J J Thomas: 1181 books

This first full-length treatment of the Revolutionary War battle recounts British general Charles Grey's brutal attack on Anthony Wayne's division of 1,500 Continentals in September 1777. The detailed account follows the action from the arrival of Wayne's division south of the Schuylkill River, near...

A man thinks he is very clever if he can make an aëroplane. Thousands of other men think he is a genius if he can fly over the Alps, even though at the end of the journey he break his neck. But these are paltry trifles compared with the work of training a soul for the kingdom of God. Such a task...

Seven years ago, a star died in a distant part of the galaxy, sending its deadly gamma rays towards Earth. When the rays reached our planet, they killed virtually all of the human population overnight, leaving only a handful of survivors. Sergeant major Tim Flannery was left to fend for himself in...

Is the age-old myth about a full moon true? Philadelphia police officers Tim Flannery and Jack Kerrigan find out, up close and personal in this story of one insanely crazy midnight, or ‘last-out’ shift, in the 26th Police District. "If the moon moves whole oceans, what's it do to people's brains?"

The year is 1987. The Cold War is rapidly winding down, and Dan Kruger, ex-CIA field officer, Vietnam veteran and Green Beret is now out of a job, but not for long. Kruger is hired by a South African mining company to lead a dignitary protection detail on the tiny island-nation of Korotonga....

In Keywords for Southern Studies, editors Scott Romine and Jennifer Rae Greeson have compiled an eclectic collection of new essays that address the fluidity of southern studies by adopting a transnational, interdisciplinary focus. The essays are structured around critical terms pertinent both to the...

Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender stereotypes. The contributors to this volume bring a variety of feminist rhetorical and media criticism approaches from across the...

Today's science fiction movies are blessed with obscene budgets and have an army of technicians slaving over the special effects. Back in the 1950s, there were one or two guys doing the effects and the budget for the whole movie was $65,000 or less. The movies were made in ten days or less, in...

"He began to cry. One moment he was calmly drying his hands on a piece of brown paper toweling, and the next his face was contorted with misery, a child’s hopeless grief made all the more grotesque by his forty-year-old features. A geyser of self-pity had erupted inside him, carrying with it...

Short stories of Holiday Horrors to brighten and frighten your Christmas spirit.

You will be introduced to Serial Killers and follow them on their killing sprees. Each story is an unedited account by the Serial Killers, themselves. Documented footage through the eyes, and brains that others question and study.

'Thought-provoking, well-written, and offering a range of fresh and sometimes challenging perspectives, Planning and Support should be essential reading for people working in the field of learning disabilities. Highly recommended.' - Involve Magazine The authors outline the skills needed and common issues...

Encourage teens to recognize the importance of voting and making their voices heard in the democratic process with this timely book focused on Supreme Court decisions that came down to a single vote. Chapters examine key Supreme Court rulings and explore how these cases have affected the lives and rights...

Stark disaster to a brave lad in space may—to the mind that loves—be a tragedy pridefully concealed.