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The Lewis Chessmen by James Robinson
Category: Art | Series: Objects in Focus
The Lewis chessmen were found under mysterious circumstances on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in 1831. Probably made in Norway around AD 1150-1200, these enchanting chess pieces consist of elaborately worked walrus ivory and whales' teeth in the forms of seated kings and queens, mit ...Show more
The Mind in the Making by James Robinson
Category: Health and Wellbeing
As a historical student who for a good many years has been especially engaged in inquiring how man happens to have the ideas and convictions about himself and human relations which now prevail, the writer has reached the conclusion that history can at least shed a great deal of light on our present pred ...Show more
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies and the Fate of Liberty by Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson
Category: History
'A must-read. Acemoglu and Robinson are intellectual heavyweights of the first rank . . . erudite and fascinating' Paul Collier, Guardian, on Why Nations Fail By the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail, based on decades of research, this powerful new big-picture framework explains h ...Show more
The Quarry by James Nelson Robinson
Category: Fiction
10 years have passed since youngsters Bobby Massey and Linda West stumbled across an Australian Government secret cache of weapons. Now armed with new information, rogue government officials were ready to take any measures necessary to ensure their lucrative secret deal with a third world nation rebel g ...Show more
The Secrets of Judas: The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Lost Gospel by James McConkey Robinson
Category: Spirituality
The discovery of a previously lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot has electrified the Christian community. What Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John tell us about Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, is inconsistent and biased. Therefore, the revelation of an ancient gospel that portrays this despised man as some ...Show more
The World's Worst Pets by Adam Stower (Illustrator); David Walliams (Read by); Terry Mynott (Read by); Morgana Robinson (Read by); Clare Corbett (Read by); Wayne Forester (Read by); James Goode (Read by); Danielle Vitalis (Read by); Akiya Henry (Read by)
Category: Audio Books
BE WARNED! AWFUL ANIMALS LURK INSIDE...Millions of readers have loved The World's Worst Children, The World's Worst Teachers and The World's Worst Parents - now they will delight in this ludicrously laugh-out-loud collection of pets, brought to you by the phenomenal Number One bestselling author David W ...Show more
Triumph - Pictorial History of the Great British Marque by James Robinson
Category: Technology and Transport
Triumph is truly one of the most enduringly popular names in motorcycling. The word itself literally means to win and Triumph the motorcycle maker has, for the most part of its 100-plus years,been a world-class winner. Author James Robinson, editor of The Classic MotorCycle magazine, delves into the ...Show more
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by James A. Robinson, Daron Acemoglu
Category: Languages and Reference
This is a provocative bestseller that explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? "Why Nations Fail" sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down t ...Show more
Wonder Woman Vol. 7: Amazons Attacked by James Robinson; Stephen Segovia (Illustrator)
Category: Graphic Novels
The power of the ancient gods has returned Darkseid to his former self, but he wants more--he wants the throne of Apokolips back! But to put down the rebellions and civil war raging on his homeworld, he'll need an army more powerful than he's ever had before. That sounds suspiciously like the Amazons! ...Show more
Wonder Woman Vol 9: Enemy of Both Sides by Steve Orlando; ACO (Illustrator); Raul Allen (Illustrator); Cary Nord; G. Willow Wilson; James Robinson
Category: Graphic Novels
Is Man's World ready for Wonder Woman to bring Amazonian justice to today's society? James Robinson writes a tale of Diana visiting the small-time crook known as Mayfly in jail over the course of several years. But how do these visits impact Diana and Mayfly? At the orders of Aztek, Diana and Artemi ...Show more