Jonathan Lang's Books

Evil Talisman

By: Jonathan Morris

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One day the magazine editor Yu Lang suddenly received a death call from his friend Xue Mu. He thought it was a prank, but he did not expect that Xue Mu actually died. It was a suicide, and his death was strange. While packing Xue Mu's belongings, he stumbled upon a secret agreement called the "God Creation Project." The agreement was subsequently robbed and he was injured and admitted to the hospital. From then on, the whole event began to slide in an uncontrollable direction..

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XinXii

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3689830524

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Shadow and Light

A Novel

By: Jonathan Rabb

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Shadow and Light

A Novel

By: Jonathan Rabb

Berlin, 1927. When a studio executive at Ufa -- the home of German Cinema -- is found dead in his office bathtub, Herr Kriminal-Oberkommissar Nikolai Hoffner is determined to uncover the truth behind what he firmly believes is murder. With the help of Fritz Lang and Alby Pimm, the leader of the most powerful crime syndicate in Berlin, Hoffner finds his case taking him beyond the world of film and into the far more treacherous landscape of Berlin's sex and drug trade, the rise of Hitler's Brownshirts, and the even more astonishing attempts by onetime monarchists to rearm a post-Versailles Germany. Jonathan Rabb's Shadow and Light is an electrifying thriller set in a darkly beautiful Berlin poised on the edge of destruction.

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Sarah Crichton Books

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142997866X

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Essential Cinema

On the Necessity of Film Canons

By: Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Essential Cinema

On the Necessity of Film Canons

By: Jonathan Rosenbaum

A cogent and provocative argument about the art of film, Essential Cinema is a fiercely independent reference book of must-see movies for film lovers everywhere.

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JHU Press

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0801878403

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Collected Theater Writings

By: Jonathan Kalb

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Collected Theater Writings

By: Jonathan Kalb

Kalb brings his wit, intelligence and critical discipline to bear equally on revivals of classics as on the work of current innovators.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0879101695

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Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty

By: Jonathan Clements

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Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty

By: Jonathan Clements

This is the fantastic true story of the infamous pirate; Coxinga who became king of Taiwan and was made a god - twice.

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The History Press

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0752473824

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Europe's Green Revolution and its Successors

The Rise and Fall of Peasant-Friendly Plant Breeding

By: Jonathan Harwood

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Europe's Green Revolution and its Successors

The Rise and Fall of Peasant-Friendly Plant Breeding

By: Jonathan Harwood

How best to foster agricultural development in the Third World has long been a subject of debate and from a European perspective the persistent failure to design peasant-friendly technology is puzzling. From the late 19th century, for example, various western European countries also underwent ‘green revolutions’ in which systematic attempts were made to promote the adoption of technological innovation by peasant-farmers. This book focuses on the development of public-sector plant-breeding in Germany from the late nineteenth century through its fate under National Socialism. Harwood uses this historical case study in order to argue that peasant-friendly research has an important role to play in future Green Revolutions.

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Routledge

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113630746X

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Scottish Miscellany

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Scotland the Brave

By: Jonathan Green

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Scottish Miscellany

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Scotland the Brave

By: Jonathan Green

With Scottish Miscellany, author Jonathan Green lets you revel in the fun and fascinating explanations behind Scottish traditions and folklore, giving you the answers to questions you’ve always had—or never knew you had—and more as he covers all aspects of Scotland. From Scottish culture to the ancient history of the country to modern pastimes, this book has all that and more. Learn why the thistle is the floral emblem of Scotland, how Scotch whisky is made, why the Scots celebrate Hogmanay, how to play the bagpipes, and much more. This delightful book is the perfect gift for anyone planning a visit to Scotland, with an interest in Scottish history, or a drop of Scottish blood.

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1616080639

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The Texas Front

Salient

By: Jonathan Cresswell-Jones,Scott Washburn

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The Texas Front

Salient

By: Jonathan Cresswell-Jones,Scott Washburn

The Martian invaders have overrun the American heartland. Between the Mississippi and the Rockies, only Texas holds out, written off by the high command in Washington, and with revolution brewing in Mexico. Texas has become the Martians' new target. Across the Lone Star State, soldiers, Rangers, and civilians alike prepare to repel the next attack, outmatched and outgunned – yet undaunted. Governor Colquitt and General Funston plan to build their own weapons, raise their own armies, and perhaps take the war into their own hands. But the Martians may not be their only concern...

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Winged Hussar Publishing

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1945430958

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Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia

Film Culture in Transition

By: Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia

Film Culture in Transition

By: Jonathan Rosenbaum

This book gathers examples of the author's criticism from the span of his writing career, each of which demonstrates his passion for the way we view movies, as well as how we write about them.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226726657

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9780226726656

The Dangerous Otto Katz

The Many Lives of a Soviet Spy

By: Jonathan Miles

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The Dangerous Otto Katz

The Many Lives of a Soviet Spy

By: Jonathan Miles

This biography of the spy who became the inspiration for Casablanca's Victor Laszlo describes his involvement in the Spanish Civil War, Stalin's secret meetings, Trotsky's murder and the lives of Hollywood celebrities as he sought fame, fortune and glory .

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1596916613

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JDBC API Tutorial and Reference

By: Maydene Fisher,Jonathan Ellis,Jon Ellis,Jonathan Bruce

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JDBC API Tutorial and Reference

By: Maydene Fisher,Jonathan Ellis,Jon Ellis,Jonathan Bruce

bull; A comprehensive tutorial AND useful rufescence in one volume bull; Includes multiple explanations and examples for the new features of the JDBC 3.0 specification bull; Written by the JDBC 3.0 architects, Maydene Fisher, Jon Ellis and Jonathan Bruce

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Addison-Wesley Professional

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0321173848

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9780321173843

A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, together with an annotated translation of The Paekche Annals of the Samguk sagi

By: Jonathan W. Best

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A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, together with an annotated translation of The Paekche Annals of the Samguk sagi

By: Jonathan W. Best

This volume presents two histories of the early Korean kingdom of Paekche (trad. 18 BCE–660 CE). The first, written by Jonathan Best, is based largely on primary sources, both written and archaeological. This initial history of Paekche serves, in part, to introduce the second, an extensively annotated translation of the oldest history of the kingdom, the Paekche Annals (Paekche pon’gi). Written in the chronicle format standard for the traditional official histories of East Asia, the Paekche Annals constitutes one section of the Histories of the Three Kingdoms (Samguk sagi), a comprehensive account of early Korean history compiled under the editorial direction of Kim Pusik (1075–1151). Although these two representations of Paekche history differ markedly, the underlying problem faced by both the twelfth-century and the twenty-first-century historian is essentially the same: fashioning a responsible, encompassing, and reasonably coherent history of the kingdom from meager, and often disparate and fragmentary, evidence. Included in the volume are 22 appendixes on problems in Paekche history; a concordance of proper names, official titles, omens, and weights and measures; a glossary of geographical names; and six historical maps of the kingdom showing its changing boundaries.

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BRILL

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1684174236

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Familiar Strangers

A History of Muslims in Northwest China

By: Jonathan N. Lipman

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Familiar Strangers

A History of Muslims in Northwest China

By: Jonathan N. Lipman

The Chinese-speaking Muslims have for centuries been an inseperable but anomalous part of Chinese society--Sinophone yet incomprehensible, local yet outsiders, normal but different. Long regarded by the Chinese government as prone to violence, they have challenged fundamental Chinese conceptiosn of Self and Other and denied the totally transforming power of Chinese civilization by tenaciously maintaining connectios with Central and West Asia as well as some cultural differences from their non-Muslim neighbors. Familiar Strangers narrates a history of the Muslims of northwest China, at the intersection of the frontiers of the Mongolian-Manchu, Tibetan, Turkic, and Chinese cultural regions. Based on primary and secondary sources in a variety of languages, Familiar Strangers examines the nature of ethnicity and periphery, the role of religion and ethnicity in personal and collective decisions in violent times, and the complexity of belonging to two cultures at once. Concerning itself with a frontier very distant from the core areas of Chinese culture and very strange to most Chinese, it explores the influence of language, religion, and place on Sino-Muslim identity.

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University of Washington Press

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0295800550

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Boys Among Men

How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution

By: Jonathan Abrams

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Boys Among Men

How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution

By: Jonathan Abrams

The definitive, never-before-told story of the prep-to-pro generation, those basketball prodigies who from 1995 to 2005 made the jump directly from high school to the NBA. When Kevin Garnett shocked the world by announcing that he would not be attending college—as young basketball prodigies were expected to do—but instead enter the 1995 NBA draft directly from high school, he blazed a trail for a generation of teenage basketball players to head straight for the pros. That trend would continue until the NBA instituted an age limit in 2005, requiring all players to attend college or another developmental program for at least one year. Over that decade-plus period, the list of players who made that difficult leap includes some of the most celebrated players of the modern era—Garnett, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Tracy McGrady, and numerous other stars. It also includes notable “busts” who either physically or mentally proved unable to handle the transition. But for better or for worse, the face of the NBA was forever changed by the prep-to-pro generation. In compelling, masterfully crafted prose, Boys Among Men goes behind the scenes and draws on hundreds of firsthand interviews to paint insightful and engaging portraits of the most pivotal figures and events during this time. Award-winning basketball writer Jonathan Abrams has obtained remarkable access to the key players, coaches, and other movers and shakers from that time, and the result is a book packed with rare insights and never-before-published details about this chapter in NBA history. Boys Among Men is a thrilling, informative, must-read for any basketball fan.

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Crown

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080413927X

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Scottish Unionist Ideology 1886-1965

Political Thought, Ecclesiology and Historiography

By: Jonathan Wales

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Scottish Unionist Ideology 1886-1965

Political Thought, Ecclesiology and Historiography

By: Jonathan Wales

Diese Monografie untersucht das politische Denken und die geistesgeschichtliche Entwicklung der schottischen Unionisten in der Zeit von 1885/1886 bis 1965. Sie bietet eine analytische Untersuchung der unionistischen Positionen, wobei Bereiche wie politische Geschichte, Ekklesiologie, Sektierertum, Geschichtsschreibung und unionistisch-nationalistische Gefühle untersucht werden. Der Autor kontextualisiert das unionistische Denken innerhalb der Geschichte Schottlands und bietet Erkenntnisse, die sowohl auf Archiv- und Primärquellenforschung als auch auf einem gründlichen historiographischen Hintergrund beruhen. Er untersucht die Komplexität des schottischen Unionismus in dieser entscheidenden Phase zwischen der Spaltung der Liberalen Partei über die Irish Home Rule bis zur Reorganisation der Scottish Unionist Party im Jahr 1965. Anhand des unionistischen Diskurses in dieser Zeit zeigt er die Komplexität der verfassungsrechtlichen und kulturellen Beziehungen Schottlands mit dem Rest des Vereinigten Königreichs auf.

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Nomos Verlag

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3748905564

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9783748905561

Beginning J2ME

From Novice to Professional

By: Sing Li,Jonathan Knudsen

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Beginning J2ME

From Novice to Professional

By: Sing Li,Jonathan Knudsen

* J2ME or Wireless Java development platform is a topic of interest, and is still a hot topic for shows like JavaOne. * Empowered by info on GUI graphics, sound, and music; enables a beginning wireless Java developer to build games for cell phone and other wireless devices. * Easy-to-read style with lots of practical, hands-on code examples.

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Apress

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1430200200

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Learning Java

By: Patrick Niemeyer,Jonathan Knudsen

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Learning Java

By: Patrick Niemeyer,Jonathan Knudsen

This updated edition introduces the basics of Java and everything necessary to get up to speed on the new 1.4 version quickly. CD contains the Java 2 SDK for Windows, Linux and Solaris.

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0596002858

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9780596002855

Public Enemies, Public Heroes

Screening the Gangster from Little Caesar to Touch of Evil

By: Jonathan Munby

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Public Enemies, Public Heroes

Screening the Gangster from Little Caesar to Touch of Evil

By: Jonathan Munby

In this study of Hollywood gangster films, Jonathan Munby examines their controversial content and how it was subjected to continual moral and political censure. Beginning in the early 1930s, these films told compelling stories about ethnic urban lower-class desires to "make it" in an America dominated by Anglo-Saxon Protestant ideals and devastated by the Great Depression. By the late 1940s, however, their focus shifted to the problems of a culture maladjusting to a new peacetime sociopolitical order governed by corporate capitalism. The gangster no longer challenged the establishment; the issue was not "making it," but simply "making do." Combining film analysis with archival material from the Production Code Administration (Hollywood's self-censoring authority), Munby shows how the industry circumvented censure, and how its altered gangsters (influenced by European filmmakers) fueled the infamous inquisitions of Hollywood in the postwar '40s and '50s by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Ultimately, this provocative study suggests that we rethink our ideas about crime and violence in depictions of Americans fighting against the status quo.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226550311

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9780226550312

Henry VIII's Coastal Artillery Fort at Camber Castle, Rye, East Sussex

By: Martin Biddle,Jonathan Hiller,Ian Scott

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Henry VIII's Coastal Artillery Fort at Camber Castle, Rye, East Sussex

By: Martin Biddle,Jonathan Hiller,Ian Scott

Camber Castle is located on the south coast of England, a short distance to the south of the town of and Cinque Port of Rye. Largely constructed between 1539 and 1543, it was an elaborate artillery fortification that represented an important element of Henry VIII's 'Device', or coastal defence network, put in place from 1539 as a response to the threat of invasion following England's breach with Rome. The castle was operational for 100 years. By the 1630s, the steady advance of the coastline had left it stranded well inland from the sea. This combined with changes in the concept of artillery fortification, resulted in its decommissioning in 1637. Unusually, Camber Castle was not adapted for continued use through the 18th and 19th centuries, and survives as an example of a largely unmodified Henrician artillery fort. It displays several clear and discrete phases of construction, which reflect changes in thinking about the design of fortifications. The construction phase of 1539-40, under the direction of Stephen von Haschenperg, is of particular interest since it represents the first attempt to build in England an artillery fortress of ultimately Italian inspiration. Doubts about the effectiveness of von Haschenperg's design led, however, to a complete remodelling of the castle's defences along more conservative lines, undertaken in 1542-3. The castle, which is in the guardianship of English Heritage, has seen numerous campaigns of research, survey and excavation. This volume draws together all the available evidence to provide a full and synthesised account of the current state of knowledge regarding this monument. It includes a revised and expanded verion of Martin Biddle's authoritative study, originally published in The History of the King's Works. Full reports are also included on the artefact and animal bone assemblages, which are of considerable importance for the early post-medieval period. These include the extensive 16th- and early 17-century assemblage of English and imported pottery, a German ceramic tile-stove, a wide range of 16th- and 17th-century military artefacts, and a significant collection of vessel glass including facon de Venise cristallo. The animal bone collection is a useful benchmark for the zoo-archaeology of post-medieval England, and provides evidence for early livestock improvements. There is also a detailed review of the surviving building account for von Haschenperg's fortifications.

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English Heritage Publishing

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1848021623

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9781848021624

Meyer

By: Jonathan Lang,Andrea Mutti,Shawn Martinbrough

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Meyer

By: Jonathan Lang,Andrea Mutti,Shawn Martinbrough

A fictional biography of the legendary Jewish mobster, Meyer Lansky, as he attempts to organize his very last con job.

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Humanoids, Inc.

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1643378937

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9781643378930

PHP 5 in Practice

By: Elliott White III,Jonathan D. Eisenhamer

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PHP 5 in Practice

By: Elliott White III,Jonathan D. Eisenhamer

With the release of PHP 5 web developers need a guide to developing with PHP 5 to both learn its complex new features and more fully implement the long-standing features on which PHP's success is built. PHP 5 in Practice is a reference guide that provides developers with easy-to-use and easily extensible code to solve common PHP problems. It focuses on providing real code solutions to problems, allowing the reader to learn by seeing exactly what is happening behind the scenes to get your solution. Because a real-life situation will rarely match the book's example problems precisely, PHP 5 in Practice explains the solution well enough that you will understand it and can learn how to truly solve your own problem.

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Pearson Education

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0672332868

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