John C Smith: 50 books

Book cover of Technology in America

Technology in America

A History of Individuals and Ideas

by Merritt Roe Smith, Brooke Hindle, Hugo A. Meier
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2018

The new edition of a popular collection that traces the history of American invention from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. This volume traces the history of American technology—its inventions and inventors—from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. The...
Book cover of The Victorian Mystery Megapack: 27 Classic Mystery Tales
by Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012

The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly...
Book cover of Fiction River: Risk Takers
by Fiction River, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015

Money, business, sports, love: All involve risk—and skill. The skilled authors in this volume masterfully exhibit both. Buckle in while a locomotive engineer uses magic in a race to avoid extinction, a game developer must outmaneuver an alien for Earth’s fate, and an exterminator risks everything...
Book cover of Diabolical Plots: Year Four
by David Steffen, Michael Anthony Ashley, Anaea Lay
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018

This anthology collects all 25 original stories from the fourth year of Diabolical Plots, an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy. Manuals for memory tourism, a secret order of monks that tries to use a scriptural technicality to put off the end of the world indefinitely, a friendly nonbinary...
Book cover of Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…

by O. Henry, Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018

This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
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Nyx in the House of Night

Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Jordan Dane
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011

The House of Night is no ordinary school—and not just because it's for vampyres. It's a place where magic, religion, folklore, and mythology from multiple traditions merry meet and meld to create something incredible and new.In Nyx in the House of Night—a 2-color illustrated companion to the House...
Book cover of Boundary Objects and Beyond

Boundary Objects and Beyond

Working with Leigh Star

by Susan Leigh Star, Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, Nina Wakeford
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016

The multifaceted work of the late Susan Leigh Star is explored through a selection of her writings and essays by friends and colleagues. Susan Leigh Star (1954–2010) was one of the most influential science studies scholars of the last several decades. In her work, Star highlighted the messy...
Book cover of Fiction River: Last Stand
by Fiction River, Felicia Fredlund, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016

History offers many heroic tales of final battles. And in Last Stand, sixteen courageous authors offer their take on the topic. From a heartwarming tale of not-so-friendly business competition to a battle of the gods—sort of—for the fate of the world to a tale of looking for love in all the wrong...
Book cover of Fantastic Stories Presents the Worlds of If Super Pack #2
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., R. A. Lafferty
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016

Worlds of If' was a three-time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. 'Worlds of If' discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the second in our 'Worlds of If' series, with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. '2BR02B'...
Book cover of Lamar Archaeology

Lamar Archaeology

Mississippian Chiefdoms in the Deep South

by Marvin T. Smith, David G. Anderson, Daniel T. Elliott
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication Lamar Archaeology provides a comprehensive and detailed review of our knowledge of the late prehistoric Indian societies in the Southern Appalachian area and its peripheries. These Lamar societies were chiefdom-level groups who built most of the mounds in...
Book cover of Native American Studies: History Books, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies (22 Book Collection)

Native American Studies: History Books, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies (22 Book Collection)

History of the Great Tribes, Military History, Language, Customs & Legends of Cherokee, Iroquois, Sioux, Navajo, Zuñi, Apache, Seminole and Eskimo

by Charles C. Royce, Clay MacCauley, Franz Boas
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018

"Native American Studies" is an interdisciplinary collection which examines the history, culture, religion and language of indigenous people in North America. This meticulously edited collection explores the life of the biggest Native American tribes; including: Cherokee, Iroquois, Sioux,...
Book cover of Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies

Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies

History of the Great Tribes, Military History, Language, Customs & Legends of Cherokee, Iroquois, Sioux, Navajo, Zuñi, Apache, Seminole and Eskimo

by Charles C. Royce, Clay MacCauley, Franz Boas
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018

Native American Studies collection is formatted to the highest digital standards. The edition incorporates an interactive table of contents, footnotes and other information relevant to the content which makes the reading experience meticulously organized and enjoyable. "Native American Studies"...
Book cover of Free Speech On Trial

Free Speech On Trial

Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions

by Richard A. Parker, Susan J. Balter-Reitz, Mary Elizabeth Bezanson
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011

Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them. At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and...
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The YMCA at War

Collaboration and Conflict during the World Wars

by Joel R. Bius, Jeffrey C. Copeland, Ugo Pavan Dalla Torre
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2018

The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is best known for its athletic and youth programs, a heritage that draws on its origins in 1844 to provide wholesome recreation to urban youth away from the moral decay of industrialized urban living. Before long, that uplift mission found a place in...
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