William James Best Known For - April 2024

A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599

What accounts for Shakespeare’s transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this gripping account, James Shapiro sets out to answer this question, "succeed[ing] where others have fallen short." (Boston Globe) 1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England. During that year, Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India C... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060088745
• ASIN: 0060088745
• ISBN: 0060088745
• Brand: Shapiro, James S.
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition

James Fitzjames was a hero of the early nineteenth-century Royal Navy. A charismatic man with a wicked sense of humour, he pursued his naval career with wily determination. When he joined the Franklin Expedition at the age of 32 he thought he would make his name. But instead the expedition completely disappeared and he never returned. Its fate is one of history’s last great unsolved mysteries, as were the origins and background of James Fitzjames – until now. Fitzjames packed a great deal into his thirty-two years. He had sailed an iron paddle steamer down the River Euphrates and fought w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 155488781X
• ASIN: 155488781X
• ISBN: 155488781X
• Manufacturer: Dundurn

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier“An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” – Mary Roach, New York Times Book ReviewIn April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of pioneers led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows of the season cl... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0026SCNDQ
• ASIN: B0026SCNDQ
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith

Newly updated and expanded to commemorate its twentieth anniversary—this classic resource helps people complete the grieving process and move toward recovery and happiness. Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong negative effect on the capacity for happiness. Drawing from their own histories as well as from others', the authors illustrate how it is possible to recover from grief and regain energy and spontaneity. Based on a proven program, The Grief Recovery Handbook offers grievers the specific actions needed to move beyond loss. New material in this edition includes guida... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061686077
• ASIN: 0061686077
• ISBN: 9780061686078
• Brand: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

William Tecumseh Sherman: Beyond the March to the Sea

• ASIN: B07PWYKWMQ
• ASIN: B07PWYKWMQ

A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century

The New York Times BestsellerWilliam F. Buckley, Jr. remembers—as only he could—the towering figures of the twentieth century in a brilliant and emotionally powerful collection, compiled by acclaimed Fox News correspondent James Rosen.In a half century on the national stage, William F. Buckley, Jr. achieved unique stature as a writer, a celebrity, and the undisputed godfather of modern American conservatism. He kept company with the best and brightest, the sultry and powerful. Ronald Reagan pronounced WFB “perhaps the most influential journalist and intellectual in our era,” and his je... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101906219
• ASIN: 1101906219
• ISBN: 1101906219
• Brand: Crown Forum
• Manufacturer: Crown Forum

The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America's Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919

In the brutally cold winter of 1919, 5,000 Americans battled the Red Army 600 miles north of Moscow. We have forgotten. Russia has not."AN EXCELLENT BOOK." —Wall Street Journal • "INCREDIBLE." — John U. Bacon • "EXCEPTIONAL.”  — Patrick K. O’Donnell • "A MASTER OF NARRATIVE HISTORY."  — Mitchell Yockelson • "GRIPPING." — Matthew J. Davenport • "FASCINATING, VIVID." — Minneapolis Star Tribune An unforgettable human drama deep with contemporary resonance, award-winning historian James Carl Nelson's The Polar Bear Expedition draws on an untapped trove of... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062852779
• ASIN: 0062852779
• ISBN: 0062852779
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

Josephus: The Complete Works

You want to go deeper, understand, and immerse yourself in the Jewish history, culture, and community of Jesus. Let Josephus: The Complete Works open your eyes. Flavius Josephus—first-century Pharisee, Jewish historian, Roman consultant, and writer, documented aspects of life during the time of Christ, giving us extensive writings on ancient Jewish history in existence. By studying Josephus’ works, readers gain a behind-the-scenes look at biblical figures including Abraham, Moses, John the Baptist, and James the brother of Jesus, plus insights into the Dead Sea Scrolls community, Sadducees... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0785250506
• ASIN: 0785250506
• ISBN: 0785250506
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

Tyndale's New Testament

This translation of the New Testament into English from its original Greek was printed in Germany in 1534 and smuggled back into England. It therefore escaped the fate of Tyndale’s previous version, which had been seized and publicly burnt by the authorities. The 1534 edition outraged the clerical establishment by giving the laity access to the word of God, in print in English for the first time. Tyndale, who was already in exile for political reasons, was hunted down and subsequently burned at the stake for blasphemy.For the next eighty years―the years of Shakespeare among others―Tyndal... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0300065809
• ASIN: 0300065809
• ISBN: 0300065809
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Yale University Press

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.)

The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.James L. Swanson's Manhunt is a fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as you've ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060518502
• ASIN: 0060518502
• ISBN: 0060518502
• Brand: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

KJV, Complete Bible Dramatized, Audio CD

For those who value the timeless KJV translation, this new audio recording offers a rich listening experience. Featuring top voice talent enhanced by original music and sound effects, the KJV Complete Bible Dramatized Audio brings the King James Version to life. World-class narration, a fully orchestrated background, and colorful character renderings engage the ears, the imagination, and the heart. Ideal for drive time, exercising, or general listening. The KJV Audio Bible is more than a Bible you listen to. It’s an experience that helps you enter into God’s Word ... so God’s Word can en... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0310936098
• UPC: 025986936099
• ASIN: 0310936098
• ISBN: 9780310936091
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Zondervan

Jesse James Meets Frankestein's Daughter (1966)

Legendary outlaw of the Old West Jesse James, on the run from Marshal MacPhee, hides out in the castle of Baron Frankenstein's granddaughter Maria, who proceeds to transform Jesse's slow-witted pal Hank into a bald zombie, which she names Igor

• ASIN: B000W92B06
• UPC: 883629252605
• ASIN: B000W92B06
• Manufacturer: Synergy Ent

The Love of Wisdom: A Christian Introduction to Philosophy

Philosophy is defined as the love of wisdom, and college students will certainly admire this Bible-informed introductory level textbook’s fun approach to an often heady subject. The Love of Wisdom is made distinct in its engaging style that includes humor and copious popular culture illustrations to heighten reader interest and clarify important concepts. The book even addresses two key topics often omitted by other texts: political philosophy and aesthetics (beauty and the arts). Students and teachers can also make great use of the study questions for each chapter, a glossary of terms, an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0805447709
• ASIN: 0805447709
• ISBN: 0805447709
• Manufacturer: B&H Academic

Dreamland Burning

A compelling dual-narrated tale from Jennifer Latham that questions how far we've come with race relations.Some bodies won't stay buried.Some stories need to be told. When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family's property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the present and the past.Nearly one hundred years earlier, a misguided violent encounter propels seventeen-year-old Will Tillman into a racial firestorm. In a country rife with violence against blacks and a hometown segregated by Jim Crow... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01F1UD5SM
• ASIN: B01F1UD5SM
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606

Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro shows how the tumultuous events in 1606 influenced three of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies written that year—King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. “The Year of Lear is irresistible—a banquet of wisdom” (The New York Times Book Review).In the years leading up to 1606, Shakespeare’s great productivity had ebbed. But that year, at age forty-two, he found his footing again, finishing a play he had begun the previous autumn—King Lear—then writing two other great tragedies, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. It was a memorable yea... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1416541659
• ASIN: 1416541659
• ISBN: 1416541659
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Comedies of Aristophanes : A New and Literal Translation, from the Revised Text of Dindorf, with Notes and Extracts from the Best Metrical Versions / By William James Hickie, Volume 2

The Comedies of Aristophanes: A New and Literal Translation, from the Revised Text of Dindorf, with Notes and Extracts from the Best Metrical

• UPC: 966495712
• Rating: 5.0

The Best Known Tragedies of Shakespeare: In Plain and Simple English - eBook

Five of William Shakespeares best known and beloeved tragedies are collected here--in plain and simple english! If you have struggled with Shakespeare in the past, then this anthology is for you.Plays include:Romeo and JulietHamletMacbethOthelloJulius

• UPC: 741626379

The Best Known of Comedies of Shakespeare: In Plain and Simple English - eBook

Five of William Shakespeares best known and beloved comedies are collected here--in plain and simple english! If you have struggled with Shakespeare in the past, then this anthology is for you.Plays include:Much Ado About NothingThe

• UPC: 417756539

An Account of the Methods Used to Describe Lines, on Dr. Halley's Chart of the Terraqueous Globe; Shewing the Variation of the Magnetic Needle about the Year 1756, in All the Known Seas; ... by William Mountaine, and James Dodson, ...

An Account of the Methods Used to Describe Lines, on Dr. Halley's Chart of the Terraqueous

• UPC: 695008220

James Lyne's Survey, Or, as It Is More Commonly Known, the Bradford Map

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as

• UPC: 948626662

Piety the Best Portion or Gold and Grace Weighed in the Balance. Wherein Some Directions How to Proceed Regularly Toward the Married State Are Proposed; The Third Edition. Originally by William Herbert, V.D.M. Revised by James Upton.

New

• UPC: 291743046

Presidential Leadership : Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House

A collection of essays based on a Federalist Society national survey, written by a diverse group of contributors, examines American presidents from Washington to Clinton and includes an early assessment of the George W. Bush

• UPC: 26350435
• Rating: 3.0

James Lyne's Survey, Or, As It Is More Commonly Known, The Bradford Map

James Lyne's Survey, Or, As It Is More Commonly Known, The Bradford

• UPC: 532379057

James Lyne's Survey, Or, as It Is More Commonly Known, the Bradford Map Paperback

James Lyne's Survey, Or, as It Is More Commonly Known, the Bradford Map Height : 0.12 In Length : 9.21 In Width : 6.14 In Weight : 0.21

• UPC: 744887560

The Old-Spelling Shakespeare : Being the Works of Shakespeare in the Spelling of the Best Quarto and Folio Texts;

The Old-Spelling Shakespeare: Being the Works of Shakespeare in the Spelling of the Best Quarto and Folio

• UPC: 573360434