John Paul: 506 books
Sign Language
A Painter's Notebook
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
In photos, drawings and words, Sign Language pays homage to the lost art of urban outdoor sign painting. In a working environment both novel and ambitious, author John S. Paul found success, noting, "No other job gave me such a direct impact on the urban landscape, or such physical engagement. Painting...
They Never Said It : A Book of Fake Quotes Misquotes and Misleading Attributions
A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 1989
Abraham Lincoln never said "You cannot fool all the people all the time." Thomas Jefferson never said "That government is best which governs least." And Horace Greeley never said "Go west young man." In They Never Said It Paul F. Boller Jr. and John George examine hundreds...
by Sally Harrison-Pepper, Nyle Monday, Lewis Hershey
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
In contrast to the overabundance of writings about martial arts that are often promotional and misinformative, there are rare works by scholars that are praiseworthy for their sincere, unbiased approach to writing. This is the very definition of “scholarly.” This two-volume...
Hope on Earth
A Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Hope on Earth is the thought-provoking result of a lively and wide-ranging conversation between two of the world’s leading interdisciplinary environmental scientists: Paul R. Ehrlich, whose book The Population Bomb shook the world in 1968 (and continues to shake it), and Michael Charles Tobias,...
The Enigmatic South
Toward Civil War and Its Legacies
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
The Enigmatic South brings together leading scholars of the Civil War period to challenge existing perceptions of the advance to secession, the Civil War, and its aftermath. The pioneering research and innovative arguments of these historians bring crucial insights to the study of this era in American...
The Lost Massey Lectures: Recovered Classics from Five Great Thinkers
Recovered Classics from Five Great Thinkers
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
The CBC Massey Lectures, Canada's preeminent public lecture series, are for many of us a highly anticipated annual feast of ideas. However, some of the finest lectures, by some of the greatest minds of modern times, have been lost for many years -- unavailable to the public in any form. Important...
by George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...
Ice Blink
Navigating Northern Environmental History
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Northern Canada's distinctive landscapes, its complex social relations and the contested place of the North in contemporary political, military, scientific and economic affairs have fueled recent scholarly discussion. At the same time, both the media and the wider public have shown increasing interest...
by John Buchan, James Fenimore Cooper, Rudyard Kipling
Language: French
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Agent double, dormant, provocateur... patriote ou à la solde du plus offrant, la figure trouble de l’espion a attisé l’imagination de générations d’écrivains et de lecteurs. Bien avant James Bond et son univers glamour, c’est au tout début du XIXe siècle que son nées les premières...
by Paul Janet, Voltaire, John Stuart Mill
Language: French
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Ce livre basé sur les travaux de Paul Janet et John Stuart Mill, traite de la liberté de penser et d’exprimer sa pensée. On dénonce sans cesse les libres penseurs comme portant atteinte à toutes les lois divines et humaines, comme menaçant les bases mêmes de la société, comme effaçant...
Battlefield Surgeon
Life and Death on the Front Lines of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
In November 1942, Paul Andrew Kennedy (1912--1993) boarded the St. Elena in New York Harbor and sailed for Casablanca as part of Operation Torch, the massive Allied invasion of North Africa. As a member of the US Army's 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group, he spent the next thirty-four months working in...
American Catholics and Civic Engagement
A Distinctive Voice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding...
Breaking Through, Second Edition
Building a World-Class Wealth Management Business
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
Successful individuals and families are hungry for trusted guidance that helps them achieve their most important financial goals and dreams. The financial advisors who step up to fill that role and provide that leadership are experiencing unprecedented levels of success. The goal of Breaking Through...
Magazine Editing
In Print and Online
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Including comprehensive coverage on both print and online, consumer and free magazines, Magazine Editing looks at how magazines work and explains the dual role of the magazine editor. John Morrish and Paul Bradshaw consider the editor both as a journalist, having to provide information and entertainment...