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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…
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A long overdue evaluation of John Walker's work from the last half century.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Adam Sisman
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carr was alive
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…
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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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…
Adam Warren, Chuck Dixon
The Justice League in the Wild West?
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Chuck Dixon, Terry LaBan
In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places some that have existed, or might have existed, and others that can t, couldn…
This book chronicles the development and reception of 'The History Projects' through the artist's own reflections, and the writings and conversations that have circulated around them
What does John have to offer in terms of ethical content? In this volume, leading experts evaluate Jan van der Watt's recent major contributions to this question and explore future…
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…
John Selden
The Discourse of John Selden Esq. presents an annotated edition of the Table Talk of lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar John Selden (1584-1654). It draws on 21 manuscripts of…
Meg-John Barker, Alex Iantaffi
An essential guide to relationships from the authors of How to Understand Your Gender and How to Understand Your Sexuality. Taking a cultural and developmental lens, with reflection points and…
John Malam, Malam John
A pocket-sized guide to the very peculiar county of Yorkshire!
Tee Morris, Chuck Tomasi
Step up to the mic and unleash your inner host with Podcasting For Dummies
Ever wonder what it takes to get your very own podcast up and running? How to…
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John Weier
In the second volume of the Lyrik Poetry Series, honouring Canada's foremost Mennonite poets, CMU Press presents the fine poetry, past and present, of Manitoba's John Weier, who has been…
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.
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John Salmon's fourteenth-century register brings to life the day-to-day world of a medieval bishop.
Dr. Ahreum Kim
"This book demonstrates that a consistent countercultural narrative permeates the First Epistle of John, and identifies the Johannine community as conquering the polytheism of the Greco-Roman world with their pistis…
DK
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.
Collages that use splitting and doubling to reflect on the duplicitous figure of the uncanny
British artist John Stezaker (born 1949) cuts out actors in publicity photos and pastes the…
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Alan Atkinson
An award-winning and landmark joint biography of Elizabeth and John Macarthur, from one of Australia's most respected historians.
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Gyles Brandreth
A celebration of the life of John Gielgud through interviews and personal accounts
Simon Martin
A celebration of the life and work of the artist John Craxton, a rebellious figure in British art history
