John Walker: 105 books
by John Walker
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Albert West sits in the forests of central Mississippi, contemplating his life. He has been drafted into military service during World War II. During his deployment overseas, he meets Bo Landrum, son of a commercial fisherman from near Mobile, Alabama. Bo has an intriguing tale of sunken treasure...
Art & Outrage
Provocation, Controversy and the Visual Arts
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 1998
‘Walker systematically and chronologically works through 39 case studies, starting in 1949 with Alfred Munnings and ending in 1998 with a sculptor guilty of stealing body parts. The accounts vary in depth and interest but all reveal some background in relation to the systematic manipulation of events...
by John A. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2002
The uneasy crossover between art and celebrity has been much discussed in recent years. Artists as celebrities is hardly a new phenomenon, but the growing cult of celebrity in contemporary culture is throwing up paradoxical ideas about the contradictions between 'high' art and mass appeal and blurring...
Bracketing the Enemy
Forward Observers in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
After the end of World War II, General George Patton declared that artillery had won the war. Yet howitzers did not achieve victory on their own. Crucial to the success of these big guns were forward observers, artillerymen on the front lines who directed the artillery fire. Until now, the vital role...
A Certain Curve of Horn
The Hundred-Year Quest for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2004
“Walker . . . weaves a surprisingly fascinating story around one animal, involving colonialism, revolution, biology, and politics . . . Hard to put down.” —Booklist
In A Certain Curve of Horn, veteran journalist John Frederick Walker tells the story of one of the most revered and endangered...
Transforming America
Barack Obama in the White House
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
The presidency of Barack Obama seeks major transformation of American politics and policy. This new collection, edited by Steven E. Schier, examines the unusual combination of risk and ambition in Obama's presidency concerning popular politics, Washington politics, and economic and foreign policy....
Beach, Breeze, Bloodshed
A Teddy Creque Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
“Sun, Sand, Murder by John Keyse-Walker is a winner. It is written with the coral clarity of a Caribbean atoll, and evokes an edgy rhythm that suits the protagonist, Teddy Creque, and his wholly authentic domain, the Virgin Islands.”—Randy Wayne White
After barely surviving the first...
Cultural Offensive
America's Impact on British Art Since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1998
The vibrant fine arts and mass culture that the United Stated exported to Britain in the postwar period had a powerful and far-reaching impact on many British artists, art students and critics. In a fascinating social and cultural history covering the period from the 1940s to the 1990s, but with emphasis...
Ivory's Ghosts
The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
“[A] tour de force examination of the history of ivory . . . and the demise of the elephant and human decency in the process of this unholy quest.” —The Huffington Post
Praised for the nuance and sensitivity with which it approaches one of the most fraught conservation issues we face today,...
by John A. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2001
Can fine art survive in an age of mass media? If so, in what forms and to what purpose? And can radical art still play a critical role in today's divided world? *BR**BR*These are the questions addressed in the Art in the Age of Mass Media, as John Walker examines the fascinating relationship between...
Equity and Full Participation for Individuals with Severe Disabilities
A Vision for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today's and what should tomorrow's professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities...
Cucamonga Valley Wine
The Lost Empire of American Winemaking
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
The Cucamonga Valley was once America's largest wine-producing region, crafting quality vintages decades before Napa and Sonoma. Secondo Guasti, an ambitious and enterprising Italian immigrant, established the region's first vineyard in 1901, and others soon followed. Wineries like the Vai Brothers,...
by Jasper Bark, William Meikle, Gary McMahon
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
The Dark is coming! Call your friends over. You don't want to go through this alone. You will be taken back into the past, down to the depths of the ocean and across the borderline between our world and the next. You will see snapshots from the lives of small children, old-time cockney gangsters and...
Dead Funny: Encore
More Horror Stories by Comedians
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny: Encore is the second helping of monstrous tales from the brightest lights in UK comedy.
Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains team up for this second exploration of the relationship...