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1. Heaven on Earth?

Author

Jones, Robert, Jr.

Subjects
Palmares (Novel) -- Jones, Gayl, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Abstract

PALMARESBy Gayl Jones Surrounding Gayl Jones is an aura of violet light. The poet Sonia Sanchez once called Toni Morrison -- who discovered Jones's talent and became her editor in [...]

Published
2021

8. Ruled passions: re-reading the culture of sensibility

Author

Jones, Robert W.

Subjects
Framing Feeling: Sentiment and Style in English Prose Fiction, 1745-1800 (Book) -- Book reviews, The Politics of Sensibility: Race, Gender, and Commerce in the Sentimental Novel (Book) -- Book reviews, The Poetics of Sensibility: A Revolution in Literary Style (Book) -- Book reviews, The Authority of Experience: Sensationist Theory in the French Enlightenment (Book) -- Book reviews, Strange Fits of Passion: Epistemologies of Emotion, Hume to Austen (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, History
Published
1999

14. Hypertext and Hypermedia

Author

Jones, Robert Alun

Subjects
Hypertext and Hypermedia (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Sociology and social work
Published
1993

15. On Divorce

Author

Jones, Robert Alun

Subjects
On Divorce (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews
Published
1993

18. Charles Ives, A Life with Music

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
Charles Ives: A Life with Music (Book), Books -- Book reviews, General interest, Political science
Abstract

Reviewed by ROBERT C. JONES In an article about Charles Ives and his music published in the November 1946 issue of Listen, Lou Harrison wrote: I suspect that the works [...]

Published
1998

19. Dysfunctional Behavior in Organizations, Part A: Violent and Deviant Behavior, Part B: Non-Violent Dysfunctional Behavior in Organizations, Volume 23

Author

Jones, Robert G.

Subjects
Dysfunctional Behavior in Organizations: Part A, Violent and Deviant Behavior (Book), Dysfunctional Behavior in Organizations: Part B, Non-Violent Dysfunctional Behavior i n Organizations (Book), Dysfunctional Behavior in Organizations, Pts. A-B (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Human resources and labor relations, Psychology and mental health
Published
1999

21. The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

*Steinman, Louise. The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War. Algonquin. Oct. 2001. c.256p. bibliog. ISBN 1-56512-310-7. $23.95. AUTOBIOG Clearing out the family's storage locker after her father's death, Steinman [...]

Published
2001

22. Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson (Biography) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Sisman, Adam. Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson. Farrar. Aug. 2001. c.400p, illus, bibliog. index. LC 00-067699. ISBN 0-374-11561-3. $25. BIOG Sisman, a former publisher [...]

Published
2001

23. Samuel Pepys: A Life

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
Samuel Pepys: A Life (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Coote, Stephen. Samuel Pepys: A Life. Palgrave: St. Martin's. May 2001. c.400p. photogs. index. ISBN 0-312-23929-7. $27.95. BIOG Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) may be most widely remembered for his six-volume diary, [...]

Published
2001

24. Women Sailors and Sailors' Women

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
Women Sailors and Sailors' Women (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Cordingly, David. Women Sailors and Sailors' Women. Random. Feb. 2001. c.304p. photogs. bibliog. index. LC 00-062762. ISBN 0-375-50041-3. $24.95. HIST Cordingly (Under the Black Flag), former curator of paintings and [...]

Published
2001

25. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (Biography) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

*Brands, H.W. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin. Doubleday. Sept. 2000. c.768p. index. LC 00-027930. ISBN 0-385-49328-2. $35. BIOG In this new biography, Brands (history, Texas [...]

Published
2000

26. On the Missionary Trail: A Journey Through Polynesia, Africa, Asia, and Oceania with the London Missionary Society

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
On the Missionary Trail: A Journey Through Polynesia, Africa, Asia and Oceania with the London Missionary Society (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Hiney, Tom. On the Missionary Trail: A Journey Through Polynesia, Africa, Asia, and Oceania with the London Missionary Society. Atlantic Monthly. Oct. 2000. c.384p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-87113-8239. $25. [...]

Published
2000

27. The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Harvey, Miles. The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime.' Random. Sept. 2000. c.432p. permanent paper. index. ISBN 0-375-50151-7. $24.95. CRIME Harvey, a book-review columnist for Outside [...]

Published
2000

28. The Merger: The Conglomeration of International Organized Crime

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
The Merger: The Conglomeration of International Organized Crime (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Robinson, Jeffrey. The Merger: The Conglomeration of International Organized Crime. Overlook, dist. by Penguin/Putnam. Jul. 2000. c.384p. index. ISBN 1-58567-030-8. $27.95. CRIME An expert on international crime and author of [...]

Published
2000

29. When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line Between Law and Popular Culture

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line Between Law and Popular Culture (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Sherwin, Richard K. When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line Between Law and Popular Culture. Univ. of Chicago. Jun. 2000. c.315p. permanent paper. index. ISBN 0-226-75291-7. $27. LAW 'What images [...]

Published
2000

30. Dusk to Dawn: Survivor Accounts of the Last Night of the Titanic

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
Dusk to Dawn: Survivor Accounts of the Last Night of the Titanic (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Quinn, Paul J. Dusk to Dawn: Survivor Accounts of the Last Night of the Titanic. Fantail. 1999. 288p. illus, bibliog. ISBN 0-9655209-9-4. $29.95. HIST Quinn, a member of the Titanic [...]

Published
1999

31. Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Cookman, Scott. Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition. Wiley. Feb. 2000. c.256p. permanent paper. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0471-37790-2. $24.95. HIST The two ships [...]

Published
1999

32. Arsenic Under the Elms: Murder in Victorian New Haven

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
Arsenic Under the Elms: Murder in Victorian New Haven (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

McConnell, Virginia A. Arsenic Under the Elms: Murder in Victorian New Haven. Praeger. Nov. 1999. c.288p. LC 99-19261. ISBN 0-275-96297-0. $26.95. CRIME McConnell (English, literature, and speech, Walla Walla Community [...]

Published
1999

33. Gone Boy: A Walkabout

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
Gone Boy: A Walkabout (Biography) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Gibson, Gregory. Gone Boy: A Walkabout. Kodansha, dist. by Farrar. Oct. 1999. c.272p. ISBN 1-56836-292-7. $25. CRIME On December 14, 1992, during a shooting rampage at Simon's Rock College, Gibson's [...]

Published
1999

34. Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murder of Eleven Plantation Slaves

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murder of Eleven Plantation Slaves (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Freeman, Gregory A. Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murder of Eleven Plantation Slaves. Lawrence Hill. Oct. 1999. c.210p. photogs. ISBN 1-55652-357-2. $22. CRIME Fifty-six years after the end of [...]

Published
1999

35. Threshold of Terror: The Last Hours of the Monarchy in the French Revolution

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
Threshold of Terror: The Last Hours of the Monarchy in the French Revolution (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Allen, Rodney. Threshold of Terror: The Last Hours of the Monarchy in the French Revolution. Sutton, dist. by Books Internat. 1999. c.248p, illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 0-7509-2030-0. $34.95. HIST Independent [...]

Published
1999

36. The Myth of the Titanic

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
The Myth of the Titanic (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Howells, Richard. The Myth of the Titanic. St. Martin's. Jul. 1999. c.225p. permanent paper, illus. bibliog. index. LC 98-53552. ISBN 0-312-22148-7. $29.95. HIST In this scholarly and heavily documented study, [...]

Published
1999

37. Industrial Ruins: Space, Aesthetics, and Materielity

Author

Jones, Robert A.

Subjects
Industrial Ruins: Space, Aesthetics, and Materielity (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, High technology industry, History
Published
2006

38. Building on the Promise of Diversity

Author

Jones, Robert G.

Subjects
Building on the Promise of Diversity: How We Can Move to the Next Level in Our Workplace, Our Communities, and Our Society (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Human resources and labor relations, Psychology and mental health
Published
2006

40. Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism, 1861-1880

Author

Jones, Robert B.

Subjects
Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism, 1861-1880. (Book) -- Sinisi, Kyle S., Books -- Book reviews, History, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism, 1861-1880. By Kyle S. Sinisi. The North's Civil War Series. (New York: Fordham University Press, 2003. Pp. xvi, 208. $50.00, ISBN [...]

Published
2005

41. The Revolution of Peter the Great

Author

Jones, Robert E.

Subjects
The Revolution of Peter the Great (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Regional focus/area studies
Published
2004

42. The House and Senate in the 1790s: Petitioning, Lobbying, and Institutional Development

Author

Jones, Robert F.

Subjects
The House and Senate in the 1790s: Petitioning, Lobbying, and Institutional Development (Book) -- Bowling, Kenneth R. -- Kennon, Donald R., Books -- Book reviews, History, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

Edited by Kenneth R. Bowling and Donald R. Kennon. Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1789-1801. (Athens, Ohio: Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, [...]

Published
2003

44. What's bred in the bone

Author

Jones, Robert

Subjects
What's Bred in the Bone (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Humanities, Literature/writing, Political science
Published
1985

45. Fifth business

Author

Jones, Robert

Subjects
Fifth Business (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Humanities, Literature/writing, Political science
Published
1985

46. Population Biology: Concepts and Models

Author

Jones, Robert H.

Subjects
Population Biology: Concepts and Models (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Biological sciences, Environmental issues
Abstract

Imagine that you are presenting a lecture on the Lotka-Volterra equations. The model seems simple to you, but many students become confused. Did you miss some critical step in the [...]

Published
1998

48. Tyler-Lewis, Kelly. The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party

Author

Jones, Robert C.

Subjects
The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party (Book) -- Tyler-Lewis, Kelly, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Tyler-Lewis, Kelly. The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party. Viking. Apr. 2006. c.350p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-670-03412-6. $25.95. HIST Historian Tyler-Lewis (visiting scholar, Scott [...]

Published
2006

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