List 7 of books by John R

The Wisest Council in the World

Restoring the Character Sketches by William Pierce of Georgia of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787

by John R. Vile
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015

Of all the written portraits of the delegates who attended the Federal Convention of 1787, few are as complete and compelling as those penned by William Pierce Jr. (1753–89), one of four delegates from Georgia. While at the convention or shortly thereafter, Pierce produced character sketches of...

Amateurs, to Arms!

A Military History of the War of 1812

by John R. Elting
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1991

Begun in ignorance of the military reality, the War of 1812 was our "most unmilitary war," fought catch-as-catch-can with raw troops, incompetent officers, and appallingly inadequate logistics. American soil was invaded along three frontiers, thte nation's capital was occupied and burned,...

The Unraveling

Pakistan in the Age of Jihad

by John R. Schmidt
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011

How did a nation founded as a homeland for South Asian Muslims, most of whom follow a tolerant nonthreatening form of Islam, become a haven for Al Qaeda and a rogue's gallery of domestic jihadist and sectarian groups? In this groundbreaking history of Pakistan's involvement with radical Islam,...

The E.U.

An Obituary

by John R. Gillingham
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016

Is Brexit the beginning of the end for the EU? Fully updated and revised, this new edition of John R. Gillingham’s swingeing study explains why the European Union is so profoundly unsuited to the modern political economy. In a devastating historical account of political failure, he takes...

Tennessee Frontiers

Three Regions in Transition

by John R. Finger
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2001

This chronicle of the formation of Tennessee from indigenous settlements to the closing of the frontier in 1840 begins with an account of the prehistoric frontiers and a millennia-long habitation by Native Americans. The rest of the book deals with Tennessee’s historic period beginning with the...

The Historic Waterfront of Washington, D.C.

by John R. Wennersten
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014

The waters of the Potomac and the Anacostia Rivers surround and define the nation's capital. For centuries, these rivers have been manipulated environments--transformed by native populations, settlers, politicians and real estate developers. With docks and wharves extending from the Anacostia River to...

Vice

One Cop's Story of Patrolling America's Most Dangerous City

by Stephen J. Rivele, Sgt. John R. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011

9 square miles. 10,000 criminals. 130 cops. A riveting memoir by Baker, California's most-decorated police officer Compton: the most violent and crime-ridden city in America. What had been a semi-rural suburb of Los Angeles in the 1950s became a battleground for the Black Panthers and Malcolm...

After the Arab Spring

How Islamists Hijacked The Middle East Revolts

by John R. Bradley
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012

From the author of the book that uniquely predicted the Egyptian revolution, a new message about the Middle East: everything we're told about the Arab Spring is wrong. When popular revolutions erupted in Tunisia and Egypt, the West assumed that democracy and pluralism would triumph. Greatly...

The Scarecrow of Oz [Illustrated]

by L. Frank Baum, Eltanin Publishing, John R. Neill
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012

Eltanin Publishing's Oz Series - #9 ~~ includes ALL the original illustrations (over 110) by John R. Neill, many of them in color, and a new Preface by Oz expert and Eltanin Editor Joseph Nusbaum. ~~ From the Editor’s Preface: "The ninth Oz book in the series, The Scarecrow of...

Tik-Tok of Oz [Illustrated]

by L. Frank Baum, Eltanin Publishing, John R. Neill
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012

~ Includes ALL the original illustrations (over 100, some in color) by John R. Neill ~~ Tik-Tok of Oz follows a band of characters as they attempt to find and rescue The Shaggy Man's brother from the Nome King. Some we have met before, such as The Shaggy Man, the Nome King, Polychrome, Tik-Tok,...

A History of American Higher Education

by John R. Thelin
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011

Colleges and universities are among the most cherished—and controversial—institutions in the United States. In this updated edition of A History of American Higher Education, John R. Thelin offers welcome perspective on the triumphs and crises of this highly influential sector in American life. Thelin’s...

Freedomnomics

Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-baked Theories Don't

by John R. Lott Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2007

Are free market economies really based on fleecing the consumer? Is the U.S. economy truly just a giant free-for-all that encourages duplicity in our everyday transactions? Is everyone from corporate CEOs to your local car salesman really looking to make a buck at your expense? In Freedomnomics: Why...

Obamanomics

How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics

by John R. Talbott
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011

Bestselling author John R. Talbott, who predicted the housing and mortgage crisis, pictures in Obamanomics--written well in advance of the historic 2008 elections--a Barack Obama presidency based on justice and cooperation—principles that have not held sway in Washington, DC, for quite some time....

How Barack Obama is Endangering our National Sovereignty

How Global Warming Hysteria Leads to Bad Science, Pandering Politicians and Misguided Policies That

by John R Bolton
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010

Today, American sovereignty is more challenged than ever before, not from enemies that threaten us militarily but from friends” who urge us to share or reduce our sovereignty for larger global objectives. How Barack Obama is Endangering our National Sovereignty reveals what sovereignty means to...

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