John R : 1297 books

Book cover of The Victorian Villains MEGAPACK ™: 31 Villainous Tales
by Arthur Morrison, Arthur Train, Christopher B. Booth
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015

This volume is a follow-up to our Victorian Rogues MEGAPACK™ and presents no less than 31 additional tales of Victorian-era (or close to it!) villains, rogues, thieves, and criminals. You don't have to have read the previous volume, of course, since all of these works stand alone. But if you'd rather...
Book cover of 99 Classic Science-Fiction Short Stories: Works by Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Seabury Quinn, Jack London...and many more !
by Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Abraham Merritt
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2019

CONTENTS: ABRAHAM MERRITT 1. The People of the Pit AMELIA REYNOLDS LONG 2. Omega ANTHONY MELVILLE RUD 3. Ooze ARTHUR TRAIN 4. The Nth Power CLARK ASHTON SMITH 5. The Black Abbot of Puthuum DAVID H. KELLER 6. The Jelly-Fish DAVID H. KELLER 7. The Rat Racket DAVID H. KELLER 8. The Worm DONALD ALLEN...
Book cover of Music Theory for Musical Theatre
by John Bell, Steven R. Chicurel
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2008

Music Theory for Musical Theatre is a textbook designed to demystify music theory and analysis to make it more accessible to the musical theatre student. It aims to equip the student with a basic skill set that he or she can directly apply to the art form. John Bell and Steven R. Chicurel explore...
Book cover of Hope on Earth

Hope on Earth

A Conversation

by Paul R. Ehrlich, Michael Charles Tobias, John Harte
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014

Hope on Earth is the thought-provoking result of a lively and wide-ranging conversation between two of the world’s leading interdisciplinary environmental scientists: Paul R. Ehrlich, whose book The Population Bomb shook the world in 1968 (and continues to shake it), and Michael Charles Tobias,...
Book cover of The Golden Age of Piracy

The Golden Age of Piracy

The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates

by Douglas R. Burgess, Guy Chet, John A. Coakley
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018

Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their plundering...
Book cover of International Short Stories
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016

Contents THE PROPHETIC PICTURES By Nathaniel Hawthorne THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW By Washington Irving THE GOLD-BUG By Edgar Allan Poe CORPORAL FLINT'S MURDER (From "The Oak Openings") By J. Fenimore Cooper UNCLE JIM...
Book cover of History of American Political Thought
by George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...
Book cover of The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction
by Neal Salisbury, Rosalind J. Beiler, Robert J. Allison
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002

The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction is a collection of the best biographical sketches from several volumes in SR Books' popular Human Tradition in America Series. Compiled by Series Editor Charles W. Calhoun, this book brings American history to life by illuminating...
Book cover of Vampire Tales: The Big Collection (80+ stories in one volume: The Viy, The Fate of Madame Cabanel, The Parasite, Good Lady Ducayne, Count Magnus, For the Blood Is the Life, Dracula’s Guest, The Broken Fang, Blood Lust, Four Wooden Stakes...)
by Leonid Andreyev, Nikolai Gogol, M. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old...
Book cover of Phenomenology and the Arts
by John Russon, Galen A. Johnson, John Lysaker
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016

Phenomenology and the Arts develops the interplay between phenomenology as a historical movement and a descriptive method within Continental philosophy and the arts. Divided into five themes, the book explores first how the phenomenological method itself is a kind of artistic endeavor that mirrors...
Book cover of The Inerrant Word

The Inerrant Word

Biblical, Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspectives

by Stephen J. Nichols, Steven J. Lawson, J. Ligon Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016

Because God has made himself known in his Word, a commitment to a high view of Scripture is of paramount importance. Sadly, more and more people—not only from outside the church but also from within—are denying the complete truthfulness of God’s Word. Edited by pastor John MacArthur,...
Book cover of Letters to Pope Benedict

Letters to Pope Benedict

College Students Speak Out

by R. JOHN KINKEL
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011

Being a modern day Catholic woman, the ancient teaching that bothers me the most is the tradition that states no woman is to be ordained a priest. Erika Bussard, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Our Church needs to listen to the parishioners and not ignore the words they speak. Chris Ruark, Miami University,...
Book cover of Transforming Undergraduate Education

Transforming Undergraduate Education

Theory that Compels and Practices that Succeed

by Jann H. Adams, Jerzy Axer, Kenneth R. Bain
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011

For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and...
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...
First 57 58 59 60 61 62 6364 65 66 67 68 69 Last
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy