David R Barber

A Way with Magic is the first in a series of epic fantasy novels that make up the Draakonor Chronicles. Enter the world of Ninavar, a realm of heroes and monsters, of epic quests and adventure. A thousand years ago, the veil separating Ninavar and the magical realm called the Dreamland was destroyed...

Dr. James David Barber’s well-known, provocative examination of who has the potential to be voted into the highest office in the land — and why — is being reissued as the newest addition to the “Longman Classics in Political Science” series. Arguing that patterns in a person’s character, world...

Bach, Beethoven and the Boys chronicles the lives of the great (and not-so-great) composers as you've never read them before - exploring their sex lives, exposing their foibles and expanding our knowledge of these remarkable but also human creatures.

Since 1983, A Musician's Dictionary has delighted a growing legion of readers with its witty, wacky and satirical definitions of musicians and musical terminology. The brand-new edition, revised and expanded, includes dozens of new definitions.

Many entertaining (and entirely true!) facts await your discovery as bestselling author David W. Barber takes you on another delightful romp through the pages of music history - as it ought to be taught.

"The Presidential Character" unifies political psychology, history, and biography to help readers understand the complex factors that influence our vote. In addition, the author includes predictions actually written and published before Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush ever served and presents ...

David W. Barber has delighted readers all around the world with the quirky definitions of Accidentals on Purpose: A Musician's Dictionary, the irreverent history of Bach, Beethoven and the Boys, a hilariously offbeat history of dance and ballet in Tutus, Tights and Tiptoes and a host of other intern...

Machine learning methods extract value from vast data sets quickly and with modest resources. They are established tools in a wide range of industrial applications, including search engines, DNA sequencing, stock market analysis, and robot locomotion, and their use is spreading rapidly. People who k...