John Brewer: 19 books
The American Leonardo
A Tale of Obsession, Art and Money
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2009
In 1919 a returning World War I veteran named Harry Hahn and his French bride attempted to sell what they thought was a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci in New York. Renowned art dealer Sir Joseph Duveen declared the picture-La Belle Ferronnière-a fake without ever seeing the canvas. The Hahns sued...
The Pleasures of the Imagination
English Culture in the Eighteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
The Pleasures of the Imagination examines the birth and development of English "high culture" in the eighteenth century. It charts the growth of a literary and artistic world fostered by publishers, theatrical and musical impresarios, picture dealers and auctioneers, and presented to th public in...
by John Brewer
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
A slim volume, quite densely-packed with detail and examples of crafting an ePub for many eReaders, using open-source software, as concise and as complete as possible with examples with the aim to produce eBooks that presented as well on e-Reader screens as the most well-produced paper-based books....
Running Science
Optimizing Training and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Running is a deceptively simple sport. At its most basic, you need only shoes and comfortable clothes you don’t mind getting sweaty. Yet each time you lace up, all your body’s moving parts must work together to achieve a gait that will keep you injury-free. Many other factors also affect your...
Run Smart
Using Science to Improve Performance and Expose Marathon Running’s Greatest Myths
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Renowned marathon expert and leading sports scientist Professor John Brewer reveals why many of the concepts surrounding marathon training and running are wrong - and suggests how the latest sports science research transforms the way marathons should be approached.
Run Smart uses the latest...
The Sinews of Power
War, Money and the English State 1688-1783
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
JACK THE RIPPER - First Publications (Published 1888. Illustrated)
THE CURSE UPON MITRE SQUARE. A. D. 1530 - 1888 & THE HISTORY OF THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
THE CURSE UPON MITRE SQUARE. A. D. 1530 - 1888 By JOHN FRANCIS BREWER. (Original Illustrated, Unabridged 1888 Version)
THE HISTORY OF THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS - A Full And Authentic Narrative Of The Above Murders, With Sketches. (Original Illustrated, Unabridged 1888 and 1889 Versions)
During the era...
by John M. Brewer, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
The Bulldogs of Westinghouse High School were a legend in mid-century Pennsylvania as perennial Pittsburgh city football champs and much-feared exhibition-game opponents for elite, outlying Western Pennsylvania steel-town teams where many greats like Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, and Joe Montana were...
Our Prince of Scribes
Writers Remember Pat Conroy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In...
by John M. Brewer Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2007
Pittsburgh Jazz documents the almost forgotten magic created in the city of Pittsburgh by a host of artists, uptown inner city streets, and jazz joints that served patrons from a menu packed full of delightful music. The magical improvised songs, compositions, and unique styles of hundreds of those who...
by John M. Brewer Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2006
African Americans in Pittsburgh chronicles the distinct trends in this African American community. There was never one centralized neighborhood where a majority of the black population lived, and city schools were integrated until after desegregation laws were passed. Photographs captured by famed Pittsburgh...
Free Speech On Trial
Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them.
At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and...
by Arthur Frommer, Stephen Brewer, Jason Cochran
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
The 800-plus pages of this four-color book mark a milestone in European travel writing. It was Arthur Frommer who first set off an avalanche of travel to Europe, and whose subsequent writings and commentary have constantly expanded that market. And now Arthur Frommer has himself edited (and written personal...
Peace Processes
A Sociological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Peace processes are mostly very fragile. This engagingly written book takes a bold new approach to the topic by beginning from the premise that sociology can identify those factors that help to stabilize them.
The book draws a distinction between the political and social dimensions of peace...
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