Johnson: 6939 books
Dr Johnson's Dictionary of Modern Life
Survey, Definition & justify'd Lampoonery of divers contemporary Phenomena, from Top Gear unto Twitter
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
In 2009 Dr Samuel Johnson made a surprise re-emergence from eighteenth century retirement and began Twittering.
It proved the perfect vehicle for his acerbic, aphoristic wit and he has quickly become the darling of the site. The Guardian calls him the 'greatest' thing on Twitter and the Telegraph...
by Angela Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Your first allegiance is to your heart. . .
As a knight, Sir Rand Montague's allegiance is to King Edward I. But when the king orders Rand to escort Rosalyn Harcourt to court in order to wed her off to Sir Golan--a crass knight Rand abhors--he's torn between duty and desire. For Rand has never...
by Denis Johnson
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Sueños de trenes es una epopeya en miniatura, una de las obras más conmovedoras y evocativas en la ya larga carrera del escritor norteamericano Denis Johnson
Robert Grainer es un jornalero del Oeste americano en los albores del siglo XX, que, tras ser golpeado por una terrible tragedia, lucha...
by Denis Johnson
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Del autor de Árbol de Humo**, ganador del National Book Award, llega este palpitante thriller ambientado en el oeste americano, una persecución frenética a través de las llanuras del valle central de California.**
Un jugador compulsivo que debe dinero a las personas equivocadas, un matón...
Devotion to the Adopted Country
U.S. Immigrant Volunteers in the Mexican War
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
In Devotion to the Adopted Country, Tyler V. Johnson looks at the efforts of America’s Democratic Party and Catholic leadership to use the service of immigrant volunteers in the U.S.–Mexican War as a weapon against nativism and anti-Catholicism. Each chapter focuses on one of the five major events...
Sovereignty
Moral and Historical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nation’s borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability. From the Middle Ages until well into the Modern Period, however, another concept of sovereignty held sway: responsibility...
by Barbara Johnson
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 30, 2007
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 30, 2007
Los lectores pueden ahora conseguir tres de los libros más populares de Barbara Johnson en un solo volumen: ¡Guarda tus tristezas en una caja grande!, Mamá, ¡busca el martillo! y Salpícame de gozo. Barbara escribe para mujeres de todas las edades, sufrimientos y tipos, llenándolas del gozo necesario...
New York Amish
Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
In a book that highlights the existence and diversity of Amish communities in New York State, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on twenty-five years of observation, participation, interviews, and archival research to emphasize the contribution of the Amish to the state's rich cultural heritage. While...
Playing for Both Sides
Love Across the Tasman
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
For novelist Stephanie Johnson, her relationship with Australia and Australians has been an ambivalent one. She has lived there for periods in her life, and her first book, a collection of short stories, was actually published in Australia. She was described then as a young Australian writer, something...
Darwin's Dice
The Idea of Chance in the Thought of Charles Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
For evolutionary biologists, the concept of chance has always played a significant role in the formation of evolutionary theory. As far back as Greek antiquity, chance and "luck" were key factors in understanding the natural world. Chance is not just an important concept; it is an entire way of thinking...
Human Rites
The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
What are we doing when we gather around the sacraments— or when we make the same breakfast every morning? Embodying rituals, says Dru Johnson. And until we understand what we’re doing and why, we won’t know how these rituals work, what they mean, or how we might adapt them.
In *Human...
What if?
I Harmed My Children
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2016
Kelly CS Johnson wanted what every mother wants for her children: to be safe, happy, and healthy. But what if she made mistakes and even with the best intentions, her decisions ultimately harmed them? This is her story. There are no limits to a mother’s love. As you travel with Kelly and her family...
The Bridge at Cromer's Mill
My Days of Sunshine
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
When author Edmund R. Johnson was born on his grandparents' farm in 1942, it was a unique time and place to witness the clashing of a passing age and the introduction of a new age. In The Bridge at Cromer's Mill, Johnson shares a collection of stories set in rural Georgia in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Taking...
by Craig Johnson, Samantha Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2019
In You Are Extraordinary, Craig and Samantha Johnson use fun rhymes and colorful pictures to celebrate kids who have unique challenges and gifts. Every page in this book focuses on a different ability or diverse circumstance, such as autism, different ethnicities, unique sizes and body types, physical...