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Chris Bryant
This 'staggering' (TLS), 'must-read' (Keir Starmer) book from the Labour minister and Sunday TImes bestselling author Chris Bryant resurrects the lives of the last two men who were hanged in…
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Ian Leslie
The story of the love and jealousy between two geniuses behind The Beatles, who merged their souls and multiplied their talents to produce one of the greatest bodies of creative…
Matthew Restall
A lively and imaginative exploration of the career and music of the Rocket Man
Elton John is not only "still standing," he is a living superlative, the ultimate record-breaking, award-winning…
J.D. Walt
Be transformed by the powerful message of 1 John. This book moves beyond knowledge to spiritual awakening and daily immersion in Scripture. With daily readings, reflective insights, prayers, and thought-provoking…
John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew each other for twenty-three years, from 1957 to 1980. This book is the myth-shattering biography of a relationship that changed the cultural history of…
Jane Garrett
An illustrated and thoroughly researched exploration of the captivating life, groundbreaking work, and enduring legacy of John Willie, the celebrated mid-20th-century fetish artist, publisher, and sexual pioneer
Portland Gear, Dan Schkade, Brennan Wagner
Who is he? Why does he do it? And what is his seemingly supernatural connection to the City of Roses? It's a mystery that draws Tori back to Portland again…
John Grant
A full colour illustrated book of lyrics by singer-songwriter John Grant
Pat Zietlow Miller
A poignant picture book biography on how John Lewis got his library card and helped change history.
A poignant picture book biography on how John Lewis got his library card…
Tim Hanna
John Britten has taken his place as a New Zealand hero since his tragically early death from cancer in 1995. He and his dedicated team in Christchurch designed and built…
Adrian Frazier
A Poet's Life is the definitive biography of one of the first and foremost poets in this golden generation, John Montague. Inspired by the examples of Yeats and Joyce, he…
Raymond Arsenault
The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis
Triinu Laan
2022 Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition winner
2021 The White Ravens catalog
2021 Tartu Prize for Children's Literature
Everyone deserves a quiet, restful retirement. But for John, a newly…
John O'Brian
Raw, personal and political, John Scott: Firestorm presents an artist's searing critique of modernity's capacity for industrial warfare and the machines that enable it.
John Scott (19492022) produced paintings, drawings…
Martinus C. de Boer
In this ICC Martin de Boer provides an introduction and commentary on chapters 1-6 of John's Gospel.
de Boer sets out to interpret the Gospel in the historical context in…
Peter Mundy, Clive Slater, Raymond Williams
John Henry Gurney: A Passion for Birds details the life of John Henry Gurney (1819-1890), a successful banker whose wealth enabled him to indulge his passion for collecting natural history…
Louise Martin
Get inspired by a heartwarming PERSONALIZED story about wishing on a star and the power of friendship featuring JOHN!
When a wishing star appears in the sky, John must figure…
Patrice Dutil
Sir John A. Macdonald had been in politics for four decades and prime minister of Canada for three terms, but he'd never seen anything like the apocalyptic year of 1885.
…
William R Huber
John and Robert Pitcairn were born in Scotland and emigrated to the United States, where they played crucial roles in the Civil War. Following their friend Andrew Carnegie, the brothers…
Richard L Miller
John Potts Slough, the Union commander at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, lived a life of relentless pursuit for success that entangled him in the turbulent events of mid-nineteenth-century America…
The first edition, translation, introduction, and commentary to the Chronicula, written by one of the most important British historians of the twelfth century, John of Worcester. It provides crucial access…
Sandro Jung
John Gay was a dramatist and poet, best-known for writing The Beggar’s Opera. Through his membership of the Scriblerus Club, Gay developed lasting friendships with Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift and…
Michael Feargus O'Connor
John O'Connor (1913-2004), a romantic but also a realist, recorded old endangered things, high and low: churches, canals, barges, dilapidated barns and garden sheds.With a keen eye, sure hand and…
Graham Fellows
In John Shuttleworth Takes The Biscuit, English song-writer and presenter John Shuttleworth presents a crumbly selection of songs and stories.
This new book boasts many original and hilarious stories about…
Mark Doyle
John Cale's enigmatic masterpiece, Paris 1919, appeared at a time when the artist and his world were changing forever. It was 1973, the year of the Watergate hearings and the…
Emma Chambers
An enlightening introduction to the life and work of Gwen John, whose intense gaze and fascination with the female sitter created some of the most beguiling paintings of the modern…
Robert Storr
How can we interpret the work of contemporary artists? First released in 2024, Focal Points is a book series of essays, articles and reviews by acclaimed curator and critic Robert…
Dale DeBakcsy
In 1969, Elton John and Bernie Taupin gave the world Empty Sky, a heady mix of rock, folk, rhythm and blues, jazz, psychedelia, and classicism that announced the arrival of…
Thibault Raisse
Ohio. A suicide, no fingerprints, no identity.
Gary Chaloner, Will Eisner
Wherever men live, be they nomads or city dwellers, there they must have law and a man to enforce it. Meet Detective John Law of Crossroads City. Strong, decent, hardworking…
David Seed
This is the first critical study of the work of John Wyndham, a formative figure in postwar British science fiction. This is complemented by a discussion of his evolving view…
A long overdue evaluation of John Walker's work from the last half century.
Sandra Skurvida
This study reassesses Cage's multifaceted practice from an integrated transdisciplinary perspective, using text as a premise for his musical, visual, lingual, and museal compositions.
Philip Wingeier-Rayo
Learn how Methodism became a worldwide mission. It is broadly understood that John Wesley was the founder of the Methodist movement that spread around the world in the eighteenth century…
Josh Moody
Easy-to-use, eight-session Bible study on John chapters 1-12 that will guide your head and your heart through God's word. Best-selling Bible-study guides with over 1 million sold!
Rev Dr W. Jeremy Jones
This book explores John Webster's contribution to one of the most important and contested topics in Christian theology: the relationship between divine and human agency. By examining the theme of…
Professor or Dr. Kim Wheatley
This study bridges the chronological divide between the Romantic era and the first six decades of the 20th century, interpreting John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) as a major, under-recognized contributor to…
Fans across the globe are familiar with Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander series and the Starz television series that adapts it. Combining science fiction time travel and historical romance, the Outlanderuniverse…
Fabrizio Zavatarelli, Hans Renette
William Norwood Potter never played chess outside London, yet he must be considered a key figure in the development of 19th century chess. John Wisker was an amateur chess player…
Adam Sisman
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carr was alive
Stephen F Knott
Stephen F. Knott has spent his life grappling with the legacy of President John F. Kennedy: JFK was the first president Knott remembers, he worked for Ted Kennedy's Senate campaign…
Simon Spurrier, Aaron Campbell
The fan-favourite creative team of Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell (John Constantine, Hellblazer) have reunited for a brand-new series featuring the DC Universe s most beloved occult con man/detective, John…
Sarah Snashall
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute…
James F Hancock
The history of how North Atlantic America was revealed to the Europeans in the 16th and early 17th centuries is largely forgotten. This book seeks to remedy that, describing the…
John Adams
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The Autobiography of John Adams: with Diaries and Other Revolutionary Writings from the 2nd President of the United States (U.S. Heritage) by John Adams
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Easy-to-use, eight-session Bible study on John chapters 13-21 that will guide your head and your heart through God's word. Best-selling Bible-study guides with over 1 million sold!
John L. Wong
John L. Wong's work with Stanford University both reclaims Leland Stanford and Frederick Law Olmsted's 100-year-old vision while also building on that legacy to create a beautiful, resilient campus environment…
