Howard Jones
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Jones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic account of President Eisenhower's disastrous attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. He deftly examines the train of missteps and self-deceptions that led to the invasion of U.S.-trained exiles at the Bay of Pigs.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Howard Andrew Jones' powerful world-building brings this epic fantasy to life in For The Killing of Kings, the first book of his new adventure-filled trilogy. Their peace was a fragile thing, but it had endured for seven years, mostly because the people of Darassus and the king of the Naor hordes believed his doom was foretold upon the edge of the great sword hung in the hall of champions. Unruly Naor clans might raid across the border, but the king...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Jones studies the crisis in Anglo-American relations during the Civil War and its impact on the South's attempt to win foreign support during the crucial years of 1861 and 1862. He argues that the central issue was the possibility that Britain would grant diplomatic recognition to the Confederacy, a move that would have legitimized secession and undermined the Constitution. Originally published in 1992. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"While the savage Naor clans prepare to march on the heart of the Five Realms, Rylin Corimel infiltrates the highest of the enemy ranks to learn their secrets and free hundreds of doomed prisoners. His ailing mentor Varama leads the Altenerai corps in a series of strikes to cripple the Naor. Kyrkenall, Elenai, and the kobalin Ortok ride for the storm-wracked shifting lands to rekindle the alliance with the winged lizards known as ko'aye, the only...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
As snowfall blankets eighth-century Mosul, a Persian noblewoman arrives at the home of the scholar Dabir and his friend, the swordsman Captain Asim. Najya has escaped from a dangerous cabal that has ensorcelled her to track down ancient magical tools of tremendous power, the bones of the old ones.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In When the Goddess Wakes, the final book of the Ring-Sworn trilogy, Howard Andrew Jones returns to the five realms of the Dendressi to conclude his heroic, adventure-filled epic fantasy trilogy. The Naor hordes have been driven from the walls, but the Dendressi forces are scattered and fragmented, and their gravest threat lies before them. For their queen has slain the ruling council and fled with the magical artifacts known as the hearthstones,...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In this raw, searing new narrative account, Howard Jones reopens the case of My Lai by examining individual accounts of both victims and soldiers through extensive archival and original research. Jones evokes the horror of the event itself, the attempt to suppress it, as well as the response to Calley's sentence and the seemingly unanswerable question of whether he had merely been following orders. My Lai also surveys how news of the slaughter intensified...
10) Abraham Lincoln and a new birth of freedom: the Union and slavery in the diplomacy of the Civil War
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Carlton Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Minecraft Master Builder: Dragons is a step-by-step player's manual to help children build incredible masterpieces inspired by monsters from ancient legend, as well real-life dragon-like creatures. There's even information on all kinds of dragons, including pictures, facts and mythology. Featuring everything from cockatrices to dragonets, komodo dragons to ice dragons, this fun and interactive guide will inspire readers to build amazing monstrous...
