J B Patrick: 21 books

Do you feel like Christmas is kinda expensive? You're not alone. A whole lot of people experience seemingly endless spending during the season...until they realize, when the holidays are over, their savings are all, well, over.Better not cry, better not pout, because help is on the way.Meet my ebook,...

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has discovered thousands of new planets. Visiting, much less settling, those worlds will provide innumerable challenges. The men and women who make the journey will be those who don't fear the odds. They'll be Kepler's Cowboys. Saddle up and take an unforgettable...

This is the story of the universe's most powerful assassin, a warrior cloaked in darkness and on a journey to find what it really means to be "strong" in a world that was long ago invaded by demons and subsequently destroyed in a nuclear war. Centuries have passed, and now the Earth can...

After he'd survived to reach the age of eighteen, Tavon entered the criminal underworld proper. For most of his life, he'd trained to be a powerhouse as well as an intimidating presence; there, Tavon used his past experiences to mold himself into a thug capable of holding his own.

Drawing inspiration from The Silmarillion, the Angelos Odyssey Archives are intended as an episodic series of literature centered around the world of the primary book series, Angelos Odyssey.The Archives tell the story of human civilization’s struggle to survive in a world made hostile after...

A pitch-black comedy set in London overshadowed by the looming threat of the Second World War, Patrick Hamilton's Hangover Square. London, 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation. Netta is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to...

Charter schools offer something that public school systems, parents, and teachers need: a way to experiment with alternative ways of teaching, motivating students, organizing schools, using technology, and employing teachers. While people came down on both sides of support for or against charter schools,...

Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts. Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...

This collection provides a comprehensive vocabulary for defining the cultural manifestation of the term “Woodland.” The Middle Ohio Valley is an archaeologically rich region that stretches from southeastern Indiana, across southern Ohio and northeastern Kentucky, and into northwestern West...

A holistic approach to analyzing distinct grassland habitats that integrates ecological, historical, and archaeological data   Today the southeastern United States is a largely rural, forested, and agricultural landscape interspersed with urban areas of development. However, two centuries ago it...

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. The best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's second year. Snow queens and their daughters, invisible giants pining for vanished lovers, searches, quests, and discoveries of all kinds. Contents: Snow...

This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary...

Slavery and the University is the first edited collection of scholarly essays devoted solely to the histories and legacies of this subject on North American campuses and in their Atlantic contexts. Gathering together contributions from scholars, activists, and administrators, the volume combines two...

Drawing from 140 recently declassified documents, this report comprehensively examines the organization, territorial designs, management, personnel policies, and finances of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and al-Qa‘ida in Iraq. Analysis of the Islamic State predecessor groups is more than a historical...