Jonathan Richards: 6 books

In McCarthy-era America, the fight for freedom and justice is going to need real heroes—even if they’re fictional. Enter Nick Carraway and Jake Barnes…   It’s 1953, and the United States seems hell-bent on squandering the global goodwill earned in World War II, as Tailgunner Joe ramps up...

Facadism - the preservation of historic facades, the creation of facsimiles in front of new buildings and the decorative exercises of postmodernism - is accused of destroying architectural innovation, of divorcing the interior and exterior of buildings and of reducing townscapes to theatre sets. Its...

One hundred and fifty years of providing care to the mentally ill provides an opportunity to reflect on the lives, the work and the social forces involved in the mental health facility, now known as The Park Centre for Mental Health. This book, which builds on previous projects to record the history...

The Thirty-nine Million Steps is the true story of an epic 'end to end' solo walk the length of Britain. Entertaining and beautifully written from start to finish, this book is as charming as it is inspirational. Vivid descriptions let the reader follow every step of the way from the very tip of Cornwall...

Analyses of big datasets signal important directions for the archaeology of religion in the Archaic to Mississippian Native North America Across North America, huge data accumulations derived from decades of cultural resource management studies, combined with old museum collections, provide...

L’universo fantastico de Il Signore degli Anelli di Tolkien non rappresenta una via di fuga dalla realtà. È piuttosto un’occasione narrativa per mettere a fuoco alcuni dei grandi temi del nostro tempo: la libertà; la tentazione del potere; la proprietà e i limiti dello Stato; la dottrina della guerra giusta; un’ecologia sostenibile; l’amore e la morte.