John Bryan: 47 books
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Understanding China [3rd Edition]
A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
After ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at stake in China's present and future. In the new edition, Starr seamlessly weaves in additional material on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese...
by Michael Fleming, John Bryan
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Winner of the Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize
Musical repertory of great importance and quality was performed on viols in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England. This is reported by Thomas Mace (1676) who says that ’Your Best Provision’ for playing such music is a chest of old English...
Entrusted with the Gospel: Pastoral Expositions of 2 Timothy by John Piper, Philip Ryken, Mark Driscoll, K. Edward Copeland, Bryan Chapell, J. Ligon Duncan
Pastoral Expositions of 2 Timothy by John Piper, Philip Ryken, Mark Driscoll, K. Edward Copeland, Bryan Chapell, J. Ligon Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
The church needs a strong reminder of the glorious weight of Scripture. The Bible is preached from the pulpit less and less, and we need to return to what is most important. The Gospel Coalition seeks to address this need. It exists “to be robustly biblical, richly theological, constantly elevating...
Eternal Living
Reflections on Dallas Willard's Teaching on Faith and Formation
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Dallas Willard spent his life making eternal living concrete for his friends. With his unexpected passing in 2013, the world lost a brilliant mind. The wide breadth of his impact inspired friends, family, colleagues, students and leaders of the church to gather their reflections on this celebrated...
Barbarians at the Gate
The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
“One of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980’s.”
—New York Times Book Review
A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall...
A History of Weapons
Crossbows and Lots of Other Things that Can Seriously Mess You Up
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
One day a prehistoric guy picked up a rock and threw it at something. And the history of weapons began. Comedy writer and weapon nerd John O'Bryan relays the freaky highlights of man's centuries-old obsession with weaponry. He hilariously explains the mace, the morning star, and the man catcher, while...
As a Gentleman Would Say
Responses to Life's Important (and Sometimes Awkward) Situations
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
On any given day, a man is faced with situations that demand a response. He runs into a friend who was recently fired . . . His date can’t seem to pry herself away from a texting conversation during dinner . . . Someone at his gym routinely monopolizes the equipment . . . He finds himself in a nearly...
A Gentleman Walks Down the Aisle
A Complete Guide to the Perfect Wedding Day
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011
This guide will shape even the most baffled groom into a well-mannered gentleman, from engagement party to reception and every blessed event in between.
He may not have been dreaming of this magical day since childhood, but a groom's role in his wedding is as important as his bride's. This...
Nyx in the House of Night
Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
The House of Night is no ordinary school—and not just because it's for vampyres. It's a place where magic, religion, folklore, and mythology from multiple traditions merry meet and meld to create something incredible and new.In Nyx in the House of Night—a 2-color illustrated companion to the House...
Toasts and Tributes Revised and Expanded
A Gentleman's Guide to Personal Correspondence and the Noble Tradition of the Toast
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Toasts and Tributes helps men master these important skills with examples of more than 40 different toasts and 40 different notes. Includes examples of what to say and, perhaps more important, examples of what not to say.
Perhaps he’s been asked to say a few words at his college roommate’s...
A Gentleman Entertains Revised and Expanded
A Guide to Making Memorable Occasions Happen
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
Everything you need to know for any occasion - dinner parties to tailgate potlucks.
Here’s a thought. Entertaining isn’t just something that happens when the ladies decide to break out the good china. Any gentleman who enjoys the company of friends, a delicious meal, or a great drink should...
by John Joseph Adams, N.K. Jemisin, Seanan McGuire
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy,...
by Rebecca L. Brown, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, M. Pax
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
They roll in from unknown places, mysterious and unexplained. They take root, take over, spread to all corners and refuse to be eradicated. No one can say why they came, but there's no arguing that they're up to no good. These plants are out for blood, and getting rid of them will take a certain kind...
Genetic Influences on Addiction
An Intermediate Phenotype Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
A comprehensive review of research examining intermediary mechanisms to understand the link between genetic variation and addiction liability.
Although there is scientific consensus that genetic factors play a substantial role in an individual's vulnerability to drug or alcohol addiction, specific...