Jamie James: 35 books

Book cover of The Glamour of Strangeness

The Glamour of Strangeness

Artists and the Last Age of the Exotic

by Jamie James
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016

From the early days of steamship travel, artists stifled by the culture of their homelands fled to islands, jungles, and deserts in search of new creative and emotional frontiers. Their flight inspired a unique body of work that doesn't fit squarely within the Western canon, yet may be some of the...
Book cover of Rimbaud in Java: The Lost Voyage
by Jamie James
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011

In A Season in Hell, at the age of eighteen, the French poet Arthur Rimbaud predicted the rest of his life: 'My day is done; I'm leaving Europe. The sea air will burn my lungs; lost climes will tan my skin.' Three years later, in 1876, he joined the Royal Army of the Dutch Indies as an infantryman...
Book cover of The Snake Charmer

The Snake Charmer

A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge

by Jamie James
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008

Although it was still too dark to see well, Joe absentmindedly thrust his right hand into the sack to extract the specimen and have a look. Immediately, he winced with pain and yanked out his hand. A tiny black-and-white banded snake, less than ten inches long, was dangling limply from his middle...
Book cover of Pagan Light

Pagan Light

Dreams of Freedom and Beauty in Capri

by Jamie James
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Pagan Light is mesmerizing. Every detail is compelling. I felt I was reading a family history of a family far more interesting than mine." --Edmund White, author of Our Young Man A rich, intimate embrace of Capri, which was a magnet...
Book cover of Who Built Scotland

Who Built Scotland

25 Journeys In Search Of A Nation

by Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017

‘a fine picture of our strange and varied country’ Scotsman ‘edifying and revelatory’ Herald ‘an epic love story to Scotland’ Courier ‘by turns inspiring and fascinating … a book that gives context to the Scotland we see around us today’ Undiscovered Scotland ‘a...
Book cover of My Dad Wrote a Porno
by Jamie Morton, Alice Levine, James Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017

What would you do if your dad wrote an erotic novel? Jamie Morton’s answer was to share his dad’s tale of sexual adventure, Belinda Blinked 1, with the world. He embarked on a life-changing literary journey with his two best mates, creating the hilarious, filthy number one podcast phenomenon My...
Book cover of A Fistful of Dinosaurs

A Fistful of Dinosaurs

Epic Anthology

by Charles Eugene Anderson, James Patrick Kelly, Walter Jon Williams
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018

From “Jurassic Park” to “Godzilla,” dinosaurs have a rich history of exploring the idea of the creatures of the past. We love dinosaurs because they are big, and we love them when they are terrifying, we love them because they are dangerous. Think Like A Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly Dinosaurs...
Book cover of Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack #1
by Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Harry Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2014

The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present Fantasy and Science Fiction from the Present, Past, and Future. The Cold Calculations by Michael A. Burstein, They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip José Farmer, Lingua Franca by Carole McDonnell, Dawn of Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Don’t...
Book cover of Fantastic Stories Presents: Fantasy Super Pack #1
by Robert E. Howard, Philip K. Dick, James Blish
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014

The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present thirty-two wonderful tales of fantasy in this completely revised second edition text. More than seven hundred and fifty pages for your reading pleasure. Escape today! 'Immortal' by Shariann Lewitt; 'The Thing in the Attic' by James Blish;...
Book cover of Fiction River Special Edition: Editor Saves

Fiction River Special Edition: Editor Saves

An Original Anthology Magazine

by Fiction River, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018

In this second Fiction River Special Edition, award-winning editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch performs editing magic in assembling this anthology of stories saved by not one but six different Fiction River editors. Culled from stories that did not fit in the magazine’s regular run, these gems piece...
Book cover of Bardic Tales and Sage Advice (Vol V)

Bardic Tales and Sage Advice (Vol V)

Bardic Tales and Sage Advice, #5

by Julie Ann Dawson, Viktor Kowalski, Chad Strong
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017

First published in 2013, Volume Five of the Bardic Tales and Sage Advice collection continues our tradition of bringing fans of speculative fiction the winners of our annual writing competitions. In this installment, stories by Craig Comer, Victor Kowalski, Jamie Lackey, David Lawrence, Victor James Night, Lynn Veach Sadler, Chad Strong, and George S. Walker.
Book cover of The Canon Cocktail Book

The Canon Cocktail Book

Recipes from the Award-Winning Bar

by Jamie Boudreau, James O. Fraioli
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016

The first book from one of the world's most acclaimed bars Home to the Western Hemisphere's largest spirit collection, Seattle bar Canon: Whiskey and Bitters Emporium has achieved unprecedented, worldwide acclaim. Named Best Bar in America by Esquire, Canon received Tales of the Cocktail Spirited...
Book cover of Transformers: Classics - UK Vol. 2
by Furman, Simon; Mennell, Ian
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013

Classic Transformers tales from the UK continuity continue here! These vintage stories are presented in order, many published for the first time in the United States! Writer and life-long Transformers fan James Roberts provides in-depth, historical perspective in each volume, and Transformers UK artist Andrew Wildman provides new covers! Collects issues #45-59.
Book cover of Lessons from Hurricane Ike
by Philip B. Bedient, James B. Blackburn Jr., Shannon S. Van Zandt
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012

If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what was already one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history would have quadrupled. Ike made everyone realize just how exposed and vulnerable the Houston-Galveston area is in the...
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