J J Jones: 316 books

Viktor le Fey is the most well-known man in the city. Between the dinner parties and charity events, there appears to be little wrong he can do in the eyes of the public, and Percival is often inclined to agree. If he had a seedy past, Percival would know about it. Viktor also happens to be...

“Jones vividly evokes 1900 Vienna . . . in his splendid third whodunit featuring attorney Karl Werthen and criminologist Hanns Gross.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Vienna, 1900. Lawyer Karl Werthen is puzzling over the suicide of a local councilman when he is assigned by Karl Wittgenstein,...

In the wake of Robert Putnam's bestselling book "Bowling Alone," media and popular opinion often contend that American society is losing its cohesion. In an era of culture wars, deep political divisions, and all-consuming household technologies, are we losing our connections with one another?...

Jones argues that several unique factors remain available to The United Methodist Church today from the period of rapid growth between 1800 and 1840. Drawing on the image of Loren Mead’s Once and Future Church and Moises Naim’s analysis in The End of Power, Jones argues that a viable future for...

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...

"What Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did for Victorian London and Caleb Carr did for old New York, Sydney Jones does for historic Vienna." *—*Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author of the Queen Elizabeth I mystery series At first it seemed like a series of accidents plagued...

Kickstart your business or organization blogging with 52 Ideas to Inspire Your Business Blog: Weekly Questions to Spark Your Blogging Creativity. Coming up with content for blogging is a process of being observant to the world rushing by. Sometimes it is just talking about a new employee or piece...

This study of the Anglo--Dutch Wars (1652-54, 1665-67, 1672-74) sets them in their naval, political and economic contexts. Competing essentially over trade, both governments were crucially influenced by mercantile interests and by the representative institutions that were central to England and the...

“As a former college professor and school administrator, I have always had a focus on teaching and learning as well as providing a safe school environment for all. Jerry Dale Jones’s book is a strategic mentor program that is proactive in preventing many of the difficult school situations that...

In his book Jones covers the wary whitetail from Canada to old Mexico and all locations in-between-he even covers the diminutive Coues deer of the Southwest. To be successful at whitetail hunting you need to be serious, and who is more serious than the professional whitetail guide, the man (or woman)...

From what we see around us, we can conclude our beloved country is going in the wrong direction. We have felt safe while Christians around the world have been suffering incredible religious persecution. It is catching up to us. There is a growing cooperative relation between the government and several...

In 1988 while working for a demanding Christian organization, Michael Jones moves his family to the Middle East to serve as missionaries to Muslims. Though Michael finds the Muslim people to be extremely hospitable, he discovers serious flaws within his own evangelical worldview. After a catastrophic...

My Sicilian grandfather’s sister was a vegetarian living on her avocado ranch in Oceanside, California, in the middle of the twentieth century. At that time, she was the only one I knew. Today, there are more vegans than ever before. Many promote it as a healthier diet and lifestyle, but some vegetarians...

The 2016 Presidential Election: The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake critically analyzes the 2016 presidential election. The chapters in this book identify key factors behind the election of Donald J. Trump, explore the unconventional campaign, analyze the unexpected election result,...