John Smith: 388 books

Rugby - is it love or addiction? There’s little doubt that South Africans are mad for rugby. In this book some of the country’s most famous rugby fans, and a Springbok or two, put into plain words what the game means to them. The likes of DA leader Tony Leon, Spud author John van de Ruit and 702...

What does a real killer-for-hire look like? Is he a crew-cut, steely-eyed ex-Marine sniper? A hatchet-faced, shadowy wraith of a man with an unidentifiable Eastern-European accent? An elegant and beautiful English woman-without-a past? A stocky, overweight Button-man from New Jersey in a black shirt...

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive...

Facing any type of change can cause confusion and anxiety for individuals with autism spectrum conditions. This book looks at the small transitions in everyday life that can be a big deal for a child with autism and offers simple and effective strategies to make change less of a daily challenge. Explaining...

This book was written from the events that took place from 1995 till the present day, with a lot of questions I have had as I grew up. Who am I? Why am I here? What is the meaning of life? I searched the Scriptures and completed my doctorate,, hoping to find these answers, but they only came...

IgA nephropathy is a chronic kidney illness that sometimes first appears during puberty and in young adults, affecting three times as many men as women. It is also known as IgAN, Berger’s disease, synpharyngitic glomerulonephritis and IgA nephritis. The disease is a form of glomerulonephritis -...

This anthology features a selection of works written during the first century of English settlement in the colonies of North America. These texts illustrate the extraordinary depth of colonial writing (chronicles, poetry, captivity narratives, etc.) and help us understand the origins and the future of America and Americans.

Letters to Bangkok is a story of love born on the internet between a practising Thai surgeon and an English University marketing manager. The initial Skype conversations and subsequent letters are true and exact records of written exchanges between two people trying to find love. Below is an extract...

First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS) is a condition in which a person suffers from severe attacks of nausea and vomiting. CVS was first noted by Samuel Gee in 1982. Although a long time has passed, doctors are still unable to determine what causes CVS. Adults and children are equally vulnerable to this condition -- which is periodic.

The States is a fantastic book that facilitates and establishes our love of the USA in a humorously compiled set of facts and opinions.Each state has been carefully scrutinized and put in its place. After an initial analysis of each state, the reader is treated to interesting facts and tidbits....

This novel could best be described as historical fiction since it is based on actual events that the author experienced firsthand during the year 1950 and uses both real and fictional characters as well as real and fictional events. Following the second war to end all wars, a group of young men stationed...

The work details some of the key historical and recent events that have shaped the English culture since prehistoric times to the present. The dry, somewhat disturbing sampled accounts of the failings of the British system and its politicians lead the reader to the inexorable and unpleasant finale.

Aarskog-Scott syndrome is an inherited illness that primarily affects males. It occurs for one in one million births. However, mild forms of the disorder do exist and may go unrecognized. The disorder is identified by stunted growth along with facial, genital and skeletal abnormalities. Aarskog-Scott...