John - Libros y biografía

When the body of Bill Gibson is found on a piece of waste land beneath the bypass Detective Inspector Steve Winwood has no clues as to how or why as the victim lived over twenty miles away. He discovers...

Sophocles, the Greek Dramatist, who lived from 497-406 BC, was one of the great dramatists of all time and his tragedy, Oedipus Rex among the greatest of plays ever written but Sophocles had the benefit...

O Hulk voltou à Terra, e é claro que suas boas-vindas não foram exatamente tranquilas! E mais: quando Doc Samson descobre uma forma de talvez separar o gigante de seu alter ego humano Bruce Banner, um...

A chocante verdade sobre os filhos da Feiticeira Escarlate é revelada, o que a leva a um colapso nervoso e um surto de loucura. Manipulada por seu pai, o terrorista mutante Magneto, Wanda enfrenta seus...

As ideias do icônico roteirista/desenhista John Byrne influenciaram a história de muitos personagens da Marvel Comics ao longo dos anos, mas talvez nenhum tenha sido tão transformado por ele quanto o...

Ce volume propose les deux grands textes de John Dewey sur l’éducation : son traité de pédagogie, Démocratie et Éducation (1916) et Expérience et Éducation (1938) où l’auteur précise sa pensée et répond...

In MAFIA REPUBLIC, John Dickie, Professor of Italian Studies at University College, London and author of the international bestsellers COSA NOSTRA and MAFIA BROTHERHOODS, shows how the Italian mafias...

The Royal Marines were originally formed under the auspices of the Royal Navy to guard its sailing ships from harm. They are proud of their history and origins but the Navy heritage is fading. John Parker...

How to Have Great Ideas is the essential guide for students and young professionals looking to embrace creative thinking in design, advertising and communications. It provides 53 practical strategies...

In 1991 Allan Collins, John Seely Brown and Ann Holum published 'Cognitive Apprenticeship: Making Thinking Visible'. Nearly a quarter of a century later John Tomsett encountered their paper and since...

Beloved by fans across the world, and an inspiration for the film The Boy and the Heron, THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS is a beautiful coming of age story, a stunningly imagined fantasy and a global bestseller...

A collection of science fiction short stories from the master author of THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS and THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS.In 1941, Roy Sabre's girlfriend Betty mysteriously disappears. Ten years later...

Caley, a small-town sheriff, found the job much like any other small-town law enforcement officer. Crater Stumble is primarily a peaceful farming village. The town is unlike any other in one regard. It...

  Synopsis, for 'The first rays of sun'.The story tells of the charismatic characters and a community discovering their future by means of natural progression, love, harshness and the blood of battle.Set...

Sure, it would be cool to win a Pulitzer Prize, but if you become a writer to impress her, maybe, think again. Plus, there are other ego stomping obstacles to struggle with if you are an artist or a writer....

Synopsis for 'A Conspiracy of Events'.Two top London scientists suddenly notice a strange growth in their laboratory and nobody understands how it occurred. Their discovery develops into a pandemic travelling...

674 AD. Werburgh, great-niece of the Abbess of Ely, travels by night to save the abbey's treasure under a wayside cross in the kingdom of Lindsey.A cryptic inscription on the back indicates the location...

THE JOB WAS SIMPLE—steal some books from the locked collection of "forbidden books" in a monastery in Prague. And the goal was noble—use those books to identify artworks stolen by Napoleon so the art...

Third and final part of the Dickson McCunn trilogy, where he and the usual sidekicks fall into a plot involving an exiled prince’s attempt to regain the throne despite the efforts of bad guys to keep...

In 'Salvation of a Forsyte' by John Galsworthy, the reader is transported back to early 20th century England to witness the intricate dynamics of the Forsyte family. Galsworthy's prose is rich in detail...

John Keats' 'Sonnets' is a collection of 154 sonnets that offer a profound exploration of love, mortality, and beauty. Written in the traditional Petrarchan style, Keats displays his mastery of language...

Excitement spreads like bush through the jungle. Earth-goddesses are planning a conference! From Australia to Antarctica, the Amazon to Africa, goddesses will debate the burning environmental issues of...

John Locke's 'A Letter Concerning Toleration' is a seminal work in political philosophy, encompassing themes of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. Written in a concise and rational...

In 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by John Keats, the reader is transported to an ancient world through the exploration of a grandiose Grecian urn. Written in the form of an ode, the poem delves deep into the...

The harrowing true story of one boy’s experiences in a brutal ‘approved’ school for young offenders in ‘50s London, run by Catholic monks where violence and abuse were rife. Beaten from an early...

A Lord of the Rings for the 21st century. Only a lot shorter. And funnier. And completely different. A KINDLE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013 The thrilling final part of the Shadowmagic trilogy....

Rugby fans will delight in this astonishing collection of outlandish stories from the past 150 years of the game. Here you’ll find, among many other curious events, the Irish international who arranged...

Tony Hancock was regarded as the best radio and television comic of his era. A man whose star burned brightly in the eyes and ears of millions before his untimely death. This is the first fully authorised...

Hauntingly told and emotionally charged, this is an immense story of consuming addiction and the betrayal of trust. 'I knew that the black dot of pain that lay in the centre of his eyes also...

The brilliant first biography of the man President Nixon called 'the most dangerous man in America'. Timothy Leary was one of the most controversial and divisive figures of the twentieth century....