Ian Johnson: 22 books
A Mosque in Munich
Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
In the wake of the news that the 9/11 hijackers had lived in Europe, journalist Ian Johnson wondered how such a radical group could sink roots into Western soil. Most accounts reached back twenty years, to U.S. support of Islamist fighters in Afghanistan. But Johnson dug deeper, to the start of the...
Wild Grass
Three Stories of Change in Modern China
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist Ian Johnson tells the stories of three ordinary Chinese citizens moved to extraordinary acts of courage: a peasant legal clerk who filed a class-action suit on behalf of overtaxed farmers, a young architect who defended the rights of dispossessed...
The Souls of China
The Return of Religion After Mao
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a revelatory portrait of religion in China today—its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China’s future.
The Souls of China tells the story of one of the world’s great...
by Mark Trenowden, Ste Johnson, Ian Trenowden
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Notes for a novel ‘A Golden Bridge’ were written in the late seventies by Ian Trenowden. Ian died, out of the blue, one day in 2012. Since then I have steadily combed through his extensive notes on all things. From the back of envelopes to reams of carbon copied typed sheets held together with...
DIY Citizenship
Critical Making and Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
How social media and DIY communities have enabled new forms of political participation that emphasize doing and making rather than passive consumption.
Today, DIY—do-it-yourself—describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways...
Shoreline of Infinity 3
Shoreline of Infinity science fiction magazine, #3
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Shoreline of Infinity published brand new science fiction stories from writers from all over the world. In this issue we also present our new comic feature, The Beachcomber. We have book reviews, an interview with new writer Dee Raspin, and we continue our exploration of classic Scottish science fiction,...
Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #5
A Selection of Novellas
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #5 is a curated selection of novellas by editor Jonathan Strahan
This collection includes:
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
Agents of Dreamland by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Proof of Concept of Gwyneth Jones
Time Was...
Time's River
Archaeological Syntheses from the Lower Mississippi Valley
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
This volume stands as a key general resource for archaeologists working in the region extending from Louisiana through Mississippi north to Missouri and Kentucky, and it represents an opportunity to influence for decades a large part of the archaeological work to take place in the Southeast.
The...
Scrappy
Memoir of a U.S. Fighter Pilot in Korea and Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
From World War II to high above the Earth to Vietnam, this memoir tells the story of fighter pilot Howard C. “Scrappy” Johnson. Beginning with his early years in Knoxville, Tennessee, the book follows Johnson through his career at the University of Louisville and his enlistment as an Air Force...
by Edward Bryant, Steve Rasnic Tem, Eneasz Brodski
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Edward Bryant influenced a generation of readers and writers.
Edward Bryant’s Sphere of Influence includes stories by Connie Willis, Steve Rasnic Tem, Kevin J. Anderson, Gary Jonas, Lucy Taylor, Bruce Holland Rogers, and many more! Over the years Ed Bryant influenced many writers. In this...
by George Cotronis, Max Booth III, Tim Marquitz
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2014
It's the 1950s. There's always something good on the radio, cherry red Cadillacs cruise the streets and everything is always perfect. Marilyn is still alive and the War is over. America goes to bed, nuclear annihilation postponed another day.
Welcome to the American Nightmare.
Nuclear...
by Adam Barkman, Alissa Burger, Antonio Sanna
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
This book offers a comprehensive, academic and detailed study of the works of James Cameron, whose films include successful productions such as the first two Terminator films (1984-91), Aliens (1986), Titanic (1997), and Avatar (2009), but also lesser known films such as Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981),...
by Charles W. Johnson, Ian Worley
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2000
What makes bogs so interesting yet so misunderstood? This generously illustrated book presents many of the exciting, almost enthralling, facets of bogs--unusual plants, intricate ecological relationships, animals, myths and folklore, and the myriad history recorded in the peats. Despite the fascinating...
Diasporas
Concepts, Intersections, Identities
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of diaspora. Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping...
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