Derek: 1655 books
Tales of Old Peking
Inside the Walls of China's Tumultuous Capital
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
A forbidden city for Westerners for hundreds of years, China’s capital has always been viewed as one of the world’s most mysterious cities. This book re-creates a sense of old Peking through a pastiche of historical snippets—stories, quotations, cartoons, postcards and drawings—and shares...
The Grand Strategy that Won the Cold War
Architecture of Triumph
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
This book demonstrates that under the leadership of President Ronald Reagan and through the mechanism of his National Security Council staff, the United States developed and executed a comprehensive grand strategy, involving the coordinated use of the diplomatic, informational, military, and economic...
by Peter Davies, Derek Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2005
The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right is an engaging and accessible guide to the origins of fascism, the main facets of the ideology and the reality of fascist government around the world. In a clear and simple manner, this book illustrates the main features of the subject using chronologies,...
Confessions of a Gay Male Escort 4: The Go-Between
Confessions of a Gay Male Escort, #4
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
“The client’s been hot for his best friend for years,” Veronica said. “And he wants you to pretend you’re his friend while you have sex.” I stroked my chin. “How realistic do I have to be? I mean, I’m not going to get tattooed or shave my head.” Veronica laughed. “No...
The Queen and the Heretic
How two women changed the religion of England
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
The dual biography of two remarkable women - Catherine Parr and Anne Askew. One was the last queen of a powerful monarch, the second a countrywoman from Lincolnshire. But they were joined together in their love for the new learning - and their adherence to Protestantism threatened both their lives....
Israel in History
The Jewish State in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2006
Covering topical issues concerning the nature of the Israeli state, this engaging work presents essays that combine a variety of comparative schemes, both internal to Jewish civilization and extending throughout the world, such as:
modern Jewish society, politics and culture
historical...
by Derek Elkins
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Ever wanted your own personal army of undead slaves? Have you ever been laughed at, scoffed at, or called eccentric, mad or just plain crazy? Then this book is for you.We know that today's "mad" scientist has limited funds and may be working with a restricted budget. But lack of funding should...
by Derek Elkins
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
New to the world of the living dead? Still hanging onto the shreds of humanity like stink on a corpse? Hey, maybe you should learn a trick or two on how to survive in your new skin. Maybe you should get an advantage over the rest of your competition.Shuffling around waiting for the living to fall...
The People's Bible
The Remarkable History of the King James Version
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
This is the story of one of the most influential, provocative, ambitious projects of its day: translating the Bible into English, the language of the people. In 1604 the new King James I convened a meeting at Hampton Court to address the problem of the Puritans. The recommendation was for the authorization...
Nineteenth-Century Russia
Opposition to Autocracy
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
This new Seminar Study provides students with a rewarding introduction to nineteenth-century Russia. This period of Russian history is, of course, characterised by the flowering of an enormously rich intellectual and cultural life, the origins of which lie in the intelligentsia¿s opposition to...
The Psychology of Retirement
Coping with the Transition from Work
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
The Psychology of Retirement is the first self-help guide to retirement based on highly proven psychological coping strategies.
Provides the most comprehensive and coherent account of the challenges of retirement and the associated aging process
Represents the culmination of over 30 years of...
Life, Death, and Meaning
Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology...
Life, Death, and Meaning
Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology...
A Widow's Story
A Serial Killer Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Betty Masey thought she knew her late husband of forty years until she learned that he was a serial killer. Together with his accomplice, she learns what made him tick. As the body count rises, her love affair with murderer Tom Branaugh reaches a fever pitch, and her lust for blood increases....