Ryan: 4123 books
by Ryan Adams
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
“A passionate, arresting, and entertaining book of verse . . . The images are vivid and the voice is honest and powerful” (Stephen King).
This is the debut collection of poetry by singer/songwriter Ryan Adams, acclaimed for albums including Cardinology, Cold Roses, and Prisoner. His work...
Calls and Responses
The American Novel of Slavery since Gone with the Wind
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
In this comprehensive, groundbreaking study, Tim A. Ryan explores how American novelists since World War I have imagined the institution of slavery and the experience of those involved in it. Complicating the common assumption that authentic black-authored fiction about slavery is starkly opposed...
by Judith Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Novels began to incorporate literary theory in unexpected ways in the late twentieth century. Through allusion, parody, or implicit critique, theory formed an additional strand in fiction that raised questions about the nature of authorship and the practice of writing. Studying this phenomenon provides...
Unplugged
My Journey into the Dark World of Video Game Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010
WARNING: This video game may impair your judgment. It may cause sleep deprivation, alienation of friends and family, weight loss or gain, neglect of one's basic needs as well as the needs of loved ones and/or dependents, and decreased performance on the job. The distinction between fantasy and reality...
Clown & I
Riding the Wildling Spirit - A Bipolar Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Clown & I is a dangerous, steamy and soulful memoir from Ryan Heffernan, a man with bipolar disorder. Ryan really should have lived in another time. International celebrities get sweaty and spanked and life can be grandiose. But personal ruination forever lurks in this confronting exploration...
Chris Ryan Extreme: Hard Target
Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
The first book in the Chris Ryan Extreme series. Former SAS Warrant Officer Joe Gardner has fought the Regiment's deadliest enemies, in some of the most desolate places on earth. And he's always won. Now he's about to face his toughest challenge yet. After losing his hand whilst on a covert operation...
Stop, Drop and Smile
How a guy named Ryan fought cancer with happiness
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Ryan Westerman inspired hundreds of people on his blog (ryanwesterman.blogspot.com), as they followed his battle against brain cancer with grace, humor and optimism. In this book, Ryan shares his insights and incredible strength as he and his wife, Tasha, face unimaginable circumstances while raising...
Unholy Trinity
The hunt for the paedophile priest Monsignor John Day
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
One policeman's desperate and moving account of his decades-long struggle to bring a depraved paedophile priest to justice - only to find himself obstructed by the Catholic Church and betrayed by his own police force.
Monsignor John Day died in 1978. He was arguably Australia's most prolific...
by Ryan Lessard
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The definition of philosophy is the study of ideas about knowledge, truth, nature and the meaning of life. Most people seek out their own particular set of ideas about knowledge, truth, nature and the meaning of life.When I met Ryan Lessard, we both were kids chosen to be in a program for gifted...
The Largest Art
A Measured Manifesto for a Plural Urbanism
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Why urban design is larger than architecture: the foundational qualities of urban design, examples and practitioners
Urban design in practice is incremental, but architects imagine it as scaled-up architecture—large, ready-to-build pop-up cities. This paradox of urban design is rarely addressed;...
The Nolan Ryan Beef & Barbecue Cookbook
Recipes from a Texas Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Authentic, easy-to-prepare Texas beef and BBQ recipes from Baseball Hall of Famer and cattle rancher Nolan Ryan.
Legendary pitcher Nolan Ryan grew up in Texas and early on developed a passion for cattle ranching that rivaled his interest in baseball. His first cookbook offers 75 recipes for...
by Daniel Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Spiritual Medium and Mystic, Dr. Daniel Ryan, D.C. known as "Doctor to the Stars," uses his vast experience and extraordinary gift to provide you with the tools to reconnect and sustain your connection with Spirit.
• Learn to trust your intuition
• Act upon the potential already within...
by Ryan Elson
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
There is the normal way to get to a wedding held three time zones away. And there’s the Ryan-Elson way. When his youngest sister announces she’s getting married in Indiana, Ryan, already unemployed, packs up his trusty car Clyde to make the journey. Never forgetting to tell the roadside cows his...
Their Brilliant Careers
The Fantastic Lives of Sixteen Extraordinary Australian Writers
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Shortlisted for the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award
Absurd, original and highly addictive . . .
In Their Brilliant Careers, Ryan O'Neill has written a hilarious novel in the guise of sixteen biographies of (invented) Australian writers. Meet Rachel Deverall, who discovered the secret...