D J: 3153 books

A rich and evocative portrait of one of the greatest authors of Victorian England Who was William Makepeace Thackeray? Was he the wealthy dilettante who came to London in the 1830s and squandered his fortune on newspapers? Was he the impoverished freelance author of the 1840s who scrapped for...

A cornerstone for effective teaching and learning is vested in the quality of the way in which students focus on the content of their lessons. The chapters in this book, then, offer cross-national perspectives on best practices when dealing with the challenge of student misconduct. The chapter authors,...

Armand Duval ist der Sohn einer reichen Pariser Familie. Er verliebt sich in die edle Kurtisane Marguerite Gautier. Armand zuliebe verlässt Marguerite ihr bisheriges Milieu und zieht mit Armand zusammen. Doch Armands Vater sieht ihn Marguerites Anwesenheit eine Gefahr für den guten Ruf Armands und...

There have been many authoritative books written on the Pennine Way but hardly any that put into detail the hardships and the humour endured along Britain's toughest long distance walk. This book hopes to redress this imbalance towards the plethora of guidebooks written by hardened fell walkers extolling...

Rookie Dallas Marshal Sean Mercado, and Canadian cop Nicholas Fournier, are pulled into Jubilee and Kieran's lives after a near death experience for Jubilee who is shot during a bank holdup that leaves him seriously wounded. Former Canadian Special Ops Nicholas Fournier never dreamed making...

  Rookie Dallas Marshal Sean Mercado, and Canadian cop Nicholas Fournier, are pulled into Jubilee and Kieran's lives after a near death experience for Jubilee who is shot during a bank holdup that leaves him seriously wounded.   Former Canadian Special Ops Nicholas Fournier...

The beginning of a new relationship is one of the most exciting times for a new couple. First dates. The butterflies. Forgetting the rest of the world is carrying on around them. Falling in love. These are all things Kacie Foster and Evan Pierce are looking forward to. Unfortunately, that’s not...

After being away at college the last four years, Kacie Foster is not looking forward to returning home. Her reluctance has nothing to do with it being time for her to grow up and get a job like other recent graduates. The problem is her parents. To say they have never been the supportive and caring...

Eighteen tales featuring down-on-their-luck characters whose dreams will never come true, by Man Booker Prize–long-listed author D. J. Taylor In the vein of Raymond Carver’s short prose, these eighteen stories sharply capture ordinary people desperate to escape their dead-end lives as they...

Never in a million years did Alyssa Adler expect to find her boyfriend in bed with another girl. The two of them were best friends for as long as she could remember. He had always been her rock and now he was the cause of her pain. They were supposed to finish college, get married, and live happily...

Saving Meghan is a riveting new thriller full of secrets and lies from author D.J. Palmer. Can you love someone to death? Some would say Becky Gerard is a devoted mother and would do anything for her only child. Others, including her husband Carl, claim she's obsessed and can't stop...

They took everything-killed his wife, enslaved his daughter, destroyed his life. Now he's a man with nothing left to lose ... and that's what makes him so dangerous. Ten years after the collapse, Huxley had built a good life again. He had a loving wife, a farm with fields of golden barley,...

A literary tour-de-force ranging from the American frontier to Edwardian England and the decadent carousing of the Bright Young People of London's jazz age. A pretty young woman travels apprehensively across the American prairies; on a whim she makes a bold decision, grabbing her future with...

Peace of the Mind is D.J. Blues follow-up to 2005s The Good Life Chronicles. Once again, he covers a wide array of topics, this time including several chapters on Christian spirituality. Included among them: an in-depth analysis of the Bible, covering questions answered as well as questions raised...