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Learn all about the life of John Lewis. Make reading your superpower with our non-fiction DK Super Readers!
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John Quincy Adams, David Waldstreicher
21 essential works trace a great statesman's lifelong engagement with the promise of America and the legacy of the Founding Fathers
"Few presidents ever thought about words as carefully as…
Paul Kupperberg, Steve Erwin
Discover the definitive and explosive introduction to the modern version of the Suicide Squad by comics legend John Ostrander.
Prof. Bruce Johnson
A study of John Sangster's jazz suite The Lord of the Rings contextualized with biographical and cultural studies of the composer in the 1970s.
In three volumes and more than…
John Meyers
This book presents detailed information on the Meyers Neuropsychological Battery (MNB) and the statistical system used to interpret the neuropsychological data patterns. Using the statistical methods a more consistent and…
John Guy
A stunning collection of photographs showcasing the diverse and historic county of Kent from a bird's-eye perspective.
John Thieme
Examining the challenges faced by novelists writing realist fiction in the age of climate change, this open access book considers the various ways in which contemporary writers have evolved new…
John Regan
An in-depth digital investigation of several 18th-century British corpora, this book identifies shared communities of meaning in the printed British 18th century by highlighting and analysing patterns in the distribution…
John Vincent
This practical guide is essential for librarians who seek to better understand and support children and young people in care.
John Wakelin
Originally published in 1965, the author makes a strong case for the study of international relations, arguing that given the rational approach he advocates, it is possible to avoid a…
Patricia Johns
"Shunned and divorced, Tabitha returns to Lancaster County as a veterinarian and to rejoin the Amish church. With their sister home, Amanda takes a risk to find love with a…
John Fagg
Often seen as backward-looking and convention-bound, genre painting representing scenes of everyday life was central to the work of twentieth-century artists such as John Sloan, Norman Rockwell, Jacob Lawrence, and…
John Connolly
From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, this heart-wrenching installment of the beloved and brilliant Charlie Parker series "will leave readers breathless and shaken" (Booklist)…
The "consistently high-quality" (Booklist) Charlie Parker series continues with a white-knuckled new thriller from New York Times bestselling author John Connolly. Wyatt Riggins, the boyfriend of rising Maine artist Zetta…
Solving a cold case means facing down a murderer...
When her Amish grandfather's body is found, State Police Detective Penny Moore learns he didn't abandon his family fifty years ago--he…
John Gallagher
Welcome to Kittyopolis! Where cats rule and science is cool! Book 6 in the fur-ociously funny, secret super-hero graphic novel series with serious cat-itdue, for fans of Dog Man and…
John Berra
Have you ever struggled with giants that stand in your way? Maybe you're building a business but fear the uncertainty you face. You know you need to innovate, but you're…
John Parker
An in-depth look at how mortuary cultures and issues of death and the dead in Africa have developed over four centuries.
In My Time of Dying is the first detailed…
John Scanlan
An exploration of both the reality and the spectre of waste throughout history.
John Harrison
"There are monsters among us. There have always been monsters among us."-The Ominosity
A dark psychic stain left on a devastated city.
A dark stain on the souls of the…
John Devolle
This book will blow your child's mind! Big Science explained simply, from the author of Atoms and Planets
John Forrest
Careful, detailed and encyclopaedic, The History of Morris Dancing, 1458-1750, is an essential reference work for specialists in English drama and social historians of the period.
Originally published in 1965, this volume provides selections of writings by English and French historians, philosophers and political scientists around the themes of freedom and opportunity; the functions of government…
John Snelson
The British musical in its formative years has appeared in strikingly different guises: from the lasting hits of Oliver!, and Me and My Girl, to the successes of The Dancing…
John Storey
The only exam-board approved book for OCR's Latin AS and A-Level prescription of Virgil's Aeneid Book IV for examination in 2026-2028.
John Einarson
Emerging from a period of protest and social unrest, 1968 was the year that ushered in gut-punching sounds that would define classic and hard rock--the formation of bands like Led…
John Westwood
Gain essential marketing skills with this step-by-step guide to improving your ability to research and write a marketing plan, carry out marketing audits and set cost-effective budgets.
Uncover the history of Antebellum America through the voices of those who lived it.
This book analyzes more than 70 primary documents from the antebellum period of American history, shedding…
John Milnor
Important lectures on differential topology by acclaimed mathematician John Milnor
These are notes from lectures that John Milnor delivered as a seminar on differential topology in 1963 at Princeton University…
John Gray
"This novel gives you a chance to walk with Christ and see the world through his eyes. Most importantly, it will renew your faith in God and each other"--
John Pistelli
"Perhaps the elusive great American novel for the twenty-first century."
It begins with a gunshot: a student's public suicide on a university campus. The blast radius of this tragic explosion…
John Elkin
In 1940, the American Bantam Car Company delivered the first Command Reconnaissance Vehicle to the US Army. More than 600,000 units were built during the war years, which led to…
John Nassichuk
Aphrodite's famous ribbon known as the cestus, the irresistible love charm that she loaned to Hera in the Iliad, was, thanks to a fruitful early misreading, transformed by ancient, medieval…
John Ireland
Explores how French dramatists addressed violence, conflict, and war trauma after the German occupation and Algerian War
John McCormick
Building on the strengths of the previous edition, this well-established textbook gives students a broad and inclusive overview of the important issues and events of our rapidly changing world. Delving…
John Bond
A witty and heartwarming story of one girl and a dog she really really wants from stellar picture book creator John Bond.
John Creswell
British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century (1972) examines the problems of eighteenth-century naval warfare, and analyses the tactical problems which faced some of the greatest admirals of the time and…
John Dougill
The story of Japan's hidden Christians is the subject of a major motion picture by director Martin Scorsese, based on Shusaku Endo's famous novel, Silence.
From the time the first…
John Finlay
George Craig was Sir Walter Scott's local banker, a writer, insurance agent, election agent and baron bailie of Galashiels. Based on thousands of recently discovered letters, this is the first…
John Lechte
A study of violence and the image in the work of Bataille, Agamben and Girard, thinkers who aim to explain the basis of society and culture in the context of…
John Lesley
The blue-ringed octopus looks tiny and harmless but beware. Its poison is deadly. The bright blue circles that appear on its body when it feels threatened are a warning sign…
The quokka was once little known by most Australians but it has become famous in the past decade. Its lack of fear cute face and endless charm are balanced by…