Johnson: 6939 books
The Magician and the Cardsharp
The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2006
A famous magician's journey to find the greatest cardsharp ever evokes the forgotten world of magic where Americans found escape during the Great Depression
It has the nostalgic quality of an old-fashioned fable, but Karl Johnson's The Magician and the Cardsharp is a true story that lovingly...
David to Delacroix
The Rise of Romantic Mythology
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
In this beautifully illustrated study of intellectual and art history, Dorothy Johnson explores the representation of classical myths by renowned French artists in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, demonstrating the extraordinary influence of the natural sciences and psychology on...
Words
The Foundation of Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Written by respected authorities in the fields of education and literacy studies, Words: The Foundation of Literacy is a groundbreaking book for teachers, administrators, and education students. Dale and Bonnie Johnson present a fresh, inspiring reminder of why studying language (from word origins...
To The Hebrides
Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring through the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland as far west as the islands of Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Inchkenneth and Iona. Both kept detailed notes of their impressions, and later published separate accounts of their journey. These...
by Rev. Benny Johnson, Floyd Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
About the Book
Grand Central: The Untold Story is a non- fiction story written by Floyd Smith, a security officer at Little Rock Central High School. As teenagers Floyd, his cousin Jackie Fells and a neighborhood friend, Bennie Johnson would physically train together to become fit to prepare for high...
Creating Textures in Watercolor
A Guide to Painting 83 Textures from Grass to Glass to Tree Bark to Fur
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1992
Silken strands of hair. Water tumbling over rocks. Blinding reflections in glass or metal.
Cathy Johnson shows you how to create realistic textures like these and make your watercolor paintings come alive.
You'll find practical, easy-to-follow guidelines inside for creating 83 wonderful textures...
by Keith Leslie Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Jan Svankmajer enjoys a curious sort of anti-reputation: he is famous for being obscure. Unapologetically surrealist, Svankmajer draws on the traditions and techniques of stop-motion animation, collage, montage, puppetry, and clay to craft bizarre filmscapes. If these creative choices are off-putting...
Girl in Need of a Tourniquet
Memoir of a Borderline Personality
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
An honest and compelling memoir, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet is Merri Lisa Johnson’s account of her borderline personality disorder and how it has affected her life and relationships. Johnson describes the feeling of "bleeding out" - unable to tell where she stopped and where her partner...
by Claudia L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Jane Austen completed only six novels, but enduring passion for the author and her works has driven fans to read these books repeatedly, in book clubs or solo, while also inspiring countless film adaptations, sequels, and even spoofs involving zombies and sea monsters. Austen’s lasting appeal to...
The Reckonings
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
“Unflinching and honest…both timely and timeless” (Houston Chronicle), this extraordinary collection of essays by the award-winning writer of The Other Side—rooted in her own experience with sexual assault—pursues questions that strike at the heart of our national conversation about the...
by James Weldon Johnson, Delano Greenidge-Copprue
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man and Other Writings, by James Weldon Johnson, is part of the *Barnes & Noble Classics *series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted...
by James Weldon Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
The Best Works of James Weldon Johnson
Fifty Years And Other Poems
Self Determining Haiti
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Book Of American Negro Poetry
by Samuel Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography.Table of ContentsThe Adventurer and Idler 1753-54; 1758-60A...
The Sorrows of Empire
Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
From the author of the prophetic national bestseller Blowback, a startling look at militarism, American style, and its consequences abroad and at home
In the years after the Soviet Union imploded, the United States was described first as the globe's "lone superpower," then as a "reluctant...