Jonathan: 5623 books

Sanctuary of Expression is a collection of heart and soul poetry by accomplished writer Jonathan Patrick Lamas. Spanning nearly five years of his life, Jonathan expresses, through intense emotion and vivid imagery, the many trials and tribulations he faced while struggling to achieve his dreams. From...

A hilarious re-imagining of the heroes of the Old Testament for a modern world-and the neurotic, demanding reader. In the beginning...there was humor. Sure, it's the foundation for much of Western morality and the cornerstone of world literature. But let's face it: the Bible always needed...

“Margolis devotes himself to the social history of the ways and means of orgasm . . . And his breezy, sophisticated writing doesn’t hurt, either” (Booklist). Orgasm is one of society’s most compelling, shaping forces—and most of us probably think that we are living in its golden age....

On Your Own follows the kind of people you know, but reveals the thoughts and feelings they might never tell you. In this collection of short stories and vignettes, simple, precise language is used to convey complex emotions. These characters – young brothers, struggling husbands and wives,...

A beautifully written and absorbing story of exile and redemption set against the stark Patagonian wilderness at the start of the modern age. Matthieu Macanan has fled his home in France, to work as a doctor in a remote region of South America where his past is unknown. There he tends...

Scurvy, a disease often associated with long stretches of maritime travel, generated sensations exceeding the standard of what was normal. Eyes dazzled, skin was morbidly sensitive, emotions veered between disgust and delight. In this book, Jonathan Lamb presents an intellectual history of scurvy...

Una modesta proposición Jonathan Swift, escritor satírico irlandés (1667-1745) Este libro electrónico presenta «Una modesta proposición», de Jonathan Swift, en texto completo. Un índice interactivo permite acceder directamente al capítulo...

Escritos subversivos Jonathan Swift es el hombre que más lejos se aventuró en la temeridad de enfrentarse con sus congéneres y el más eximio artífice de la ironía en la historia de la literatura. En esta obra se reproducen los polémicos pensamientos acera de la cruel sociedad inglesa de su...

If there was one man, other than Napoleon himself, who determined the course of the Napoleonic Wars, it was Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, comte de Guibert, the foremost military theorist in France from 1770 to his death in 1790. Taking in the full scope of the times, from the ideas of the Enlightenment...

This book is a guide to walking through the streets of Cheltenham. It is a delightful town, full of wonderful architectural gems, all of which have interesting stories to tell. It was a fashionable place to visit in Georgian and Regency England at a time of momentous change, when foreign kings ruled...

Discover the personal meaning and gladness you hunger for—without settling for normal! Every human wants to matter and be happy, which is as it should be. God made us to resemble and reflect His worth as we enjoy our true identity in Him. But we too often swap that calling for the...

"Your parents know that somebody is spying on them? Why doesn't your father rip down the microphone?" "He's proud of it." "Proud? It's an outrageous intrusion!" "Father says: better spied on than not worth spying on." Jonathan Falla's...

First published in 1991, Romantic Ecology reassesses the poetry of William Wordsworth in the context of the abiding pastoral tradition in English Literature. Jonathan Bate explores the politics of poetry and argues that contrary to critics who suggest that the Wordsworth was a reactionary who failed...