John Sweeney: 20 books
The Devil's Playground
A True Story of Child Rape and Abuse at The Fessenden School
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2018
This is the true story of an elite Massachusetts boarding school that for years employed a ring of pedophiles in positions of power over boys ages 8 to 14. It is a true account of how these sexual predators singled out children to victimize, how they got away with it, and how the school could cover...
by John Sweeney
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
An authoritative and, at times, frightening investigation into the dark side of North Korean society.
North Korea is like no other tyranny on earth. Its citizens are told their home is the greatest nation on earth. Big Brother is always watching: It is Orwell's 1984 made reality.
Award-winning...
by John Sweeney
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
This book is not your usual whitewash. Irreverent, hilarious and surprising, Wayne Rooney: Boots of Gold is a tarts-and-all biography of England's most famous sportsman and an exposé of the iniquities of some of those who have sought their pound of flesh from his celebrity. Short-tempered and sweary...
The Innovative Mindset
5 Behaviors for Accelerating Breakthroughs
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Redefine what it means to be innovative
The Innovative Mindset calls the accepted definition of innovation into question, urging you to consider how innovation might function as a behavior that you perpetuate, rather than an inflexible theory or corporate-defined initiative. By asking yourself...
by Ian M. Ward, John Sweeney
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Providing an updated and comprehensive account of the properties of solid polymers, the book covers all aspects of mechanical behaviour. This includes finite elastic behavior, linear viscoelasticity and mechanical relaxations, mechanical anisotropy, non-linear viscoelasicity, yield behavior and fracture....
Weather, Climate and Climate Change
Human Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
A timely and accessible analysis of one of the most crucial and contentious issues facing the world today – the processes and consequences of natural and human induced changes in the structure and function of the climate system.
Integrating the latest scientific developments throughout, the...
by Sean Sweeney, John Fitch V
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Greg Patterson just watched his beloved Boston Red Sox lose to the New York Yankees in the 2003 American League Championship Series when he gets a radical idea: Build a time machine to make sure that one of baseball history's worst sales -- the sale of Babe Ruth -- never happens. But as he's researching...
God Grew Tired of Us
The Heartbreaking, Inspiring Story of a Lost Boy of Sudan
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2008
"Lost Boy" John Bul Dau’s harrowing experience surviving the brutal horrors of Sudanese civil war and his adjustment to life in modern America is chronicled in this inspiring memoir and featured in an award-winning documentary film of the same name. Movingly written, the book traces Dau’s...
American Catholics and Civic Engagement
A Distinctive Voice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding...
Brick Fairy Tales
Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hansel and Gretel, and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Enter the magical world of fairy tales retold through LEGO bricks! Filled with creative and whimsical settings built from this universally celebrated toy, this book presents an all-new retelling of the original Grimm’s fairy tales of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hansel...
Brick Shakespeare
The Tragedies-Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Enjoy four of Shakespeare’s tragedies told with LEGO bricks. Here are Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar enacted scene by scene, captioned by excerpts from the plays. Flip through one thousand color photographs as you enjoy Shakespeare’s iconic poetry and marvel at what can be...
Brick Fairy Tales and Greek Myths: Box Set
Classic Stories for the Whole Family
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Cinderella, the almighty Zeus, and LEGO? Respectively, Brick Fairy Tales and Brick Greek Myths were both huge hits. Now, for the first time, both of these books are available in a beautiful box set with two thousand full-color photographs depicting your favorite fairy-tale characters and the almighty...
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