Jones: 7670 books
All Roads Lead to Jerusalem
A Muslim American Woman Looking for Hope and Answers in the West Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
When Jenny Jones and her three children move from their Washington home to that of Jenny's in-laws in the West Bank, the village of Safa seems like a haven. Sheltered from much of the area's troubles, Jenny considers the village to be the ideal place for her children to explore a part of their identity...
by Philippa Jones
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
‘Gloriana’, ‘Faerie Queene’, ‘Queen Bess’ are just some of the names given to Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. But the name for which she is perhaps best remembered and which best explains why Elizabeth was the last of the Tudor monarchs,...
The Gulf War
Operation Desert Storm 1990-1991
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2014
Each stage in the Gulf War, the liberation by American-led UN forces of Iraqi-occupied Kuwait in 1990-91, is vividly described in this photographic history. Over 180 photographs provide a remarkable visual account of Operation Desert Storm in the air, at sea and on land, and they show the vast array...
by Michael R. Bradley, Shirley Farris Jones
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2012
As the Civil War unfolded, Murfreesboro became hotly contested by Confederate and Union forces. Both sides occupied the town for significant periods, with power changing hands as the fighting raged. Punctuated by events like Nathan Bedford Forrest�s raid on Union forces in July 1862, Jefferson Davis�s...
by Richard O Jones
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
When the married veterinarian Dr. David Roberts, a renowned expert on exotic cattle and distributor of a line of patent medicines for pets and farm animals, approached the spinster schoolteacher Grace Lusk about helping him edit a textbook on cattle, he sparked a three-year illicit relationship that...
by Richard O Jones
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Before he could bleed out, his family discovered the bloody, bloody scene, and rescued the beleaguered coal man. He said his only regret is that he didn't kill his meddling mother-in-law, too. This "novelette" length true crime story details the family quarrel that led to the gruesome crime and the delivery of turn-of-the-century justice.
by Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
"Great anxiety is expressed by all to reach home by the Fourth of July, which at present looks very probable. But, dear Journal, I cannot write, I feel too good." Jenk Jones would make it home on the 3rd of July, 1865. After three long years away from home with the 6th Wisconsin Artillery Battery,...
Last Stand at Khe Sanh
The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
The riveting story of the heroic three-month defense of Khe Sanh by 6,000 Marines--an epic confrontation at a pivotal moment in America's war in Vietnam
Last Stand at Khe Sanh is a vivid, fast-paced account of the dramatic 1968 confrontation, when 6,000 US Marines held off 30,000 North Vietnamese...
Hell Hawks!
The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Hell Hawks sets a new standard for histories of the tactical anti-war in Europe. Veteran authors Bob Dorr and Tom Jones combine masterfully crafted veteran interviews with the broader picture of the air war fought by the Thunderbolt men. You gain a new appreciation of just how tough their deadly task...
by Tucker-Jones, Anthony
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
The remarkable photographs collected together for this book show in graphic detail the role armor played in the Allied struggle to exploit the D-Day landings and liberate occupied France and the skill and tenacity of the German panzer units that confronted them. The struggle gave rise to a sequence...
Armoured Warfare in the Far East 1937-1945
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history is a fascinating visual introduction to the armoured battles of the Second World War in the Far East and Asia-Pacific regions, from 1937 to 1945. In contrast to the experience of the armies that fought in Europe and North Africa, in the Far East tanks remained...
The Lively Experiment
Religious Toleration in America from Roger Williams to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
The Lively Experiment chronicles how Americans have continually demolished traditional prejudices while at the same time erecting new walls between belief systems. Nearly four hundred years after Roger Williams' 1633 Rhode Island colony, the "lively experiment" of religious tolerance remains...
by Mr Nick Jones
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Matchbox toys were ubiquitous items for children across the Western world. Originally labelled Christmas-cracker trash by retailers and shopkeepers, the small-scale 1-75 series soon began to see unprecedented worldwide sales in the 1950s. Smaller and cheaper than most of its competitors' toys, Matchbox...
The Sportsman
Unexpected Lessons from an Around-the-World Sports Odyssey
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
With 11 seasons in the NFL, Dhani Jones had an unusually long career for a football player. But early on, Dhani thought his playing days were over. Cut by the Eagles and the Saints, he was at a professional crossroads. When the Bengals called, though, he was more than ready and in the best shape of...