D J: 3153 books
by J.D. Harding
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
Originally published in 1845 as The Principles & Practice of Art: With Illustrations Drawn and Engraved by the Author, this enduring guide is the work of an English painter and lithographer. J. D. Harding wrote several popular books on art instruction, and this volume constitutes one of his finest....
by J.D. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
This chapbook of poetry contains 38 original poems written by the author as he struggled with depression, starting in his teenage years and moving into his twenties. The chapbook's poems are organized to represent the author's transitions through depression, love, and acceptance of his melancholy...
Once Upon a Rainbow
Volume One
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Your favorite stories from childhood have a new twist. Nine fairy tales of old with characters across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.
Morning Star by Sydney Blackburn – Five wishes; one desire.
Fairest by K.S. Trenten – What will you change into?
Gingerbread by Riza Curtis – A night...
The Passing of Protestant England
Secularisation and Social Change, c.1920–1960
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
In this book S. J. D. Green offers an important account of the causes, courses and consequences of the secularisation of English society. He argues that the critical cultural transformation of modern English society was forged in the agonised abandonment of a long-domesticated Protestant, Christian...
by Patrick J. Macmillan, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Palliative medicine is one of the greatest gifts we have to offer folks at the end of their life or during the chronic phases of illness. Patrick J. Macmillan, M.D., conveys that message loud and clear in this book featuring sixteen poignant stories of patients who found themselves at the end of life....
Surviving the Justice Experience
An Essential Christian Resource for Families of Offenders
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Using his own life in prison and the events that led up to and followed it as inspiration, author Kevin J. McCarthy recounts an honest tale of his own journey and experiences in order to help families of the incarcerated maintain their relationship with God. Dr. McCarthy, who holds a Ph.D. in clinical...
Hillbilly-Elegie
Die Geschichte meiner Familie und einer Gesellschaft in der Krise
Language: German
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Seine Großeltern versuchten, mit Fleiß und Mobilität der Armut zu entkommen und sich in der Mitte der Gesellschaft zu etablieren. Doch letztlich war alles vergeblich. J. D. Vance erzählt die Geschichte seiner Familie — eine Geschichte vom Scheitern und von der Resignation einer ganzen Bevölkerungsschicht....
Salvia Divinorum
Doorway to Thought-Free Awareness
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
One man’s personal journey through the unparalleled trance states of salvia
• Originally published as Peopled Darkness
• Contains real-life descriptions of salvia-induced visionary experiences
• Offers guidance for the responsible use of this psychoactive plant
•...
The Art of Roughhousing
Good Old-Fashioned Horseplay and Why Every Kid Needs It
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
Everywhere you look, physical play—what some might call “roughhousing”—is being marginalized. Gym classes are getting shorter. Recess periods are being eliminated. Some new schools don’t even have playgrounds. Is it any wonder children retreat to “virtual horseplay” via video games?
But...
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
An Enquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Written by the pioneering scientist, theorist and activist J. D. Bernal, this futuristic essay explores the radical changes to human bodies and intelligence that science may bring about, and suggests the impact of these developments on society. Bernal presents a far-reaching vision of the future that...
Reconsidering Roots
Race, Politics, and Memory
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection—the first of its kind—invites us to reconsider the politics and scope of the Roots phenomenon of the 1970s. Alex Haley’s 1976 book was a publishing sensation, selling over a million copies in its first year and winning a National Book Award and...
Policing and Race in America
Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
This edited collection explores policing in America in regards to minority groups. The essays discuss how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups’ daily lives and success. The contributors explore the Black Lives Matter movement, the...
The Cold War
The Great Powers and their Allies
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
The Cold War offers a brief but detailed treatment of one of the most complex eras of the 20th Century.
In this fully revised second edition, J.P.D. Dunbabin, drawing on international scholarship and using much new material from communist sources, describes a world in which covert operations...
by J.D. Stimpson
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2012
"This needs to change... all of it. America needs to change." In near future America, five young men embark on a mission to do just that. They would eventually become the most powerful entity the world had ever seen, rebuilding America completely, from the medical system to the justice system and...