Jones: 7670 books

Jeremy B. Jones’s essay “In Search of Dreadlocks (and Captain Zero),” originally published in Relief, was named a notable essay in Best American Essays 2009, edited by Mary Oliver. His essay “The Resurrection of Ray Jones,” originally published in Ruminate, was named a notable essay in the...

God gives second chances and we can’t be afraid to take the opportunities we’re given in life. That’s the message a former collegiate basketball star, Dr. Tamica Smith Jones, presents in her memoir, A Ball and Dream. Circumstances, choices and missteps along the way seem poised to make...

Adam Jones is a character who pretends to be rough and tough, however is not; he is like the man I would like to be. He has special abilities as does his very large dog Jack. Jonesy owned a farm in Nebraska and did everything he could to live a peaceful life. His life was changed when two armed and...

World-changers do not appear out of a vacuum. They follow the path lit by those who walk before them. E. Stanley Jones was a man who spent his life lighting the path. A missionary evangelist to India, Jones became friends with Mahatma Gandhi. Upon the assassination of Gandhi, Jones penned biography...

**2017 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER The partial inspiration for the ABC television mini-series!** "You could read Cleve Jones's book because you should know about the struggle for gay, lesbian, and transgender rights from one of its key participants--maybe heroes--but really, you...

Praise for Saeed Jones:"Jones is the kind of writer who's more than wanted: he's desperately needed."—FlavorWire"I get shout-happy when I read these poems; they are the gospel; they are the good news of the sustaining power of imagination, tenderness, and outright joy."—D. A. Powell"Prelude to Bruise...

This collection of 44 poems, by Jean Arthur Jones, is edited and published by Bruce Whealton. It reflects the editor's personal impression of what are the best poems of the many that have been written by Mr. Jean Arthur Jones. In writing this, it is implied that some of the poems chosen may reflect...

David Jones – author of In Parenthesis, the great poem of World War I – is increasingly recognized as a major voice in the first generation of British modernist writers. Acclaimed by the likes of T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, and W.H. Auden, his writing was deeply informed by his Catholic faith and...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Eli and Sibyl Jones Their Life and Work. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important...

“Jones writes with the voice of experience and as a friend of young people.  He consistently challenges what he sees as the ‘business as usual’ of schooling, including the current dominant model of school reform—raise standards, test children, reward and punish teachers and...

Since making his national debut in 1998, Stephen Jones has emerged from the shadows of the true greats of Welsh rugby, such as Barry John, Phil Bennett, Jonathan Davies and Neil Jenkins, to make the fly-half position his own. In this revealing autobiography, he provides a rare insight into the demands...

Often the decision between a customer choosing you over someone like you is your ability to know exactly what to say, when to say it, and how to make it count. Phil M. Jones has trained more than two million people across five continents and over fifty countries in the lost art of spoken communication....

James Jones’s saga of life in the American Midwest, newly revised five decades after it was first published and including a new foreword by his daughter, Kaylie Jones After the blockbuster international success of From Here to Eternity, James Jones retreated from public life, making his home...

From golden-voiced ingénue to bus-driving mother of a pop band, Shirley Jones sets aside her wholesome, squeaky clean image in a memoir as shockingly candid, deliciously juicy, and delightfully frank as the star herself. “You are going to meet the real flesh-and-blood Shirley Jones, not...