Jason Thompson: 18 books

Book cover of A History of Egypt

A History of Egypt

From Earliest Times to the Present

by Jason Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011

In A History of Egypt*,* Jason Thompson has written the first one-volume work to encompass all 5,000 years of Egyptian history, highlighting the surprisingly strong connections between the ancient land of the Pharaohs and the modern-day Arab nation. No country's past can match Egypt's in antiquity,...
Book cover of Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle
by Jason Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010

Following in the footsteps of Napoleon's army, Europeans invaded Egypt in the early nineteenth century to gaze in wonder at the massive, inscrutable remains of its ancient civilizations. One of these travelers was a twenty-four-year-old Englishman, John Gardner Wilkinson. His copious observations of...
Book cover of King of RPGs 1
by Jason Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012

Jason Thompson, Level 14 Shaman/Oozemaster and author of Manga: The Complete Guide, joins forces with Victor Hao to deliver a wickedly funny send-up of manga and gamer culture. Roll up your character and get ready!   THE GREATEST GAMER ON EARTH ** ** At the University of California, Escondido, no...
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Playing with Books

The Art of Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book

by Jason Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010

In these pages, Jason Thompson has curated an extensive and artistic range of both achievable upcycled crafts made from books and book pages and an amazing gallery that contains thought-provoking and beautiful works that transform books into art. The content encompasses a wide range of techniques...
Book cover of King of RPGs 2
by Jason Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012

RETURN TO WORLD OF WARFARE!   After an intense World of Warfare (WOW) bender, college kid and hardcore gamer Shesh Maccabee finds himself completely consumed by his dark character, slayer extraordinaire Moggrathka. To avoid a repeat incident—and the potentially fatal consequences of getting whacked...
Book cover of Manga: The Complete Guide
by Jason Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012

• Reviews of more than 900 manga series • Ratings from 0 to 4 stars • Guidelines for age-appropriateness • Number of series volumes • Background info on series and artists THE ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR CHOOSING BETWEEN THE BEST AND THE REST! Whether you’re new to the world of...
Book cover of Wonderful Things

Wonderful Things

A History of Egyptology: 1: From Antiquity to 1881

by Jason Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015

The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we have today, recovered the Egyptian past while inventing...
Book cover of Wonderful Things

Wonderful Things

A History of Egyptology: 3: From 1914 to the Twenty-first Century

by Jason Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018

The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we have today, recovered the Egyptian past while inventing...
Book cover of Ephemeral Hunter-Gatherer Archaeological Sites
by Jason Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016

Archaeological Geophysics for Ephemeral Human Occupations: Focusing on the Small-Scale combines technological advances in near-surface geophysics with recent archaeological scholarship and underlying archaeological premises to provide a practical manual for guiding archaeo-geophysical research design....
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Queen Caroline and Sir William Gell

A Study in Royal Patronage and Classical Scholarship

by Jason Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018

This book explores the relationship between Queen Caroline, one of the most enigmatic characters in Regency England, and Sir William Gell, the leading classical scholar of his day. Despised and rejected by her husband, Caroline created a sphere and court of her own through patronage of scholarship. ...
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Foundations in Music Psychology

Theory and Research

by Andrew J Oxenham, Henkjan Honing, Fleur Bouwer
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019

A state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music psychology, written by leaders in the field. This authoritative, landmark volume offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music perception and cognition. Eminent scholars from...
Book cover of Bards and Sages Quarterly (October 2017)
by Milo James Fowler, Blake Gilmore, Sophie van Llewyn
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017

With each issue of the Bards and Sages Quarterly, we strive to bring fans of speculative fiction an engaging and entertaining variety of stories from new and established authors in the horror, fantasy, and science fiction genres. In this issue: stories by Tom Barlow, Jason Bougger, Milo James Fowler,...
Book cover of Anthropological Research Framing for Archaeological Geophysics

Anthropological Research Framing for Archaeological Geophysics

Material Signatures of Past Human Behavior

by Jason Randall Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015

Anthropological Research Framing for Archaeological Geophysics: Material Signatures of Past Human Behavior initiates a dialogue with other archaeological and geophysical professionals to do so. Most archaeological applications of geophysics remain methodological and technical, devoted to gaining awareness...
Book cover of The City Since 9/11

The City Since 9/11

Literature, Film, Television

by Justin St. Clair, Eduardo Barros Grela, Jason Buchanan
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016

Charting the intersection of aesthetic representation and the material conditions of urban space, The City Since 9/11 posits that the contemporary metropolis provides a significant context for reassessing theoretical concerns related to narrative, identity, home, and personal precarity. In the years...
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