John Walton: 88 books

Book cover of The Legendary Detective

The Legendary Detective

The Private Eye in Fact and Fiction

by John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015

“I’m in a business where people come to me with troubles. Big troubles, little troubles, but always troubles they don’t want to take to the cops.” That’s Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, succinctly setting out our image of the private eye. A no-nonsense loner, working on the margins...
Book cover of Elites and Economic Development

Elites and Economic Development

Comparative Studies on the Political Economy of Latin American Cities

by John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014

This book is a detailed comparative analysis of development politics in four urban regions of Latin America, two in Mexico and two in Colombia. John Walton has based his studies on the assumption that the problems of economic growth are essentially political, that is, are problems of choice, decision-making,...
Book cover of Urban Latin America

Urban Latin America

The Political Condition from Above and Below

by Alejandro Portes, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014

Much research on the city in developing societies has focused mainly on one of three areas—planning, demography, or economics—and has emphasized either power elites or the masses, but not both. The published literature on Latin America has reflected these interests and has so far failed to provide...
Book cover of The Playful Crowd

The Playful Crowd

Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century

by Gary Cross, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2005

During the first part of the twentieth century thousands of working-class New Yorkers flocked to Coney Island in search of a release from their workaday lives and the values of bourgeois society. On the other side of the Atlantic, British workers headed off to the beach resort of Blackpool for entertainment...
Book cover of Execution

Execution

The Discipline of Doing Simple Things Consistently and Well

by John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016

What separates the master from the apprentice, the craftsman from the amateur, a Winner from the loser, or an exceptional performance from an average effort? The answer is often explained in one word: execution. Around the world, the word execution has broad meaning encompassing every action...
Book cover of Romans (Teach the Text Commentary Series)
by C. Marvin Pate, Mark Strauss, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013

The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of...
Book cover of 1 & 2 Samuel (Teach the Text Commentary Series)
by Robert B. Jr. Chisholm, Mark Strauss, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013

The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of...
Book cover of Luke (Teach the Text Commentary Series)
by R. T. France, Mark Strauss, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013

The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of...
Book cover of Chartism
by John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002

Chartism is an essential introduction to the movement, and examines the controversial debates surrounding the topic. As well as providing a concise period background, the author includes discussion of: * the Chartists' economic, legislative and political goals * patterns of regional and local support *...
Book cover of Mark (Teach the Text Commentary Series)
by Grant R. Osborne, Mark Strauss, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014

The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of...
Book cover of Job (Teach the Text Commentary Series)
by Daniel J. Estes, Mark Strauss, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013

The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of...
Book cover of Psalms : Volume 2 (Teach the Text Commentary Series)
by C. Hassell Bullock, Mark Strauss, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017

The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of...
Book cover of Tourism and History
by John Walton, Chris Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011

Contemporary Tourism Reviews will provide you with critical, state-of-the-art surveys of all of the major areas of tourism study to people who are coming to a topic for the first time. The CTR series provides accessible and structured overviews to all areas of research in the broadly defined subject...
Book cover of Exodus (Teach the Text Commentary Series)
by T. Desmond Alexander, Mark Strauss, John Walton
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016

Focused Biblical Scholarship to Teach the Text Effectively The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors...
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