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by John Howard Reid
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Prizewinning poet, John Howard Reid, feels that humorous poetry is more effective if it is enlivened with clever rhymes and follows some sort of metrical scheme, no matter how loose or amusingly inconsistent that meter may be. In fact, Reid believes that humorous verse should have a cheeky look about...
Ramshackle Glam
The New Mom's Haphazard Guide to (Almost) Having It All
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Ramshackle Glam creator Jordan Reid was a little nervous about becoming a mother. In my experience,” she writes, you know what happens when you hold babies? They cry. And it immediately becomes clear to all present that you have terrible parental instincts and should never be allowed to come...
Roads Were Not Built for Cars
How cyclists were the first to push for good roads & became the pioneers of motoring
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements,...
Falling into Place
An Intimate Geography of Home
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Quietly powerful essays, weaving keenly observed insights into the mysteries of nature with those of family and community
“It’s not easy,” Catherine Reid writes, “to love a person and a place in equal measure.” Love she does, however, as described in these intimate, lyric essays about...
Introduction to Statistics
Fundamental Concepts and Procedures of Data Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Using a truly accessible and reader-friendly approach, Introduction to Statistics: Fundamental Concepts and Procedures of Data Analysis, by Howard M. Reid, redefines the way statistics can be taught and learned. Unlike other books that merely focus on procedures, Reid’s approach balances development...
by John Howard Reid
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
EXCERPTS FROM NEWSPAPER REVIEWS: A weird group of characters is assembled on an island in the Florida Keys for a murder mystery weekend. They are office bearers of the Paradise Club. There's also an attorney, businessmen, representatives of the arts and a priest. The story is told by Merryll Manning,...
From Sugar to Splenda
A Personal and Scientific Journey of a Carbohydrate Chemist and Expert Witness
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
More than just coincidence connects a Tate & Lyle lawsuit and artificial sweetener to Jamaican-born Chemist Bert Fraser-Reid. From his first experience of Chemistry through his diabetic father, to his determination and drive as a Chemistry student in Canada, Fraser-Reid weaves a remarkable tale...
by Forrest Reid
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
'An exquisite book.' - E. M. Forster
'No other novelist of today can recapture more clearly than Mr. Reid the sense of early wonder and adventurous childhood.' - The Times
'An altogether remarkable book.' - Glasgow Herald
Left in the care of his unloving stepmother after his...
by Mayne Reid
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Thomas Mayne Reid (1818 – 1883), was a Scots-Irish American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a great admirer of Lord Byron. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed...
A Fine Mess
A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
New York Times bestelling author T. R. Reid travels around the world to solve the urgent problem of America's failing tax code, unravelling a complex topic in plain English - and telling a rollicking story along the way.
The U.S. tax code is a total write-off. Crammed with loopholes and special...
by John Howard Reid
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2011
Another essential book for the film buff's library, this book, at a little over A5 size, is smaller than previous books in the series. Nonetheless, its 343 pages are packed with information and reviews on classic movies. Not as many photos in this edition, but some of the reviews are quite extensive....
Daisy Jones & The Six
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.
“I devoured Daisy Jones & The Six in a day, falling head over heels for it. Daisy and the band captured...
After On
A Novel of Silicon Valley
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
The definitive novel of today’s Silicon Valley, After On flash-captures our cultural and technological moment with up-to-the-instant savvy. Matters of privacy and government intrusion, post-Tinder romance, nihilistic terrorism, artificial consciousness, synthetic biology, and much more are tackled...
A Dark Night in Aurora
Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
James Holmes killed or wounded seventy people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Only one man was allowed to record extensive interviews with the shooter. This is what he found.
On July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado, a man in dark body armor and a gas mask entered a midnight premiere of...