Jones: 7670 books
That's Outside My Boat
Letting Go of What You Can't Control
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
When veteran television announcer Charlie Jones got assigned to the hinterlands of Olympic broadcasting to cover rowing, canoeing, and kayaking, he serendipitously discovered a powerful philosophy for focused living: That's Outside My Boat. He learned that Olympic rowers never let anything outside...
by Lisa Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
In Bulletproof Diva, Lisa Jones brings the wit and candor of her infamous Village Voice column, "Skin Trade," to a much larger audience. Chock full of the "fierce black girl humor" that has made her column so popular, this provocative collection of essays and...
by Chris Jones
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
In one week in September of 2008, Chris Jones lost his job and then 3 days later lost his good friend Paul to cancer. What was gained in these losses, however, led him ultimately to find sources of strength in life’s moments that had previously been swirling past without much inspection.
Inspired...
Better than Fiction 2
True adventures from 30 great fiction writers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher,Better Than Fiction 2, the follow-up to 2012's Better Than Fiction, is a second serving of true travel stories told by some of the world's best fiction writers including Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley and Karen Joy Fowler.
Varied in place,...
by Jenny Robin Jones
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2018
The Treaty of Waitangi had been in place for only two years when the London set out from England with a full shipload of wannabe pioneers. Driven by a variety of motives, many of them related to poverty and lack of positive expectations, they responded to slick advertising and set out for a new life...
Art Law
A Concise Guide for Artists, Curators, and Art Educators
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Between the countless works of art in the world and numerous laws on their care, the task of deciphering correct procedure can seem daunting. In Art Law: A Concise Guide for Artists, Curators, and Art Educators, Michael E. Jones breaks down the legal language into a concise tool for all those involved...
by Matthew H. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2018
An estate agent burns his tenants to death, a manager commands his subordinates to wrestle naked, and a campsite is overrun by crack-addled MPs.
Delve further into the world of the Brute with the first volume of stories by author Matthew H. Jones
The Human Factor
Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
George W. Bush’s presidency was poisoned by a lack of human source intelligence on 9/11, Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. Carter was humiliated by the hostage crisis in Iran. The Bay of Pigs was President Kennedy’s greatest blunder. Vietnam ended the Johnson presidency and Korea ended Truman’s....
Love Illuminated
Exploring Life's Most Mystifying Subject (with the Help of 50,000 Strangers)
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
From the editor of the New York Times' popular "Modern Love" column, the story of love from beginning to end (or not).
Love. We want it. We need it. We pay it homage with songs and poems and great works of art. And when we lose it, there's no pain as intense or excruciating. For centuries...
by Holly Goddard Jones
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
In Girl Trouble, acclaimed writer Holly Goddard Jones examines small-town Southerners aching to be good, even as they live in doubt about what goodness is.
A high school basketball coach learns that his star player is pregnant--with his child. A lonely woman reflects on her failed marriage...
The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music
From Adele to Ziggy, the Real A to Z of Rock and Pop
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music is an incredible and opinionated collection of celebrated cultural critic Dylan Jones's thoughts on more than 350 of the most important artists around the world—alive and dead, big and small, at length and in brief. This A to Z reference is the true musical...
Memphis Boys
The Story of American Studios
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2010
Memphis Boys chronicles the story of the rhythm section at Chips Moman's American Studios from 1964, when the group began working together, until 1972, when Moman shut down the studio and moved the entire operation to Atlanta. Utilizing extensive interviews with Moman and the group, as well as additional...
by Paul Morley, Grace Jones
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Miss Grace Jones: dé vrouw die de muziekwereld vanaf de jaren tachtig domineerde. Herkenbaar aan haar excentrieke stijl en androgyne look en voortdurend een inspiratiebron voor grote sterren, zoals Lady Gaga, Rihanna en Basement Jaxx. In Mijn onvertelde leven doet de iconische legende voor het eerst...
by Sharon D. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
This survival guide gets the reader settled into a foreign country quickly and painlessly.Using inspirational stories and easy to follow guidelines Jones guides and helps us avoid the potential pitfalls of moving to Canada, combining humour and useful information.