Giardina, Denise 1951-

Storming heaven : a novel by Denise Giardina( Book )
10 editions published between 1987 and 1999 in English and held by 1,234 libraries worldwide
Based on a real incident involving 10,000 coal miners and a division of the U.S. Army, in the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921.

Saints and villains : a novel by Denise Giardina( Book )
11 editions published between 1987 and 2007 in English and held by 993 libraries worldwide
A Protestant minister stands up to the Nazis and pays with his life. The hero is the real-life Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed in 1945 for participating in a plot to kill Hitler. The novel describes his youth, his seminary studies in America and his opposition to the Nazis, against whom he did not hesitate to speak out. By the author of The Unquiet Earth.

Emily's ghost : a novel by Denise Giardina( Book )
3 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 924 libraries worldwide
Emily Brontë refuses to bow to the conventions of her day. She is distrustful of marriage, prefers freedom above all else, and walks alone at night on the moors above the isolated rural village of Haworth. But Emily's life, along with the rest of the Brontë family, is turned upside down with the arrival of an idealistic clergyman named Willam Weightman. An improbable friendship between Weightman and Emily develops into something deeper, and when tragedy strikes, the relationship continues.

The unquiet earth : a novel by Denise Giardina( Book )
5 editions published between 1992 and 1994 in English and held by 742 libraries worldwide
With the narrative sweep and power of an American epic, Giardina's new novel is the saga of an Appalachian mining community, Blackberry Creek, West Virginia, and its fight to survive disaster, oppression, and neglect. Spanning the period from the 1930s to the present, the novel builds to a shattering climax.

Good King Harry by Denise Giardina( Book )
6 editions published between 1984 and 1999 in English and held by 639 libraries worldwide
Includes reading group discussion guide.

Fallam's secret by Denise Giardina( Book )
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 594 libraries worldwide
Following a strange note left to her by her late uncle, Lydde finds herself transported back to England in 1657, where the ruling Puritans have outlawed all forms of entertainment and where falls in love with a bandit named Raven.

Appalachia a history of mountains and people( visu )
2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 323 libraries worldwide
Explores the intersection of natural history and human history in the Appalachian Mountain region.

The Appalachians. [Episode 3], A culture of survival( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 16 libraries worldwide
The third segment in a 3-part series exploring the political, economic, musical, and spiritual history of the Appalachian region. Part 3 examines the 20th century history of Appalachia through the prisms of economic hardship, spiritual perseverance, the region's rich musical heritage and the rise of modern country music by way of radio and phonograph. It also highlights the resonance of long-standing church traditions and documents the Appalachian experience in connection with major historical events : the Great depression, the New Deal, The WPA, the Tennessee Valley Authority, stip mining, the migration of mountain people to the mid-West and LBJ's war on poverty.

The Appalachians. [Episode 2], The fight for land and work( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 11 libraries worldwide
The second segment in a 3-part series exploring the political, economic, musical, and spiritual history of the Appalachian region. Part 2 opens with the forced exodus of the Cherokee, followed by examination of Appalachia's role in the racial and ideological tensions leading up to the Civil War. Discussions of race and class-related strife, including the Hatfield-McCoy Feud, are linked with the arrival of railroad, lumber and mining interests in the region -- culminating with the Coal Wars, accompanied by authentic folk songs from the period.

Die Geliebte des Raben Roman by Denise Giardina( Book )
3 editions published in 2005 in German and held by 6 libraries worldwide
Für die Leserinnen von Diana Gabaldon Lydde kann es nicht glauben: Plötzlich befindet sie sich nicht mehr im modernen West Virginia, sondern im England zur Zeit Cromwells! Die Puritaner regieren, die Sitten sind streng, und Lydde muss ihre Identität verbergen. Doch dann begegnet sie einem geheimnisvollen Mann, dem >Raben<, der die Reichen beraubt und den Armen hilft. Sie ist vom ersten Augenblick an fasziniert von dem rätselhaften Fremden ...