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  • From Bouncing Bombs to Concorde

    The Authorised Biography of Aviation Pioneer Sir George Edwards OM

    by Robert Gardner ...
    'We all owe a great deal to George Edwards, though few people will know how much until they read this biography' - Sir John MajorHe was the designer of Britain's first V-bomber, the leader of the British Concorde team, and the man who made the bouncing bomb bounce. Yet George Edwards's name is all but forgotten today.The son of a widowed tobacconist from the East End of London, Edwards started his ... Read more

    $17.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Farokh Engineer

    From the Far Pavilion

    by John Cantrell ...
    Born in Bombay in 1938, Farokh Engineer quickly displayed a prodigious talent with both bat and gloves. Selected to play for the India Starlets in the late 1950s, by 1967 he was signed with Lancashire. Farokh was instrumental in both the renaissance of the Red Rose County's fortunes and in the forging of the Indian team into one of the major forces in world cricket. With a foreword by John Major ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • More Than A Game

    The Story of Cricket's Early Years

    by John Major ...
    The former Prime Minister examines the early history of one of the great loves of his life in a book that sheds new light on the summer game’s social origins.All his life John Major has loved cricket. In ‘More Than a Game’ he examines it from its origins up to the coming of the First World War. Along the way he considers the crucial role of the wealthy patrons who gambled huge sums on early ... Read more

    $2.49 USD

  • Essays of a Recluse

    A Complete Translation of the Qianfulun

    by Fu Wang ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Under the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE), a self-described recluse wrote a series of essays denouncing the evils of his time. Assailing corruption, misrule, and neglect of the common people, Wang Fu’s Essays of a Recluse (Qianfulun) offers a rare outsider view of culture, society, and government during this period. This book presents the first full English translation of the Qianfulun, one of the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • My Old Man

    A Personal History of Music Hall

    by John Major ...
    Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize; former prime minister John Major takes a remarkable journey into his own unconventional family past to tell the richly colourful story of the British music hall.Music hall was one of the glories of Victorian England. Sentimental, vulgar, but patriotic and champion of the underdog, it held a mirror to the audiences’ hopes, fears and the general absurdity of ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

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  • The 2012 Story

    The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History

    by John Major Jenkins ...
    On December 21, 2012, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, a 5,125-year cycle calendar system pioneered by the Maya, will come to an end. At the same time, the earth, the sun, and the center of the galaxy will come together in an extremely rare cosmic alignment. More and more people believe that the world as we know it will experience a transformation in 2012, but few are aware of the complete ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • True Identity

    Finding Significance and Freedom Through Who You Are in Christ

    by John Majors ...
    Teens' Guide to Identity from FamilyLifeAll teens wrestle with the question "Who am I?" and wonder, What makes me special?Though these questions linger for life, they are most intense in the teen years, where confusion, awkwardness, and a desperate grab for identity reign. So how does a young person answer these critical questions? Where do young men and women find their significance, worth, and ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • The Responsibilities of Democracy

    by Nick Clegg, John Major ...
    Series series Haus Curiosities
    Democracy operates on consent. That means politicians have an obligation to present and argue their causes in order to ultimately win consensus. Above all, democracy requires honesty—in facing up to challenges, acknowledging fears and dangers, and admitting the limitations of government. But democracy has its flaws, not least in the lack of efficiency in the decision-making process.Amid pressing ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • After Prisons?

    Freedom, Decarceration, and Justice Disinvestment

    by Joshua M. Price, Luis R. Gonzalez, Chungse Jung, Brendan McQuade, Andrew J. Pragacz, Kevin Revier, John Major Eason, William G. Martin ...
    As recently as five years ago mass incarceration was widely considered to be a central, permanent feature of the political and social landscape. The number of people in U.S. prisons is still without historic parallel anywhere in the world or in U.S. history. But in the last few years, the population has decreased, in some states by almost a third. A broad consensus is emerging to reduce prison ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Luxuriant Gems of the Spring and Autumn

    by Zhongshu Dong ...
    Translated by John Major, Sarah Queen ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    The Spring and Autumn (Chunqiu) is a chronicle kept by the dukes of the state of Lu from 722 to 481 B.C.E. Luxuriant Gems of the "Spring and Autumn" (Chunqiu fanlu) follows the interpretations of the Gongyang Commentary, whose transmitters sought to explicate the special language of the Spring and Autumn. The work is often ascribed to the Han scholar and court official Dong Zhongshu, but, as this ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Galactic Alignment

    The Transformation of Consciousness According to Mayan, Egyptian, and Vedic Traditions

    by John Major Jenkins ...
    Explores the central role played by the galaxy in both ancient and modern times in the transformation of the human spirit.• Extends Jenkins' groundbreaking research in Maya Cosmogenesis 2012.• Reveals how the coming Galactic Alignment of era-2012 promises a renewal of human consciousness.• Uncovers the galactic vision of Mayan, Egyptian, Greek, and Vedic cosmologies.The Galactic Alignment is a ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Huainanzi

    Edited by John Major, Sarah Queen, Andrew Seth Meyer, Harold Roth ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Compiled by scholars at the court of Liu An, king of Huainan, in the second century B.C.E, The Huainanzi is a tightly organized, sophisticated articulation of Western Han philosophy and statecraft. Outlining "all that a modern monarch needs to know," the text emphasizes rigorous self-cultivation and mental discipline, brilliantly synthesizing for readers past and present the full spectrum of early ... Read more

    $94.99 USD