Giles: 674 books

In Inscribed Power, Ryan D. Giles explores the function of amuletic prayers, divine names, and incantation formulas that were inscribed and printed on parchment, paper and other media, and at the same time inserted into classic literary works in Spain. Giles’ insightful analysis of the intersection...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Kidnapping in the Pacific - The Adventures of Boas Ringdon- A long four-part Yarn. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published...

Prolific Poetry explores the depths of sadness, happiness, loss, gain, insight and nostalgia through the perceptive prose writer Esham Abdul Giles. A different kind of man who grabbed his pen to express his vision about a not so different time.

“Who is this Jesus, who wanders onto center stage in this earliest of the Christian Gospels?” Richard Giles responds to this question with a 40-day meditation and commentary of the Gospel of Mark. Brimming with insight and Giles's signature wit, Mark My Word reviews the events and teachings...

Sexuality is a basic feature of human life. Gender, sexual and romantic attraction, sexual excitement, and sexual desire and fantasies all move in various degrees through our daily awareness. However, despite this pervasiveness, there is much disagreement surrounding the nature of such things and...

Herbert Allen Giles (8 December 1845 – 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist, educated at Charterhouse. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. Among his prolific...

From acclaimed short story writer Molly Giles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated collection Rough Translations, comes this splendid debut novel about one woman's spirited search for identity and meaning following her family's disintegration. Set amid the woodsy affluence of Northern California,...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Off to Sea - The Adventures of Jovial Jack Junker on his Road to Fame. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Roger Kyffin's Ward. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by William Henry...

A debut collection, these stories are set in the corporeal world of adult endeavour: the mall, the office, the subdivision. It’s these settings that W. Mark Giles exploits—locking his sights on eerily familiar characters, excavating their fears, intimacies, and the dark machinery behind...

G.L. Giles is grateful to be one of the "Indie Author" success stories. Shes had over 140 major bookstore signings (for various Borders, Barnes & Noble and Waldenbooks stores) in nine states in the Southeast and Midwest over the last two years. Shes also signed at some wonderful Independent...

A better sex guide for men. Us men are often left to our own devices when it comes to a better sex life, and that applies if you are gay or straight. Women have plenty of help and advice, so we thought it was time we discovered a few tricks and techniques of our own. This book covers masturbation and...

Pigs Might Fly is a delightful and fun children’s story drawn from the very heart of author Joanna Giles own childhood.“When I was growing up I had three pink pigs with wings on the wall above my bed. I would ask, ‘Do you believe pigs can fly? Well they do in my room!’ My life has been...

What drives people to crave fame and celebrity? How does fame affect people psychologically? These issues are frequently discussed by the media but up till now psychologists have shied away from an academic away from an academic investigation of the phenomenon of fame. In this lively, eclectic book...