John King: 80 books
Our Prince of Scribes
Writers Remember Pat Conroy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In...
by Christopher Highley, John N. King
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Interest in John Foxe and his hugely influential text Acts and Monuments is particularly vibrant at present. This volume, the third to arise from a series of international colloquia on Foxe, collects essays by established and up-and-coming scholars. It broadly embraces five major areas of early modern...
A Sea of Words
A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
A guide to the British Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Age for fans of the Aubrey–Maturin series: “A gem of a book” (Minneapolis Star Tribune).
What is a sand-grouse, and where does it live? What are the medical properties of lignum vitae, and how did Stephen Maturin use it to repair his...
Every Man Will Do His Duty
An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson 1793–1815
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Napoleonic-era accounts of life aboard Royal Navy warships: “Readers of Patrick O’Brian and C. S. Forester will enjoy this collection” (Library Journal).
At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the British Navy was the mightiest instrument of war the world had ever known. The Royal...
Say It Plain
A Century of Great African American Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2006
A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice—with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more.
In “full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul”, this unique anthology collects the transcribed speeches of the...
by John Wells King of Garvey Schubert Barer, John Pelkey, Erwin G. Krasnow
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
The only book of its kind, Profitably Buying and Selling Broadcast Stations, provides never published-before information on the business, technical and legal aspects of investing in and acquiring broadcast stations.
If you are interested in buying, selling or investing in a broadcast station,...
America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics
Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence...
Unloaded Volume 2
More Crime Writers Writing Without Guns
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2018
The Anthony-nominated collection of crime stories without guns—the collection we didn't want to be necessary—is back for Volume 2.
Two dozen more crime writers have come together to raise their voices and take pen in hand to call for a sensible and reasoned debate about guns in America....
Anne Askew
Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series 1, Part One, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Anne Askew (1521-1546) was accused of heresy because of her denial of the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation and ritual of mass. These two works provide an extremely rare autobiographical account of heresy interrogations, torture, trial and conviction. Her manuscripts were smuggled out of England to John Bale on the Continent who edited and published them in 1545 and 1546 respectively.
by John Helfers, Michael A. Stackpole, Mel Odom
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2016
DARKNESS EVERYWHERE...
The Sixth World is a dangerous place, with deadly hazards lurking around every corner. Everywhere shadowrunners go, from the top of the world to the deepest, darkest sprawl neighborhood, someone’s always looking to make their rep by taking you down.
World of...
Dungeons & Dreamers (Part I - Free Download)
A story of how computer games created a global culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Try Part I of Dungeons & Dreamers before you buy the book. If you enjoy what you read, you can purchase the print or digital version at any of your major book retailers, which you'll find in the back of this book. Before you make that decision, you'll first meet Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, the...
Dungeons & Dreamers
A story of how computer games created a global community
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
In 1974, Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson published the tabletop game Dungeons & Dragons, a fantasy role-playing game. Through the next 40 years, computer game developers used these fantasy worlds as archetypes for the budding virtual game worlds These games would become as varied as books in a library,...
Doing Business In Ghana
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
This book provides a thorough perspective on the realities of doing business in Ghana, outlining the economic, social, technological, and cultural dimensions of the society. It offers insight for entrepreneurs into the region’s markets based on GDP growth, political and governmental systems, relationships...
Harbors and High Seas
An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
This companion for fans of the Napoleonic sea sagas offers maps of the novels’ streets, seas, and coasts, and much more.
The tall-masted sailing ships of the early nineteenth century were the technological miracles of their day, allowing their crews to traverse the seas with greater speed...