Best Selling Books by James Jones

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Flying a Dutch flag, the Vandetta is parked alongside the dock in the port of Kingston, Jamaica. On board, meeting secretly, are four pirate captainsthree former royal navy captains and a Duke of the Realmmaking a plan to exact revenge and retribution on those responsible for their loss of income, status, position, and reputation. The four compiled a list of the people who had caused them even the slightest provocation during the last twenty years, focusing on those who had forced them into the cut-throat world of piracy. Fierce battles ensue and in the process they capture a princess and steal her dowry and gold bullion from a ship in the dead of night. They also commandeer three Spanish treasure ships and, using the melted gold, they commit a major forgery by selling the gilded gold to greedy, corrupt government officials. A tale of the high seas, Saladins Sword narrates a story of treachery, adventure, and betrayal.

As a Christian, it can be hard to answer the question of why people suffer in God''s world, especially to for those new to or learning about the Christian faith. Why Do People Suffer? is an accessible and hopeful exploration of a key faith issue, that provides an ideal basis for discussion, helping the reader to think through the issues and offering hope in a God who understands and shares in our suffering. The book explores where suffering came from and the role of evil in the world, using recent examples such as 9/11 and the Asian Tsunami with which a contemporary audience can connect. Colour illustrations and information boxes throughout the book draw on news items and other people''s experience of pain and suffering to help give perspective to the issues being discussed.

As James Jones waited for his heart operation and began to recover from it, he had the Psalms with him day and night, and these are reflections based on each occasion the word ''heart'' is used in the Psalms (70 times). These reflections invite the reader to make a new relationship with the psalms, and with the familiar translation of them in the Book of Common Prayer.

Aeroform: Designing for Wind and Air Movement provides a comprehensive introduction to applying aerodynamic principles to architectural design. It presents a challenge to architects and architectural engineers to give shape to the wind and express its influence on architectural form. The wind pushes and pulls on our buildings, infiltrates and exfiltrates through cracks and openings, and lifts roofs during storm events. It can also offer opportunities for resource conservation through natural ventilation or a biophilic connection between indoors and out. This book provides basic concepts in fluid mechanics such as materials, forces, equilibrium, pressure, and hydrostatics; introduces the reader to the concept of airflow; and provides strategies for designing for wind resistance, especially in preventing uplift. Natural ventilation and forced airflow are explored using examples such as Thomas Herzog’s Hall 26 in Hanover, RWE Ag building in Essen Germany, and the Kimbell Art Museum in Texas. Finally, issues of wind and airflow measurement are addressed. A reference for students and practitioners of architecture and architectural engineering, this book is richly illustrated and presents complex concepts of aerodynamic engineering in easy-to-understand language. It prepares the architect or architectural engineer to design buildings that are visually expressive of a dialogue between wind and built form.

Wingar Hogans Bush Safari is a hilarious comedy with three separate stories: the Italian job, where a group of Italian nobles on a tour of the Australian bush; the true-blue tour, where the famous Dame Edna Rafferty and her hubby, Sir Les Patterson, on a flying tour of the world in vintage Tiger Moth planes; and a submarine, underwater sperm whale tour with Bunger Mackenzie around the world. Major adventures and startling events occur along the way in each story.

There is a rich history of achievements by Chartered Surveyors in Singapore going back as far as the 1880s. Their stories have largely gone untold. This book tells the stories of individual Chartered Surveyors in Singapore over the first hundred years since the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors was founded (1868 to 1968) and explains the role they played in the development of Singapore. The book also includes the stories of the pioneer Singaporean Chartered Surveyors from the 1940s onwards, many of whom studied overseas but returned to Singapore where they would play important roles in the real estate industry over future decades.Related Link(s)

A collection of thirteen short stories by James Jones about men, women, and children in love, at war, and in marriage.

"If You Can Count To Four" suggests that genuine success is simpler than we often believe. Just as a child can turn on lights with a button, success follows straightforward rules. By understanding and applying these rules, anyone can create success for themselves, regardless of their background, connections, or financial resources. It''s about mastering the basics and using them effectively. The law of electricity works for all of us. We can burn your house down with electricity or you can light your home with it. You don''t have to be a genius to do it. Regardless of your background, your lack of education, your lack of knowing anyone who is supposed to be important, your lack of funds, or any other seeming lack, you can still be what you want to be and have what you want to have. If you have just one little desire right now that you wish fulfilled and you don''t know exactly how to go about it, then you are ready to learn how to "Count to Four".

James Jones verbindet in diesem Werk über die Pariser Studentenrevolte im Mai 1968 Chronik und Roman. In seinen exakten Tag-für-Tag-Report ist der exemplarische Fall eines Generationenkonflikts hineinverwoben. Wie bei seinem ersten Bestseller ›Verdammt in alle Ewigkeit‹ schreibt Jones aus eigenem Erleben, aus persönlichem Engagement und reißt den Leser mit. (Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine frühere Ausgabe.)