Johnston: 1395 books
Unusual Suspects: Pitt's Reign of Alarm and the Lost Generation of the 1790s
Pitt's Reign of Alarm and the Lost Generation of the 1790s
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Robespierre's Reign of Terror spawned an evil little twin in William Pitt the Younger's Reign of Alarm, 1792-1798. Terror begat Alarm. Many lives and careers were ruined in Britain as a result of the alarmist regime Pitt set up to suppress domestic dissent while waging his disastrous wars against...
Battleship Ramillies
The Final Salvo
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2014
HMS Ramillies was the last battleship to join the Grand Fleet in 1917 and survived to fight in the Second World War. Although the ship did not make headlines, she was actively employed from start to finish, and even survived being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. In this respect she was typical...
by Mary Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
THE morning was gray and I sat by the sea near Palos in a gray mood. I was Jayme de Marchena, and that was a good, old Christian name. But my grandmother was Jewess, and in corners they said that she never truly recanted, and I had been much with her as a child. She was dead, but still they talked of...
by Charles H.L. Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Famous Generals of the Great War is a collection of biographies of famous Allied generals, such as John J. Pershing, Armando Diaz, and more.
by Mark Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
This book recounts the organization and deployment of one of the most important fighting armies of World War II. Australian divisions made a large and distinctive contribution to victory both in the deserts of the Middle East and the jungles of the South-West Pacific,earning for the second time a...
Entertainment Theology (Cultural Exegesis)
New-Edge Spirituality in a Digital Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
It's the end of the church as we know it. In a digitally connected world, people are seeking spiritual answers through pop culture. Instead of retreating, Christians must "rethink the sacred" and enter global conversations about God--in film, literature, TV, and music--or face extinction,...
Knack American Sign Language
A Step-by-Step Guide to Signing
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
While learning a new language isn’t a “knack” for everyone, Knack American Sign Language finally makes it easy. The clear layout, succinct information, and topic-specific sign language partnered with high-quality photos enable quick learning. By a “bilingual” author whose parents were both...
The Voice of the Saints
Counsels from the Saints to Bring Comfort and Guidance in Daily Living
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
Over 700 quotes from the Saints arranged by topic. As "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" (Matt. 12:34); so the Saints are able to distill an encyclopedia of meaning into just a few words. In this book we can reap the benefit of their wisdom. Essential for all! Impr. 161 pgs;
INFP: Discover Your Gifts and Thrive as The Idealist Prince or Princess Personality Type
The Ultimate Guide To The INFP Personality Type
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2014
This Book Is For The INFP Who Has Always Felt Different, Yet Knows There Is Something Special, Almost Magical, About Who They Are.
If you're an INFP and you want to better understand yourself and why you think how you do, then this book is for you. If you'd like a hand unlocking your strengths...
Living Our Story
Narrative Leadership and Congregational Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Living Our Story explores how good narrative work—the retrieval, construction, and performance of valued stories—takes place in ministry. Authors Larry A. Golemon, Lee Ramsey, N. Graham Standish, Tim Shapiro, Carol Johnson, Mike Mather, Niles Elliot Goldstein, and Diana Butler Bass examine this...
by Charles Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
When the scanty shores are full With Thought's perilous, whirling pool; When frail Nature can no more, Then the Spirit strikes the hour: My servant Death, with solving rite, Pours finite into infinite. R.W. EMERSON. IT is admitted, by common consent, that the works of Emerson stand at the head of American...
Ritual Texts for the Afterlife
Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These texts, dating from the late fifth century BCE to...
Famous Indian Chiefs
Their Battles, Treaties, Sieges, and Struggles with the Whites for the Possession of America (Illustrations)
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
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Upon a beautiful day in July, 1492, two brown-skinned Spaniards lay upon the wharf that jutted far out into the waters of the blue Mediterranean Ocean at Palos, Spain, and looked meditatively in the direction of the far West. From their dress it could be easily seen that...
by Alexander Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
At the heart of South Africa's 'miracle' transition from intractable ethno-racial conflict to democracy was an improvised nation born out of war weariness, hope, idealism and calculated pragmatism on the part of the elites who negotiated the compromise settlement. In the absence of any of the conventional...