R James: 1068 books

Book cover of The Politics and Philosophy of Chinese Power

The Politics and Philosophy of Chinese Power

The Timeless and the Timely

by R. James Ferguson, Rosita Dellios
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016

This book provides a timely analysis of the politics, philosophy, and history of Chinese power, focusing on social, strategic, and diplomatic trends that have shaped China for over three thousand years. Chinese elites have used the past to inform the present, but have also mobilized new ideas to address...
Book cover of Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools

Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools

A Critical Demography Perspective

by Alice T. Crowe, Trish Davis, Latrisha Y. Dean
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016

Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools: A Critical Demography Perspective explores the paradigm of critical demography—established in the late 1990s which articulates the manner in which the social structure differentiates dominant and subordinate populations. Moreover, critical...
Book cover of Swiss Made

Swiss Made

The Untold Story Behind Switzerland's Success

by R. James Breiding
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013

Why has Switzerland - a tiny, land-locked country with few natural advantages - become so successful for so long at so many things? In banking, pharmaceuticals, machinery, even textiles, Swiss companies rank alongside the biggest and most powerful global competitors. How did they get there? How do...
Book cover of Spectres in the Snow

Spectres in the Snow

A Third Collection of Classic Ghost Stories for Christmas

by Black Heath Editions, Barry Pain, E.F. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016

A third selection of vintage Victorian and Edwardian ghost and horror stories by masters of the genre. Set during the Christmas period, these are perfect festive reading for long winter nights...
Book cover of Strange Adventures in a Deviant Universe

Strange Adventures in a Deviant Universe

WPaD Science Fiction, #1

by WPaD, Mandy White, Diana Garcia
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2017

WPaD presents: Strange Adventures in a Deviant Universe… - A scientist struggles to find a cure for Alzheimer's before the disease takes his mind… - Dolphins and whales work with their human trainers to terraform a new planet… - Artificial intelligence backfires on humanity...
Book cover of Creepies 2: Things That go Bump in the Closet
by WPaD, Mandy White, David Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017

From the masters of horror at Writers, Poets and Deviants:  Prepare for terror…  - An exterminator meets his match in a family's attic…  - A cuddly toy with a disturbing origin is all the rage…  - A boy's survival of a deadly accident turns out to be more curse than miracle…  - A man...
Book cover of Weirder Tales
by Mandy White, Diana Garcia, Marla Todd
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2018

The warped minds of WPaD are proud to present this tribute to the bizarre: - People who eat Tide Pods turn into detergent-craving zombies - A gift of a fishing bobber turns deadly - A woman lost in the desert makes friends with an ancient creature - A hole inside a closet...
Book cover of The Unquiet Grave - Short Stories Level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library
by M. R. James, Peter Hawkins
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016

A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Peter Hawkins. If you find a locked room in a lonely inn, don't try to open it, even on a bright sunny day. If you find a strange whistle hidden among the stones of an old church, don't blow it. If a mysterious man...
Book cover of The Halloween Curse
by M.R. James
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2018

Billy and Amanda Walker aren't too sure about the new shop that just opened up in their small town of Boo, Pennsylvania. They're even more unsure of the shop's owner. A tall, spooky looking man who goes by the name of Mr. Night. When pumpkins mysteriously begin attacking people and children...
Book cover of Night of the Zombie
by M.R. James
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2018

Welcome back to the town of Boo! Things have been pretty quiet for Billy, Amanda, and Mr. Night ever since Halloween ended, but that's all about to change. When their friend, Emily, decides to make a zombie movie in town, she goes to the extreme to make her film look as real as possible. The...
Book cover of Carnival of Terror
by M.R. James
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2018

When the yearly carnival arrives in Boo, Pennsylvania, Amanda and Billy think it's just the thing they need to get their minds off of everything they've been through. Pumpkins attacking people, zombies running amok all over town...their lives are far from normal and there seems to be little time to...
Book cover of The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
by M. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011

Published in 1919, this volume is a change of pace from an author best known for his classic ghost stories.  It is a history of the transmission of manuscripts from one area, culture, or age, to another.  The author's moral:  "Be inquisitive.  See books for yourself; do not trust that the cataloguer has told you everything."  
Book cover of Lord Montagu's Page: An Historical Romance
by G.P.R. James
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018

Excerpt: "It was a dark and stormy night,—a very dark night indeed. No dog's mouth, whether terrier, mastiff, or Newfoundland, was ever so dark as that night. The hatches had been battened down, and every aperture but one, by which any of the great, curly-pated, leaping waves could jump into the vessel, had been closed. What vessel? the reader may perhaps inquire."
Book cover of Shadechasers

Shadechasers

Book 1: Chronicle of Days

by R. James
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013

Fear is in the MInd. Fear it getting out.Fear not! You Need Not Face this Evil Alone...Twelve-year-old Billy Bickster and his two street-wise friends hadnt counted on being powerful psychic channelers. They hadn't counted on stopping a modern-day alchemist from unleashing an army of evil, unliving...
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