James Barr: 15 books

Book cover of Lords of the Desert

Lords of the Desert

The Battle Between the United States and Great Britain for Supremacy in the Modern Middle East

by James Barr
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018

A path-breaking history of how the United States superseded Great Britain as the preeminent power in the Middle East, with urgent lessons for the present day We usually assume that Arab nationalism brought about the end of the British Empire in the Middle East--that Gamal Abdel Nasser and other...
Book cover of Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918
by James Barr
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2008

Greed and intrigue combine explosively in this gripping tale of how the mercurial Lawrence of Arabia changed the Middle East forever. It was T. E. Lawrence’s classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom that made the Arab Revolt a legend and helped turn the British intelligence officer into the mythical...
Book cover of Une ligne dans le sable
by James BARR
Language: French
Release Date: February 2, 2017

La rivalité franco-britannique, matrice des conflits au Moyen-Orient. Comment la France et la Grande-Bretagne se sont-elles partagé le Moyen-Orient ? A travers une analyse novatrice, James Barr montre que, des accords Sykes-Picot, en 1916, à 1948, tout a été mis en place pour dynamiter la région...
Book cover of A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948

A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948

The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914–1948

by James Barr
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012

“A provocative history . . . helps us to understand why the Arab spring is so important and valuable.”—David Ignatius, National Interest In the twentieth century, while fighting a common enemy in Europe, Britain and France were locked in a clandestine struggle for power in the Middle...
Book cover of A Correct and Authoritative Narrative of the Indian War in Florida
by Capt. James Barr
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.  A Correct and Authoritative Narrative of the Indian War in Florida is a first hand account of the Seminole War.
Book cover of The Floating Stones of Egypt
by James V. Barr
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2011

People have been speculating for centuries about how the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramids. Few people have paid attention to Herodotus and his writings about Egypts intricate canal system, but historian James V. Barr believes these played a critical role in pyramid construction. Relying...
Book cover of The Crow: Special Edition
by James O'Barr
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011

When James O’Barr poured the pain and anguish of a personal tragedy into the drawings that comprise The Crow, his intensely cathartic story of Eric—who returns from the dead to avenge his and his fiancée’s murder at the hands of a street gang—resonated with readers around the world. Now,...
Book cover of The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories
by Alastair Gunn, Thomas Street Millington, Walter Besant
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fifth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 5 in the series spans the years 1872 to 1901 and includes stories...
Book cover of The Crow: Curare
by O'Barr, James; O'Barr, James; Dodé
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Retired Detroit police officer Joe Salk was a good cop, but after a little girl's murder, his wife left him because of his obsession with finding her killers. Now completely alone, his need for revenge might just be helped by the young victim, returned and empowered by the spirit of vengeance, the Crow…
Book cover of Love and Capes Vol. 3: Wake Up Where You Are
by O’Barr, James; O’Barr, James; Terry
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013

Mark and Abby are home from their honeymoon and ready to settle in for some domestic bliss. But settling in doesn't mean things will settle down. Mark's best friend, Darkblade, is now dating his ex-girlfriend, Amazonia. Abby's landlord is trying to drive her and her bookstore out. And Charlotte is about...
Book cover of The Science Fiction Omnibus #2 (Serapis Classics)
by Milton Lesser, Mark Clifton, Jerome Bixby
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017

The second volume of the Science Fiction Omnibus! Featuring the following masterpieces of sci-fi: WE'RE CIVILIZED!, by Mark Clifton & Alex Apostolides WITH THESE HANDS, by C.M. Kornbluth WHERE THERE'S HOPE, by Jerome Bixby WEAK ON SQUARE ROOTS, by Russell Burton VIGORISH, by Walter Bupp THE MEMORY...
Book cover of Lincoln's Enduring Legacy

Lincoln's Enduring Legacy

Perspective from Great Thinkers, Great Leaders, and the American Experiment

by Danny Adkison, John Barr, Byron Daynes
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010

Coming on the heels of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Lincoln's Enduring Legacy offers highly readable and accessible perspectives on Lincoln at 200 in terms of his impact on great leaders and thinkers and his place in American history. The book explores how Lincoln's words and deeds...
Book cover of CALL "M" FOR MURDER: Ultimate Collection - 885 Murder Mysteries, Thriller Novels & Detective Stories in One Edition

CALL "M" FOR MURDER: Ultimate Collection - 885 Murder Mysteries, Thriller Novels & Detective Stories in One Edition

880+ True Crime Stories, Action Thrillers, Whodunit Mysteries & Supernatural Mysteries: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Thorndyke Cases, Bulldog Drummond, Detective Standish, Martin Hewitt, Max Carrados…

by Agatha Christie, Edgar Wallace, Arthur Conan Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2018

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited thriller collection, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Excerpt from Content: Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes Series True Crime Stories Edgar Wallace: Four Just Men P.-C. Lee The Angel of Terror…...
Book cover of Airpower Employment Of The Fifth Air Force In The World War II Southwest Pacific Theater
by Major James A. Barr
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

This research project studies the employment of airpower by the Fifth Air Force, under Gen George C. Kenney, in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. The research began with two basic assumptions. First, it assumed that the strategic bombardment theory developed by the Air Corps Tactical...
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