Jessup: 25 books

The year 1827 marked the completion of the United States’ first railroad--and the beginning of a transformation of American life. This book, spanning nearly two centuries, offers an exhilarating tour of the railways’ inroads into the economy, society, and culture of North America.    Illustrated...

Publishing essays in the age of the tweet is a bit like selling buggywhips next to the car dealership. One would only expect such an activity to be pursued by old fuddy-duddies waving their canes at the kids on their lawns. We are actually huge proponents of social media. The restrictions of 140 characters...

This two-book bundle takes the form of an illustrated journal that plunges readers into the heart of the story. Werewolves takes readers into the life of a high school girl-turned-werewolf as she makes her transformation. With a fresh take on the lore and legend, it gives fans a ripping tale to sink...

The Orient is the birthplace of prophecy. Before the advent of our Lord, the very air of the East was resounding with the "unconscious prophecies of heathenism." Men were in expectation of great changes in the earth. When Mohammed arose, he not only claimed to be the deliverer of a message...

Dermatopathology is a specialized branch of pathology in which there has been great progress as new techniques have become available to evaluate the pathology of the skin. Many of the advances in our knowledge and understanding of the skin and the diseases that affect it have been made by people with...

There is a new war being waged in the New West. In places like Big Scratch, Montana, where everything environmental is seen as a threat to jobs and prosperity, land developers and oil and mining companies chop up big ranches, leaving behind a mountain of contamination that causes environmental groups...

A young adult fantasy novella that follows the main character, Tyris, as he attempts to learn why he is having memory lapses. He is joined by his best friend and a reluctant guide as they soon find out that his problem is just a small part in a growing threat. Taking place in a shallow ocean, the entire...

Beyond the Cascade is an adventure story with a feminist bias and a metaphysical plot. It intends to blend the perennial magic of Gulliver's Travels with the metaphysics of Richard Bach, or more recently, The Celestine Prophecy. Other voices which might be said to provide some of the intersecting qualities...

Iatrogenesis is the occurrence of untoward effects resulting from actions of health care providers, including medical errors, medical malpractice, practicing beyond one’s expertise, adverse effects of medication, unnecessary treatment, inappropriate screenings, and surgical errors. This is a huge...

Werewolves takes the form of an illustrated journal that plunges readers into the life of a high school girl-turned-werewolf as she makes her transformation. After Alice and her brother are bitten by what they assume are large dogs, her journal/sketchbook becomes a place for her to record the changes...

Part of the highly regarded Diagnostic Pathology series, Diagnostic Pathology: Nonneoplastic Dermatopathology, Second Editionis designed to improve patient care by breaking down the subject of inflammatory dermatopathology into digestible chapters, equipping physicians with the knowledge necessary...