Richard King: 61 books
The Book Review of Death
A classic murder mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Murder, mystery and books. For fans of Agatha Christie and M.C.Beaton, The Book Review of Death is the final book in The Bookshop Mysteries, a captivating murder mystery series by Richard King.
If there's a mystery to solve in Montreal, Sam Wiseman will always find himself right in the middle...
by Richard King
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Richard King's account of the several years he spent working in a Bristol independent record shop in the early 90s is destined to become a classic of music writing. We live in an age when the most beautiful of recording formats, vinyl, is back in vogue and thriving. In the early 90s, with the march...
On Offence
the politics of indignation
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
A lively and passionate defence of reasoned debate
Everyone has taken and given offence; anyone who claims they haven’t is either lying or uniquely tolerant. Yet in recent years, offence has become more than an expression of annoyance — it’s now a form of political currency. Politicians...
Redskins
Insult and Brand
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The Washington Redskins franchise remains one of the most valuable in professional sports, in part because of its easily recognizable, popular, and profitable brand.
And yet “redskins” is a derogatory name for American Indians.
The number of grassroots campaigns to change the...
Orientalism and Religion
Post-Colonial Theory, India and "The Mystic East"
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Orientalism and Religion offers us a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. Richard King examines the way in which notions such as mysticism, religion, Hinduism and Buddhism are taken for granted. He shows us how religion needs to be reinterpreted...
by Sir William Stephen Richard King-Hall, Stephen Richard King-Hall, Prometheus Classics
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
This Work contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable. The diary of a World War One U-Boat commander. As well as being a fascinating glimpse of life on the German U-boats during the intense submarine blockade, this also reminds us there were humans...
A Brush with Death
A classic murder mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Part of a new cosy-crime series set in an independent bookshop
Sam Wiseman is back to investigate murder and mystery in Montreal! For fans of Agatha Christie and M.C. Beaton, A Brush With Death is the second book in The Bookshop Mysteries series. When a famous author is murdered, bookshop owner...
by Richard King
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Just when his own life appears to be back on track he gets a visit from Jess' family - the inlaws he never wanted - and reluctantly agrees to play out a facade of the world Jess remembers as they try to protect her.
Within this carefully constructed web of lies though, the couple find themselves...
Selling Spirituality
The Silent Takeover of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
From Feng Shui to holistic medicine, from aromatherapy candles to yoga weekends, spirituality is big business. It promises to soothe away the angst of modern living and to offer an antidote to shallow materialism.
Selling Spirituality is a short, sharp, attack on this fallacy. It shows how...
The Lark Ascending
The Music of the British Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
Originally from Newport, Gwent, for the last eighteen years Richard King has lived in the hill farming country of Radnosrshire, Powys. He is the author of Original Rockers, which was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize, and How Soon Is Now?, both published by Faber.
Well of Sins
Book Three: of Kindness & Envy
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
BOOK DESCRIPTION All civilizations have a story or myth of an Armageddon, a great war where good and evil will clash, fighting for the fate of the Universe. Some say good will triumph, others say not. In the time of Troy, three god-forged items were crafted. None of the gods who made these artifacts...
Learning Culture through Sports
Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical context...
Well of Sins
Book One: of Chastity & Lust
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
BOOK DESCRIPTION All civilizations have a story or myth of an Armageddon, a great war where good and evil will clash, fighting for the fate of the Universe. Some say good will triumph, others say not. In the time of Troy, three god-forged items were crafted. None of the gods who made these artifacts...
Well of Sins
Book Four: of Patience & Wrath
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
All civilizations have a story or myth of an Armageddon, a great war where good and evil will clash, fighting for the fate of the Universe. Some say good will triumph, others say not. In the time of Troy, three god-forged items were crafted. None of the gods who made these artifacts knew of the vital...