John A : 1444 books
Champagne & Lemonade
A collection of short stories, of mixed genres, for young, middle & old
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Champagne & Lemonade is a delightful collection of eclectic short stories, taking readers on a journey to different times and places, meeting a sparkling cast of well-drawn characters. Nibble the fish is desperate to escape his boring old pond. A new breed of super hero has been born and his...
by John A. Agan
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Minden has transformed quite a bit since Charles Vedeer founded it in 1835. The town has suffered damages of the Civil War and Reconstruction and between 1872 and 1933 the devastation of five fires and a killer tornado. Despite disaster, Minden continues to progress, but adaptation and rebuilding...
by John A. Rickard
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2017
From an early age – a very early age – Lydia, the youngest of the five Bennet sisters, was suspected by the neighbours of being the naughtiest member of the Bennet family. Her recently discovered memoirs, diaries and other documents show there was some justification for their suspicions.
Elizabeth...
Roots of a Region
Southern Folk Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Roots of a Region reveals the importance of folk traditions in shaping and expressing the American South. This overview covers the entire region and all forms of ex-pression-oral, musical, customary, and material. The author establishes how folklore pervades and reflects the region\'s economics,...
Richard Potter
America's First Black Celebrity
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Apart from a handful of exotic--and almost completely unreliable--tales surrounding his life, Richard Potter is almost unknown today. Two hundred years ago, however, he was the most popular entertainer in America--the first showman, in fact, to win truly nationwide fame. Working as a magician and...
A House on Fire
The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2004
"If You Don't Know Me By Now," "The Love I Lost," "The Soul Train Theme," "Then Came You," "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"--the distinctive music that became known as Philly Soul dominated the pop music charts in the 1970s. In A House on Fire, John A. Jackson...
!Click Song
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
In this fiercely authentic tale from the author of The Man Who Cried I Am, a gifted novelist confronts the powerfully entrenched, profit-motivated forces of corporate racism
When his military service ends at the close of World War II—a period that will continue to haunt him throughout his...
Autopsy of War
A Personal History
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
On the outside, John Parrish is a highly successful doctor, having risen to the top of his field as department head at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Inside, however, he was so tortured by the memories of his tour of duty as a marine battlefield doctor in Vietnam that he...
by John A. MacMillan
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
John A. MacMillan (1873-1956) is considered the originator of the modern doctrine concerning the authority that a Christian believer has in Christ. This teaching has been used much by many churches, but is best known in the Pentecostal circles. It may be surprising that MacMillan was himself a Presbyterian,...
Religious Freedom
Jefferson’s Legacy, America's Creed
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
For over one hundred years, Thomas Jefferson and his Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom have stood at the center of our understanding of religious liberty and the First Amendment. Jefferson’s expansive vision—including his insistence that political freedom and free thought would be at...
Phantasy Baseball
It's About a Second Chance
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
When a Little League coach wins a trip to Phantasy Baseball Camp, it sets in motion an unforgettable season with his beloved Philadelphia Phillies. Joe DiNatale, a thirty-nine- year-old insurance agent from Reading Pennsylvania, discovers that he has a magical pitch and through luck and circumstance...
Mid-Course Correction Revisited
The Story and Legacy of a Radical Industrialist and his Quest for Authentic Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2019
The original Mid-Course Correction, published 20 years ago, became a classic in the sustainability field. It put forth a new vision for what its author, Ray C. Anderson, called the “prototypical company of the 21st century”—a restorative company that does no harm to society or the environment....
by John A. Keel
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
The first book by the author of "The Mothman Prophecies." This new edition contains material never before published.Someone, we know not who, once called Jadoo "the greatest book ever written on the black magic of the Orient." But we do know that there will never again be another book like it. Jadoo,...
by George Bernard Shaw, John A. Bertolini
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Pygmalion and Three Other Plays, by George Bernard Shaw, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the...