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America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975by George C. HerringISBN 0877224196 (0-87722-419-6)
Hardcover, Temple University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975'Book summary:First published in 1979, "America's Longest War" has been highly regarded both by scholars and general readers. Extensive and yet manageable, this assessment of our national tragedy provides an accurate and objective analysis of the hostilities at home and abroad. This second edition provides fuller discussions of domestic opposition to the war and the relationship between the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong. Updated to include information from the Johnson Library and other recently released archives, this comprehensive history extends from the initial U.S. assistance to the French in the Indochina War through the fall of Saigon, the victory of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the subsequent legacy of our defeat.The revised bibliography makes current all references to recent scholarship. The new edition of "America's Longest War" becomes more timely as we commemorate a decade since the end of the war and attempt to reflect dispassionately on its effects on our national character and policy. In a review of the first edition, Robert L.Beisner (American University) wrote: "Both scholars and those Americans still trying to come to terms with 'America's Longest War' should read this excellent book. " Author note: George C. Herring is Professor of History at the University of Kentucky. His other books include "Aid to Russia, 1941-1946" (Columbia University Press) and "Secret Diplomacy of the Vietnam War" (University of Texas Press). [via]
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The Autobiography of an Ex-colored Manby James Weldon JohnsonISBN 1420925458 (1-4209-2545-8)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man'Book summary:With the possible exceptions of Dr. Alain Locke and W.E.B. Du Bois, no African American excelled on as many different levels as James Weldon Johnson. Along This Way--the first autobiography by a person of color to be reviewed in The New York Times--not only chronicles his life as an educator, lawyer, diplomat, newspaper editor, lyricist, poet, essayist, and political activist but also outlines the trials and triumphs of African Americans from post-Reconstruction to the rise and fall of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Florida in 1871 to middle-class West Indian parents, Johnson recognized the challenges and absurdities of segregated America early on. But it was his experience as a tutor to rural blacks while a student at Atlanta University that was to alter the course of his life: "It was this period that marked the beginning of psychological change from boyhood to manhood," he writes. "It was this period that marked also the beginning of my knowledge of my own people as a race."
With a rare blend of pride and humility, Johnson recounts how he, among other accomplishments, became Florida's first black lawyer in 1898, a diplomat in Venezuela and Nicaragua, and lyricist for his brother Rosamond Johnson's famous song, "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Johnson's commentary on his epochal novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, as well as writings on his works of poetry--The Creation, God's Trombones, and Fifty Years and Other Poems--is priceless. Equally important are the logical and even-tempered opinions on race that he wrote for The New York Age, which offered comprehensive critiques of Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and Marcus Garvey, along with his analysis of the racial climate while serving as head of the NAACP. This remarkable man left a mark on the 20th century that goes beyond the boundary of race. --Eugene Holley Jr. [via]
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The Books of Magicby Neil Gaiman, Bob Kahan, John Bolton, Todd Klein, Roger ZelaznyISBN 1563890828 (1-56389-082-8)
Softcover, DC Comics
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: New Questions, New Answersby John A. VanceISBN 0820310247 (0-8203-1024-7)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr
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Boswell's Presumptous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnsonby Adam SismanISBN 0142001759 (0-14-200175-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Death Without Companyby Craig JohnsonISBN 0786289589 (0-7862-8958-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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A Dictionary of the English LanguageISBN 0582073804 (0-582-07380-4)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthologyby Samuel Johnson, David CrystalISBN 0141441577 (0-14-144157-7)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology'Book summary:Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language[via]
Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative, entertaining, and historically fascinating entries, covering subjects from fashion to food, science to sex, and given in full with original spelling and examples of usage from Shakespeare to Milton.More editions of A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology:
Douglas Johnson: A Painter's Odysseyby Robert A. EwingISBN 094066691X (0-940666-91-X)
Hardcover, Clear Light Pub
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Douglas Johnson: Birds of Magic and Other New Paintingsby Douglas Johnson, Gerald Peters GalleryISBN 0935037314 (0-935037-31-4)
Hardcover, Peters Corp
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Dr. Johnson, His Club and Other Friendsby Jenny UglowISBN 1855142325 (1-85514-232-5)
Hardcover, National Portrait Gallery Publications
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Everybody's Boswell: Being the Life of Samuel Johnsonby James Boswell, Ernest H. Shepard, F. V. MorleyISBN 0713512377 (0-7135-1237-7)
Hardcover, Ohio Univ Pr
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Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Today's Pop Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarterby Steven JohnsonISBN 1594481946 (1-59448-194-6)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter'Book summary:In his fourth book, Everything Bad Is Good for You, iconoclastic science writer Steven Johnson (who used himself as a test subject for the latest neurological technology in his last book, Mind Wide Open) takes on one of the most widely held preconceptions of the postmodern world--the belief that video games, television shows, and other forms of popular entertainment are detrimental to Americans' cognitive and moral development. Everything Good builds a case to the contrary that is engaging, thorough, and ultimately convincing.
The heart of Johnson's argument is something called the Sleeper Curve--a universe of popular entertainment that trends, intellectually speaking, ever upward, so that today's pop-culture consumer has to do more "cognitive work"--making snap decisions and coming up with long-term strategies in role-playing video games, for example, or mastering new virtual environments on the Internet-- than ever before. Johnson makes a compelling case that even today's least nutritional TV junk foodthe Joe Millionaires and Survivors so commonly derided as evidence of America's cultural decline--is more complex and stimulating, in terms of plot complexity and the amount of external information viewers need to understand them, than the Love Boats and I Love Lucys that preceded it. When it comes to television, even (perhaps especially) crappy television, Johnson argues, "the content is less interesting than the cognitive work the show elicits from your mind."
Johnson's work has been controversial, as befits a writer willing to challenge wisdom so conventional it has ossified into accepted truth. But even the most skeptical readers should be captivated by the intriguing questions Johnson raises, whether or not they choose to accept his answers. --Erica C. Barnett [via]More editions of Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Today's Pop Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter:
Fresh-Brewed Life: A Stirring Invitation to Wake Up Your Soulby Nicole JohnsonISBN 0785267042 (0-7852-6704-2)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Fudokiby Kij JohnsonISBN 0765303914 (0-7653-0391-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fudoki'Book summary:Enter the world of Kagaya-hime, a sometime woman warrior, occasional philosopher, and reluctant confidante to noblemen--who may or may not be a figment of the imagination of an aging empress who is embarking on the last journey of her life, setting aside the trappings of court life and reminiscing on the paths that lead her to death.[via]
For she is a being who started her journey on the kami, the spirit road, as a humble tortoiseshell feline. Her family was destroyed by a fire that decimated most of the Imperial city, and this loss renders her taleless, the only one left alive to pass on such stories as The Cat Born the Year the Star Fell, The Cat with a Litter of Ten, and The Fire-Tailed Cat. Without her fudoki--self and soul and home and shrine--she alone cannot keep the power of her clan together. And she cannot join another fudoki, because although she might be able to win a place within another clan, to do so would mean that she would cease to be herself.
So a small cat begins an extraordinary journey. Along the way she will attract the attention of old and ancient powers. Gods who are curious about this creature newly come to Japan's shores, and who choose to give the tortoiseshell a human shape. -
A Girl of the Limberlostby Gene Stratton PorterISBN 1419101374 (1-4191-0137-4)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Girl Of The Limberlost'Book summary:Large format paper back for easy reading. Elnora finds comfort and inspiration through the flora and fauna of the Limberlost Swamp [via]
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A Girl of the Limberlostby Gene S. PorterISBN 1404305092 (1-4043-0509-2)
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He: Understanding Masculine Psychologyby Robert A. JohnsonISBN 0060963964 (0-06-096396-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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He: Understanding Masculine Psychology, Based on the Legend of Parsifal and His Search for the Grail, Using Jungian Psychological Conceptsby Robert A. Johnson, C. G. JungISBN 006097057X (0-06-097057-X)
Softcover, Perennial Library
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History of Rasselasby Samuel JohnsonISBN 1840224207 (1-84022-420-7)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of Rasselas'Book summary:This book comes with an introduction and notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. "Rasselas" is a provocative fable about 'the choice of life'. Bored by the endless contentment of 'the happy valley' in which he has been brought up, Prince Rasselas escapes with his sister. They rove the world searching for the secret of happiness and striving to find the ideal way to live. Repeatedly the pleasures they glimpse dissolve on closer acquaintance, and the great men they admire prove flawed. Where, then, are happiness and purpose to be found? These questions, of course, remain open for each generation; but none has discussed them with more wisdom and humanity than Dr. Johnson. "Rasselas" is a searching and often darkly humorous commentary on the human condition as well as a classic of English prose. [via]
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The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissiniaby Samuel Johnson, Gwin J. KolbISBN 0882950479 (0-88295-047-9)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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Inside: A Public and Private Lifeby Joseph A. CalifanoISBN 1586482300 (1-58648-230-0)
Hardcover, Public Affairs
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James Boswell's Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscriptby James Boswell, Marshall WaingrowISBN 0748604715 (0-7486-0471-5)
Hardcover, Edinburgh University Press
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James Boswell's Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript in Four Volumes, 1766-1776by James Boswell, Elizabeth GoldringISBN 0300079699 (0-300-07969-9)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Johnson and Boswell in Scotland: A Journey to the Hebridesby Pat RogersISBN 0300052103 (0-300-05210-3)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Johnson and Boswell in Scotland: A Journey to the Hebrides'Book summary:In 1773 Samuel Johnson and James Boswell made their celebrated journey through the Highlands of Scotland and the Hebrides. Johnson published his great account, the "Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland" in 1775, and it became one of the most acute - and popular - social commentaries of its age. The 33 year old Boswell composed his more anecdotal and high-spirited journal, "A Tour to the Hebrides", in 1786; it is chiefly a revelatory portrait of Johnson as he ventured into the unfamiliar regions of a remote part of Britain. This edition, in which the two accounts are presented side-by-side, page-by-page, makes it possible to compare both versions of a single experience. Johnson's text is presented in full, while Boswell's writing has been edited so that his narrative stands adjacent to the same portion of Johnson's text. Johnson's account is augmented by a selection of the letters written during the journey to his friend, Mrs Hester Thrale. The book is divided into sections covering the successive stages of the journey, so that each phase of the trip is allotted a chapter of its own. The book also contains an editorial introduction, a glossary of names, a note on the publishing history of the two narratives and scholarly notation. Numerous contemporary illustrations accompany the text, depicting the flavour of the region as the travellers encountered it more than two centuries ago. [via]
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Johnson's Dictionary and the Language of Learningby Robert DemariaISBN 080784201X (0-8078-4201-X)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland; And Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides With Samuel Johnson, Ll.Dby Samuel JohnsonISBN 0192810723 (0-19-281072-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebridesby James BoswellISBN 3829030029 (3-8290-3002-9)
Softcover, Konemann
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides With Samuel Johnson, Ll.Dby James BoswellISBN 0460003879 (0-460-00387-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides With Samuel Johnson, Ll.D'Book summary:A fascinating biographical account of Samuel Johnson's. Mainly based on his letters, it elegantly entwines the details of his personal life with that of his career. Truly Captivating! [via]
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A Journey to the Hebrides : A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebridesby Samuel Johnson, James BoswellISBN 0862415888 (0-86241-588-8)
Softcover, Canongate Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Journey to the Hebrides : A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides'Book summary:Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland. Both kept detailed notes of their impressions, and later published separate accounts of their journey. These accounts of their great tour contain some of the finest pieces of travel writing ever produced: they are magnificent historical documents and also portraits of two extraordinary personalities. In the vivid prose of these two famous men of letters, the Highlands and the Western Islands spring to life. The juxtaposition of the two very different accounts creates an unsurpassed portrait of a society which was utterly alien to the Europe of the Enlightenment, and which was straining on the brink of calamitous change. These great masterpieces, entertaining, profound, and marvellously readable are also our last chronicles of a lost age and people. Introduced by Ian McGowan.[via]More editions of A Journey to the Hebrides : A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides:
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotlandby James Boswell, Samuel JohnsonISBN 0395051819 (0-395-05181-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Journey to the Western Islands of Scotlandby Samuel JohnsonISBN 0300012519 (0-300-01251-9)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: With the Journal of a Tour to the Hebridesby Allan Massie, James Boswell, Samuel JohnsonISBN 0375414185 (0-375-41418-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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In 1773, the great Samuel Johnsonthen 63and his young friend and future biographer, James Boswell, traveled together around the coast of Scotland, each writing his own account of the 83-day journey. Published in one volume, the very different travelogues of this unlikely duo provide a fascinating picture not only of the Scottish Highlands but also of the relationship between two men whose fame would be forever entwined.
Johnson's account contains elegant descriptions and analyses of what was then a remote and rugged land. In contrast, the Scottish-born Boswell's journal of the trip focuses on the psychological landscape of his famously gruff and witty companion, and is part of the material he was already collecting for his future Life of Samuel Johnson, the masterly biography that would make his name.
Read together, the two accounts form both a unique classic of travel writing and a revelation of one of the most famous literary friendships. [via]More editions of A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: With the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides:
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland/the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides/2 Books in 1by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Peter LeviISBN 0140432213 (0-14-043221-3)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Lbj: The White House Yearsby Harry Joseph MiddletonISBN 0810911914 (0-8109-1191-4)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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A Life of Johnsonby James BoswellISBN 1404313966 (1-4043-1396-6)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Life of Johnson'Book summary:James Boswell is for some the ideal scribe, for others a sycophantic toady. Edmund Wilson, for example, memorably labeled him "a vain and pushing diarist." Boswell can even be seen as someone unconsciously intent on undermining his idol in sonorous, balanced sentences. Early on in his massive Life, he puts all manner of ideas into our heads with his boobish attempts to clear the youthful Johnson of potential impropriety: "His juvenile attachments to the fair sex were, however, very transient; and it is certain that he formed no criminal connection whatsoever." And while it's often tempting to ignore Boswell's more personal intrusions and delight solely in the melancholic master's words and deeds, there are suchdelightful admissions as, "I was at this time so occupied, shall I call it? or so dissipated, by the amusements of London that our next meeting was not till Saturday, June 25..."
Samuel Johnson was born in 1709 and died in 1784--a long life, though one marred by depression and fear of death. On April 20, 1764, for example, he declared, "I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits." Many of the quotes Boswell includes are a sort of greatest hits: Johnson's definitions of oats and lexicographer, his love for his cat Hodge, as well as thousands of bon, and mal, mots. ("Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel"; "Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprized to find it done at all.") But there are also many unfamiliar pleasures--Boswell's accounts of Johnson's literary industry, including the Dictionary, The Rambler, and Lives of the Poets; Johnson's singular loathing for Scotland and France; and the surprising hints of revelry. Awakened at 3 AM by friends, he greets them with, "What, is it you, you dogs! I'll have a frisk with you." This at age 42. Johnson's final years were marked by pain and loneliness but certainly no loss of wit. [via]
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The Life of Samuel Johnsonby James Boswell, Frank S. EndicottISBN 0075536455 (0-07-553645-5)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Samuel Johnson was born in 1709 and died in 1784--a long life, though one marred by depression and fear of death. On April 20, 1764, for example, he declared, "I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits." Many of the quotes Boswell includes are a sort of greatest hits: Johnson's definitions of oats and lexicographer, his love for his cat Hodge, as well as thousands of bon, and mal, mots. ("Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel"; "Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprized to find it done at all.") But there are also many unfamiliar pleasures--Boswell's accounts of Johnson's literary industry, including the Dictionary, The Rambler and Lives of the Poets; Johnson's singular loathing for Scotland and France; and the surprising hints of revelry. Awakened at 3 AM by friends, he greets them with, "What, is it you, you dogs! I'll have a frisk with you." This at age 42. Johnson's final years were marked by pain and loneliness but certainly no loss of wit. [via]
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- The Life of Samuel Johnson: ISBN 0140431160 (0-14-043116-0)
Softcover, Viking Pr - The Life of Samuel Johnson: ISBN 0140436626 (0-14-043662-6)
Softcover, Penguin Classics - The Life of Samuel Johnson: ISBN 0460000012 (0-460-00001-2)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - The Life of Samuel Johnson: ISBN 0679417176 (0-679-41717-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - The Life of Samuel Johnson: ISBN 0075536455 (0-07-553645-5)
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Life of Samuel Johnson L.L.dby James BoswellISBN 185326797X (1-85326-797-X)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life of Samuel Johnson L.L.d'Book summary:James Boswell is for some the ideal scribe, for others a sycophantic toady. Edmund Wilson, for example, memorably labeled him "a vain and pushing diarist." Boswell can even be seen as someone unconsciously intent on undermining his idol in sonorous, balanced sentences. Early on in his massive Life, he puts all manner of ideas into our heads with his boobish attempts to clear the youthful Johnson of potential impropriety: "His juvenile attachments to the fair sex were, however, very transient; and it is certain that he formed no criminal connection whatsoever." And while it's often tempting to ignore Boswell's more personal intrusions and delight solely in the melancholic master's words and deeds, there are suchdelightful admissions as, "I was at this time so occupied, shall I call it? or so dissipated, by the amusements of London that our next meeting was not till Saturday, June 25..."
Samuel Johnson was born in 1709 and died in 1784--a long life, though one marred by depression and fear of death. On April 20, 1764, for example, he declared, "I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits." Many of the quotes Boswell includes are a sort of greatest hits: Johnson's definitions of oats and lexicographer, his love for his cat Hodge, as well as thousands of bon, and mal, mots. ("Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel"; "Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprized to find it done at all.") But there are also many unfamiliar pleasures--Boswell's accounts of Johnson's literary industry, including the Dictionary, The Rambler, and Lives of the Poets; Johnson's singular loathing for Scotland and France; and the surprising hints of revelry. Awakened at 3 AM by friends, he greets them with, "What, is it you, you dogs! I'll have a frisk with you." This at age 42. Johnson's final years were marked by pain and loneliness but certainly no loss of wit. [via]
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Lives of the Poetsby Samuel JohnsonISBN 1404352236 (1-4043-5223-6)
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Lyndon Baines Johnson, Presidentby John DevaneyISBN 0802766390 (0-8027-6639-0)
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Lyndon Johnson and the American Dreamby Doris Kearns GoodwinISBN 0312060270 (0-312-06027-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream'Book summary:Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vietnam War, and other defining moments the tumultuous 1960s, is a monument in political biography. From the moment the author, then a young woman from Harvard, first encountered President Johnson at a White House dance in the spring of 1967, she became fascinated by the man--his character, his enormous energy and drive, and his manner of wielding these gifts in an endless pursuit of power. As a member of his White House staff, she soon became his personal confidante, and in the years before his death he revealed himself to her as he did to no other.
Widely praised and enormously popular, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream is a work of biography like few others. With uncanny insight and a richly engrossing style, the author renders LBJ in all his vibrant, conflicted humanity. [via]
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The Magehoundby Elaine CunninghamISBN 0786915617 (0-7869-1561-7)
Softcover, Wizards of the Coast
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Some without.
Matteo, un-magical counselor to the mighty of Halruaa, has devoted his life to the truth -- until he finds that he may have a hidden spark of magic after all. Now, with only a street waif for a companion, he's on the run from the mysterious Cabal. In the dismal Swamp of Akhlaur, Matteo will seek his own truth while battling a creature out of his nightmares.
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Making of the President 1964by White thISBN 0689102925 (0-689-10292-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Making of the President, 1964by Theodore Harold WhiteISBN 045161190X (0-451-61190-X)
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnsonby Robert A. CaroISBN 0394720954 (0-394-72095-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson'Book summary:Robert Caro's Master of the Senate examines in meticulous detail Lyndon Johnson's career in that body, from his arrival in 1950 (after 12 years in the House of Representatives) until his election as JFK's vice president in 1960. This, the third of a projected four-volume series, studies not only the pragmatic, ruthless, ambitious Johnson, who wielded influence with both consummate skill and "raw, elemental brutality," but also the Senate itself, which Caro describes (pre-1957) as a "cruel joke" and an "impregnable stronghold" against social change. The milestone of Johnson's Senate years was the 1957 Civil Rights Act, whose passage he single-handedly engineered. As important as the bill was--both in and of itself and as a precursor to wider-reaching civil rights legislation--it was only close to Johnson's Southern "anti-civil rights" heart as a means to his dream: the presidency. Caro writes that not only does power corrupt, it "reveals," and that's exactly what this massive, scrupulously researched book does. A model of social, psychological, and political insight, it is not just masterful; it is a masterpiece. --H. O'Billovich [via]
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Middle Passageby Charles JohnsonISBN 0684855887 (0-684-85588-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Middle Passage'Book summary:In this savage parable of the African American experience, Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave eking out a living in New Orleans in 1830, hops aboard a square rigger to evade the prim Boston schoolteacher who wants to marry him. But the Republic turns out to be a slave clipper bound for Africa. Calhoun, whose master educated him as a humanist, becomes the captain's cabin boy, and though he hates himself for acting as a lackey, he's able to help the African slaves recently taken aboard to stage a revolt before the rowdy, drunken crew can spring a mutiny. Middle Passage won the 1990 National Book Award. [via]
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Pack up Your Gloomies in a Great Big Box, Then Sit on the Lid and Laugh!by Barbara JohnsonISBN 0849933641 (0-8499-3364-1)
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The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnsonby Robert A. CaroISBN 0679729453 (0-679-72945-3)
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Rambler: Volumes Iii, Iv, Vby Samuel JohnsonISBN 0300011571 (0-300-01157-1)
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Rasselas: Prince of Abyssiniaby Samuel Johnson, James MacAulayISBN 0766198774 (0-7661-9877-4)
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Ray Johnson : Correspondencesby Donna De Salvo, Catherine GudisISBN 2080136631 (2-08-013663-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ray Johnson : Correspondences'Book summary:In 1995, the resolutely reclusive Ray Johnson reemerged into the spotlight when he died in a mysterious and spectacular way, leading to the discovery of thousands of works of art in his house. Drawing upon this vast trove, Donna De Salvo, the Wexner Center's Curator at Large, has organized Ray Johnson: Correspondences, the first comprehensive exhibition to be mounted (with the complete cooperation of the artist's estate).
Like Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Jasper Johns, and later Andy Warhol and Jim Rosenquist, Johnson combined the signs and symbols of contemporary culture with the lessons of abstraction to develop a new lexicon of forms. A pioneer in the use of 'found' images and techniques of mechanical reproduction, Johnson created in 1955 what may have been the first informal happening.
Johnson first created 'mail art' in the fifties. These were part collage, part manifesto, part parody; he often instructed recipients to 'add to', 'return to', or 'send to', spawning an interactive art form, a continuous happening, that pre-figured electronic mail. Johnson was the nerve center of this pre-digital netscape that spread around the nation and, eventually, the world, which continues to flourish today.
By the eighties, Johnson was a legend in the artistic community. Ray Johnson: correspondences, offers the first opportunity for in-depth examination of the work of an artist who reflected and dissected many of the aesthetic, cultural, and theoretical preoccupations of the last forty years; a figure whose impact and influence will finally be made known. [via]
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Samuel Johnsonby Samuel JohnsonISBN 0192813404 (0-19-281340-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Samuel Johnson'Book summary:This edition presents not only familiar pieces like Rasselas, "The Vanity of Human Wishes," the Prefaces to Shakespeare and the Dictionary, many Rambler and Idler essays, and biographical and critical works, but also a substantial sampling of lesserknown prose, poetry, letters, and journals. [via]
Samuel Johnsonby Walter Jackson BateISBN 1887178767 (1-887178-76-7)
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Samuel Johnson on Shakespeareby Samuel Johnson, H.R. WoudhuysenISBN 0140530207 (0-14-053020-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare'Book summary:As well as containing the major texts in Wimsatt's volume, Woudhuysen includes more of Johnson's annotations of individual plays and his essay "Preface to Shakespeare". It looks at Johnson's studies on Shakespeare in their 18th century context and analyzes their significance and achievement. [via]
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionaryby Jack LynchISBN 0802714218 (0-8027-1421-8)
Hardcover, Walker & Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Samuel Johnson's Dictionary'Book summary:[via]Two volumes thick and 2,300 pages long, Samuel Johnsons Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by quoting from Shakespeare and other great writers.
Johnsons Dictionary would define the language for the next 150 years, until the arrival of the Oxford English Dictionary. Johnsons was the dictionary used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, Wordsworth and Coleridge, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. Modern dictionaries owe much to Johnsons work.
This new edition, created by Levenger Press, contains more than 3,100 selections from the original, including etymology, definitions, and illustrative passages in their original spelling. Bristling with quotations, the Dictionary offers memorable passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics. It also features three new indexes created out of entries in this edition: words found in Shakespeares works, words from other great literary works, and piquant terms used in eighteenth-century discussions of such topics as law, medicine, and the sexes.
Finally, Johnsons Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language, seldom seen in print, which he wrote eight years before the Dictionary, is reproduced in its entirety. For those who appreciate literature, interpret the law, and love language, this a browsers delightan encyclopedia of the age and a dictionary for the ages.More editions of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary:
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary: Selections from the 1755 Work That Defined the English Languageby Samuel Johnson, Jack LynchISBN 1929154100 (1-929154-10-0)
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Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriverby Scott Stossel, Bill D. MoyersISBN 1588341275 (1-58834-127-5)
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Second Actsby Mark UpdegroveISBN 1592289428 (1-59228-942-8)
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The Story Of Wineby Hugh JohnsonISBN 1840009721 (1-84000-972-1)
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A Texan Looks at Lyndonby J. Evetts HaleyISBN 1568490097 (1-56849-009-7)
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They Married Adventure: The Wandering Lives of Martin and Osa Johnsonby Eleanor M. Imperato, Pascal James ImperatoISBN 081351858X (0-8135-1858-X)
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Vby A.C. CrispinISBN 0523422377 (0-523-42237-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'V'Book summary:Kenneth Johnson's Warner Bros. television series V swept the nation and drew in hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide. Now, the novel V is finally back in print, with an all-new, never-before-seen revised ending. V tells the exciting story of mysterious Alien visitors who are ready to solve Earth's problems. But soon after arriving, the Aliens' true nature is revealed, and like so many oppressive regimes of Earth's past, as long as people are not directly under attack, they will turn a blind eye to their tyrannical overlords. Now it is up to a small band of resistance fighters who know the aliens' true nature to stand up for all of humanity. Few people are quick to join their cause, and the fight to expose the aliens to the public will not be an easy one. With fast-paced action, political intrigue and memorable characters, V is sure to stir fond memories for fans of the original miniseries, as well as make fans out of a new generation. [via]
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What the World Needs Nowby Steven JohnsonISBN 1580083099 (1-58008-309-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What the World Needs Now'Book summary:Ever wanted a chair that converts into a rowing machine? Sunglasses that serve as a wallet? A car with a sundeck so you can work on your tan on those long road trips? Well, inventor and illustrator Steven Johnson has designed these marvels and many, many more, spurred on by a truly insatiable imagination. His wacky, wonderful concepts could very well change the world-that is, if someone was ever bold enough to build them. From clothing to dining technology, home furnishings to appliances, and gardening gadgets to survival gear, WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW is a sourcebook of revolutionary designs that prove how far our techno-culture has yet to go. Ä¢ Includes a three-step plan for inventing useful and useless things. [via]
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When You Love Someoneby Susan JohnsonISBN 1575668114 (1-57566-811-4)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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Where Does A Mother Go To Resign?by Barbara E. JohnsonISBN 0764229419 (0-7642-2941-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Where Does A Mother Go To Resign?'Book summary:Barbara Johnson is the Founder of Spatula Ministries, a non-profit organization designed to "peel parents off the ceiling with a spatula of love and begin them on the road to recovery." She is a bestselling author, humorist, and much sought-after conference speaker.Where Does a Mother Go to Resign? is the original story of how Barbara Johnson faced as a wife and mother the crippling of her husband, the deaths of two sons, and the homosexuality of a third who disappeared into the gay lifestyle for over eleven years.At that time, there were no books, no ministries to help Christian families deal with the devastating, painful news the Johnsons faced. But even through their pain, they set out on a personal journey of survival and restoration that included a steady diet of laughter, joy and hope. And through the sharing of their story, thousands of other families have found their own way back to hope and joy and laughter.Barbara Johnson writes so beautifully: "There is no magic place to go when we face insurmountable problems. There is no never-never land. We may have to live with mountains that will not move, but we can face the inevitable and realize that we have greater reserves and resources that we thought possible - [God] brought me through the deep water without letting me drown. He held me up when my mind and emotions were torn apart by tragedy. He gave me the gift of joy which made it possible to share with others the good things God was going to do for them also." [via]
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Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Lifeby Spencer JohnsonISBN 093917345X (0-939173-45-X)
Softcover, Natl Braille Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life'Book summary:Change can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. The message of Who Moved My Cheese? is that all can come to see it as a blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their lives. Who Moved My Cheese? is a parable that takes place in a maze. Four beings live in that maze: Sniff and Scurry are mice--nonanalytical and nonjudgmental, they just want cheese and are willing to do whatever it takes to get it. Hem and Haw are "littlepeople," mouse-size humans who have an entirely different relationship with cheese. It's not just sustenance to them; it's their self-image. Their lives and belief systems are built around the cheese they've found. Most of us reading the story will see the cheese as something related to our livelihoods--our jobs, our career paths, the industries we work in--although it can stand for anything, from health to relationships. The point of the story is that we have to be alert to changes in the cheese, and be prepared to go running off in search of new sources of cheese when the cheese we have runs out.
Dr. Johnson, coauthor of The One Minute Manager and many other books, presents this parable to business, church groups, schools, military organizations--anyplace where you find people who may fear or resist change. And although more analytical and skeptical readers may find the tale a little too simplistic, its beauty is that it sums up all natural history in just 94 pages: Things change. They always have changed and always will change. And while there's no single way to deal with change, the consequence of pretending change won't happen is always the same: The cheese runs out. --Lou Schuler [via]
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The Woman Who Found Grace: A Cordelia Morgan Mysteryby Bett Reece JohnsonISBN 1573441503 (1-57344-150-3)
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The Years of Lyndon Johnsonby Robert A. CaroISBN 039471654X (0-394-71654-X)
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The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Powerby Robert CaroISBN 0394499735 (0-394-49973-5)
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Quien Se Ha Llevado Mi Queso :Una Manera Sorprendente De Afrontar El Cambio En El Trabajo Y En LA Vida Privada / Who Moved My Cheese?: Una Manera Sorprendente De Afrontar El Cambio En El Trabajo Y En LA Vida Privadaby Spencer JohnsonISBN 8495787091 (84-95787-09-1)
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Esta fábula simple e ingeniosa puede aplicarse a todos los ámbitos de la vida. Con palabras y ejemplos comprensibles incluso para un niño, nos enseña que todo cambia, y que las fórmulas que sirvieron en su momento pueden quedar obsoletas. El "queso" del relato representa cualquier cosa que queramos alcanzar "la felicidad, el trabajo, el dinero, el amor" y el laberinto es la realidad, con zonas desconocidas y peligrosas, callejones sin salida, oscuros recovecos... y habitaciones llenas de queso.
Escrito por un autor de fama internacional, este relato está prologado por un renombrado consultor empresarial. Sus enseñanzas han servido de inspiración en todo tipo de compañías y organizaciones empresariales. [via]
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