Jamie: 1874 books
The Enigma of Kidson
The Portrait of an Eton Schoolmaster
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
The Enigma of Kidson is a scintillating and often hilarious biography of an inspirational and controversial history master, Michael Kidson, who taught a generation of pupils at Eton for forty years. Forget Eton, think Mr Chips, The History Boys and Dead Poets Society. Kidson was a maverick; funny,...
by Jamie J. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
This book gives readers a comprehensive introduction to the topic of the Civil Rights Movement—arguably the most important political movement of the 20th century—and provides a road map for future study and historical inquiry.
• Provides a chronology that traces the unfolding of the subject...
by Jamie Sawyer
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Captain Conrad Harris and the special operators he leads are fighting a war against a relentless, seemingly endless, horde of predatory alien creatures in this thrilling military science fiction series Jack Campbell, author of the Lost Fleet novels calls "a gripping read that moves at warp speed."
The...
by Philip B. Bedient, James B. Blackburn Jr., Shannon S. Van Zandt
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what was already one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history would have quadrupled. Ike made everyone realize just how exposed and vulnerable the Houston-Galveston area is in the...
by Jamie Downham
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
How many times a week do people say ‘good luck’ to you? Probably more than a few.
We might consider ourselves much more sophisticated than the ancient civilisations that practically revolved around lucky charms, but they are still all around us. We bless sneezes, we throw spilt salt over...
The Magic Of Christmas Miracles
An All-new Collection Of Inspiring True
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Last holiday season, Christmas Miracles touched the hearts of thousands with its inspiring true stories of real people and their miraculous encounters. With The Magic of Christmas Miracles we have a second collection of amazing true stories of people whose lives were forever changed by small, yet...
Mothers' Miracles
Magical True Stories Of Maternal Love An
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
The authors of Christmas Miracles deliver true stories that show just how enduring a mother's remarkable love can be.
Axis Midget Submarines
1939–45
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
During World War II, Germany, Japan, and Italy built approximately 2,000 small, inherently stealthy, naval craft to perform special operations and conventional naval missions. Much more numerous and more technically advanced than their Allied counterparts, they saw service worldwide, operating in...
Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums
Inside Abandoned Institutions for the Crazy, Criminal & Quarantined
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The Shadow Man haunts penitentiary cell blocks.
A chilling wind runs through the Death Tunnel.
The Red Eyes Apparition lurks in abandoned hallways.
Explore frightening ghost stories and true paranormal encounters at ten well-known, haunted institutions across the United States. This unique...
by Benjamin Fleury-Steiner, Jamie G Longazel
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This concise and engaging book presents a critical perspective on the correctional system and the process of incarceration in the United States. Fleury-Steiner and Longazel emphasize the magnitude of mass imprisonment in the United States, especially of people of color, not by objective statistics...
Have Board, Will Travel
The Definitive History of Surf, Skate, and Snow
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Whether on water, pavement, or fluffy white powder, the history of surfing,skateboarding, and snowboarding is a landscape filled with rugged personalities, exotic locales, wild innovation, and most of all the united dream of becoming one with the oceans, streets, and mountains.
Have Board,...
Twelve Times Two
The Journeys of a Mother on Bed Rest
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Each year millions of women are gifted with relatively simple pregnancies. Marked only by a growing belly, they are able to go about their everyday lives with little to no major disruptions. Those nine months unfold at the same rate as any other calendar month and culminate with the joyous arrival...
Positively Medieval
The Surprising, Dynamic, Heroic Church of the Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Discover the Bible-believing, Jesus-centered, morally pure Christianity of the Middle AgesSuperstitious peasants and relic-hawking clergy—if this says Medieval Christianity to you, then think again. Not only were those years filled with dynamic Catholic leaders and thinkers, but they...
Empire, State, and Society
Britain since 1830
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Empire, State, and Society assesses the external and internal forces behind Britain's transformation from global superpower to its current position in the twenty-first century. The authors provide an accessible and balanced introduction, which is thoughtfully organized for ease of use for both students...