J B : 1853 books

A master historian illuminates the tumultuous relationship of Il Duce and his young lover Claretta, whose extraordinarily intimate diaries only recently have become available Few deaths are as gruesome and infamous as those of Benito Mussolini, Italy’s fascist dictator, and Claretta (or Clara) Petacci,...

Most customers struggle to keep up, and usually settle for far less value than they could (and should) get from their technology purchases. Unfortunately, most tech companies today lack an effective plan for driving customer success. A new business model for the tech industry is needed, one that requires...

Are the Video Game Ninjas going to be toe jam!? Orlando, the blue ninja, has a problem with bullies. They steal his iPad, pick on him, and try to crush him and his best friends, Josh and Orlando, with a giant spiked club. But can Orlando master his fears in time for the Video Game Ninjas to...

Includes FREE "Jimmy vs. Vampires" Audiobook inside! That's right...For a limited time you can download a FREE mp3 audiobook version of this sequel to the #1 Bestseller: "Grandma vs. Zombies…" "Jimmy vs. Vampires!" You and your kids will laugh out loud...

Violins, pipes and cellos, Orchestras, choirs and solos, Songs to remember, Songs to forget, Songs to unmake the universe... And songs to put it all right. Have a seat in the Chamber of Music. These thirteen stories will take you to distant lands of faerie lords, lovelorn angels, plucky skyship...

In J.B. Miller's alternative literary universe, Virginia Woolf has a crush on William Powell, Norman Mailer provides "The Rules" for dating, Bridget Jones writes "The Diary of Anais Nin," and J.D. Salinger sends letters to young starlets inviting them to audition for the movie...

John Dewey and the Art of Teaching: Toward Reflective and Imaginative Practice is an engaging and accessible introduction to the art of teaching as seen through the eyes of John Dewey. Authors Douglas J. Simpson, Michael J. B. Jackson, and Judy C. Aycock provide a lucid interpretation of the complexities...

Classic work in defense of Christianity, first published in 1889. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Barber Lightfoot (13 April 1828 21 December 1889) was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham, usually known as J.B. Lightfoot.

In Ancient Greek Historians, eminent British scholar J. B. Bury sets out to trace the genesis and development of the historical literature of the Greeks. The work is arranged chronologically, with several chapters addressing the legend-based writing of early Greek historiography before discussing the...

Maize is used in an endless list of products that are directly or indirectly related to human nutrition and food security. Maize is grown in producer farms, farmers depend on genetically improved cultivars, and maize breeders develop improved maize cultivars for farmers. Nikolai I. Vavilov defined...

InterVarsity Press is proud to present The Lightfoot Legacy, a three-volume set of previously unpublished material from J. B. Lightfoot, one of the great biblical scholars of the modern era. In the spring of 2013, Ben Witherington III discovered hundreds of pages of biblical commentary by Lightfoot...

Drinking water quality has been a matter of concern for several decades. Disinfection of drinking water improves its microbiological quality and prevents disease outbreaks. However, continuously increasing scientific research concerns the presence of organic and inorganic contaminants in water. Many...

“Freedom of thought, in any valuable sense, includes freedom of speech.” So writes J. B. Bury in the introduction to this history of the struggle for intellectual freedom. This classic work examines the history of freedom of expression from ancient Greece through the nineteenth century, noting key...

In Coleman's Mythology of the Hindoos, p. 202, it is written: "On the Buddha's foot is the mark called the 'chakravarti,' wheel or discus, which should have been on the palm of the hand, by which the sages at his birth divined that he would rise to considerable eminence." He says (p. 19):...