J P : 1902 books
Four Green Fields
Wild Irish Banter & Stories, Shenanigans & Poetry.
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
The authors of Four Green Fields have gone above and beyond on their promise to bring us "wild Irish banter and craic." They have literally thrown open the doors of their collective closets and introduced us to the family skeletons, put flesh back on their bones and made them dance! Not...
Advanced Magnetohydrodynamics
With Applications to Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2010
Following on from the companion volume Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics, this textbook analyzes the applications of plasma physics to thermonuclear fusion and plasma astrophysics from the single viewpoint of MHD. This approach turns out to be ever more powerful when applied to streaming plasmas...
The Quilting Points of Musical Modernism
Revolution, Reaction, and William Walton
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Modernism is both a contested aesthetic category and a powerful political statement. Modernist music was condemned as degenerate by the Nazis and forcibly replaced by socialist realism under the Soviets. Sympathetic philosophers and critics have interpreted it as a vital intellectual defence against...
by J P Waldron
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Eating well doesn't have to be expensive. In fact, some of the tastiest dishes are crafted from the most humble of ingredients. The Frugal Feast series will explore some of the best ways to make the most out of decidedly inexpensive staple items. In this, The Chicken Chapter, the humble chicken is...
by J. P. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Lasting friendships are sometimes formed in unusual ways. The following story shows how this can happen. Buses and trains take us places, but they sometimes bring us together. And once we are together . . . Well, youll see. Ordinary people do brave things during the most trying times. And acts of kindness, even during the most distressing of situations, are well remembered.
Leila
Further in the Life and Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
From the author of The Ginger Man: A “very funny” tragicomic tale of unrequited love in postwar Dublin (The New York Times Book Review).
In this follow-up to The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman, called “a delightful romp” by the Los Angeles Times and “racy [and] raunchy” by the...
by J. P. Mahaffy
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
There are scientific problems and literary tasks which can be worked out once for all, or which, at least, admit of final solution, to the lasting fame of him that finds that solution, as well as to the permanent benefit of civilized man. There are others, more numerous and far more interesting, which...
by Astrid Arrarás, Luis Bitencourt, José Miguel Cruz
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
With contributions from leading experts, Culture and National Security in the Americas examines the most influential historical, geographic, cultural, political, economic, and military considerations shaping national security policies throughout the Americas. In this volume, contributors explore the...
Macbeth, and King Richard The Third
An Essay, In Answer to Remarks on Some of The Characters of Shakespeare
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
John Philip Kemble was an ambitious and successful stage actor in London, perhaps most well-known for his turn as Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Kemble passionately disagreed with the posthumous work of Thomas Watley, Remarks on Some of the Characters of Shakespeare (1785), particularly Watley’s representations...
by J.P. Donleavy
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
With the world a harsh and cruel place and an enemy out to get you if he can, courtesy will not make you rich overnight but by degrees it makes others feel good and this in turn will make you feel even etter ... With more and more folk from the wrong side of the tracks, it is important to make more...
Royalists and Patriots
Politics and Ideology in England, 1603-1640
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
This well-known book reasserts the central importance of political and religious ideology in the origins of the English Civil War. Recent historiography has concentrated on its social and economic causes: Sommerville reminds us what the people of the time thought they were fighting about. Examining...
by J. P. Moreland, William Lane Craig
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2009
What is real?
What is truth?
What can we know?
What should we believe?
What should we do and why?
Is there a God?
Can we know him?
Do Christian doctrines make sense?
Can we believe in God in the face of evil?
Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview
A Study of the Àcoólî Language
Grammar and Vocabulary
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
This volume re-issues the second, revised edition of 1955. This grammar and vocabulary of the Àcoólî language (here spoken by the central group Patíko-AlƐƐro-Payïïra) contains numerous examples partly to illustrate rules, partly to supply phrases relevant for daily life. The vocabulary also...
African Empires: Volume 1
Your Guide to the Historical Record of Africa
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
African Empires presents a comprehensive and in depth analysis of the major empires of the African continent over thousands of years. This book penetrates into the various kingdoms and and rich cultures of Africa including East Africa, West Africa, North Africa, South Africa and Central Africa. African...