John D: 1272 books

A Novella by John D. Chadwick. Join Jim Slaney & Patrick Murphy on their drunken revelry as they carouse the phantasmagorias, grope ladies of the night and plunge into the hellish depths of Victorian London, on a quest for the ultimate opiate. Withnail & I meets Jack The Ripper by way of H.P. Lovecraft...

A collection of contemporary short fiction by one of the UK's most exciting, emerging writers and spoken word performers. This inspiring collection revels in disturbing, comic and gruesome tales drawing on fringe personalities from the darkest corners of humanity. Meet the society of JACK THE RIPPERS,...

The Samurai are not dead ...nor is the Japanese Emperor an impotent symbol. A secret army using weapons of finance and psychological control, as well as murder, explain Japan's domination of foreign trade. Their motivation becomes apparent as Scott Maxwell discovers a hidden society, a shakai. Democratic...

Why is America so rich and powerful? The answer lies in our genes, according to psychologist John Gartner. Hypomania, a genetically based mild form of mania, endows many of us with unusual energy, creativity, enthusiasm, and a propensity for taking risks. America has an extraordinarily high number...

Dr. Randal Reilly is an aging psychotherapist from Vancouver. Kayaking off the British Columbia coast off the Southern Gulf Islands he finds a naked lady in a lifeboat. She is in an amnesic fugue. Harjit Singh is an Appeals Court Judge. Jeff Kroberts is an applied artificial intelligence engineer from...

Today in the United States, students are graduating from college already in debt from student loans and beginning their careers in an uncertain economy. Statistics have shown that freshman college students are stressednot about their grades or about doing wellbut rather about the debt they are already...

Many prominent Christians insist that the church must yield to contemporary evolutionary theory and therefore modify traditional biblical ideas about the creation of life. They argue that God used—albeit in an undetectable way—evolutionary mechanisms to produce all forms of life. Featuring two...

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare,...

Cape Lazo, British Columbia: A Novel Forced to move across Canada because of his father's illness, teenaged Peter initially resents his new home: Cape Lazo on Vancouver Island. It's a dull replacement for the bustle and excitement of Montreal. Slowly, Peter is seduced by the natural...

Dulwich means the meadow where dill growsA", while Peckham means village by a hill - probably Nunhead Hill. Nunhead is a local name with particularly gruesome origins. At first NoneheadA", Elizabethan England recorded this name after a Mother Superior was beheaded for opposing Henry VIII's...

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and...

The imperial succession at Rome was notoriously uncertain, and where possible hereditary succession was preferred. John Grainger's detailed study looks at aperiod of intrigue and conspiracy. He explores how, why and by whom Domitian was killed, the rule of Nerva, chosen to succeed him, and...

John Daniel Imboden (February 16, 1823 August 15, 1895) earned renown for leading his Rangers during the Civil War as a Confederate cavalry general and partisan fighter. After the war he returned to practicing law, began writing, and also was active in developing natural resources. Despite having...

This final volume of ""Death and Bereavement Around the World"" reflects on some major themes: death and after-life, religion and spirituality, rites and rituals, secularist approaches, cultural variations, suicide, and other issues. The first few chapters describe progress in...