorous, edgy. I loved how the family story evolved, and Ruth was a convincing teenager full of age-appropriate angst, disdain and insecurity. Having family on coastal Maine, I loved the lobster logic! The facts begining ...

Watch Me Draw Cinderella's Enchanted World (Watch Me Draw)

Walter Foster, 2008

Learn to draw the fairy-tale world of Cinderella With Watch Me Draw Cinderella's Enchanted World , girls as young as 4 years old can learn to draw their own magical masterpieces! This delightful 24-page book features 11 simple drawing lessons, a sheet of colorful "reward" stickers, a unique paper pad with helpful drawing prompts, and charming ...

Parkett # 60: Chuck Close, Diana Thater, Luc Tuymans

Sara Arrhenius, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, ...

Parkett, 2001

super good
i have found these books very useful in information. i use these books to check my understatnding of good new art. As an artist i see these books as a way to keep connected with an international art world.

DAW 30th Anniversary Fantasy Anthology

DAW Hardcover, 2002

Great short story book
Three decades have passed since the great seer Donald A. Wollheim founded Daw as a place for some of the best fantasy and science fiction works to have a home. This 30th Anniversary Daw Fantasy anthology provides strong stories that run the gamut of the genre from ...

Windows to Heaven: Introducing Icons to Protestants and Catholics

Elizabeth Zelensky, Lela Gilbert

Brazos Press, 2005

Nicely Written with Poise and Heart
Once in awhile, a book is produced that is unpretentious in its thesis, gentle in its handling of the source, and appropriately communicating the heart of its message with respect to all parties. "Windows to Heaven: Introducing Icons to Protestants and Catholics" is ...

National Geographic: As We Begin Our Second Century, the Geographic Asks: Can Man Save This Fragile Earth? ...
Bart McDowell, John J. Putman, ...

National Geographic Society, 1988

National Geographic: As We Begin Our Second Century, the Geographic Asks: Can Man Save This Fragile Earth? (Vol. 174, No. 6, December 1988, Special Limited Collector's Edition with Holographic Covers) [LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION] (Paperback) by Bart McDowell (Author), John J. Putman (Author), Thomas J. Abercrombie (Author), Harvey Arden (Author), ...