John Waller: 18 books
Irish Flames
Peter Wallers true story of the arrival of the Black and Tans
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Before co-founder of the American School in London Peter Waller died he gave a partial manuscript to the author, his half-brother. His story is based on his memories of his childhood and the 1920 arrival of the Black and Tans. It is set in heart-wrenching times, intertwining flames of freedom, flames...
by John Waller
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Atlantic Affair consists of three parts. Part One is a description of one of Ireland's greatest yachtsmen Otway Waller's single-handed voyage made in 1930 following the route of his friend and gun-runner Conor O'Brien's circumnavigation, in which he demonstrated the value of the self-steering system...
by Jim Baggott, Stephen Fender, Maryanne Woolf
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Icon Books is an independent British publisher which publishes popular and engaging non-fiction for adults. We’re proud to be part of the Independent Alliance in the UK, publishing companies who share a common vision of editorial excellence and original, diverse publishing. This ebook sampler –...
Greek Walls
An Odyssey in Corfu
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
In 1966, John Waller and his Danish wife visit the island of Corfu in Greece. In the days before charter flights and package tours, Corfu is 'heaven on earth'. Taken under the wing of George Manessis, a member of an influential local family, they explore an island, which has few proper roads and no...
Dancing Plague
The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
A gripping tale of one of history's most bizarre events, and what it reveals about the strange possibilities of human nature
In the searing July heat of 1518, Frau Troffea stepped into the streets of Strasbourg and began to dance. Bathed in sweat, she continued to dance. Overcome with exhaustion,...
Corfu Sunset
Avrio never comes
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
You love Greece? How about the Greek workmen?Fancy living in the sun? Read Corfu Sunset first.Just retired John Waller and his Danish wife decide to renovate their near-derelict holiday home. They gain control from their neighbour who has pumped sewage on their land. In a frenetic summer they build...
Walking the Corfu Trail
With Friends, Flowers and Food
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
Three septuagenarians walk 180km of Corfu Trail in eight days, from Kavos on the southern tip to picturesque Agni in the northeast. 6 Freytag and Berndt maps guide the reader along the trail and 25 views illustrate the beauty of their journey. The three oldies photograph flowers identifying 150 (see...
by John Waller
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
The concept of heredity is fundamental to how we see ourselves and others. It goes far beyond the obvious continuity of physical traits across generations. We routinely ascribe similarities in personality, intellect, outlook, and aptitude between family members to what's passed down in sperm and eggs....
Fabulous Science
Fact and Fiction in the History of Scientific Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2004
The great biologist Louis Pasteur suppressed 'awkward' data because it didn't support the case he was making. John Snow, the 'first epidemiologist' was doing nothing others had not done before. Gregor Mendel, the supposed 'founder of genetics' never grasped the fundamental principles of 'Mendelian'...
A Treatise on the Incubus
Night-Mare, Disturbed Sleep, Terrific Dreams and Nocturnal Visions
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
A Treatise on the Incubus, or Night-Mare, Disturbed Sleep, Terrific Dreams and Nocturnal Visions
There must however be some reason for the universal opinion that it always attacks persons lying on the back. I was for a long time of opinion myself, that I was always lying in that position when...
by John Waller
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The enjoyment of comfortable and undisturbed sleep, is certainly to be ranked amongst the greatest blessings which heaven has bestowed on mankind; and it may be considered as one of the best criterions of a person enjoying perfect health. On the contrary, any disturbance which occurs in the enjoyment...
Harvard Classics Volume 40
English Poetry 1: Chaucer To Gray
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
Life, Death, and Meaning
Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology...
Life, Death, and Meaning
Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology...
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