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John Protevi
A wide-ranging examination of the roots-and possible future-of violence in human societies
Is aggression inevitable among humans? In Regimes of Violence, John Protevi explores how human violence originates and exists…
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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 Bond
A witty and heartwarming story of one girl and a dog she really really wants from stellar picture book creator John Bond.
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 Heisler
Notre Dame expert John Heisler presents the stories behind the firsts in Fighting Irish history in question-and-answer format. More than a mere trivia book, Heisler's collection includes substantive answers to…
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 A. Lent
A comprehensive exploration of the vibrant world of Korean comics, cartoons, comic strips, graphic novels, webcomics, and animation. This meticulously researched work delves deep into the intricate history, cultural significance…
In twenty-one interviews spanning nearly half a century, this book chronicles the Nebraska writer's rise from a regional poet of the Great Plains to a Pulitzer Prize-winning artistic luminary. The…
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…
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 A. Burrison
For most of human history, all pottery was what we would now consider traditional folk pottery. Not all artifacts go beyond the basic requirements of utility in pursuit of beauty…
John Farrow
The legendary detective Emile Cinq-Mars must unravel a conflagration of events triggered by a series of murders involving a triple gangland homicide that goes down at a bikers' " bank"…
John Armitage
The first philosophical exploration of luxury and the luxurious, tracing the ideas throughout history to contemporary iterations.
John Roberts
Across a powerfully wide-ranging set of themes, theoretical registers and historical examples, John Roberts analyses the key problems that continue to confront art in the wake of conceptual art. Roberts…
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 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…
Patricia Johns
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 Hawkins
What is the Yeti? Have aliens ever visited Earth? And did Atlantis actually exist?
This illustrated, full-color hardback explores 60 hidden stories behind unexplained, scary, and weird phenomena - subjects…
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…
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 O'Farrell
A hilarious political satire for voters of any hue, author John O'Farrell explores a divided household in a divided country that has to learn to live together.
'The funniest book…
Maria John
Statistics indicate that Indigenous people worldwide suffer disproportionately poor health outcomes. Since the mid-twentieth century, health activism has become increasingly central to expressions of Indigenous sovereignty and survivance. In this…
John Minton
Quoting extensively from the WPA's Federal Writers' Project, this volume provides readers with detailed explanations and full references for every musical item or tradition featured in the ex-slave narratives. The…
John Finnemore
The next challenge for fans of Cain's Jawbone: the TikTok sensation and international bestseller.
A body is found stabbed to death in a locked room. The police find no weapon…
John Himmelman
"Ivo lives in a shell that floats on the ocean and writes stories to pass the time"--
John Eldredge
New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge helps group members regain the courage that God wants them to have so they can step boldly and fearlessly into the plans he…
John Walsh
Inside some of New Zealand's most coveted homes
"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 Gray
Brooklyn Sterling is an award-winning journalist who makes her living exposing frauds, crooked politicians, and con-men in the pages of the Boston Globe newspaper. Her latest assignment has her investigating…
John Williams
Football in Wind and Rain provides educational but entertaining bite-size accounts of the history of British football and its people. The voices of commentators, fans, managers and players all feature…
John Tolan
Heretic and impostor or reformer and statesman? The contradictory Western visions of MuhammadIn European culture, Muhammad has been vilified as a heretic, an impostor, and a pagan idol. But these…
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 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.
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 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.
Rachael Johns
The delightful new romantic comedy by the bestselling Australian author of The Other Bridget.
When serial dater Winifred Darling - Fred - is asked to be the maid of honour…
John O'Donoghue
From Transylvania and Chernobyl to generic geniuses and meth makers, explore the fascinating world of the big and small screen through a chemist's eye as cinema and television are passed…