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In Intellectuals, Paul Johnson offered a fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In Creators, he examined a host of outstanding and prolific creative spirits. And in Heroes, he brought together a galaxy of legendary figures from the annals of Western history. Now...

Is Jesus relevant to us today? Few figures have had such an influence on history as Jesus of Nazareth. His teachings have inspired discussion, arguments, even war. Yet few have ever held forth as movingly as Jesus on the need for peace, forgiveness, and mercy. Paul Johnson offers listeners a...

This historical magnum opus covers 4,000 years of the extraordinary history of the Jews as a people, a culture, and a nation. It shows the impact of Jewish character on the world: their genius, imagination and, most of all, their ability to persevere despite severe persecutions. Compelling...

Earning the eleventh spot on National Review's list of the Best Nonfiction Books of the Century, this fast-paced, all-encompassing narrative history covers the great events, ideas, and personalities of the six decades following the end of World War I, and offers a full-scale—if...

Johnson’s monumental history of the United States, from the first settlers to the Clinton administration, covers every aspect of American culture: politics, business, art, literature, science, society and customs, complex traditions, and religious beliefs. The story is told in terms of the men...

Since the time of Voltaire and Rousseau, the secular intellectual has increasingly filled the vacuum left by the decline of the cleric and assumed the functions of moral mentor and critic of mankind. This fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world examines the moral...

This is a provocative and panoramic survey of 2,000 years of English history. Johnson tells the story of how a small nation, living in a geographical backwater, developed unique economic and political institutions, expanded its territory, and saddled upon it the frame of a modern industrial...

This is an extraordinary chronicle of the fifteen years, 1815–1830, that laid the foundations of modern society. It is a history of people, ideas, politics, manners, morals, economics, art, science and technology, diplomacy, business and commerce, literature, and revolution. From Wellington at...

Charles Johnson’s National Book Award–winning masterpiece—"a novel in the tradition of Billy Budd and Moby-Dick … heroic in proportion … fiction that hooks the mind" (New York Times Book Review). Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave and irrepressible rogue, is lost in the underworld...

The past is a battleground in many countries, but in China it is crucial to political power. In traditional China, dynasties rewrote history to justify their rule by proving that their predecessors were unworthy of holding power. Marxism gave this a modern gloss, describing history as an unstoppable force heading toward Communism's triumph. The Chinese Communist Party builds on these ideas to whitewash its misdeeds and glorify its rule. But in recent years, independent writers, artists, and filmmakers have begun challenging this state-led disremembering.

Gemma Summers is unlucky in love. She's known it since third grade, when her first crush blew a spitball into her hair, and a decade-long string of bad dates, boring sex, and abysmal morning afters has done nothing to improve her prospects. But when a random radio call-in contest lands her courtside tickets to the hottest playoff game of the season, Gemma's luck may finally be on the upswing, even if it doesn't exactly seem like it when the dreaded Jumbotron kiss cam lands on her and her date.

High-level football discussion for coaches and serious fans. Join Cody Alexander of MatchQuarters and Felix Johnson as they break down defensive schemes, offensive trends, and interview the best minds in the game — the home for real X's and O's talk. www.matchquarters.com

Split between two worlds, Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan are four young heroes who are racing to stop an ancient evil. Even the spirit animal bond, the sacred link between humans and animals, is on the brink of destruction. The friends face an enemy with the power to enslave others to its will-and to steal spirit animals away from their rightful partners. With their own allies falling to this darkness, the four must look to their bonds to light the way forward.

Cuando encuentran a la anciana Mari Baroja envenenada en la residencia de ancianos de Durant, el sheriff Walt Longmire se ve envuelto en una investigación realizada cincuenta años atrás. La conexión entre la víctima y la comunidad vasca de Wyoming, la lucrativa industria de la extracción de metano y la vida privada de Lucian Connally, el antiguo sheriff... todo conduce a una intrincada red de medias verdades y turbias alianzas. 

Tras veinticuatro años como sheriff del condado de Absaroka, Wyoming, las esperanzas de Walt Longmire de terminar en paz sus días como agente de la ley se ven frustradas cuando Cody Pritchard aparece muerto cerca de la reserva cheyene junto a una pista muy simbólica: una pluma de águila. Dos años antes, Cody había sido uno de los cuatro chicos de instituto que fueron puestos en libertad provisional tras violar a una chica cheyene. 

Absaroka, Wyoming, es el condado menos poblado del estado menos poblado de los Estados Unidos, así que encontrar el cuerpo sin vida de una joven asiática en la carretera del Oso Solitario, cerca de la Ruta 249, es cuando menos desconcertante. Así comienza un nuevo caso para el sheriff Longmire, con un gigantesco indio de turbulento pasado como único sospechoso.

Each of us has a story we can share to inspire or help someone else, but sometimes we don't realize this because we think of ourselves as ordinary with nothing extraordinary to tell. Ironwood Lounge with Annette J. Johnson is telling stories that must be given a voice and reach future generations of women. Stories about women who have faced struggles and hell fires of life and come out with the parts of themselves they have reforged into something even more capable and enduring. We are the stories that our daughters and granddaughters, and even sons need to hear. We are Ironwood women, and ...

This is the Tamil translation of Who Moved My Cheese?This is a simple parable that reveals profound truths. It is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. 'Cheese' is a metaphor for what you want to have in...

The term "blowback", invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended consequences of American actions abroad. In this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overextended empire and reveals the ways in which our misguided policies are planting the seeds of future disaster.

Hvordan ser resten af livet ud, når man har opnået alt? Zindy Laursen har sunget på de største scener foran op mod 300.000 mennesker. Hun har været international popstjerne, er stadig verdenskendt i Danmark, og hun kalder New York for sit hjem. Men bag det store smil og den endnu større...