David John: 902 books
Behind Bayonets
The Civil War in Northern Ohio
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
A valuable addition to the literature on Ohio and the Civil War
Eminent Cleveland historian David Van Tassel had undertaken the challenge of writing an illustrated history of the Cleveland homefront during the Civil War. Unfortunately, he died in 2000 before completing his manuscript. Historian...
by David St John Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Possibly read more than any other railway book, The Country Railway has sold over 170,000 copies. This is a redesigned edition of the original text and photographs.
Everyone loved the country railway with its neat stations and colourful gardens, the shining brasswork of its tank engines, viaducts...
The Roadhouse Comes to Britain
Drinking, Driving and Dancing, 1925-1955
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
This is the first book to examine the cultural phenomenon of the roadhouse in mid 20th-century Britain and its impact on British leisure. The term 'roadhouse' was used in varied ways in the 1930s, from small roadside tearooms to enormous establishments on the outskirts of major cities. These roadhouses...
by David St John Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Celebrate the days when trains were trains, individual expresses had their own character, serving their passengers in style in restaurant car, and connecting services ran over picturesque branch lines that were a very part of the countryside they served.
Railway Season by David St John Thomas...
by David Barrett, John Garcia
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Improvising Blues Harmonica, by authors David Barrett and John Garcia, is a groundbreaking method explaining the mysterious world of improvising. This book and recording cover: chorus forms; what licks, riffs, melodies and phrases are made of; scale and chord theory; concepts for soloing (focus notes);...
European Masters - Blueprints for Awakening
Unique Dialogues with 14 European Masters
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
14 European Masters take their knowledge of the Indian traditional teachings, particularly those of Sri Ramana Maharshi, and combined it with their knowledge of Western psychology to offer a unique transmission perfect for the Western seeker.
CHRISTOPHER TITMUSS, DEVA PREMAL & MITEN, DOLANO,...
Bennewitz, Goethe, 'Faust'
German and Intercultural Stagings
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Fritz Bennewitz (1926-1995) was the director-in-chief of East Germany's Weimar National Theatre. Extraordinary in his capacity for cultural and linguistic adjustment, he directed productions in twelve countries, always adapting shows to make them meaningful to local audiences. Notably, Bennewitz conducted...
On Being a Man
Four Scottish Men in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
What does ‘masculinity’ mean today?
On Being a Man brings together four men to consider the condition of Scottish men, reflect on their own backgrounds and experiences, and confront some of the most difficult issues men face. These include the changing roles of men in Scottish society,...
Innovations in Higher Education
Igniting the Spark for Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad...
by John David Harding
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
I have always wanted to try naturism and in August 2012 I got my wish as my terrified wife and excited kids joined me as we went to a naturist resort in southern France for a few days.This book offers a light-hearted look at our first family holiday in five years, when I persuaded them to go...
North America
The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
This classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition. With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and Canadian authors, the book provides a comprehensive historical overview of the formation and growth of North...
Unwrapping the Pharaohs
How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Timeline
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
"THE PYRAMIDS ARE THE OLDEST MONUMENTS OF CIVILIZATION ON THE EARTH. THESE STRUCTURES AND THE RELICS THEY CONTAIN ARE THE MOST TANGIBLE PHYSICAL LINKS WITH OUR ANCIENT PAST AND PROVIDE IMPORTANT CLUES TO OUR ORIGINS."
-From the Introduction
Mummies, pyramids, and pharaohs! The culture...
by John David Wells
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Young Jackie Riddicks journey is haunted by the premature death of his father, the horrific abuse by his stepfather in Baltimore, and a harrowing escape to a small New Jersey town. Jackie is a promising athlete striving for hard-earned recognition. Like so many fatherless boys, his search for identity,...
Texans on the Brink
Threatened and Endangered Animals
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect.
Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic...