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John Barber may refer to: Politics John Barber (Lord Mayor of London) (died 1741), Jacobite printer, Lord Mayor of London in 1732 John Barber, represented Tryon County in the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 John Roaf Barber (1841–1917), Canadian industrialist and politician Sports Jack Barber (1901–1961), English footballer John Barber (basketball) (born 1927), retired American basketball player John Barber (cricketer) (1849–1908), English cricketer John Barber (racing driver) (1929–2015), retired British Formula One driver Skip Barber (born 1936 as John Barber III), retired American racecar driver Others John Barber (artist, scholar), Vancouver-based sound artist and scholar John Barber (businessman) (1919–2004), British businessman John Barber (clergyman) (died 1549), English clergyman John Barber (engineer) (1734–1801), English inventor of the gas turbine in 1791 John P. Barber, American engineer, pioneer of the railgun technology John T. Barber, Cornish bard and poet hailing from St. Ives John Warner Barber (1798–1885), American artist and author of popular histories John William Barber ("Bill" Barber, 1920–2007), American tuba player See also John Barber White (1847–1923), American businessman and politician. Discover the John Barber popular books. Find the top 100 most popular John Barber books.

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  • The Last Resort synopsis, comments

    The Last Resort

    John Barber

    The Fordhamton Arts Festival gets off to a bad start when Lynne Anderson is murdered during Geno Washington High’s production of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound. She is fou...

  • Me and Mr. Jones synopsis, comments

    Me and Mr. Jones

    Suzi Ronson

    A luminescent memoir from the stylist who created David's iconic Ziggy Stardust look, painting a dazzling picture of Bowie and the wild world of his entourage during this pivotal m...

  • Complete Mystery Detective of B. L. Farjeon synopsis, comments

    Complete Mystery Detective of B. L. Farjeon

    Benjamin Leopold Farjeon

    A British novelist, playwright, printer and journalist.  Mr. Farjeon's style is remarkable for its vivid realism. The London "Athenæum" in a long and appreciative review style...

  • An Echo from the Green Fields synopsis, comments

    An Echo from the Green Fields

    John Barber

    These articles have been previously published in national and local British newspapers and magazines and now collected in one book. They start with four London walks around Camden,...

  • The Lost Traveller synopsis, comments

    The Lost Traveller

    John Barber

    J finds himself in Greenwood High Street when his classic car breaks down. He heads to the local pub The Plough. There is an instant attraction between himself and the Ruth, the La...

  • How to Approach Writing a Risk Assessment for Event Managers synopsis, comments

    How to Approach Writing a Risk Assessment for Event Managers

    John Barber

    The preparation of a Risk Assessment is now an essential requirement for anyone planning a community event. This book is intended as a guide for those unfamiliar with organising fa...

  • Epitaph synopsis, comments

    Epitaph

    John Barber

    A short science fiction story about the first deepspace mission to find a planet suitable for colonization. The explorers are hoping to be the ones to make First Contact but are di...

  • Return to Fordhamton synopsis, comments

    Return to Fordhamton

    John Barber

    All Tim Rose wanted was to get back to the final night of the Bank’s training course at Oates Hall. He had been sent out on a straight forward initiative test. Then one disaster fo...

  • UnSweetined synopsis, comments

    UnSweetined

    Jodie Sweetin

    In this “explosive” (Us Weekly) and “brutally honest” (E! Online) memoir, Jodie Sweetin, once Danny Tanner’s bubbly daughter on America’s favorite family sitcom, takes readers behi...

  • Fifty Business Ideas synopsis, comments

    Fifty Business Ideas

    John Barber

    Fifty Business Ideas is intended for anyone looking for inspiration to kick start a business opportunity. It is hoped that it will bring out the entrepreneurial spirit in the reade...

  • The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro synopsis, comments

    The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro

    Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais

    A French courtier, secret agent, libertine and adventurer, Beaumarchais (173299) was also author of two sparkling plays about the scoundrelly valet Figaro triumphant successes tha...

  • The Mystery Professor synopsis, comments

    The Mystery Professor

    John Barber

    This is the true story of Paul Arthur Crafton who in 1983 was dubbed ‘The Mystery Professor’ by the media in the Eastern States of America. Although genuinely qualified with a Doct...

  • Riddle of the Golden River synopsis, comments

    Riddle of the Golden River

    John Barber

    On his first day back after his holiday Detective Chief Inspector Steve Winwood gets the report of a dead body found on the bridge over the Rutter river. In the early hours of the ...

  • The Gods in the Mirror synopsis, comments

    The Gods in the Mirror

    John Barber

    The world is dark and mankind is on the verge of extinction. Small groups of humans live in isolation and scavenge artifacts left by the ancient people. The largest settlement is c...

  • The Naked Cellist synopsis, comments

    The Naked Cellist

    John Barber

    What could possibly go wrong at the Rutherford Arts Festival? Plenty apparently. Three deaths, a hit and run, blackmail and a drugged hip flask are just the start. Things start to ...

  • Kaos synopsis, comments

    Kaos

    John Barber

    Alan Price, local Councillor, local businessman and Chairman of the Football Club is found dead in a hotel room from a heart attack brought on by a truth drug slipped into his drin...

  • Seven Days in May synopsis, comments

    Seven Days in May

    John Barber

    When the Rutherford Member of Parliament is found in a sexually comprimising situation he is forced to resign sparking a byelection. An advert in the local newspaper is decoded by ...

  • The Tunnels of Hertford synopsis, comments

    The Tunnels of Hertford

    John Barber

    Knights Templar of Hertford still meet in underground chambers connected by a secret network of tunnels. Two brothers described their existence in an exclusive interview for the lo...

  • The Fordhamton Trilogy synopsis, comments

    The Fordhamton Trilogy

    John Barber

    The Fordhamton Trilogy contains all three episodes in the affairs of Fordhamton. A Little Local Affair begins with the fall out following the suspicious death of Alan Price in a ca...

  • The Russian Doll synopsis, comments

    The Russian Doll

    John Barber

    There were two unexpected mourners at Councillor Bob Ball’s funeral; his Russian wife and daughter. Even more surprising because no one knew that Bob Ball was married. Whilst the g...

  • John Barleycorn Must Die synopsis, comments

    John Barleycorn Must Die

    John Barber

    Two hired men came from the north, their victory to try; and they did make a solemn vow, John Barleycorn should die.Men In Black are real. They are not the hip agents of Hollywood ...

  • The Marlowe Papers synopsis, comments

    The Marlowe Papers

    John Barber

    When Brian Bennett, Group Commissioning Editor of the Rutherford Echo invites DCI Steve Winwood as his ‘plus one’ to the VIP opening of the Shed Community Theatre Steve fears the w...

  • The Mysterious Death of Sarah Stout synopsis, comments

    The Mysterious Death of Sarah Stout

    John Barber

    When the lifeless body of Sarah Stout was found in the River Lea the prime suspect was Spencer Cowper who was the last person to be seen with her. She was the wealthy daughter of a...

  • Murder at the Fleetwood synopsis, comments

    Murder at the Fleetwood

    John Barber

    The Murder Mystery Weekend at the Fleetwood Arms Hotel is thrown into chaos when one of the guests is murdered. The first thing DI Steve Winwood discovers is that many of the guest...

  • The Cricket Club Murders synopsis, comments

    The Cricket Club Murders

    John Barber

    The rules of cricket are almost incomprehensible to most of the non cricket playing world. Which is how DI Steve Winwood felt when bodies started turning up at the Rutherford Crick...

  • Childhood Eczema synopsis, comments

    Childhood Eczema

    John Barber

    Childhood eczema in its early stages can be recognized by red patches in the folds of skin behind arms and legs; and can be easily confused with nappy rash in early stages.The cond...

  • Colours of the Underground synopsis, comments

    Colours of the Underground

    John Barber

    A body is found in the English market town of Rutherford on a patch of waste land between a housing estate and the bypass. Detective Inspector Steve Winwood has one piece of good n...

  • The Wicked Lady synopsis, comments

    The Wicked Lady

    John Barber

    Katherine Ferrers is known as the Wicked Lady, a female highwayman who terrorised the local countryside in the middle of the seventeenth century. One night she was mortally wounded...

  • When the Dead Rise Up synopsis, comments

    When the Dead Rise Up

    John Barber

    The body of a suspect in a murder enquiry is uncovered during work to the town fountain. He was Ray Radford, killed thirty years previous and thought to have killed his partner Joh...

  • A Little Local Affair synopsis, comments

    A Little Local Affair

    John Barber

    This is an abridged and much amended version of the book first published in 2011. It still follows the police investigation into the sexual, political and economic affairs followin...

  • Quote Sport Unquote synopsis, comments

    Quote Sport Unquote

    John Barber

    ‘Football’s a funny old game Brian’ –Jimmy Greaves, footballer (Chelsea, AC Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham and England –goal machine!).To some people Cricket, Golf, Tennis, Bas...

  • The Book of Life synopsis, comments

    The Book of Life

    John Barber

    Ben Davies a director of Rutherford Corinthian Football Club is found in the ground floor supporters bar with his throat cut. The other ten directors had already gathered for an Em...

  • State Missouri v. John Barber synopsis, comments

    State Missouri v. John Barber

    Supreme Court of Nebraska

    John Barber was arrested, charged, and convicted of possession of controlled substances, Schedule II, in violation of § 195.020, RSMo 1978. Punishment was assessed at five years c...

  • Poems That Make Grown Women Cry synopsis, comments

    Poems That Make Grown Women Cry

    Anthony Holden & Ben Holden

    The internationally bestselling collection of poetry so powerful that it has moved readers to tears. “Anthony and Ben Holden remind us that you don’t have to be an academic or a po...