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Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
Ebury Publishing 2009; US$ 12.00Was medieval England full of knights on horseback rescuing fainting damsels in distress? Were the Middle Ages mired in superstition and ignorance? Why does nobody ever mention King Louis the First and Last? And, of course, those key questions: which monks were forbidden the delights of donning underpants... and did outlaws never wear trousers? ... more...
Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic
Random House Publishing Group 2007; US$ 15.00In this thoroughly satisfying and completely disorienting novel based on a story line by Douglas Adams (author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Terry Jones recounts an unforgettable tale of intergalactic travel and mishap. The saga of "the ship that cannot possibly go wrong" sparkles with wit, danger, and confusion that will keep readers guessing... more...
Cemetery Hill
Da Capo Press 2003; US$ 17.95The fight for Cemetery Hill was long and bloody--whoever controlled the hill would win the battle of Gettysburg. more...
Historical Dictionary of the Civil War
Scarecrow Press 2002; US$ 299.99This two-volume set is a well-written read about the military aspects of the civil war, covering the issues that started the war; the military personnel who strategized, commanded, and fought the war; and the many battles, engagements, and skirmishes that comprised the war. more...
Historical Dictionary of the Civil War
Scarecrow Press 2011; US$ 199.00This updated and expanded two-volume second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Civil War relates the history of this war through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on persons, places, events, institutions, battles, and campaigns. This book is an excellent... more...
Lee's Tigers
LSU Press 2002; US$ 19.95Sometimes called the "wharf rats from New Orleans" and the "lowest scrapings of the Mississippi," Lee's Tigers were the approximately twelve thousand Louisiana infantrymen who served in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia from the time of the campaign at First Manassas to the final days of the war at Appomattox. Terry L. Jones offers a colorful,... more...
California Prehistory
AltaMira Press 2007; US$ 43.99Reader of original synthesizing articles for introductory courses on archaeology and native peoples of California. more...
Terry Jones' Barbarians
Ebury Publishing 2009; US$ 12.00Terry Jones' Barbarians takes a completely fresh approach to Roman history. Not only does it offer us the chance to see the Romans from a non-Roman perspective, it also reveals that most of those written off by the Romans as uncivilized, savage and barbaric were in fact organized, motivated and intelligent groups of people, with no intentions of... more...
Clark
University of California Press 2011; US$ 34.95Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across... more...
Contemporary Issues in California Archaeology
Left Coast Press 2012; US$ 39.95Recent archaeological research on California includes a greater diversity of models and approaches to the region’s past, as older literature on the subject struggles to stay relevant. This comprehensive volume offers an in-depth look at the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in the field including key controversies relevant to... more...









