Jonathan Smith: 71 books
by Jonathan Riley-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
The Crusades were penitential war-pilgrimages fought in the Levant and the eastern Mediterranean, as well as in North Africa, Spain, Portugal, Poland, the Baltic region, Hungary, the Balkans, and Western Europe. Beginning in the eleventh century and ending as late as the eighteenth, these holy wars...
Crusades
Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics...
The Comic Book Story of Beer
The World's Favorite Beverage from 7000 BC to Today's Craft Brewing Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
**A New York Times Best Seller
A full-color, lushly illustrated graphic novel that recounts the many-layered past and present of beer through dynamic pairings of pictures and meticulously researched insight into the history of the world's favorite brew.**
The History of Beer Comes to...
by Jonathan Ashley-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
'Risk Assessment for Object Conservation' reflects Dr Jonathan Ashley-Smith's personal interests and views in areas including materials science, the ethics of restoration, the costs of conservation and the philosophy of museums.
This valuable book explains the mechanisms of deterioration of...
Re-Quest
Dark Fantasy Stories of Quests & Searches
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Home is behind, the world ahead. - J.R.R. Tolkien
Old gods outwitted by heroes. Magical weapons that bring good and evil. Dragons winging over the city or walking upon the earth. A wizard witnessing endless battles. These stories and more explore the theme of Re-Quest.
Leave home behind...
USA Noir
Best of the Akashic Noir Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
"All the heavy hitters...came out for USA Noir...an important anthology of stories shrewdly culled by Johnny Temple."
--New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)
One of Zoom Street Magazine's Favorite Books of 2014
Indie Books Roundup #1 Pick, Barnes & Noble Book Blog
Included...
Harvard Classics Volume 27
English Essays: Sidney To Macaulay
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Contents: 1. The Defense Of Poesy, by Sir Philip Sidney 2. On Shakespeare and On Bacon, by Ben Jonson 3. Of Agriculture, by Abraham Cowley 4. The Vision Of Mirza and Westminster Abbey, by Joseph Addison 5. The Spectator Club, by Sir Richard Steele 6. Hints Towards An Essay On Conversation, A Treatise...
by Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
The Crusades: A History is the definitive account of a key topic in medieval and religious history. Jonathan Riley-Smith, a world authority on the subject, explores the organisation of a crusade, the experience of crusading and the crusaders themselves, producing a textbook that is as accessible as...
Mind Games
Eight Science Fiction Thrillers With Attitude
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
Adventures among aliens and alternative worlds are more intense when your own mind becomes one of the enemies.
Lovers of science fiction will sample a rich variety in these novels of possible futures. This collection features brain-bending thrillers and many of the books will take you into...
Fiction River Special Edition: Editor Saves
An Original Anthology Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
In this second Fiction River Special Edition, award-winning editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch performs editing magic in assembling this anthology of stories saved by not one but six different Fiction River editors. Culled from stories that did not fit in the magazine’s regular run, these gems piece...
Re-Terrify
Horrifying Stories of Monsters and More
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2018
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away... - John le Carre
Vengeful undead. Demons. Hungry rats. These creatures and more haunt city streets, unlit hallways, deep space, and the corners of your imagination in Re-Terrify.
Send shivers down your spine with 18 horrifying tales from...
Writing Religion
The Case for the Critical Study of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
In 2002, the University of Alabama's Department of Religious Studies established the annual Aronov Lecture Series to showcase the works of nationally recognized scholars of religion capable of reflecting on issues of wide relevance to scholars from across the humanities and social sciences. Writing...
Re-Launch
science fiction stories of new beginnings
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2018
Beginnings are always messy. ~ John Galsworthy
Spacecrafts hurtling toward alien worlds. Second chances for civilizations. First contact. Rebirth. Non-humans looking for a new life. Opportunities for fresh starts and do-overs far from Earth. These stories and more explore the theme of Re-Launch.
Send...
Automating Junos Administration
Doing More with Less
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
How can you grow and maintain a reliable, flexible, and cost-efficient network in the face of ever-increasing demands? With this practical guide, network engineers will learn how to program Juniper network devices to perform day-to-day tasks, using the automation features of the Junos OS.
Junos...