Almost 200,000 African Americans fought to save the Union, many believing that military service was the pathway to freedom. Yet their journeys for liberation continued. They marched across taxing terrain, performed backbreaking labor, and endured corporeal punishment. They agonized over families still enslaved and suffered virulent diseases. They fought on bravely, yet thousands ran. Chafing against restraints and violence, they briefly liberated themselves.The men examined in ...

Featured in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, and Slashdot - a collection of brilliant and entertaining correspondence with the people who send out spam. Compiled from the nearly 200 entries written by Jonathan Land, The Spam Letters taunts, prods, and parodies the faceless salespeople in your inbox, giving you a chuckle at their expense. If you hate spam, you'll love The Spam Letters.

In this brief collection of humorous essays about the people who buy products, Jonathan Land turns one's daily purchases into skewed sociological observations. You'll never look at kid's toothpaste the same again.

Stick figure art as featured on incomplete.net. Beginning in 1998, world-famous stick figure artist Jonathan Land began posting daily works of art for his viewing public. Now almost 800 pieces of the best of his sublime and evocative work have been compiled for this coffee table book. Volume 1 of 2.

MORE Stick figure art as featured on incomplete.net. Beginning in 1998, world-famous stick figure artist Jonathan Land began posting daily works of art for his viewing public. Now almost 400 pieces of the best of his sublime and evocative work have been compiled for this coffee table book. Volume 1.5 of 2.

EVEN MORE Stick figure art as featured on incomplete.net. Beginning in 1998, world-famous stick figure artist Jonathan Land began posting daily works of art for his viewing public. Now almost 400 pieces of the best of his sublime and evocative work have been compiled for this coffee table book. Volume 2 of 2.

“[A] fantasy masterwork . . . a dirty, blood-soaked gem of a novel [that reads] like Mad Max set in Tolkien’s Middle-earth.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Jackal and his fellow half-orcs patrol the barren wastes of the Lot Lands, spilling their own damned blood to keep civilized folk safe. A rabble of hard-talking, hog-riding, whore-mongering brawlers they may be, but the Grey Bastards are Jackal’s sworn brothers, fighting at his side in a land w...

This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion.First revealed to Westerners in the chronicles of Marco Polo, Japan was a legendary faraway land defended by a fearsome Kamikaze storm and ruled by a divine sovereign. It was the terminus of the Silk Road, the furthest end ...

'AN ADDICTIVELY READABLE - AND UNDENIABLY COOL - FANTASY MASTERWORK' Kirkus'FILTHY, CHARISMATIC AND FRANKLY EXCELLENT' Mark LawrenceBRING ON THE ORCS . . .Jackal is proud to be a Grey Bastard, member of a sworn brotherhood of half-orcs. Unloved and unwanted in civilized society, the Bastards eke out a hard life in the desolate no-man's-land called the Lots, protecting frail and noble human civilization from invading bands o...

The long-awaited war has come in the sweeping conclusion to the Lot Lands trilogy—another irresistibly swashbuckling, swaggering, foul-mouthed fantasy from the author of The Grey Bastards.“[A] rip-roaring, shelf-bending conclusion . . . nothing short of an adventure fantasy masterwork.”—Kirkus Reviews (Best Books of the Year)War has come to the Lot Lands—and Oats stands upon the frontline.The Hisparthan armies on t...

A Brief History of Japan: 2024 Updated Edition offers readers an engaging and thorough exploration of Japan's rich history, tracing its development from ancient times to present-day global prominence. This updated edition includes new insights and recent scholarship, highlighting key events, cultural movements, and historical figures that have shaped the nation, with a special focus on developments up to 2024.Beginning with Japan's earliest origins in the Jōmon and...

Seduced by the government’s offer of 320 acres per homesteader, Americans and Europeans rushed to Montana and the Dakotas to fulfill their own American dream in the first decade of the twentieth century.Jonathan Raban’s stunning evocation of the harrowing, desperate reality behind the homesteader’s dreams strips away the myth—while preserving the romance—that has shrouded our understanding of our own heartland.