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Jonathan W Thomas

What makes an Anglophile? What makes someone love a country not their own? Adventures in Anglotopia is a journey to answer this question, framed through a childhood exposed to British culture and then nearly twenty years of travel in Britain. It's an exploration of why one American man loves Britain so much but also why Britain is such a wonderful place, worthy of loving unconditionally. The narrative arc of the book answers this question by covering interesting topics related to Britain s...

Fifteen examples of great American true crime writing, edited by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Alex Delaware novels.Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators—it's a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year's best reportage, The Best American Crime Reporting 2008 brings together the murderers and the masterminds, the mysteries and missteps that make for brilliant stories, t...

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William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

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A Full Cast, Mort Shelby, Scott Graham, Andy Clemence, James Lewis, Eric Messner, Jonathan Feuer, Casie Platt, Bradley Smith, Thomas Keegan, Thomas Penny, Maboud Ebrahimzadeh, Ren Kasey, Gregory Wooddell, Laura C. Harris, Scott McCormick, Tony Nam, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Richard Rohan, Tim Carlin, Elizabeth Jernigan, Michael Glenn, Terence Aselford, Joe Brack, Andy Brownstein, Ken Jackson, Colleen Delany, Christopher Graybill, Kimberly Gilbert, Lily Beacon, David Jourdan, Michael John Casey, Gary Telles, Dylan Lynch, Nick DePinto, Nanette Savard, Nathanial Perry

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Christmas

As winter descends on the great state of Texas, the Jensen family faces off with renegades, rivals, and one raging storm—in this special yuletide adventure from America's beloved western storytellers…While most folks are busy preparing for Christmas, the tightknit Jensen clan can only hope they'll make it home. Luke Jensen is in San Antonio tracking down a dangerous outlaw. But when he finds the man leading a wholesome life—as a charity-working Hill Country pastor—Luke agrees to wa...

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Charles Morris, Oliver H. G. Leigh, Harriet Martineau, Henry Latham, Edward A. Pollard, William Howard Russell, S.C. Clarke, Thérès Yelverton, Thomas L. Nichols, Frederick Law Olmsted, G. W. Featherstonhaugh, J. S. Campion, Alfred Terry Bacon, Louis C. Bradford, Washington Irving, Meriwether Lewis, William Clarke, B. A. Watson, Henry G. Bryant, William Edward Parry, Elisha Kent Kane, W. S. Schley, Septima M. Collins, James A. Harrison, Jonathan Carver, Thomas M. Hutchinson, Charles Darwin, Benjamin F. Bourne

This book contains multiple stories about travelling from the world's greatest travellers: New Dependencies of the United States (OLIVER H. G. LEIGH) Winter and Summer in New England (HARRIET MARTINEAU) Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands (CHARLES MORRIS) From New York to Washington in 1866 (HENRY LATHAM) The Natural Bridge and Tunnel of Virginia (EDWARD A. POLLARD) Plantation Life in War Times (WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL) Among Florida Alligators (S. C. CLARKE) In the Mammoth Cave (THÉRÈSE...

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S. T. Joshi, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Woodworth, Jonathan Thomas, Donald R. Burleson, Ann K. Schwader, Geoffrey Reiter, David Hambling, Aditya Dwarkesh, Darrell Schweitzer, Steve Rasnic Tem, Katherine Kerestman, Mark Howard Jones, Nancy Kilpatrick, John Shirley, Donald Tyson, Mark Samuels, Ngo Binh Anh Khoa

The six volumes in the Black Wings series, from which these "Best of" tales are selected, stand as a monument to H. P. Lovecraft's incalculable and unassailable influence on contemporary weird fiction, and so the time seemed right for a retrospective volume that exhibits the choicest items from the series. The task of selection was not a simple or straightforward one, for every tale in the series had some claim to be chosen; let it then be said that this volume does not contain necessarily...

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Jonathan Pike, Chan Thomas

Classified for 50 years by the CIA - now the hidden truth is revealed.In 1966, The Adam and Eve Story by Chan Thomas shocked the scientific world with a chilling theory: sudden, violent pole shifts have erased civilizations in a single day. Within months, the CIA seized the manuscript, releasing only a heavily redacted 57-page fragment decades later. The rest-over 200 pages-vanished from public view.Adam and Eve and the Great Reset uncover...

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S. T. Joshi, Mark Samuels, Donald R. Burleson, Donald Tyson, Richard Gavin, W.H. Pugmire, John Shirley, David Hambling, Simon Strantzas, Jason V Brock, Scott Wiley, Mark Howard Jones, Darrell Schweitzer, Stephen Woodworth, Jonathan Thomas

H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), the pioneering writer of weird fiction, has himself become an icon in popular culture. Stories, novels, and other works featuring the gaunt, lantern-jawed gentleman from Providence, Rhode Island, have proliferated. These works have been triggered by the incredible amount of knowledge we have on the writer—his family, his friends, his idiosyncrasies and eccentricities—as found in his thousands of surviving letters.This anthology takes the figure of Lovec...

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S. T. Joshi, John Shirley, Gemma Files, Jonathan Thomas, Steve Rasnic Tem, Nancy Kilpatrick, W.H. Pugmire, Lynda E. Rucker, Michael Washburn, Jason V Brock, Michael Aronovitz, Clint Smith, George Edwards Murray, Richard Gavin, Darrell Schweitzer, Cody Goodfellow, Lynne Jamneck, Reggie Oliver, Stephen Woodworth

Weird fiction is an incredibly rich and varied genre, running the gamut from supernatural horror to imaginary-world fantasy to psychological terror. This anthology seeks to exhibit the wide range of themes, motifs, and imagery that weird fiction allows, as embodied in the work of some of the leading contemporary writers in the field.The ghost or revenant is a venerable motif, and stories by John Shirley, Lynda E. Rucker, and Reggie Oliver ring fascinating changes on it. Allied to t...

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Jonathan Edwards; John Owen; Richard Sibbes; Thomas Watson; John Flavel; Samuel Rutherford; Richard Baxter; John Bunyan; Thomas Brooks; Thomas Manton; Jeremiah Burroughs; John Howe; Grapevine Press

Discover the Ultimate Puritan Collection Dive into the timeless wisdom and spiritual depth of Puritan literature with The Ultimate Puritan Collection. This comprehensive anthology brings together some of the most profound works by Puritan authors, offering guidance, encouragement, and insight into living a life of faith and devotion. Included in this Collection: The Excellency of Christ On Revival Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Freedom of the Will The Mortification of Sin Communion w...

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Jonathan Swift, Thomas Moore, Daniel Sheeham, Oscar Wilde

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A Nation In Verse

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at each at individual Nations and how they are seen through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets to bring you a unique poetry guide to that country. Ireland, for many a rugged romantic Isle has produced many fine poets through the Ages. They chroni...

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Tomas Petricek, Jonathan Skeet

Functional programming languages like F#, Erlang, and Scala are attractingattention as an efficient way to handle the new requirements for programmingmulti-processor and high-availability applications. Microsoft's new F# is a truefunctional language and C# uses functional language features for LINQ andother recent advances.Real-World Functional Programming is a unique tutorial that explores thefunctional programming model through the F# and C# languages. The clearlypresent...

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Jonathan Thomas

This practical resource guides elementary teachers through ways to ground their mathematics instruction in key human virtues, which enables both educators and students to better connect to the subject matter. As students and their teachers approach math with varying experiences, these common virtues help level the learning field. The chapters are organized around different human virtues – such as beauty, truth, creativity, justice, and love – each providing practical pedagogical examples, ...