J G: 1276 books

A must-read for any J. G. Ballard fan, this “capstone to a magnificent career” is the essential sequel to Empire of the Sun (San Francisco Chronicle). Published in 1991, this semi-autobiographical novel is a daring masterpiece from “one of the most important and intelligent voices in...

Yet again J. G. Ballard’s inimitable clairvoyance is on display in this timely, powerful story of a community shattered by a massive act of violence. A massacre rocks a suburban utopia—thirty-two adults murdered, and their children missing—in Running Wild, one of Ballard’s most dazzlingly...

Where do you go for help when no one believes you're really sick? The doctors can’t explain your symptoms, but you know there’s something wrong because you can sense it in your body. Living with the specter of an unresolved health issue isn't just painful, it's isolating. The preoccupation and...

A legend thought only to be a myth. A tradition that was nearly lost forever. A spirited young whale who changes everything. The ancient history of whales is rich with ancestral tales of superior wisdom, prehistoric tradition, and unending love. During the cold seasons, the pods would gather...

The passenger steamer burst upon the early nineteenth century with all the suddenness and immediate widespread popularity of electronic communications in our own time. Leading the way was Henry Bell of Helensburgh. When he started to carry passengers down the Clyde in his little steamer Comet in 1812,...

Rasún de Kátar, un soldado egipcio, es enviado a custodiar la mansión donde el repudiado Amún Sar vive un exilio forzoso ordenado por Faraón. Pero la mansión del ambiguo personaje esconde peligrosos secretos y, su dueño, ambiciosas intenciones más allá de los límites de la comprensión humana....

Año 1919, tras sobrevivir a la Gran Guerra, el comandante Brendan Archer viaja a Irlanda para descubrir si todavía sigue prometido a Angela Spencer, cuya familia regenta el hotel Majestic en Kilnalough. Pero al llegar encuentra a su prometida extrañamente alterada y a su futura familia política...

In this brilliantly argued and deeply moving work, renowned Anglican Priest and scholar J. G. H. Barry defends Roman Catholic doctrines regarding the Blessed Mother’s Immaculate Conception, Perpetual Virginity, Bodily Assumption, Coronation in Heaven, and Christ’s gift to us all from the cross of...

The history of Ptolemaic Egypt has usually been doubly isolated--separated both from the history of other Hellenistic states and from the history of ancient Egypt. The Last Pharaohs, the first detailed history of Ptolemaic Egypt as a state, departs radically from previous studies by putting the Ptolemaic...

A major new economic history of the ancient Mediterranean world In The Open Sea, J. G. Manning offers a major new history of economic life in the Mediterranean world in the Iron Age, from Phoenician trading down to the Hellenistic era and the beginning of Rome's imperial supremacy. Drawing...

Sue has always dreamed of being the woman in the zebra hat. From her very first Derby, she fell in love with the sights, sounds, and fashions of women in the grandstand. Year after year, she dreams of her perfect zebra hat, black dress, and lace gloves. Her childhood goal of becoming a racehorse owner...

Gloria knew that Lance would enjoy visiting her favorite speak easy and she knew Lance would especially enjoy meeting Beatrice. This wasn't the usual backroom joint serving watered down gin. This speaky was notorious in the clandestine circles who knew of its existence and Lance was in for the ride...

From the bulb of a rare flower blooms ambition and scandal Rome 1635. As Flanders braces for another long year of war, a Spanish count presents the Vatican with a means of disrupting the Dutch rebels' booming economy. His plan is brilliant. They just need the right man to implement it. Enter Ludovico...

DCI Barbara Black investigates the curious death of Adrian Mansfield, an artistic young man cast adrift in a boat on Amberton lake. He has been tied into a sitting position with an insulting sign hung about his neck. Murder is assumed, but Barbara's investigations take us into escalating family tragedy...