John R : 1297 books

Arguing that giving estrogen replacement therapy to women after menopause is medically the wrong thing to do, Lee suggests that natural progesterone can prevent most of the unpleasant side effects of menopause, including osteoporosis and weight gain.

People tend to be penny wise and pound foolish and cry over spilt milk, even though we are taught to do neither. Focusing on the present at the expense of the future and basing decisions on lost value are two mistakes common to decision-making that are particularly costly in the world of finance....

Ecologists, land managers and policymakers continue to search for the most effective ways to manage biological invasions. An emerging lesson is that proactive management can limit negative impacts, reduce risks and save money. This book explores how to detect and respond to alien plant incursions,...

This authoritative, comprehensive, and enthralling book describes and analyzes Napoleon's most powerful weapon-the Grande Armée which at its peak numbered over a million soldiers. Elting examines every facet of this incredibly complex human machine: its organization, command system, logistics, weapons,...

For most of us death comes only once. For Richard, that rule no longer applies. He has died hundreds of times over, taking the place of those in agony as well as those unaware, men and women alike, as they each meet their death. Along this macabre passage through seeming immortality,...

Ellen Weston expected her first Halloween in her new home to be uneventful, until she found the gift on her front door from "The Halloween Phantoms." She assumed it was an innocent neighborhood game.  What she didn't know was that the phantoms were deadly serious about spreading good will, and Ellen's oversights could have disastrous consequences.

A killer without remorse, burning with pride, and having the time of his life, Zachary Marshall is unstoppable—until Detective Jonas Peters unexpectedly arrives in the midst of one of Marshall’s heinous crimes. After a bank robbery goes from bad to worse and leaves three dead—including a little...

In 1984, Henry Davidson took the holiday of a lifetime, spending his summer in Aswan, Egypt. The trip changed his life in many ways, but when he swallowed a secret powder handed down from generation to generation, the biggest change was yet to come. Now Henry could remember his future...

 Kimberley's disappeance on graduation night in 1950 has plagued Fred Davidson all his life. Now elderley and broke, Fred becomes the subject of Dr. Lisa Edler's time travel experiment. In his quest to solve the mystery of Lisa's disappearance, Fred discovers uncomfortable truths about his past as...

In the jungles of Khyrei, an escaped slave seeks vengeance and finds the key to a savage revolution. In the drought-stricken Stormlands, the Twin Kings argue the destiny of their kingdom: one walks the path of knowledge, the other treads the road to war. Beyond the haunted mountains...

Hilarious, touching, beautiful . . ." Detroit News"A totally enjoyable novel with at least one laugh on every page." Fresno Bee". . . you'll never forget it." Publishers WeeklyGrowing up on Chicago's South Side in the 1960s, Eddie Ryan is learning a lot and not just from the Brothers at his all-boys...

After the Petals Go is the 15th book in the Garth Ryland mystery series and perhaps Riggs most ambitious book to date. Called an exemplary series hero by Publishers Weekly, Ryland lives and works in the small town of Oakalla, Wisconsin (Lake Woebegone made sinister) where passions run high, secrets...

On a Saturday evening, March 10, 1945, Dr. Rice found himself in the midst of the Christ for Cleveland Campaign, which was held at the Public Music Hall in Cleveland, Ohio. It was there he preached this classic sermon about the subtlety of the one who hates God and God's Children. Oh yes, Satan has beautiful apples, but each beautiful apple has worms!