James V : 142 books
Shards
The Beginning of "Strings"
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2015
Mercedes has always found escape from the tedium of daily life in fantasy books and, especially, in games, where she can enter another world and become Ambrosia the Sorceress, wielder of powerful spells. After one too many afternoons in detention, she returns home to find that someone has left a new...
"Well...What Did the Doctor Say?"
Stories From the Bedside
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
A collection of essays from my Knoxville Focus newspaper column, "The Doctor Is In." I write for joy rather than an assignment, because my real job is practicing internal medicine and geriatrics. These essays were often prompted by patients' stories shared with me over forty years of medical care. The...
Ravels
The Conclusion of "Strings"
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
In the conclusion of the story that began in "Shards", Mercy, Bernard, and their allies must face a horror that once ravaged the continent, then make a perilous journey across the mountainous Fists to confront the enemy who unleashed it. Along the way they discover that the quest they are...
by James V. Viscosi
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
A real estate developer's clash with a local eccentric who doesn't want him constructing a new shopping plaza on the site of a mysterious old building escalates into something much more sinister after a dark spectral force is awakened from its sleep.
by James V. Viscosi
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
An ancient vampire's lust for a human woman triggers a battle between rival undead factions, with a small band of vampire hunters caught in the middle.
Research Basics
Design to Data Analysis in Six Steps
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Research Basics: Design to Data Analysis in Six Steps offers a fresh and creative approach to the research process based on author James V. Spickard’s decades of teaching experience. Using an intuitive six-step model, readers learn how to craft a research question and then identify a logical process...
by Peter Augustine Lawler, Brian A. Smith, Ralph C. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
In 1962, Walker Percy (1916--1990) made a dramatic entrance onto the American literary scene when he won the National Book Award for fiction with his first novel, The Moviegoer. A physician, philosopher, and devout Catholic, Percy dedicated his life to understanding the mixed and somewhat contradictory...
The Life of the Mind
On the Joys and Travails of Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
In The Life of the Mind, Georgetown University’s James V. Schall takes up the task of reminding us that, as human beings, we naturally take a special delight and pleasure in simply knowing. Because we have not only bodies but also minds, we are built to know what is. In this volume, Schall, author...
Cuss Control
The Complete Book on How to Curb Your Cursing
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
FINALLY-THE CURE FOR THE COMMON CURSE! Faced with an epidemic of profanity, our country is in need of practical suggestions for breaking a habit that has ordinary citizens contributing to the decline of civility and good manners. It's not always easy to resist the urge to cuss, but foul language creates...
by James V. Barr
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2011
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...
Shipwrecked
Disaster and Transformation in Homer, Shakespeare, Defoe, and the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Shipwrecked: Disaster and Transformation in Homer, Shakespeare, Defoe, and the Modern World presents the first comparative study of notable literary shipwrecks from the past four thousand years, focusing on Homer’s Odyssey, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe....
Organizing for Community Controlled Development
Renewing Civil Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2003
"This book is both important and timely. Written by practitioners who are also academics, the book combines solid research, observation and practical experience that speak forcefully to the need for both local place-based development and greater citizen involvement. The examples they give of...
by James V. Smith Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Turn Your Big Idea into a Salable Novel
Do you have an idea for a great novel? Have you always dreamed of writing a bestseller? Are you at a loss for where to start? Look no further. You Can Write a Novel, 2nd Edition, gives you concrete, proven techniques to get from idea, to manuscript, to bookstore.
Veteran...
The Protector Ethic
Morality, Virtue, and Ethics in the Martial Way
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
USA Best Book Award WINNER - 2018
Discover how the martial way leads to a protector ethic
The Protector Ethic is a deep dive exploring the principles and values that must anchor a modern warrior. The author is compelling, insightful, and not afraid of controversy.
As the book...