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The Aerofilms Book of London from the Airby Paul JohnsonISBN 0030719186 (0-03-071918-6)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Amazon Adventureby Beth Huntley, Paul JohnsonISBN 0001961993 (0-00-196199-3)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Arctic Expeditionby Mike Salisbury, Paul JohnsonISBN 0001961365 (0-00-196136-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Art: A New Historyby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060530758 (0-06-053075-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Art: A New History'Book summary:In Art: A New History, Paul Johnson turns his great gifts as a world historian to a subject that has enthralled him all his life: the history of art. This narrative account, from the earliest cave paintings up to the present day, has new things to say about almost every period of art. Taking account of changing scholarship and shifting opinions, he draws our attention to a number of neglected artists and styles, especially in Scandinavia, Germany, Russia and the Americas.
Paul Johnson puts the creative originality of the individual at the heart of his story. He pays particular attention to key periods: the emergence of the artistic personality in the Renaissance, the new realism of the early seventeenth century, the discovery of landscape painting as a separate art form, and the rise of ideological art. He notes the division of 'fashion art' and fine art at the beginning of the twentieth century, and how it has now widened.
Though challenging and controversial, Paul Johnson is not primarily a revisionist. He is a passionate lover of beauty who finds creativity in many places. With 300 colour illustrations, this book is vivid, evocative and immensely readable, whether the author is describing the beauty of Egyptian low-relief carving or the medieval cathedrals of Europe, the watercolours of Thomas Girtin or the utility of Roman bridges ('the best bridges in history'), the genius of Andrew Wyeth or the tranquility of the Great Mosque at Damascus, the paintings of Ilya Repin or a carpet-page from the Lindisfarne Gospels. The warmth and enthusiasm of Paul Johnson's descriptions will send readers hurrying off to see these wonders for themselves.
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The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830by Paul JohnsonISBN 006016574X (0-06-016574-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Castles of England, Scotland and Walesby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060161035 (0-06-016103-5)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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Cathedrals of England, Scotland, and Walesby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060164360 (0-06-016436-0)
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The Civilization of Ancient Egyptby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060194340 (0-06-019434-0)
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Collins First 100 Words in French and Englishby Keith Faulkner, Paul JohnsonISBN 0001361295 (0-00-136129-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Creators: From Chaucer And Durer to Picasso And Disneyby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060191430 (0-06-019143-0)
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Desert Trekby C. Milner, A. Langley, Paul JohnsonISBN 0001961349 (0-00-196134-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Elizabeth I: A Biographyby Paul JohnsonISBN 0030129362 (0-03-012936-2)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Eminent Lives: Ulysses S. Grant, George Washington, Thomas Jeffersonby Paul Johnson , Christopher HitchensISBN 0060844760 (0-06-084476-0)
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George Washington: The Founding Fatherby Paul JohnsonISBN 006075365X (0-06-075365-X)
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The Highland Jauntby Paul Johnson , George Stafford GaleISBN 0002113333 (0-00-211333-3)
Hardcover, Collins
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A History of the American Peopleby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060168366 (0-06-016836-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of the American People'Book summary:Paul Johnson, whose previous works include the distinguished Modern Times and A History of the Jews, has produced an epic that spans the history of the American people over the past 400 years. The prolific narrative covers every aspect of U.S. history, from science, customs, religion, and politics to the individual men and women who have helped shape the nation. His detailed, provocative examinations of political and social icons, from Lyndon Johnson to Norman Rockwell, are especially strong. Johnson's text is intelligent and rich with detail, and yet extremely accessible for anyone interested in a reinterpretive analysis of America's past.
What makes this book unique is Johnson's approach to this self-professed Herculean task. The prevalent tone throughout is optimism. Whether he's discussing race relations, industrialization, the history of women, immigrants, Vietnam, or political correctness, Johnson--a staunch conservative who was born, bred, and educated in England--is openly enamored with America's past, particularly the hardships and tribulations that the nation has had to overcome. He sees this story as a series of important lessons, not just for Americans but for the whole of mankind as well. At a time when other contemporary scholars find it easier to bemoan the past, Johnson offers the reader "a compelling antidote to those who regard the future with pessimism." [via]
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A History of the Jewsby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060915331 (0-06-091533-1)
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Intellectualsby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060916575 (0-06-091657-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Intellectuals'Book summary:Conservative historian Paul Johnson wears his ideology proudly on his sleeve in this often ruthless dissection of the thinkers and artists who (in his view) have shaped modern Western culture, having replaced some 200 years ago "the old clerisy as the guides and mentors of mankind." Taking on the likes of Karl Marx, Bertrand Russell, Lillian Hellman, and Noam Chomsky in turn, Johnson examines one idol after another and finds them all to have feet of clay. In his account, for instance, Ernest Hemingway emerges as an artistic hero who labored endlessly to forge a literary style unmistakably his own, but also as a deeply flawed man whose concern for the perfect phrase did not carry over to a concern for the women who loved him. Gossipy and sharply opinionated, Johnson's essay in cultural history spares no one.
Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee [via]
Laboratory Experiments for Astronomyby Paul JohnsonISBN 0030096774 (0-03-009677-4)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Maifesto for the Milleniumby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060186666 (0-06-018666-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Eightiesby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060912103 (0-06-091210-3)
Softcover, Harper & Row
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The Offshore Islanders; England's People from Roman Occupation to the Presentby Paul JohnsonISBN 0030013917 (0-03-001391-7)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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The Quest for God: A Personal Pilgrimageby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060173440 (0-06-017344-0)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Underwater Diveby Antony Jensen, Stephen Bolt, Paul JohnsonISBN 0001961357 (0-00-196135-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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