Nicholas Jones: 21 books

In the run-up to the general election of May 2010 it was universally acknowledged that whatever the outcome, this vote would start a fresh chapter in British political history. But no one anticipated just how fresh that chapter would be - Twists and turns made it an election like no other. David Cameron...

This is a collection of 19 articles dealing with misunderstandings surrounding the Book of Genesis. Perhaps that sounds boring to you. Well some bits may already be apparent but most of it presents an image of God and of man that has not been presented before. It breaks free from the Old Testament...

Forget the roadmap—get the timetable. History, not prophesy confirms it. Every day, every phrase, every verb, the patterns and omissions in the creation account are screaming out a message. Get ready! The last 6 millennia have been accurately depicted. They have unfolded pretty much on schedule...

This is a collection of 12 articles which in hindsight have a common theme of causing us to question our own personal philosophy and to challenge understandings that the Church has evolved. Why should you take on this challenge? Well, perhaps you will end up finding Trust more beautiful than Understanding...

Though my primary focus or revelation seemed to be "Page 1: God’s Timetable", there were many other insights that revealed Jesus more clearly. There is no point in knowing God's precise timetable without knowing who is managing and coordinating it. Over the millennia, the Biblical texts...

Does it matter if God created Adam after He rested on day 7 or before He rested? It won't affect your salvation but it will tarnish your image of God. There are a plethora of intriguing issues that crop up as you read Genesis that are awkward when you see Adam as a day-6 creation but flow seamlessly...

A computer simulation of the gravitational field of the universe has been developed that precisely predicts the observed recession velocities of nearby and distant galaxies, even where it deviates from Hubble’s Law. It is called the COI universe model. Many other unusual cosmic observations like...

What if God wanted to reveal His heart for mankind, and His son, even before time began? The entities described in the creation account have meanings and associations developed through out scripture. These reveal a new story about God the Father and Jesus during creation.

A Poetry Precise and Free collects 150 lyric poems by the Renaissance Italian poet Giovanni Battista Guarini in new translations, accompanied by the Italian originals and commentary that will enlighten and engage both scholars and general readers.  Guarini’s madrigals provide insight into northern...

The Courts of Genocide focuses on the judicial response to the genocide in Rwanda in order to address the search for justice following mass atrocities. The central concern of the book is how the politics of justice can get in the way of its administration. Considering both the ICTR (International...

In this volume, Nicholas R. Jones analyzes white appropriations of black African voices in Spanish theater from the 1500s through the 1700s, when the performance of Africanized Castilian, commonly referred to as habla de negros (black speech), was in vogue. Focusing on Spanish Golden Age theater...

The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of contemporary Oman. Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout...

The Lively Experiment chronicles how Americans have continually demolished traditional prejudices while at the same time erecting new walls between belief systems. Nearly four hundred years after Roger Williams' 1633 Rhode Island colony, the "lively experiment" of religious tolerance remains...

The Hadza, an ethnic group indigenous to northern Tanzania, are one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer populations. Archaeology shows 130,000 years of hunting and gathering in their land but Hadza are rapidly losing areas vital to their way of life. This book offers a unique opportunity to capture...