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John Porter may refer to: Politicians John Porter (Illinois politician) (1935–2022), Illinois politician, U.S. Representative John Porter (died 1599), MP for Bramber John Porter (MP for Maldon) (died 1660), English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 John Porter (New York politician) (1790–1874), New York politician John Porter (Pennsylvania politician) (fl. 1810s), Pennsylvania politician, U.S. Representative John Porter (portreeve) (1390–1394), MP for Taunton John Addison Porter (Secretary to the President) (1856–1900), first Secretary to the President John Clinton Porter (1871–1959), California politician, mayor of Los Angeles John K. Porter (1819–1892), American lawyer and politician from New York John L. Porter (politician) (1828–1897), Wisconsin farmer and legislator John W. Porter (1860–1941), Wisconsin politician Sports John Porter (horseman) (1838–1922), trainer in British Thoroughbred flat racing Jock Porter (John Adam Porter, 1894–1952), Scottish motorcycle racer John Porter (ice hockey) (1904–1997), ice hockey player John Porter (footballer, born 1961), Scottish footballer John Porter (footballer, born 1886), English footballer Musicians John Porter (musician, born 1950) (born 1950), partner of Anita Lipnicka John Porter (musician, born 1947), British guitarist, bassist, and producer Others John Porter (settler) (c. 1605–after 1674), founding settler of Portsmouth, Rhode Island John Porter (bishop) (died 1819), Anglican bishop in Ireland John Addison Porter (1822–1866), United States professor of chemistry John L. Porter (1813–1893), American naval constructor John Porter (sociologist) (1921–1979), Canadian sociologist John Robert Porter (1953–2021), English billionaire businessman and philanthropist John Scott Porter (1801–1880), Irish biblical scholar and Unitarian minister John Reed Porter (1838–1923), Medal of Honor recipient John Porter (historian), English historian See also Jack Porter (disambiguation) Jon Porter (born 1955), US congressman from Nevada John Porter Stakes, British flat horse race, named for the trainer John Porter-Porter (1855–1939), Northern Irish politician . Discover the John Porter popular books. Find the top 100 most popular John Porter books.

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  • The Woodward Trilogy synopsis, comments

    The Woodward Trilogy

    Bob Woodward & Robert Costa

    Discover the inside story of life inside President Trump’s White House as only #1 internationally bestselling author Bob Woodward can tell it with this collection of Woodward’s mos...

  • One Vision, Ten Meditations, Half a Dozen Angels synopsis, comments

    One Vision, Ten Meditations, Half a Dozen Angels

    John Porter

    A Christian meditational guide containing true stories of encounters with everyday angels, thoughts on the nature of God, and a description of a vision of Christ. Humorous in place...

  • Riding the Waves synopsis, comments

    Riding the Waves

    Jane McDonald

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Everything is much easier in life when difficult situations are faced with humour and a smile. But, don't get me wrong, that took years to realise. What...

  • Fitz John Porter synopsis, comments

    Fitz John Porter

    Robert Grey Reynolds Jr.

    The case of Fitz John Porter is one of the most argued in the annals of United States Military History. Porter moved rapidly up the ranks of the military, beginning with his valoro...

  • The Book Of Nothing synopsis, comments

    The Book Of Nothing

    John Porter

    An inspirational book for budding authors who have yet to let their fingers fly across the keyboard, or dip plume into ink, but yet who have a burning desire to turn their thoughts...

  • 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...

  • Selected Essays synopsis, comments

    Selected Essays

    Samuel Johnson

    This volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary charact...

  • The B Side synopsis, comments

    The B Side

    Ben Yagoda

    From an acclaimed cultural critic, a narrative and social history of the Great American Songwriting era. Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it’s a bit less w...

  • Killing for the Company synopsis, comments

    Killing for the Company

    Chris Ryan

    From the author of the bestselling Danny Black series and hit TV show Strikeback. Former SAS legend Chris Ryan brings you his sixteenth novel and it is full of all his trademark ac...

  • Measuring the Mosaic synopsis, comments

    Measuring the Mosaic

    Rick Helmes-Hayes

    Measuring the Mosaic is a comprehensive intellectual biography of John Porter (19211979), author of The Vertical Mosaic (1965), preeminent Canadian sociologist of his time, and one...

  • Military Memoirs of a Confederate synopsis, comments

    Military Memoirs of a Confederate

    Edward Porter Alexander

    First published in 1907, Military Memoirs of a Confederate is regarded by many historians as one of the most important and dispassionate firsthand general accounts of the American...

  • Radical Sacrifice synopsis, comments

    Radical Sacrifice

    William Marvel

    Born into a distinguished military family, Fitz John Porter (18221901) was educated at West Point and breveted for bravery in the war with Mexico. Already a wellrespected officer a...

  • The Cutest Little Animal Horror Stories synopsis, comments

    The Cutest Little Animal Horror Stories

    John Porter

    A sometimes humorous, sometimes thoughtprovoking look at how animals think and act, how people treat animals, and what happens to dogs in the afterlife. Tales from ancient Egypt an...

  • Behind The Skirting Board synopsis, comments

    Behind The Skirting Board

    John Porter

    For a young couple moving ahead into an exciting new stage of life, everything is an exciting challenge... a journey together through the shared adventures of renovating an old hou...

  • Turning The Page synopsis, comments

    Turning The Page

    John Porter

    A travelogue with a difference. The account of a brief, sevenday trip to the author's home country of England, with often very humorous and poignant comments about the history, geo...

  • Homer Through Other Eyes synopsis, comments

    Homer Through Other Eyes

    John Porter

    A collection of eight fictional firstperson accounts from the standpoint of one of the characters in Homer’s Iliad, or a character of the author’s own invention. These pieces are d...

  • The Gifts of Reading synopsis, comments

    The Gifts of Reading

    Robert Macfarlane, William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Chigozie Obioma, Philip Pullman, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, SF Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood & Markus Zusak

    With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice CartyWilliams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina...

  • The Kill Zone synopsis, comments

    The Kill Zone

    Chris Ryan

    From the author of the bestselling Danny Black series and the hit TV show Strikeback.The guys in the Regiment know they face their fiercest enemies when they fight the Taliban. Noo...

  • Iron Dawn synopsis, comments

    Iron Dawn

    Richard Snow

    “An utterly absorbing account of one of history’s most momentous battles” (Forbes) that not only changed the Civil War but the future of all sea powerfrom acclaimed popular histori...

  • Into a Raging Blaze synopsis, comments

    Into a Raging Blaze

    Andreas Norman & Ian Giles

    Stockholm, September 2011. Carina Dymek is on a fast track for promotion at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when she is approached by a stranger and given a USB stick cont...

  • Thoughts of Beauty and Words of Wisdom from the writings of John Ruskin. Edited with an introduction by R. Porter. synopsis, comments

    Thoughts of Beauty and Words of Wisdom from the writings of John Ruskin. Edited with an introduction by R. Porter.

    John Ruskin & Evert Augustus. Duyckinck

    The HISTORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection provides histories and analyses of society, culture, educa...

  • Crossfire Hurricane synopsis, comments

    Crossfire Hurricane

    Josh Campbell

    CROSSFIRE HURRICANE DELIVERS THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT FROM 2016 TO TODAY, tracing the events that lead this country to a historic impeachment and beyond.  “A mustr...

  • Jackie and the Books She Loved synopsis, comments

    Jackie and the Books She Loved

    Ronni Diamondstein & Bats Langley

    "There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all." Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Discover a delightful new story about Jacqueline Bouvier Ke...

  • Rage synopsis, comments

    Rage

    Bob Woodward

    Rage is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest.Woodward, the #1 internat...

  • Osama synopsis, comments

    Osama

    Chris Ryan

    From the author of the bestselling Danny Black series and the hit TV show Strikeback.Despatches from the secret world behind the headlines. Former SAS legend Chris Ryan brings you ...

  • Kirk and Anne synopsis, comments

    Kirk and Anne

    Kirk Douglas, Anne Douglas, Michael Douglas & Turner Classic Movies

    The late film icon and screen legend Kirk Douglas was married to Anne Buydens for more than six decades. Here they both look back on a lifetime filled with drama both on and off th...

  • Three For One synopsis, comments

    Three For One

    John Porter

    Two females each competing for the same male... a recipe for heartache and horror. Perhaps this story was drawn from something I overheard many years ago, or maybe something I read...

  • Final Season synopsis, comments

    Final Season

    John Porter

    As the Western World was reaching out to investigate the remains of longdead civilisations, the increasing speed of technological advances the motor car, the telegraph and photogr...

  • Building a Paper Copy of your Book at Home synopsis, comments

    Building a Paper Copy of your Book at Home

    John Porter

    A detailed guide from go to woe which describes in stepbystep detail exactly how to print and bind your own book at home, achieving a professional finish, but using only lowcost it...

  • The Aran Islands synopsis, comments

    The Aran Islands

    J.M. Synge

    In 1907 J. M. Synge achieved both notoriety and lasting fame with The Playboy of the Western World. The Aran Islands, published in the same year, records his visits to the islands ...

  • The Last Walk synopsis, comments

    The Last Walk

    John Porter

    There are a number of things which almost all human beings that have walked on this planet have had in common. Ever since he first hauled himself upright and stopped dragging his h...

  • Like A Dog With A Bone synopsis, comments

    Like A Dog With A Bone

    John Porter

    All puppies are loved... until they grow old and lose their teeth... start to smell... then they're replaced by a newer model and left to live out their last years in a world of th...

  • Brewing Barley Wines synopsis, comments

    Brewing Barley Wines

    Terry Foster

    For Craft Beer Drinkers and Homebrewers Alike From early English origins to modern American examples like Sierra Nevada’s Bigfoot and Rogue’s XS Old Crustacean, barley wines are a ...

  • Perfect Soldiers synopsis, comments

    Perfect Soldiers

    John Porter

    A young boy grows to adulthood watching the horrors of the Pol Pot regime destroy Cambodia. One in a series of ten stories in the compilation A Collection of Dirty Little Stories.

  • State Indiana v. John Robert Porter synopsis, comments

    State Indiana v. John Robert Porter

    Court of Appeals of Indiana

    On March 4, 1977, Defendant was convicted of robbery[Footnote 1] as an included offense of IC 351211,[Footnote 2] after a trial by jury. On March 23, 1977, the Defendant was senten...

  • All I Want For Christmas synopsis, comments

    All I Want For Christmas

    John Porter

    Christmas a a time for kids to have fun, open presents, play with their friends, and eat too much. A time too, for parents to pretend that the gifts their children wrapped with st...

  • Clarence Kenney v. John Porter synopsis, comments

    Clarence Kenney v. John Porter

    Corpus Christi Court of Civil Appeals of Texas

    This appeal of a take nothing judgment involves the application of a buysell agreement as it relates to the sale of stock of a closelyheld corporation. Clarence Kenney and wife, Ne...

  • Peril synopsis, comments

    Peril

    Bob Woodward & Robert Costa

    The transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history.But as #1 internationally bestselling...

  • Island Reich synopsis, comments

    Island Reich

    Jack Grimwood

    AN UNLIKELY SPY. A FORMER KING. THE FATE OF A NATION IN THEIR HANDS.The gripping WWII thriller from the awardwinning author of Nightfall Berlin, perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow'I...

  • A Collection of Dirty Little Stories synopsis, comments

    A Collection of Dirty Little Stories

    John Porter

    No erotica in this collection, despite the title! Just tales of people getting filthy mad at each other, commiting dirty deeds out of greed, lust or jealousy, and generally a whole...

  • The Guest List synopsis, comments

    The Guest List

    Ethan Mordden

    From the 1920s to the early 1960s, Manhattan was America's beacon of sophistication. From the theatres of Broadway to the lobby of the Algonquin Hotel to tables at the Stork Club, ...

  • Death Comes for the Archbishop synopsis, comments

    Death Comes for the Archbishop

    Willa Cather

    'Quite simply a masterpiece ... I am completely bowled over by it; by the power of its writing, by the vividness of its scene painting and by the stories it tells' A. N. Wilson'Whe...

  • Brewing Porters and Stouts synopsis, comments

    Brewing Porters and Stouts

    Terry Foster

    From the enduring global dominance of Guinness to exciting new craft porters to the resurgence of Russian imperial stouts, porters and stouts are among the most popular beer styles...

  • John Porter Fort synopsis, comments

    John Porter Fort

    John Porter Fort

    With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are w...