Most Popular Books by Bruce Jones

These evocative stories bring to life the tragic personal impact of the Cultural Revolution on the families of China''s intellectuals. Now adults, survivors recall their childhood during the tumultuous years between 1965 and 1976, when Mao''s death finally drew a curtain on a bitterly failed social and political experiment.A series of first-person narratives eloquently describes the life-long influence of this seminal period on China''s children. Those who were teenagers in the late 1960s joined the Red Guards and the revolutionary rebel groups, following Mao''s directives to make revolution, often to their own undoing. Those who were too young to participate directly were even more vulnerable. Although they had little understanding of the political firestorm that engulfed their parents, they were old enough to understand and feel the terror it brought. Vividly capturing the emotional intensity of the time, these stories explore what it was like to be caught up in revolutionary fervor, to be sent to the countryside, to be separated,either ideologically or physically,from one''s parents, often forever.By undermining families and family structure, the Cultural Revolution created a generation of Chinese who view politics, the Communist Party, and life itself with deep cynicism. Presenting a spectrum of individual stories of people who saw the Cultural Revolution through the eyes of a child, The Red Mirror offers rare insights for understanding the crippling legacy of the Cultural Revolution.

The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One is the ideal guide to Grand Prix racing. Exciting photography alongside the text brings to life everything you need to know about this world of wealth, glamor and cutting-edge technology.

Motor racing is the most glamorous, most dangerous sport in the world, which is why millions around the globe watch it live on TV if they cannot get to the circuit. The compulsion to be the fastest often pushes drivers past the edge of safety, sometimes with tragic consequences. Advanced construction techniques have made Formula 1 cars strong enough to enable drivers to survive high-speed, multi-car crashes. This book honors the skill of the engineers, and the courage of the drivers. It is a photographic celebration of the competitors'' ability to survive some of the most spectacular and terrifying accidents in sports. This book brings together a collection of spectacular incidents from which drivers emerged without injury. From Luciano Burti barrel-rolling at the start of the Formula 1 German Grand Prix in 2001, to many a crash-strewn national event "... and they walked away!" Offers a selective journey through the sport''s closest escapes.

The world''s bestselling Grand Prix handbook is back revised and fully updated for the new season. This is the definitive guide to Formula 1 in 2024. A complete examination of all the teams racing this season, every driver and all the tracks featured in the packed Grand Prix calendar. Also including a full review of the 2023 season and a breakdown of the revised rules and regulations for 2024, this indispensable guidebook features last season''s drivers'' and constructors'' world championship results - as well as a fill-in chart for 2024, so each book becomes your own personalised guide to the year''s action. Written by bestselling F1 author Bruce Jones and containing dozens of breathtaking photographs and detailed circuit illustrations plus a statistics section highlighting the major records in F1 history, this is the only guide you''ll need for the racing action ahead.

A sensational story about a serial killer and a detective with a sixth sense--set in a sunny and sinister town on the California seaside. A woman had been murdered--by a horrible method that has serial killer written all over it. For Laredo Beach''s Detective Sergeant Eustes Tully, it was time to use his sixth sense to crack the crime.

A brilliant serial bomber, who has manufactured The Sprinter 9000 as the newest personal computer, has taken control of every major database in Washington, D.C. The FBI calls in Jeni Starbuck to investigate, and her life becomes a pawn in the hands of the mysterious madman.

The protagonist returns home to his wife and child, only to find himself barred at the door by a stranger claiming to be the woman''s husband, a claim she does not deny. The stranger turns out to be a jailed psychopath, ex-CIA, and the novel follows the protagonist as he battles to get his family back.

Grand Prix Yesterday & Today is a timely celebration of motorracing, dating back to its origins in 1906. Each spread will show a facet of the sport from those pioneering days juxtaposed with a similar one of recent times. Complementing these expertly chosen images are reflections on the situations then and now. The structure of the book allows today?s F1 fan to see just how much things have technically changed over the years but paradoxically how many of the fundamentals of motor racing have remained unaltered. Times may change, but Grand Prix remains the compelling spectacle that it always was.

Believed to be responsible for the murder of a child, Dr. Bruce Banner and his destructive alter ego, the Hulk, flee both the police and the attentions of a sinister organization with an unknown agenda.

The gods will be turned to ash! The World Tree burns as the forces of Surtur, Lord of Muspelheim, scorch the Nine Realms with the irrepressible blaze of war. Loyalty to blood stands above loyalty to realm as the warriors of Asgardia and Vanaheim battle one another while the ever-hungry flames of rebellion feast on the destruction. And in the heart of conflict stands a boy. The plots and schemes Loki set into motion during his adventures across the Nine Realms come to an explosive conclusion that brings the legendary heroes of myth to their knees! When the God of Thunder, Thor, falters in battle, will placing his trust in his beloved brother Loki--the boy god, lord of mischief--be Asgardia''s salvation...or its undoing? Collecting THE MIGHTY THOR #18-22 and JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1952) #642-645.

A disabled Gulf War veteran asks a truly depraved favor in the name of saving his marriage in "Watching You" (written by Bruce Jones and illustrated by Frank Quitely); corporate downsizing takes on a dark new meaning in "Mondays" (written by Scott Cunningham and illustrated by Essad Ribic); and a rain-slicked graveyard hosts a cat-and-mouse game between man and monster in "Tin God" (written by John Arcudi and illustrated by Ryan Sook).

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From a brilliant Brookings Institution expert, an “important” (The Wall Street Journal) and “penetrating historical and political study” (Nature) of the critical role that oceans play in the daily struggle for global power, in the bestselling tradition of Robert Kaplan’s The Revenge of Geography. For centuries, oceans were the chessboard on which empires battled for supremacy. But in the nuclear age, air power and missile systems dominated our worries about security, and for the United States, the economy was largely driven by domestic production, with trucking and railways that crisscrossed the continent serving as the primary modes of commercial transit. All that has changed, as nine-tenths of global commerce and the bulk of energy trade is today linked to sea-based flows. A brightly painted forty-foot steel shipping container loaded in Asia with twenty tons of goods may arrive literally anywhere else in the world; how that really happens and who actually profits from it show that the struggle for power on the seas is a critical issue today. Now, in vivid, closely observed prose, Bruce D. Jones conducts us on a fascinating voyage through the great modern ports and naval bases—from the vast container ports of Hong Kong and Shanghai to the vital naval base of the American Seventh Fleet in Hawaii to the sophisticated security arrangements in the Port of New York. Along the way, the book illustrates how global commerce works, that we are amidst a global naval arms race, and why the oceans are so crucial to America’s standing going forward. As Jones reveals, the three great geopolitical struggles of our time—for military power, for economic dominance, and over our changing climate—are playing out atop, within, and below the world’s oceans. The essential question, he shows, is this: who will rule the waves and set the terms of the world to come?

Through a stunning gallery of photographs and in a brief report on each year, the Formula One World Championship is explored in all its glory, anguish, tragedy, and triumph over the past 50 years. 280 photos, many in color.

Whatever the battleground..Whatever the foe…Red Sonja shall never falter! Marvel Feature Presents Red Sonja: She-Devil With a Sword #4

After a plane crash, Bruce Banner, a.k.a. the Incredible Hulk, and Wolverine must put aside their differences and work together, as they have only six hours to rescue a woman and a sick boy from a couple of desperate drug dealers.

Is the United States still a “superpower”? How are the rising powers establishing themselves in international politics and security? What is the future of global stability? For over a decade, Bruce Jones has had a front-row seat as the emerging powers—principally China, India, and Brazil, but also Turkey, Indonesia, Korea, and others—thrust themselves onto the global stage. From Delhi to Doha to Beijing to Brasilia, he’s met with the politicians, diplomats, business leaders, and scholars of those powers as they craft their strategies for rising influence—and with senior American officials as they forge their response. In Still Ours to Lead, Jones tells a nuanced story of American leadership. He artfully examines the tension between the impulse to rival the United States and the incentives for restraint and cooperation among the rising powers. That balance of rivalry and restraint provides the United States with a continued ability to solve problems and to manage crises at roughly the same rate as when American dominance was unquestioned. Maintaining the balance is central to the question of whether we will live in a stable or unstable system in the period to come. But it just so happens that this challenge plays to America’s unique strength—its unparalleled ability to pull together broad and disparate coalitions for action. To succeed, America must adapt its leadership to new realities.

Brian Denman is an ex CIA agent and mercenary turned private investigator who arrives in New Orleans to probe a centuries old myth. It illuminates a modern labyrinth of adventure love and vampires, culminating in an epic battle of destiny and revenge.

Focusing exclusively on the world of Formula One, the biggest and most glamorous of all motor sports championships, this volume highlights the great battles for the World Drivers Championship and the Constructors Cup since they began in the 1950s.

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Balek the behemoth lives!...And so Red Sonja Dies! Originally presented in Marvel Feature Presents Red Sonja: She-Devil With a Sword #3

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 19 collects "Deathmark," which mixes tattoos, severed arms, and a decadesold grudge into a gruesome mystery, and "Tower of Mitra," where a magically endowed beauty, seen in a previous Jones Conan story, returns to help defeat a demonic harpy. Writers Mary Jo Duffy, Alan Zelenetz, and Michael Fleisher also contribute oneshot stories to this collection, which finds Conan facing the Dragon of Solvanthia, numerous witches and wizards, rat demons, bloodthirsty swordsmen, and his own son by a priestess of the Cimmerian wilderness! * This volume collects Conan the Barbarian issues #143 to #150.

“BLOOD TIES!” Having faked his own death, Andrew Bennett wanders the roads of Kansas, feeding on farm animals. He begins to realize that he''s losing his taste for animals and will soon require human blood! Plus, “HOUSE ODDS” and “D-DAY FOR EARTH!”

Celebrate the seminal work of legendary fantasy illustrator Frank Thorne with this gorgeous hardcover collection, presenting for the first time the actual storyboard artwork from his complete 1976 run of swords-and-sorcery icon Red Sonja appearances in the Marvel Feature comic book series. Scanned in high-resolution color and printed at original size, Frank Thorne''s Red Sonja Art Edition preserves every detail of the artist''s meticulous skill and hard work, while simultaneously presenting a complete storyline for the enjoyment of longtime She-Devil fans all in HD!!!

Ben Grimm, a.k.a. the Thing, travels to the desert to see the Hulk, where the two discuss their past "encounters." Then, Bruce Banner and Ben Grimm use one of Reed''s inventions to try to rid themselves of their respective monsters.

There has never been such a dramatic rise to the top of sport as that of 22-year-old Lewis Hamilton? I n his debut Formula One racing season, this promising rookie driver has exceeded all expectation and is now strongly tipped to take the world title and in the process has revitalized the British public?sinterest in Formula One, giving them a new hero. For this stunning illustrated book, acclaimed motorsport writer Bruce Jones charts Lewis Hamilton?s incredible rise through the ranks to top of the podium, revealing the skill and determination that has driven the young Hamilton to racing success and drawn acclaim from the biggest names inFormula One.

Kiss of the Dragon Queen

Collects Ka-Zar the Savage #1-5. A new world for the jungle lord! A hunt for his faithful four-legged friend Zabu takes Ka-Zar beyond the Savage Land u0097 into the ancient paradise of Pangea! But from shining citadels to the lofty heights of the Aerie Shalahn, itu0092s filled with newfound friends u0097 and fresh dangers! Caught between bird-people and pterons, will Kevin Plunder plunge to his doom, or find new love? One way or another, things are going to get complicated with Shanna, because the so-called she-devil isnu0092t quite herself. As Ka-Zar wrestles with his restlessness, the stakes become life and death. Savage tales from a series thatu0092s one of Marvelu0092s hidden gems!