J Taylor: 261 books

Capt. Nikalishin has recovered from the Darter Disaster, received command of his own Mars ship, and married the woman of his dreams, yet his struggles with loneliness, misunderstandings, and dissatisfaction continue in spite of his many friends’ efforts to help him. His wife proves to be hard-hearted...

In this second part of the biography of Capt. Robbin Nikalishin, three threads remaining from “Eagle Ascendant” are followed to their conclusion. First, the question of cause and responsibility for the space disaster that formed the climax of Part One must be determined through a Government hearing...

In this final volume of The Labors of Ki’shto’ba Huge-Head, the Quest ship makes its way westward, passing the Point of the Monster and heading into uncharted seas. The Questers visit the fortress of Thai’no’no’gwai, where to their astonishment they find an entire citizenry composed only...

A 35000 word novella about knights, quests, wizards, over-weight dragons, uranium powered warhorses, chilli pizza toppings, thrutch pigs, demonic kittens, witches, 1818-mm razor-sharp boron nitride coated semi-automatic broadswords, proton zeta-rays, squirrels, fire, thunder, lightning, rain, magic,...

Shonté Jovan Taylor has simplified neuroscience research and distilled these complex strategies into tangible lessons that will allow you to: • Manage and regulate your thoughts, behaviors, emotions, and communications • Lead current and future generations more authentically and confidently...

This book shows how current and recent market prices convey information about the probability distributions that govern future prices. Moving beyond purely theoretical models, Stephen Taylor applies methods supported by empirical research of equity and foreign exchange markets to show how daily and...

**From the author of the definitive biography of George Orwell, a captivating account of the origin and enduring power of his landmark dystopian novel ** Since its publication nearly 70 years ago, George Orwell’s 1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern...

One of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas, Wake County, North Carolina, added more than a quarter million new residents during the first decade of this century, an increase of almost 45 percent. At the same time, partisanship increasingly dominated local politics, including school board...

Did you know every "Word of God" Scripture in the New Testament refers to Jesus Christ or the Gospel of Grace! However, this book isn't about terminology, it's about power. The Bible includes both the law and the Gospel of Grace. The Scripture says the strength of sin is the law and the...

With the advent of multinational corporations, the traditional urban service function has 'gone global'. In order to provide services to globalizing corporate clients, the offices of major financial and business service firms across the world have generated networks of work. It is the myriad of flows...

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Taylor develops a geohistorical argument which focuses on the periods and places of modernities, offering a grounded analysis of what it is to be modern. He identifies three 'prime modernities' which have defined the development of our modern world: today's consumer modernity preceded by the industrial modernity of the nineteenth century which was itself preceded by mercantile modernity.

The new and updated seventh edition of Political Geography once again shows itself fit to tackle a frequently and rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. It retains the intellectual clarity, rigour and vision of previous editions based upon its world-systems approach, and is complemented by the perspective...

Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading businesses use cities across the world: as headquarter locations, for finance, for professional and creative services,...