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Book Synopsis The Adventures of Mark Johnson by : Harlan D Hayman
Download or read book The Adventures of Mark Johnson written by Harlan D Hayman and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-08 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adventures of Mark Johnson was written for parents and young children. It places focus on our society and how to deal with social issues. This book is about a child who grows up in a good environment with loving parents and a caring teacher who tries to impact their values of what is important and good.
Book Synopsis Spitting in the Soup by : Mark Johnson
Download or read book Spitting in the Soup written by Mark Johnson and published by VeloPress. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doping is as old as organized sports. From baseball to horse racing, cycling to track and field, drugs have been used to enhance performance for 150 years. For much of that time, doping to do better was expected. It was doping to throw a game that stirred outrage. Today, though, athletes are vilified for using performance-enhancing drugs. Damned as moral deviants who shred the fair-play fabric, dopers are an affront to the athletes who don’t take shortcuts. But this tidy view swindles sports fans. While we may want the world sorted into villains and victims, putting the blame on athletes alone ignores decades of history in which teams, coaches, governments, the media, scientists, sponsors, sports federations, and even spectators have played a role. The truth about doping in sports is messy and shocking because it holds a mirror to our own reluctance to spit in the soupthat is, to tell the truth about the spectacle we crave. In Spitting in the Soup, sports journalist Mark Johnson explores how the deals made behind closed doors keep drugs in sports. Johnson unwinds the doping culture from the early days, when pills meant progress, and uncovers the complex relationships that underlie elite sports culturethe essence of which is not to play fair but to push the boundaries of human performance. It’s easy to assume that drugs in sports have always been frowned upon, but that’s not true. Drugs in sports are old. It’s banning drugs in sports that is new. Spitting in the Soup offers a bitingly honest, clear-eyed look at why that’s so, and what it will take to kick pills out of the locker room once and for all.
Book Synopsis I Married Adventure by : Osa Johnson
Download or read book I Married Adventure written by Osa Johnson and published by Vertical Inc. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A CLASSIC MEMOIR OF TWO PIONEERING ADVENTURERS Before Joy Adamson went to Africa, before Margaret Mead sailed to Samoa, before Dian Fossey was even born, a Kansas teenager named Osa Leighty married Martin Johnson, a pioneering photographer just back from a ‘round-the-world cruise with Jack London. Together the Johnsons flew and sailed to Borneo, to Kenya, and to the Congo, filming Simba and other popular nature movies with Martin behind the camera and Osa holding her rifle at the ready in case the scene’s big game star should turn hostile. This bestselling memoir retraces their careers in rich detail, with precisely observed descriptions and often heart-stopping anecdotes. Illustrated with scores of the dramatic photos that made the Johnsons famous, it’s a book sure to delight every lover of true adventure.
Author :Mark Johnson Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781983982002 Total Pages :272 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Changing Trains written by Mark Johnson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chance encounter boarding a Eurostar train propels news editor Sam back to 1985, and a journey he took across Europe by train. Young and inexperienced he discovers a world away from his smalltown upbringing and starts to wonder about his place in life and well as his own sexual identity. This gentle coming-of-age story, set in some of Europe's greatest cities, will take you on a nostalgia trip across an emerging European Union.
Book Synopsis Can of Human Heat by : Mark Francis Johnson
Download or read book Can of Human Heat written by Mark Francis Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Mark Francis Johnson's CAN OF HUMAN HEAT takes the traditional worldbuilding function of speculative writing and distorts it around its most far-flung, self-reflexive poles. It isn't a book about a fantasy world or alternative timeline; it reads instead like the appendical traces of one sent back across dimensions--back-stories, info-dumps, and other explanatory narrative niceties are dispensed with. At times hazily suggesting the romance involutions of Sidney's Old Arcadia, at times refashioning tropes of the fantasy or nautical adventure novel into a kind of absurdist underclass siege diary, CAN OF HUMAN HEAT presents a landscape that is neither utopian nor dystopian but instead something queerly sketched by an alien phenomenology. And yet within this damaged environment, Johnson has created a cast of characters that are part lumpen Candide and part Beckettian tramp--strangely likeable lifeforms manifesting an utter desensitization to the biological and ecological degradation whose consequences have totally altered them. In its paralogical epiphanies, Johnson's poem refashions classic modernist lyricism as high farce in which the comic intransigence of everyday objects extends even to the body--and to consciousness--itself.
Book Synopsis The Mark of the Dragonfly by : Jaleigh Johnson
Download or read book The Mark of the Dragonfly written by Jaleigh Johnson and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Wrinkle in Time and The School of Good and Evil, the New York Times bestseller The Mark of the Dragonfly is a fast-paced adventure story about a mysterious girl and a fearless boy, set in a magical world that is both exciting and dangerous. Piper has never seen the Mark of the Dragonfly until she finds the girl amid the wreckage of a caravan in the Meteor Fields. The girl doesn’t remember a thing about her life, but the intricate tattoo on her arm is proof that she’s from the Dragonfly Territories and that she’s protected by the king. Which means a reward for Piper if she can get the girl home. The one sure way to the Territories is the 401, a great old beauty of a train. But a ticket costs more coin than Piper could make in a year. And stowing away is a difficult prospect—everyone knows that getting past the peculiar green-eyed boy who stands guard is nearly impossible. Life for Piper just turned dangerous. A little bit magical. And very exciting, if she can manage to survive the journey. Praise for The Mark of the Dragonfly: ★ “This magnetic middle-grade debut…[is] a page-turner that defies easy categorization and ought to have broad appeal.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred ★ “Heart, brains, and courage find a home in a steampunk fantasy worthy of a nod from Baum.”-- Kirkus Reviews, Starred ★ “A fantastic and original tale of adventure and magic...Piper is a heroine to fall in love with: smart, brave, kind, and mechanically inclined to boot.”—School Library Journal, Starred “A complex and impeccably developed plot—there is plenty to recommend in this novel.”—The Bulletin “Appealing characters and lots of action make it a good choice for young adventure readers.”—Booklist
Book Synopsis Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by : D.B. Johnson
Download or read book Henry Hikes to Fitchburg written by D.B. Johnson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-10-30 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, the wonderfully appealing Henry Hikes to Fitchburg follows two friends who have very different approaches to life. When the two agree to meet one evening in Fitchburg, which is thirty miles away, each decides to get there in his own way, and the two have surprisingly different days.
Book Synopsis The Thief on the Cross by : Rev Mark Johnson
Download or read book The Thief on the Cross written by Rev Mark Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthias never would have dreamed that all of his life would culminate on a hill with two other unfortunate men. He had too many dreams for which to live, too many things left undone, and yet here he was hanging upon a cross. All of those wasted years, all of those missed opportunities, and yet here and now all of those seemed to slowly fade away as the bruised and battered figure looked at him from the center cross. Those eyes! The depth of love they conveyed! His heart was arrested by the compassion that seemed to radiate from this broken figure. Even the pain wracking his body seemed to fade into the background. All of time seemed to stop as the cracked and raspy answer to his query penetrated to the very depths of Matthias's being. "Today, you shall be with Me in Paradise!" Come and see the beginning of this thief's life and the adventure that brought him to this place and time. What seemed to be a life that had no hope, Love broke through and changed forever.
Download or read book Betsey written by Betsey Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir by the internationally famous fashion designer and style icon Mention the name "Betsey Johnson" and almost every woman from the age of 15 to 75 can rapturously recall a favorite dress or outfit; whether worn for a prom, a wedding, or just to stand out from the crowd in a colorful way. They may also know her as a renegade single mom who palled around with Edie Sedgwick, Twiggy, and The Velvet Underground, or even as a celebrity contestant on Dancing with the Stars. Betsey is also famous for her iconic pink stores (she had 65 shops across the US) and for her habit of doing cartwheels and splits down the runway at the close of her fashion shows. Throughout her decades-long career, she's taken pride in producing fun but rule-breaking clothing at an accessible price point. What they might not know is that she built an empire from scratch, and brought stretch clothing to the masses in the 80s and 90s. Betsey will take the reader behind the tutu and delve deeply into what it took to go from a white picket fence childhood in Connecticut to becoming an internationally known force in a tough, competitive business. The book will feature Betsey's candid memories of the fashion and downtown scene in the 60s and how she started her own business from the ground up after designing successfully for multiple other companies. She will discuss that business's ups and downs and reinventions (including bankruptcy), and her thoughts on body image, love, divorce, men, motherhood, and her bout with breast cancer. Betsey will be richly illustrated with many of her landmark clothes, fashion sketches, and personal photos--making the book the perfect memento and gift for every girl (of any age) for whom Betsey is, as a recent New York Times profile noted, "a role model still."
Book Synopsis The Girl with the Red Bandana by : Trixie Johnson
Download or read book The Girl with the Red Bandana written by Trixie Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about a young lady wearing a red bandana and her sailing adventures who discovers life's ups and downs. Through her world travels and acquaintances, she navigates and succeeds. From San Francisco, Beijing, China, Europe, Mexico, Hawaii, New York City, Colombia, South America, and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, this is one exciting drama you don't want to miss. It has adventure, romance and mystery all packed into one great story.
Book Synopsis Who Moved My Cheese? by : Spencer Johnson
Download or read book Who Moved My Cheese? written by Spencer Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-09-08 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER WITH OVER 28 MILLION COPIES IN PRINT! A timeless business classic, Who Moved My Cheese? uses a simple parable to reveal profound truths about dealing with change so that you can enjoy less stress and more success in your work and in your life. It would be all so easy if you had a map to the Maze. If the same old routines worked. If they'd just stop moving "The Cheese." But things keep changing... Most people are fearful of change, both personal and professional, because they don't have any control over how or when it happens to them. Since change happens either to the individual or by the individual, Dr. Spencer Johnson, the coauthor of the multimillion bestseller The One Minute Manager, uses a deceptively simple story to show that when it comes to living in a rapidly changing world, what matters most is your attitude. Exploring a simple way to take the fear and anxiety out of managing the future, Who Moved My Cheese? can help you discover how to anticipate, acknowledge, and accept change in order to have a positive impact on your job, your relationships, and every aspect of your life.
Book Synopsis Counting the Stars by : Lesa Cline-Ransome
Download or read book Counting the Stars written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A detail-rich picture book.” —Kirkus Reviews “Straightforward and inviting.” —School Library Journal From award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome and acclaimed illustrator Raúl Colón comes the sensitive, informative, and inspiring picture book biography of the remarkable mathematician Katherine Johnson, one of the NASA “human computers” whose work was critical to the first US space launch. Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or astronauts walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used their knowledge, pencils, adding machines, and writing paper to calculate the orbital mechanics needed to launch spacecraft. Katherine Johnson was one of these mathematicians who used trajectories and complex equations to chart the space program. Even as Virginia’s Jim Crow laws were in place in the early 1950s, Katherine worked analyzing data at the NACA (later NASA) Langley laboratory. In 1962, as NASA prepared for the orbital mission of John Glenn, Katherine Johnson was called upon and John Glenn said “get the girl” (Katherine Johnson) to run the numbers by hand to chart the complexity of the orbital flight. He knew that his flight couldn’t work without her unique skills. President Barack Obama awarded Katherine Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 and her incredible life inspired the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. Get to know this incredible and inspirational woman with this beautifully illustrated picture book from an award-winning duo.
Book Synopsis The Last Little Blue Envelope by : Maureen Johnson
Download or read book The Last Little Blue Envelope written by Maureen Johnson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ginny Blackstone thought that the biggest adventure of her life was behind her. She spent last summer traveling around Europe, following the tasks her aunt Peg laid out in a series of letters before she died. When someone stole Ginny's backpack—and the last little blue envelope inside—she resigned herself to never knowing how it was supposed to end. Months later, a mysterious boy contacts Ginny from London, saying he's found her bag. Finally, Ginny can finish what she started. But instead of ending her journey, the last letter starts a new adventure—one filled with old friends, new loves, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Ginny finds she must hold on to her wits . . . and her heart. This time, there are no instructions.
Book Synopsis Blow the Man Down by : Mark E. Johnson
Download or read book Blow the Man Down written by Mark E. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark E. Johnson's sophomore memoir takes you on his improbable odyssey from a North Carolina Christmas tree farm into the blue-collar music business, from Nashville to the Caribbean to South Texas and back again. Follow along as Johnson survives the Nashville music meatgrinder, the Caribbean's most profound island of ill repute, and the temptations of both. "Blow the Man Down" is equal parts hilarious coming-of-age story and one man's search for his artistic niche in the world.
Book Synopsis Doofus Dad Does Everest Base Camp by : Mark E Johnson
Download or read book Doofus Dad Does Everest Base Camp written by Mark E Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mark Johnson has a magical way of picking you up from your comfy reading chair and dropping you off in the heart of the cold and at times unforgiving Himalayas. I read the whole book in just a few quick sittings and constantly found myself laughing, biting my nails, and undeniably identifying with every ridiculous thing Mark found himself doing on his journey. If you enjoy grand adventures and a fair share of "dad humor," add Mark's EBC chronicle to your bookshelf now." Tim Moore, The Penny Hoarder Imagine yourself trekking through the epic Himalayan wilderness to Everest Base Camp - 17,600 feet above sea level and the gateway to the planet's most iconic mountain. Experience the world's most startling, high-altitude landscapes, interact with the welcoming Sherpa people, and struggle to catch your breath as you narrowly avoid being trampled by an oncoming train of enormous, shaggy yaks loaded with climbing expedition supplies. Now, imagine living this adventure without leaving your favorite reading chair. "Doofus Dad Does Everest Base Camp" brings that scenario to life. In April 2018, Tennessee writer Mark E. Johnson embarked on a life-changing, grueling, and often-hilarious adventure - a 12-day, 80-mile trek to Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal's Himalaya Mountains - after launching an improbable trekking company a year earlier. This was Johnson's first excursion out of the continental U.S., and this journey into the exotic country of Nepal was indeed a trial by fire (and ice). Hike alongside "Doofus Dad" on each part of this bucket list quest, from the starting point of Nashville, Tennessee, through a mind-numbing 23 hours of air travel, into the suicidal traffic of Kathmandu, and on every day of the trek with equal parts lush detail and sly humor. Experience Kathmandu's Hindu and Buddhist temples, visit the infamous Yeti's Scalp of the Khumjung Monastery and join in on a hysterical salsa dance lesson at 14,000-feet. "Doofus Dad Does Everest Base Camp" is a gripping adventure story that also serves as a practical resource for future trekkers. It includes: A standard EBC trekking map An EBC itinerary Daily trekking statistics including elevation changes and hiking times The gear lists of Mark and his wife, Holly A Nepal trekking training guide The foreword is provided by mountaineering legend and Everest blogger Alan Arnette, called "one of America's most respected chroniclers of Everest," by Outside Magazine. "This book is a must-have for the bookshelf of yesterday's, today's and tomorrow's traveler," says Arnette. The audiobook is read by Johnson and even includes sound effects from the trek itself. Johnson is a longtime freelancer and blog writer, best known for his Dave Barry-esque stories about parenting, rural living, and health and fitness.
Book Synopsis Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain / World Literature Classics / Illustrated with Doodles by : Mark Twain
Download or read book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain / World Literature Classics / Illustrated with Doodles written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the masterpieces of the written world. A must-read. Illustrated with doodles Complete and Unabridged Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain. Commonly named among the Great American Novels.The novel's preeminence derives from its wonderfully imaginative re-creation of boyhood adventures along the Mississippi River, its inspired characterization, the author's remarkable ear for dialogue, and the book's understated development of serious underlying themes: "natural" man versus "civilized" society, the evils of slavery, the innate value and dignity of human beings, and other topics. Most of all, Huckleberry Finn is a wonderful story, filled with high adventure and unforgettable characters. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Download or read book Train Dreams written by Denis Johnson and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year One of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011 From the National Book Award-winning author Denis Johnson (Tree of Smoke) comes Train Dreams, an epic in miniature, and one of Johnson's most evocative works of fiction. Suffused with the history and landscapes of the American West—its otherworldly flora and fauna, its rugged loggers and bridge builders—this extraordinary novella poignantly captures the disappearance of a distinctly American way of life. It tells the story of Robert Grainer, a day laborer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century—an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world. As his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform America in his lifetime.
