John Williams: 286 books

Now that you have a Mac laptop, you have everything you need to be a Road Warrior—a mobile computing expert. Grab your Mac laptop and let John and Robin show you how to realize the full potential of mobile computing. Be productive, be creative, or just have a lot of fun while you’re on the go!...

Imperium in Imperio (1899) was the first black novel to countenance openly the possibility of organized black violence against Jim Crow segregation. Its author, a Baptist minister and newspaper editor from Texas, Sutton E. Griggs (1872–1933), would go on to publish four more novels; establish his...

24 Extremely Short Halloween Stories for your Briefest Moments From a Hillary Clinton stripper to mythical beast-women in the harsh Scandinavian tundra and from an unusual band of steadfast teddy bears to the last man in zombie-occupied Chicago, fill your briefest moments with pulse-pounding...

A “fascinating novel” of race and war in historical US conflicts—through the eyes of a black soldier inexplicably traveling through time (The New York Times Book Review).   In the midst of the racial tensions in the army during the Vietnam War, Capt. Abraham Blackman does what he can to educate...

A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns O my Luve's like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve's like the melodie That’s sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I: And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry: Till...

Trying to break in to the world of web design, but overwhelmed by the massive amounts of information out there? Then Web Design 101 is for you. It provides a code-free, jargon-light overview of web design from the designer's perspective. So you'll get detailed intros to visual design principles,...

Skip the tour bus and experience Washington, D.C. on foot! City Walks: Washington, D.C. provides an insider's view of the nation's capital. Each page in this ebook outlines a self-guided walking adventure, complete with detailed map and local secrets. Discover the best places to eat, drink, stop, shop, rest, walk, and play: Pick any page and start exploring Washington, D.C.!

A black musician arrested by Nazis in 1930s Germany endures the horrors of the Dachau death camp in this harrowing novel based on historical fact A self-proclaimed “gay negro” from New Orleans, Clifford Pepperidge made his name in the smoky nightclubs of Harlem in the 1920s, playing piano...

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, a talented writer, mixed with the leading figures of the literary scene in Georgian London; as an artist he exhibited at the Royal Academy, but he was also a profligate dandy and swindler. For 150 years he has also been damned as a murderer who poisoned three of his relations...

The Americas face many security challenges, including drug trafficking, organized crime, guerrilla movements, terrorism, and environmental challenges. Experts have long debated whether some countries in the region can be classified as failed states. While various states in the Americas have been labeled...

The editor wishes to thank the following for permission to reprint the material included in this volume: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD.--for selection from F. Rahman, Prophecy in Islam [London, 1959]; and The Macmillan Company (New York) for selections from A. J. Arberry, trans., Sufism [London 1950];--and...

The book offers an approach to developing a spiritual life using the medium of modern movies —the currency of popular culture. It provides an easy-to-follow format and various options for using the material by either individuals or groups, at home, in retreat, pastoral, academic or parish settings....

This timely work explores two influential religious traditions that might seem to have little in common: Twelver Shi'i Islam and Roman Catholicism. With the worldwide rise of religious fundamentalism, it is imperative that religious movements such as Christianity and Islam begin working harder to...