John F : 989 books
by John F. Beck
Language: German
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Saltillo, sein Freund Tortilla-Buck Mercer und Layla Sheen sind auf dem Weg nach Santa Fé, um den Behörden Ben Mortimer auszuliefern. Denn er soll vor Gericht endlich aussagen, dass nicht Layla Sheen den Sohn des Geschäftsmannes William B. Scranton umgebacht hat, sondern er selbst. Das Kopfgeld,...
by John F. Beck
Language: German
Release Date: December 8, 2018
Language: German
Release Date: December 8, 2018
In den Bergen um San Rafaelo liegen zwei Satteltaschen Gold versteckt, die Craig Winlock zusammen mit seinem Bruder geschürft hatte. Für dieses Gold bezahlte Craigs Bruder mit dem Leben, als sie von den skrupellosen Räubern El Tigres überfallen wurden. Zehn Jahre danach hat Craig die Chance, wieder...
by John F. Beck
Language: German
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Language: German
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Die kleine Ortschaft San Felipe wird vom mexikanischen General Diego Carreras und dessen Truppen belagert. Auch ein Trupp Texas Rangers gehört zu den Eingeschlossenen. Die bedrohliche Lage spitzt sich zu. Carreras will die Texaner vernichten - um jeden Preis. Drei Texaner wollen den Ring der Soldaten...
The Essential Pope Benedict XVI
His Central Writings and Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
On April 24, 2005, Cardinal Joseph Alois Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, the twenty-first-century successor of the Apostle Peter and the spiritual leader of more than one billion Roman Catholics. Who is this complex man whose office grants him sole charge of the world's largest religion? How will...
by John F. Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
Chicago Motor Coach Company chronicles an era in Chicago when buses first traversed the city's park district boulevards, including the Magnificent Mile. Streetcars were not allowed on the boulevards; this situation paved the way for the first motor bus operation, Sheridan Road on the North Side, in...
Forgotten Fires of Chicago
The Lake Michigan Inferno and a Century of Flame
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
A historical journey through the city’s catastrophic fires, and the stories of the heroes who fought them.
Chicago’s war against cinder, flame, and smoke did not end with the Great Fire of 1871. In 1909, fire ripped through the dynamite room of a staging facility a mile and half off the...
The Merchant of Power
Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, and the Creation of the Modern Metropolis
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
A timely rags-to-riches story, The Merchant of Power recounts how Sam Insull--right hand to Thomas Edison--went on to become one of the richest men in the world, pivotal in the birth of General Electric and instrumental in the creation of the modern metropolis with his invention of the power grid,...
The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome
Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
An incisive look at the consequences of today's costly and damaging suburban lifestyle
In The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome, Bloomberg News' John Wasik exposes the economic, cultural, environmental, and health problems underlying life in suburbia. Wasik provides powerful insights into how the U.S. suburban...
Planning in the Face of Conflict
The Surprising Possibilities of Facilitative Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Bikers and hikers. Sex workers and social conservatives. Agencies and activists. The people involved in planning for a site—or a community—can be like the Hatfields and McCoys. And the process brings them together face to face and toe to toe.
How can planners take conflicted communities...
by John F. Lebda
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
When young John Lebda waded ashore on that beach in North Africa during World War II, he had no idea he was walking into the biggest mess the world has ever seen. All he wanted was to find a way back home, but the road seemed to be a million miles long - across deserts, up mountains, over oceans and...
by John F. Westfall
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
So many things have the power to change our lives dramatically--loss, fear, betrayal, failure. When everything goes wrong in life, it's so easy to give in to the pain, frustration, and anger that threaten to overwhelm us. Though we may feel like giving up, there is life--abundant, exciting, and fulfilling--after...
by John F. MacArthur
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2001
A concise guide to understanding how and why the ancient Christian faith makes sense for today and a blueprint for communicating truth to a "truthless" and cynical generation.The book is centered around 6 key principles: objectivity, rationality, veracity, authority, incompatibility and...
The Abolitionists
Together with Personal Memories of the Struggle for Human Rights 1830-1864
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE ABOLITIONISTS
THE ABOLITIONISTS — WHO AND WHAT THEY WERE
ONE OF THEIR TRAITS
PRO-SLAVERY PREJUDICE
THE POLITICAL SITUATION
ANTI-SLAVERY PIONEERS
SALMON PORTLAND CHASE
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETIES
WANTED, AN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY
ANTI-SLAVERY...
Debts to Pay
English Canada and Quebec from the Conquest to the Referendum
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Since the resignation of Lucien Bouchard and Jean Charest's resounding win in the recent provincial election, many in English Canada have come to believe that Quebec separatism has finally been defeated. But polls show that sovereignty is still strongly supported by many Quebeckers, and by young people...