J Thomas: 1181 books
Brown Water, Black Berets
Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
The men of the U.S. Navy's brown-water force played a vital but often overlooked role in the Vietnam War. Known for their black berets and limitless courage, they maneuvered their aging, makeshift craft along shallow coastal waters and twisting inland waterways to search out the enemy. In this moving...
by Thomas J. Schaeper
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
THE GREATEST BRITISH DETECTIVES - Boxed Set: 190+ Murder Mysteries, Thrillers & Crime Stories (Illustrated Edition)
Tales & Cases of Legendary Sleuths and Investigators - Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Hercule Poirot, Martin Hewitt, Dr. Thorndyke, Bulldog Drummond, Max Carrados, Tommy and Tuppence and more
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017
This carefully edited collection contains the greatest tales of the legendary British sleuths and investigators, including Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Father Brown, Tommy and Tuppence, Dr. Thorndyke and many others: Sherlock Holmes Series: A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the...
by Shannon L. Mariotti, Kennan Ferguson, George Shulman
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Herman Melville is widely considered to be one of America's greatest authors, and countless literary theorists and critics have studied his life and work. However, political theorists have tended to avoid Melville, turning rather to such contemporaries as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau...
The Irish Experience Since 1800: A Concise History
A Concise History
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
This rich and readable history of modern Ireland covers the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural dimensions of the country's development from the origins of the Irish Question to the present day. In this edition, a new introductory chapter covers the period prior to Union and a...
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
Since Theodor Geisel published his first children's book in 1937 under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, children and adults alike have been captivated by the charming and laconic tales of whimsical characters and imaginative worlds. But Dr. Seuss' stories are more than just catchy poems; they often wrestle...
Busted
Mugshots and Arrest Records of the Famous and Infamous
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
A riveting lineup of the world's most famous and infamous arrests, from Lizzie Borden (double murder) to Lindsay Lohan (DUI) to Roman Polanski (unlawful sexual intercourse)
Although the headlines fade, the humiliation, vulnerability, and sometimes chilling smugness of the alleged criminal in...
Avenging Lincoln’s Death
The Trial of John Wilkes Booth’s Accomplices
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Avenging Lincoln’s Death: The Trial of John Wilkes Booth’s Accomplices is an examination of the 1865 military commission trial of eight alleged accomplices of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin who murdered President Abraham Lincoln. The book analyzes the trial transcript and other relevant evidence...
by Peter Earl, Jeroen van Bouwel, Yanis Varoufakis
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
This book is an authoritative and accessible guide to the pluralist movement threatening to revolutionise mainstream economics. Leading figures in the field explain why pluralism is a required virtue in economics, how it came to be blocked and what it means for the way we think about, research and...
by Richard J. Plantinga, Thomas R. Thompson, Matthew D. Lundberg
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
Far from being solely an academic enterprise, the practice of theology can pique the interest of anyone who wonders about the meaning of life. Inviting readers on a journey of 'faith seeking understanding', this introduction to Christian theology - its basic concepts, confessional content, and history...
Understanding Central America
Global Forces, Rebellion, and Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Understanding Central America explains how domestic, global, political and economic forces have shaped rebellion and regime change in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras throughout their histories, during the often-turbulent 1970s and since. The text provides students a comprehensive...
by Thomas R. Swartz, Frank J. Bonello
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
An account of the later years of Tsarism. Witte presents portraits of the statesmen around him, explains the problem of bringing the economy to a level commensurate with Russia's putative position as the greatest land power in the world and the effort to create a constitutional monarchy.
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God
Religious Communication in Democratic Party Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God is a collection of essays on the religious communication of members of the Democratic Party, past and present-in office, while campaigning, and in their public and private writing. While many books on the market address issues at the intersection...
by Thomas J. Mickey
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Named one of “the year's best gardening books” by The Spectator (UK, Nov. 2014)
The 1890s saw a revolution in advertising. Cheap paper, faster printing, rural mail delivery, railroad shipping, and chromolithography combined to pave the way for the first modern, mass-produced catalogs. The...