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George Washington

The Founding Father

By: Paul Johnson

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By far the most important figure in the history of the United States, George Washington liberated the thirteen colonies from the superior forces of the British Empire against all military odds, and presided over the production and ratification of a constitution that (suitably amended) has lasted for more than two hundred years. Yet today Washington remains a distant figure to many Americans—a failing that acclaimed author Paul Johnson sets out to rectify with this brilliantly vivid, sharply etched portrait of the great hero as a young warrior, masterly commander in chief, patient lawmaker, and exceptionally wise president.

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Harper Collins

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0061744174

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The Quotable Paul Johnson

A Topical Compilation of His Wit, Wisdom and Satire

By: Paul Johnson

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The Quotable Paul Johnson

A Topical Compilation of His Wit, Wisdom and Satire

By: Paul Johnson

The Quotable Paul Johnson contains 2,000 pithy and hard-hitting Johnson excerpts, edited and arranged alphabetically by topic, and with a cross-reference index. Since the publication of Modern Times in 1983, Paul Johnson has been recognized as one of the world's most distinguished popular historians. In addition to having written twenty-eight books, including Intellectuals and History of the Jews, he frequently contributes essays and book reviews to both the British and the American press.

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Macmillan

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0374524238

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9780374524234

P.J.'s Route

A Memoir

By: Paul Johnson

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P.J.'s Route

A Memoir

By: Paul Johnson

A sensitive but industrious boy comes of age in Durant, Oklahoma, against the background of World War II. Paul Johnson's route is not only his small-town paper route but also the initial course of his life. Amid America's "greatest generation," he travels on his bicycle through a microcosm of adventures that truly define the values of the era. A lively, insightful style underscores the importance of male mentors in a young boy's life.

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Eakin Press

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1571687483

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9781571687487

Johnson's Quarrel with Swift:

Johnson's Part in the Swiftian Tradition

By: Jordan Paul Richman

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Johnson's Quarrel with Swift:

Johnson's Part in the Swiftian Tradition

By: Jordan Paul Richman

Johnson was very close to Swift in the difficulties he had to face because of his poor health and difficult social positions. Both of these tortured men were able to impose their names on the two phases of 18th century life: The Age of Swift from 1700 to 1740 and the Age of Johnson to 1789. Swift predominated in the age of satire and Johnson in the age of biography and literary criticism.

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AuthorHouse

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1491818611

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9781491818619

Andrew Johnson's Civil War and Reconstruction

By: Paul H. Bergeron

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Andrew Johnson's Civil War and Reconstruction

By: Paul H. Bergeron

Few figures in American political history are as reviled as Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth president of the United States. Taking office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, he clashed constantly with Congress during the tumultuous early years of Reconstruction. He opposed federally-mandated black suffrage and the Fourteenth Amendment and vetoed the Freedmen’s Bureau and Civil Rights bills. In this new book, Paul H. Bergeron, a respected Johnson scholar, brings a new perspective on this often vilified figure. Previous books have judged Johnson out of the context of his times or through a partisan lens. But this volume—based on Bergeron’s work as the editor of The Papers of Andrew Johnson—takes a more balanced approach to Johnson and his career. Admiring Johnson's unswerving devotion to the Union, Lincoln appointed him as military governor of Tennessee, a post, Bergeron argues, that enhanced Johnson's executive experience and his national stature. While governor, Johnson implemented the emancipation of slaves in the state and laid the foundation for a new civilian government. Bergeron also notes that Johnson developed a close connection with the president which eventually resulted in his vice-presidential candidacy. In many respects, therefore, Johnson's Civil War years served as preparation for his presidency. Bergeron moves beyond simplistic arguments based on Johnson’s racism to place his presidency within the politics of the day. Putting aside earlier analyses of the conflict between Johnson and the Republican Radicals as ideological disputes, Bergeron discusses these battles as a political power struggle. In doing so, he does not deny Johnson’s racism but provides a more nuanced and effective perspective on the issues as Johnson tried to pursue the “politics of the possible.” Bergeron interprets Johnson as a strong-willed, decisive, fearless, authoritarian leader in the tradition of Andrew Jackson. While never excusing Johnson’s inflexibility and extreme racism, Bergeron makes the case that, in proper context, Johnson can be seen at times as a surprisingly effective commander-in-chief—one whose approach to the problems of reestablishing the Union was defensible and consistent. With its fresh insight on the man and his times, Andrew Johnson’s Civil War and Reconstruction is indispensable reading for students and scholars of the U.S. presidency and the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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157233794X

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Jesus

A Biography from a Believer.

By: Paul Johnson

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Jesus

A Biography from a Believer.

By: Paul Johnson

From the bestselling author and acclaimed historian, a powerful portrayal of the life of Jesus 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, and yet few have ever held forth as movingly on the need for peace, forgiveness, and mercy. Paul Johnson's brilliant reading offers readers a lively biography of the man who inspired one of the world's great religions and whose lessons still guide us in current times. Johnson's magisterial and revered book A History of Christianity is a masterpiece of historical writing on religion; and in his new book he returns to focus on a central figure in one of the world's dominant religions. Johnson's intelligent and conversational style, as well as his ability to distill complex subjects into succinct, highly readable works, make this book the ideal match of a major historian with a major subject. The result is an accessible biography and an insightful analysis of how Jesus is important in the present era.

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Penguin

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1101197668

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9781101197660

History of Christianity

By: Paul Johnson

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History of Christianity

By: Paul Johnson

First published in 1976, Paul Johnson’s exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude—“a tour de force, one of the most ambitious surveys of the history of Christianity ever attempted and perhaps the most radical” (New York Review of Books). In a highly readable companion to books on faith and history, the scholar and author Johnson has illuminated the Christian world and its fascinating history in a way that no other has. Johnson takes off in the year AD 49 with his namesake the apostle Paul. Thus beginning an ambitious quest to paint the centuries since the founding of a little-known ‘Jesus Sect’, A History of Christianity explores to a great degree the evolution of the Western world. With an unbiased and overall optimistic tone, Johnson traces the fantastic scope of the consequent sects of Christianity and the people who followed them. Information drawn from extensive and varied sources from around the world makes this history as credible as it is reliable. Invaluable understanding of the framework of modern Christianity—and its trials and tribulations throughout history—has never before been contained in such a captivating work.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451688512

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9781451688511

Hunters and Bureaucrats

Power, Knowledge, and Aboriginal-state Relations in the Southwest Yukon

By: Paul Nadasdy

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Hunters and Bureaucrats

Power, Knowledge, and Aboriginal-state Relations in the Southwest Yukon

By: Paul Nadasdy

Winner of the Julian Steward Award Based on three years of ethnographic research in the Yukon, this book examines contemporary efforts to restructure the relationship between aboriginal peoples and the state in Canada. Although it is widely held that land claims and co-management--two of the most visible and celebrated elements of this restructuring--will help reverse centuries of inequity, this book challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that land claims and co-management may be less empowering for First Nation peoples than is often supposed. The book examines the complex relationship between the people of Kluane First Nation, the land and animals, and the state. It shows that Kluane human-animal relations are at least partially incompatible with Euro-Canadian notions of "property" and "knowledge." Yet, these concepts form the conceptual basis for land claims and co-management, respectively. As a result, these processes necessarily end up taking for granted--and so helping to reproduce--existing power relations. First Nation peoples' participation in land claim negotiations and co-management have forced them--at least in some contexts--to adopt Euro-Canadian perspectives toward the land and animals. They have been forced to develop bureaucratic infrastructures for interfacing with the state, and they have had to become bureaucrats themselves, learning to speak and act in uncharacteristic ways. Thus, land claims and co-management have helped undermine the very way of life they are supposed to be protecting. This book speaks to critical issues in contemporary anthropology, First Nations law, and resource management. It moves beyond conventional models of colonialism, in which the state is treated as a monolithic entity, and instead explores how "state power" is reproduced through everyday bureaucratic practices--including struggles over the production and use of knowledge. The book will be of interest to anthropologists and others studying the nature of aboriginal-state relations in Canada and elsewhere, as well as those interested in developing an "ethnography of the state.

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UBC Press

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0774809841

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9780774809849

Modern Times Revised Edition

World from the Twenties to the Nineties, The

By: Paul Johnson

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Modern Times Revised Edition

World from the Twenties to the Nineties, The

By: Paul Johnson

The classic world history of the events, ideas, and personalities of the twentieth century.

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Harper Collins

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0060935502

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9780060935504

The Adams Women

Abigail and Louisa Adams, Their Sisters and Daughters

By: Paul C. Nagel

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The Adams Women

Abigail and Louisa Adams, Their Sisters and Daughters

By: Paul C. Nagel

Examines the women of the Adams family including Abigail and Louisa Adams, their sisters, and daughters, and describes how they lived and thought in the years between 1750 and 1850.

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Harvard University Press

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0674004108

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9780674004108

Stalin

The Kremlin Mountaineer (ICONS Series)

By: Paul Johnson

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Stalin

The Kremlin Mountaineer (ICONS Series)

By: Paul Johnson

From the esteemed British historian Paul Johnson, a biography of Joseph Stalin, one of the "outstanding monsters of history." The second book in the ICONS series, edited by James Atlas.

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New Harvest

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0544114205

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9780544114203

Presidential Anecdotes

By: Paul F. Boller

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Presidential Anecdotes

By: Paul F. Boller

Dramatic, poignant, hilarious, and sentimental, anecdotes about our presidents are as varied as the presidents themselves. This new and revised edition of Presidential Anecdotes recounts some of the most striking stories about America's 42 chief executives, from Washington to Clinton, shedding light on the presidents as human beings and on the culture that produced them.

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Oxford Paperbacks

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0195097319

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9780195097313

Follow the Money

'Gripping and horrifying... witty and brilliant. Buy it' The Times

By: Paul Johnson

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Follow the Money

'Gripping and horrifying... witty and brilliant. Buy it' The Times

By: Paul Johnson

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Gripping and horrifying... witty and brilliant. Buy it' The Times 'A treasure trove of killer facts' Guardian 'Read it, absorb it, and understand how the country works' Laura Kuenssberg Paul Johnson and the enormously respected Institute for Fiscal Studies aim to hold Government to account - without which politicians will get away with their half-truths, elisions and dubious claims. This is a forensic examination - by the man best placed to do so - of the way the state raises and spends £1 trillion of our money every year. To follow the money. To provide an explanation, of where that money comes from and where it goes to, how that has changed and how it needs to change. 'This book is the antidote to naivety that our political class needs. Anyone, in fact, who has strong views about how society should be run would benefit from reading it, because every political ambition costs money and as Johnson writes, "someone has to pay for all this"... The story he tells may leave you reeling... Johnson's buoyant yet acerbic style will keep you engaged. The sobering realities he lays out are peppered with entertaining asides' Book of the Week, Sunday Times

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Abacus

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1408713993

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9781408713990

Socrates

A Man for Our Times

By: Paul Johnson

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Socrates

A Man for Our Times

By: Paul Johnson

“Spectacular . . . A delight to read.” —The Wall Street Journal From bestselling biographer and historian Paul Johnson, a brilliant portrait of Socrates, the founding father of philosophy In his highly acclaimed style, historian Paul Johnson masterfully disentangles centuries of scarce sources to offer a riveting account of Socrates, who is often hailed as the most important thinker of all time. Johnson provides a compelling picture of Athens in the fifth century BCE, and of the people Socrates reciprocally delighted in, as well as many enlightening and intimate analyses of specific aspects of his personality. Enchantingly portraying "the sheer power of Socrates's mind, and its unique combination of steel, subtlety, and frivolity," Paul Johnson captures the vast and intriguing life of a man who did nothing less than supply the basic apparatus of the human mind.

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Penguin

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0143122215

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9780143122210

Strategic Sport Communication

By: Paul Mark Pedersen,Kimberly S. Miloch,Pamela C. Laucella

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Strategic Sport Communication

By: Paul Mark Pedersen,Kimberly S. Miloch,Pamela C. Laucella

This is an introduction to the wide-ranging world of sport communication, integral to the successful management, marketing, and operation of sport organisations at all levels. The text outlines the full breadth of the communication industry, including the many professional careers available to students and practitioners.

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Human Kinetics

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0736065245

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9780736065245

Civil War America

1850-1870

By: Paul Johnson

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Civil War America

1850-1870

By: Paul Johnson

In these masterful essays drawn from his New York Times bestsellers A History of the American People and Heroes, one of the world's most renowned and respected historians explores what is arguably the most important chapter in the annals of America: the Civil War. Enlivened with the author's trademark scholarship, verve, and intelligence, this vivid, concise history revisits the conflict that tore a nation asunder and provides portraits of the people who played essential roles in the bloody drama. Johnson's Civil War America examines the factors that led to the devastating rift in the years before the fighting—and recounts the troubled healing a wounded nation underwent in the years after the final shot was fired.

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Harper Collins

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0062076256

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9780062076250

Napoleon

A Life

By: Paul Johnson

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Napoleon

A Life

By: Paul Johnson

From New York Times bestselling author Paul Johnson, “a very readable and entertaining biography” (The Washington Post) about one of the most important figures in modern European history: Napoleon Bonaparte In an ideal pairing of author and subject, the magisterial historian Paul Johnson offers a vivid look at the life of the strategist, general, and dictator who conquered much of Europe. Following Napoleon from the barren island of Corsica to his early training in Paris, from his meteoric victories and military dictatorship to his exile and death, Johnson examines the origins of his ferocious ambition. In Napoleon's quest for power, Johnson sees a realist unfettered by patriotism or ideology. And he recognizes Bonaparte’s violent legacy in the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. Napoleon is a magnificent work that bears witness to one individual's ability to work his will on history.

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1440684480

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9781440684487

Intellectuals

From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky

By: Paul Johnson

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Intellectuals

From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky

By: Paul Johnson

Johnson revels in all the wicked things these great thinkers have done...great fun to read." — New York Times Book Review A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an intriguing series of case studies, Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sartre, Edmund Wilson, Victor Gollancz, Lillian Hellman, Cyril Connolly, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Kenneth Tynan, and Noam Chomsky, among others, are revealed as intellectuals both brilliant and contradictory, magnetic and dangerous.

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0061871478

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