Books - J

• John Coburn
  A great artist may be enabled, late in life, to discover and reveal to himself and to us, the deepest secrets of his art. For over three decades from the late 1950s onwards, John Coburns art impressed the widest public, both in Australia and overseas. His prolific output of paintings, prints and ta...
• Johannes Bjelke-Petersen
  A saviour to some, reviled by others, Johannes Bjelke-Petersen became the butt of jokes and even assassination attempts. His influence spread well beyond Queensland, and in the mid-1970s he put an unknown french polisher into the Senate to help rub out the Whitlam government.Young Joh had been a lo...
• Just a Boy
  One October night in 1975 Richard, aged five, was alone in the house with his three sisters. It was 3am and their mother hadn't come home yet, so he and his eldest sister set off through the foggy streets to find her. At dawn they returned home alone. Next morning, the police arrived to take the ch...
• Justin O'Brien
  This overview of Justin O'Brien's life and work presents an opportunity to observe that while his work exhibited strong formalist qualities - paying equal attention to line, colour and composition - his work remained figurative: he delighted in dealing with a still life within an interior space lea...
• Journal of the Early Book Society Vol 8
  The annual Journal of the Early Book Society for the study of Manuscripts and Printing History is published by Pace University Press. The greater part of each volume is devoted to four or five substantial essays on the history of the book, with emphasis on the period of transition from manuscript t...
• Junks of Central China
• Japanese Dolls
  For the art enthusiast, the doll collector, as well as the casual reader, the world of Japanese dolls is a fascinating one to explore. For many centuries Japanese doll artisans created spectacular works of art, invested with both significant cultural meaning and elemental beauty. The focus of this ...
• Jorg Zimmerman
  Zimmermann's works occupy a central place in the international studio glass movement. A true virtuoso with glass, Zimmermann developed the "mesh" or "honeycomb" vase, a process in which a hot fluid mass is blown through a metal mesh and is thus given a complex inner life. The discovery of his ...
• Jewellery of Tibet and the Himalayas
  John Clarke has travelled widely in the area and his fascinating text discusses the connection of jewellery to religion and folk beliefs and its rich and many-layered symbolism. Drawing together historical texts and the oral traditions of living craftsmen, he gives a picture of how goldsmiths and j...
• Japanese Movie Billboards
  A retrospective of the almost extinct phenomenon of billboard painting in Japan, this is a fascinating look at the golden age of cinema as seen through the eyes of Japanese artists and media. Contains cover-to-cover, full-color photos, film trivia and historical background. More than just a mine of...
• Japanese Cloisonne
  This comprehensive study of Japanese cloisonne enamels, focuses on treasures from the outstanding collections of the V&A and Edwin Davies, O.B.E. This includes enamels produced in the 'Golden Age' of production of around 1880 to 1910, but also objects made in the last twenty years. The techniqu...
• Jamestown Exposition Light on the Past
  This book of picture post cards illustrates the 1907 Jamestown Exposition. The event was established to celebrate the three hundred years of America's existence in a fitting manner. The event included the entire nation as well as countries around the world. There are one hundred and thirty-five pic...
• Japanese Movie Posters
  While high-art Japanese cinema has been documented and analysed in the West, the subject of popular and cult Japanese movies has remained largely unexplored. The fantastic vintage posters that drew the masses to Kurosawa's samurai flicks, Godzilla, and sex-laden Pink movies have also been locked aw...
• James Bond and Indiana Jones
  This book is the first ever comprehensive guide to all the action figure toys deriving from the two movie series James Bond and Indiana Jones. Both heroes are gathered in one book, and the matter of collecting the toys is fully documented, with exhaustive listings for enthusiasts and collectors. Ba...
• Jewish Carpets
  A unique survey of a previously undocumented subject which places caroets in the context of Jewish culture and history. Over 100 carpets show. Fully illustrated in colour...
• Jackson's Hallmarks- pocket edition
  Based on the revised edition of "Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland & Ireland", this contains all the assay office, Britannia standard, import and date marks plus the 1000 most important makers' marks, together with comments as to rarity, value and speciality of maker....
• Japanese Textiles
  This lavishly illustrated volume presents highlights from the V&A's extensive collection of Japanese textiles and dress, which is one of the finest in the West. Ranging from sumptuous embroidered kimonos and woven actors' robes to the indigo-dyed textiles of rural Japan, this book explores the ...
• Just Can't Get Enough
  In this fond trip down memory lane, Just Can't Get Enough celebrates all of the awesome products kids collected, begged their parents for, threw tantrums about, and obsessed over in the 1980s. From Hit Stix to Hungry, Hungry Hippos, My Little Pony to My Buddy, this book has all the toys and games t...
• Jimi Hendrix
  JIMI HENDRIX: AN ILLUSTRATED EXPERIENCE illuminates the life of the musical icon who pioneered a new generation in rock and roll with his explosive electric style. With exclusive access to the private family archives, co-authors Janie Hendrix and John McDermott tell a vibrant and unique story of Ji...
• Jewelry
  From the simple shell beads worn by Palaeolithic hunters to the splendour of Renaissance goldwork and the sumptuousness of Art Nouveau enamels, here is a guide to the evolution of Western jewelry, concluding with the radical and experimental developments of the last three decades. Offering a survey...
• J'aime Cheri Samba
  Takes a retrospective look at the achievements of one of the best-known contemporary African artists living and working in Africa today. Samba's work illustrates social life: customs, sexuality, AIDS, social inequalities and corruption....
• Jacques Villegle
  Found objects, ripped posters, radical collages: as part of the New Realism movement of the early 1960s, Jacques Villegle 's work directly influenced his contemporaries, in particular, New York Pop artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. By using everyday objects, the New Realists sought new form...
• Japanese Comickers
  Where can you find the best examples of commercial and self-promotional illustration in the current Japanese market? Where do young artists find a venue where they can reconcile their artistic vision while still promoting their designs? Where do these young artists work most actively? It is in the ...
• John Everett Millais
  Judged by the standards of his own time, the career of John Everett Millais (1829-96) was an unqualified success. Beginning as a child prodigy, he entered the Royal Academy Schools aged 11, and along with Holman Hunt and Rossetti was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The first Pr...
• Jack Welch and the GE Way
  Get inside the mind of Jack Welch, GE's bold innovator. 'Jack Welch is a genius at making all who work for him raise the level of their game. We've had some friendly differences but we always find common ground; I think he's the smartest boss I've ever had and he signs my pay checks! - Tom Brokaw, ...
• Jack Welch Speaks
  The world tries to keep up when JACK WELCH SPEAKS: Jack Welch has long been one of my heroes. When you read this book you will understand why. -Warren Buffett Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway. Jack Welch is a management genius who attacks life as he does business-with unconventional flair, a restless i...
• Jesse Livermore
  An excellent read.-Ace Greenberg, Chairman. Bear Stearns Richard Smitten's Jesse Livermore is the first full biography of the legendary trader profiled in the bestselling Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley: 0--471--05970--6). Although he died more than half a century ago, Livermore is conside...
• John Wren
  This revisionist biography of Australian entrepreneur John Wren, who was made infamous by Frank Hardy's influential novel Power Without Glory, reexamines the historical evidence that wrongly vilified John Wren and made him the scapegoat of Australia's culture wars. By demonstrating Frank Hardy's ea...
• Julian Robertson
  Julian Robertson is one of the most successful and well-known hedge fund managers of our time. For nearly twenty years his infamous fund--Tiger Management--was the talk of the town, routinely delivering double-digit performance. This biography will explore this legendary fund manager's role in the ...
• Josephine Baker in Art and Life
  Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was a dancer, singer, actress, author, politician, militant, and philanthropist, whose images and cultural legacy have survived beyond the hundredth anniversary of her birth. Neither an exercise in post-modern deconstruction nor simple biography, "Josephine Baker in Art ...
• Jep's Place
  Jep? s Place: Hope, Faith and Other Disasters is the entertaining story of a boy growing up during the Great Depression in a family of 13 children of Polish immigrants in a small farmhouse at the end of a dirt road....
• John Gilley of Baker's Island
  A short history of one of many settlers who were neither famous nor unique, but who contributed to the history of the United States. ' This is the life of one of the forgotten millions. It contains no material for distinction, fame, or long remembrance but it does contain the material and present t...
• Julia S. Tutwiler and Social Progress in Alabama
  This biography traces the life of Julia Strudwick Tutwiler (1841-1916) from her childhood in Alabama through her pioneering accomplishments as a teacher, administrator, and humanitarian. Born in Tuscaloosa in 1841, Tutwiler was encouraged by her father - an educational innovator and founder of a pr...
• Joe's Law
  He is both feared and admired, and for the past two decades he has been both lionized and demonized by the media. Outspoken, no-nonsense, and eminently fascinating, Joseph M. Arpaio captured the publica (TM)s imagination from his first day as sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona (a county larger tha...
• J. Frank Torres (Hardcover)
  Jose Francisco Torres was born and raised up the river above Trinidad, Colorado and his life spanned from the cowboy days of the late 1800s to the technological era of the late 1900s. Despite the security of his home in the rural Spanish community, there was something lacking: opportunity and respe...
• J. Frank Torres (Softcover)
  Jose Francisco Torres was born and raised up the river above Trinidad, Colorado and his life spanned from the cowboy days of the late 1800s to the technological era of the late 1900s. Despite the security of his home in the rural Spanish community, there was something lacking: opportunity and respe...
• Judge Faye Sanders Martin
  On a cold winter day in the midst of the Depression, the hardworking wife of a farmer and Primitive Baptist preacher in South Georgia gave birth to her 11th child, a daughter named Faye. Money was scarce, times were hard, and from the moment she could walk, Faye worked, doing whatever it took to ke...
• John Hick
  From his early conversion to evangelical Christianity to his role as a conscientious objector in World War Two and his gradual - often controversial - move towards religious pluralism, this is a fascinating account of the life of one of the most influential religious thinkers of our time....
• John Hick: an Autobiography
  John Hick is one of the world's foremost theologians and philosophers of religion: his books feature on many comparative religion and philosophy courses and his theories and work in the field of race relations have earned him international acclaim. In this warm-hearted account, he tells his life st...
• Jurassic Mary
  Mary Anning (1799-1847) was one of the pioneers of the emerging science of geology - the first woman palaeontologist to make important discoveries. When she was just 12, she discovered the first whole ichthyosaurus skeleton later, aged 22, she found the first whole skeleton of a plesiosaurus, and t...
• Journeys to the Mythical Past
  The continuing autobiographical account of the investigations and discoveries that led to The Earth Chronicles series - Zecharia Sitchin reveals for the first time how his life was at risk inside the Great Pyramid and documents the existence of a secret chamber - Reports on Vatican encounters, the ...
• Journey of Souls
  This remarkable book uncovers--for the first time--the mystery of life in the spirit world after death on earth. Dr. Michael Newton, a hypnotherapist in private practice, has developed his own hypnosis technique to reach his subjects' hidden memories of the hereafter. The resulting narrative acts a...
• Journey Through The World of Spirit
  Journey Through The World of Spirit: God, Gaia, and Guardian Angels is the detailed near-death experience of David Oakford. Triggered initially by a fatal drug overdose, David became bewildered then frightened to find that we do not die. But instinctively he knew to pray to God and was soon rescued...
• Journey of the Spirit
  Truth cannot be hidden for long. Truth wants to be found out. At age five I was flying! Well, not in the physical sense, but out of body experiences were a part of my world, even if I didn't know what they were. I was feeling a little out of place on the planet, and no one to explain it! By age 17 ...
• Joy
  The Insights for a New Way of Living series aims to shine light on beliefs and attitudes that prevent individuals from being their true selves. With an artful mix of compassion and humour, Osho encourages his audience to confront what they would most like, to avoid, which in turns provides the key ...
• Japanese Business Culture and Practices
  Japanese Business Culture and Practices: A Guide to Twenty-first Century Japanese Business presents valuable insight on the proper ways to conduct business in Japan. It focuses on the principles of Japanese culture that influence business-related behavior, including the ways Japanese executives dev...
• Jungle Capitalists
  In this powerful and gripping book, Peter Chapman shows how the pioneering example of the importer United Fruit set the precedent for the institutionalized greed of today's multinational companies. The story has its source in United Fruit's 19th Century beginnings in the jungles of Costa Rica. It m...
• Juran's Quality Planning and Analysis for Enterprise Quality
  Through four editions, Juran's Quality Planning and Analysis has provided students and professionals with an authoritative treatment of the subject that goes beyond statistical techniques. The fifth edition of this highly regarded classic book on managing for quality, Juran's Quality Planning and A...
• Jobs and Careers Abroad
  This revised twelfth edition of the comprehensive guide to all kinds of work abroad provides essential information on permanent career opportunities around the world for people of all walks of life, from school leavers still deciding on a career to fully qualified professionals. The types of empl...
• Journey to Newland
  With an animated fable, the Journey to Newland storybook provides readers with a cast of memorable characters, a captivating story, and a common language to deal with difficult and often emotionally sensitive issues in negotiating change within their organizations. The allegory follows a group of a...
• Jonestown
  "How do we rank a man who raises millions for people in need but whose actions waste millions in support of unworthy mates and poor public policy?" Masters examines the many paradoxes of talk radio host, Alan Jones. He reaches deep into a powerful industry and exposes the myth and the magic of a ve...
• Javatrekker
  In each cup of coffee we drink the major issues of the twenty-first century - globalization, immigration, women's rights, pollution, indigenous rights, and self-determination - are played out in villages and remote areas around the world. In Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coff...
• Jolt
  'We ran, down through the thick bush below the slip, Rebecca leading. Lisa's light pack slung over one shoulder and bouncing wildly, as if it was as frightened as the rest of us. Below me I could hear the chatter of a stream, mixed with the heavy bre...
• JOHN KENZIE McLANE
  Astonishing answers to unspoken questions revealed! STORY DESCRIPTION: The chassis of this novel is the true story of the life of John Kenzie McLane, the protagonist. In 1840, at age nineteen, he was the sole survivor of a Creek Indian attack on his family. In the fight, McLane killed the son of th...
• Jason and the Voyage to the Edge of the World
  A collection of three fun-filled, dynamic and dramatic stories. These are tales that every aspiring boy should want to read, from Jason's dangerous voyage to find the legendary Golden Fleece and Arthur's discovery of his kingly heritage, to Ali Baba's life-threatening encounter with the 40 thieves....
• Junior in the City
  Junior the pig is so excited about his trip to the big city! He's his got camera, his bus ticket, and he's all set to see the sights. But when Junior loses his new glasses, suddenly the city looks strange. Without his glasses, Junior can't tell a window from a waffle, a construction cone from a can...
• Johnny Tractor's Fun Farm Day
  This work introduces a brand new format in the popular line of John Deere books for children. Parents trust John Deere and kids love both the toys and the real thing! At a great value price of GBP 3.99, these die-cut board books with eye-catching illustrations have a winning combination of parent a...
• Junior on the Farm
  Children will giggle with delight as they follow Junior through a surprisingly silly day on the farm. It all starts when Junior wakes up and looks at the sun shining outside his window. But wait ... is that the sun in the sky? ... or a tennis ball? ... or a daisy? ... or even a fried egg? Join Juni...
• Jungle Fun!
  Join these wild jungle friends for a tubful of bath time fun! Little ones will go bananas playing with the squirting elephant tub toy, as they dunk and squirt while reading along with this playful jungle-themed bath book ......
• Juice
  Juice! is the book for anyone who leads or wants to lead a healthy lifestyle. A juice is a quick and very tasty way to take in valuable nutrients, but most of all, juicing is about taste. Each recipe is a celebration of global flavours which, thanks to the abundance of wonderful ingredients now ava...
• Johnny Tractor and the Big Surprise
  Parents trust John Deere and kids love both the toys and the real thing! Full of personality and humour, these storybooks bring excitement and adventure in stories starring Johnny Tractor and friends at Merriweather Farm and in Deerefield Valley. Big, strong Johnny Tractor (JT) and light nimble All...
• Justice at Cactus Junction
• Jeannie, a Texas Frontier Girl: Bk. 2
  In Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl, Book Two, summer is filled with puppies and a new colt to train. What is the name of Ole Blue's little daughter? Cooking, sewing, and sharing adventures with school friends are part of the girls' activities. Will they help a family in need? Romance blooms for Helg...
• Julie & the Lost Fairy Tale
  In Julie's story, you come across a mysterious travel chest, a lost fairy tale, Miss Eagle Eyes, an editor with a squirrel and kindred spirits. You travel back in time, go to an Extravaganza, and meet me, Cordelia Grimm, great, great granddaughter of one of the Brothers Grim....
• Jake Drake, Class Clown
  Knock, knock. Who's there? Jake. Jake who? Jake Drake, Class Clown. Miss Bruce is the new student teacher in second grade, and she never smiles. Never. But when Jake cracks up the class during a spelling bee, he sees the tiniest hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth. Suddenly, Jake has a ne...
• Jake Drake, Know-it-All
  MEET JAKE DRAKE, KNOW-IT-ALL Jake Drake is excited about Despres Elementary School's first science fair. He wants to win the grand prize: a brand-new Hyper-Cross-Functional Bluntium Twelve computer system. And he really wants to beat the third-grade know-it-alls, Marsha McCall and Kevi...
• Josie Under Fire
  The Historical House is a unique trilogy of novels by three highly regarded authors. Each novel charts the life and times of the house at 6 Chelsea Walk, London, and the girls who lived there through three important periods of history. Synopsis It is 1941: London is suffering from the Blitz and the...
• Jack and the Beanstalk Sticker Book
  The Ready to Read sticker books are specially designed to help young children who are in the early stages of reading. The books stand on their own, or sit alongside the Ready to Read storybooks. In each sticker book a story is retold using rebus tech...
• Julius Caesar
  More than two thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the great figures of history. He shaped Rome for generations, and his name became a synonym for emperor -- not only in Rome but as far away as Germany and Russia. He is best known as the general who defeated the Gauls and do...
• Just Disgusting!
  TRADE EDITION: Take the disgusting quiz and find out! Do you do any or all of the following: pick your nose, talk in burps or wee in swimming pools? Do you ever wear the same undies two (or more) days in a row? Do you wish you knew the most disgusting thing in the world? Do you think Brussels sprou...
• Justice and Outcomes
• Just Like My Papa
  This rhyming book makes both a unique and fun read-a-loud. It includes family lore, insight into a cowboy's life, and makes you want to holler, Yipee Kai Yea, round them up partners! It is a delightful book for those who enjoy reading regional books to their children, and is also a tribute to a fin...
• John Deere Wheelie Tractor
  Now in paperback, this entry explains how tractors and other vehicles help people on farms. Full color....
• Jumping to Heaven
  Children from Bosnia, Cambodia, El Salvador, Herzegovina, Iraq, Sudan, and Vietnam who have come to Australia to escape persecution are given a voice in this collection of short stories compiled from interviews with refugees. Written for a more mature youth, the stories evoke the sad, scary, though...
• Jacaranda Atlas
  YEARS 7 - 12 In 1969, Jacaranda created the first Australian school atlas. In 1999, we re-engineered atlases for the twenty-first century. Through the Spirit of Geography project, Australian geography teachers have helped us to produce an in-depth resource to support and inspire Australia's geograp...
• Jacaranda Primary Atlas
  The Jacaranda Primary Atlas 3E has been designed to give middle and upper level Australian primary students an exciting window on their world from a local, national and global perspective. This new edition is an outstanding source of up-to-date, exciting and relevant maps, photos, illustrations, st...
• Jesus Christ
  Jesus of Nazareth, a teacher and healer from a provincial backwater of the Roman empire, is one of the most complex, charismatic and influential figures in history. The emperors of Rome first persecuted his adherents, then came to adopt his teachings and today, some 2,000 years after its establishm...
• Janice VanCleave's 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird and Fun Experiments
  A captivating collection of pretested, absolutely safe, fun-filled, easy-to-do experiments in chemistry, biology, earth science, physics and astronomy. Children can execute these experiments at home or in the classroom without the need of elaborate or expensive equipment. Contains detailed instruct...
• Janice VanCleave's Gravity
  How are satellites launched into orbit? Does gravity affect plants? What causes the feeling of weightlessness? Janice VanCleave's Gravity includes 20 simple and fun experiments that allow you to discover the answers to these and other fascinating questions about gravity, plus dozens of additional s...
• Janice VanCleave's Guide to More of the Best Science Fair Projects
  * Complete rules and display tips * Hundreds of exciting projects * Helpful do's and don'ts * 50 fun, step-by-step experiments More Winning Science Fair Projects, Hints, and Tips from Janice VanCleave! What can you do to create an extraordinary science project? How is a clear and easy-to-f...
• John Deere
  This is a new series created for younger gearheads ages 10 and up. They incorporate a flashy style that's sure to keep a kid's attention. Nothing runs like a Deere--and nothing sums up the might of the American farm machine like the bright green John Deere tractor. Young readers and machine enthu...
• JavaScript Pocket Reference
  JavaScript—the powerful, object-based scripting language that can be embedded directly into HTML pages—has earned its place in the web developer's toolkit, to the extent that it's now considered required knowledge for web developers. You can use JavaScript to create dynamic, i...
• Java All-in-one Desk Reference for Dummies
  Eight minibooks comprising nearly 900 pages give developers the tips and techniques they need to get up and running on the new J2SE 6 (Java Standard Edition 6) and JDK 6 (Java Development Kit 6). This friendly, all-inclusive reference delivers the lowdown on Java language and syntax fundamentals as...
• Jamie's Dinners
  Jamie's back with a vengeance. This time he's tackling school dinners and family meals . Jamie's Dinners sees Jamie Oliver going back to basics in the kitchen to revolutionise family meals. Jamie believes this is his most people-friendly book yet. To start with, he takes a look at how to get the mo...
• Jerky Making
  Brad Prowse's book fills a definite need in the outdoors/how-to/cookbook niche, appealing to hikers and sport enthusiasts who need lightweight, nutritious snacks that will keep safely for a long time: to homemakers or kitchen buffs wanting to treat family and friends -- bags of jerky make great gif...
• Joshi's Total Health
  More energy, clearer focus, better sleep, a trimmer figure and a more positive outlook - these are the things that encompass real wellbeing and that Joshi can help you achieve. Incorporating elements of nutrition, meditation and visualisation techniques, exercise and yoga, health troubleshooting an...
• Jazzy Gift Baskets
  Decorate, create, and give with love--or start a successful home business: that's what crafters can do with this jazzy, snazzy guide to putting together the perfect gift basket. Written by Marie Browning, author of the best-selling Jazzy Jars, it's not only filled with a variety of techniques for d...
• Jewish Holiday Origami
  Clearly detailed diagrams and captions explain all the steps for an entire year's worth of holiday projects -- from Chanukah dreidels and a menorah with candles, to Passover pyramids and an image of the Red Sea parting. Great for synagogues, schools,...
• Jerusalem and the Holy Land Rediscovered
  Jerusalem and the Holy Land Rediscovered is comprised of 123 tinted and water colored lithographs produced by the British artist, David Roberts, one of the first artists to travel extensively throughout the Holy Land in 1839. Traveling from Egypt across the Suez to Mount Sinai, Petra, and Jerusalem...
• Jeweler's Resource
  A unique and practical tool for the bench jeweler or jewelry student. The most complete counter reference available for the retail jeweler. Easy to follow text and illustrations. Spiral-bound...
• Jayne Netley Mayhew's Cross Stitch Flowers
  Jayne's new series of cross stitch pictures is a superb blend of detailed individual flower studies and stunning groupings that hold appeal for everyone. Projects range in size and complexity, from a delicate border of violets added to a pillowcase and a traditional Victorian-style bouquet made int...
• Just for Babies
  These age-specific books provide you with important information about how young children are growing and changing, and what you can do to lay a strong foundation for later learning. Calendar-like pages, designed to be displayed, offer developmentally appropriate activity suggestions for each season...
• Jokes, Toasts and One-Liners for Wedding Speeches
  An A-Z directory of new and original jokes, toasts and one-liners organized around popular wedding speech themes so that anyone preparing a wedding speech should be able to find ideas and light- hearted material that can be easily incorporated into t...
• Just Sisters
  Sisters are wonderful, and sisters are terrible. Depending on the day, the mood, the weather, or the time of day, a sister can be a companion, an adversary, an enemy, or a soulmate. But no matter what, a sister is always a best friend, and the combination of animal photos and quotes in this delight...
• Jigs and Reels
  Take your partners, please. Suburban witches, defiant old ladies, ageing monsters, suicidal Lottery winners, wolf men, dolphin women and middle-aged manufacturers of erotic leatherwear. In these twenty-two short stories from the author of HOLY FOOLS and FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGE, the miraculous g...
• Jitterbug Perfume
  Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight [Paris time]. It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, a...
• July's People
  For years, it has been what is called a 'deteriorating situation'. Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds. The members of the Smales family - liberal whites - are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his native village. What happens to the Smal...
• Je K'a Ka Yoruba
  This intermediate textbook for courses in Yoruba, one of the principal languages in Nigeria, presents a theme-based, communication-oriented approach that teaches language through culture as well as grammar. The book -- the first intermediate Yoruba text to emphasize written, oral, and cultural acti...
• Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt
  This book collects all known Jewish inscriptions in Egypt between the third century BC and the sixth century AD. The entry on each inscription provides text, translation, bibliography and commentary. Hitherto, it has been necessary to refer to an older collection (1952, but essentially pre-war) tog...
• Just Enough Hungarian
  Though primarily designed to help you get by in Hungary, to get what you want or need, this phrase book would also be of use to travelers to Hungary in general. It concentrates on the simplest but most effective way you can express these needs in an unfamiliar language....