Jones: 7670 books
Georgia
A Political History Since Independence
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Georgia emerged from the fall of the Soviet empire in 1991 with the promise of swift economic and democratic reform. But that promise remains unfulfilled. Economic collapse, secessionist challenges, civil war and the failure to escape the legacy of Soviet rule - culminating in the 2008 war with Russia...
by Kathleen Jones
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
HE COURTED HER WITH PUNCH LINES.
Middle-aged stand-up comedian Josh Steinberg, formerly the star of his own popular TV series, finds himself struggling to keep his career alive, playing seedier and seedier clubs. Plump, balding, and plain-looking, he has never had much luck with women. That is, until...
by Ken Jones
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2015
Philosophy, poetry, politics, and people, Ken Jones’ Dormant Volcano covers a wide range of topics and expertly at that. Jones combines traditional devices with an experimental twist in order to tackle an intriguing array of subjects. Jones does not stick with what one would expect a poet to stick...
The Secret of the Totem
Religion and Society from McLennan to Freud
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2005
Though it is now discredited, totemism once captured the imagination of Sigmund Freud, Émile Durkheim, James Frazer, and other prominent Victorian thinkers. In this lively intellectual history, Robert Alun Jones considers the construction of a theory and the divergent ways religious scholars, anthropologists,...
The Play's the Thing
Teachers' Roles in Children's Play, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Responding to current debates on the place of play in schools, the authors have extensively revised their groundbreaking book. They explain how and why play is a critical part of children’s development, as well as the central role adults have to promote it. This classic textbook and popular...
Affects As Process
An Inquiry into the Centrality of Affect in Psychological Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
In this readable meditation on the nature of emotional experience, Joseph Jones takes the reader on a fascinating walking-tour of current research findings bearing on emotional development. Beginning with a nuanced reappraisal of Freud's philosophical premises, he argues that Freud's reliance on "primary...
Keeping the Vow
21 Tips for Handling Attraction, Dating & Temptation
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
How do you successfully manage saving sex for marriage when your hormones are raging and you live in a culture where casual sex come the norm? Can it really be done?
According to Author, Tracee Jones, it can! Within the pages of this book, you’ll find tips to help you stay on the path of...
by Joyce Stokes Jones, Michele Jones Galvin
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
By Joyce Stokes Jones and Michele Jones Galvin
For the first time, descendants of Harriet Tubman tell the story of the famed abolitionist within the context of their family lineage. This creative nonfiction work is an intricate mix of family lore, memoir, and historical reconstruction. It captures...
by Marie Jones
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
Two plays by award-winning playwright Marie Jones: the smash hit Stones in His Pockets, which ran for four years in London's West End; and an earlier monologue, A Night in November, exploring the subjects of football and sectarianism, set during the 1994 World Cup.
A two-man show about the...
Hive Mind
How Your Nation’s IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Over the last few decades, economists and psychologists have quietly documented the many ways in which a person's IQ matters. But, research suggests that a nation's IQ matters so much more.
As Garett Jones argues in Hive Mind, modest differences in national IQ can explain most cross-country...
El Establishment
La casta al desnudo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Tras nuestro sistema democrático se esconde una red poderosa e inconmensurable de gente que maneja cantidades masivas de poder y que saca beneficio en el proceso. Owen Jones expone este sombrío sistema que domina nuestras vidas, en un viaje al corazón de nuestro sistema político-económico...
International Trade Theory and Competitive Models
Features, Values, and Criticisms
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
World-renowned economist Ronald W. Jones gets to the essence of international trade theory in this collection of articles that span over half a century of his published work. As the global economy has grown, so too has the need for a deeper rooted understanding of trade — and its assorted benefits....
Make Money Playing Video Games
Secrets of Making Money Playing Video Games Revealed
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2018
What is the very Definition of Success? Getting Paid to do something you Love So Much you'd Do It For FREE!! Like Gaming!
Do You Love Gaming? Do You Need To Make Money? Would You Like To Do Both At The Same Time? That's Right! I said making money playing video games
If you said YES,...
Magic's Reason
An Anthropology of Analogy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
In Magic’s Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic. The two pursuits are not as separate as they may seem at first. As Jones shows, they not only matured around the same time, but they also shared mutually reinforcing stances toward modernity and...