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Not Nothing

Selected Writings by Ray Johnson, 1954-1994

By: Ray Johnson

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Not Nothing

Selected Writings by Ray Johnson, 1954-1994

By: Ray Johnson

Ray Johnson, considered the progenitor of Correspondence art, blurred the boundaries between life and art, authorship and intimacy. The defining nature of his work were his letters (often both visual and textual in character), intended to be received, replied to (altered and embellished) and read, again and again. This lovingly curated collection of more than 200 mostly previously unpublished writings - including selected letters, minutes for "New York Correspondence School" meetings, hand-written notes and other writings - opens a new view into the whirling flux of Johnson's art, highlighting his keen sense of play as well as his attuned sensitivity to both language and the shifting nature of meaning. Cumulatively, the writings reveal not only how he created relationships, glyphs and puzzles by connecting words, phrases, people and ideas, but also something about the elusive Johnson himself"--From the publisher.

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Siglio Press

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1938221044

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9781938221040

The Great Chicago Fire

By: John Boda,Ray Johnson

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The Great Chicago Fire

By: John Boda,Ray Johnson

After an extremely hot and dry summer, Chicago got a spark that grew into something unimiginable and unforgettable on Oct. 8, 1871. On Oct. 8, 1871, what became known as "the Great Chicago Fire" was a massive firestorm that moved faster than most men could run, fueled by southwest winds of at least 30 miles per hour. The heat was so intense it melted stone and brick buildings in minutes and turned sand on the lakeshore into glass. A total of 18,000 buildings were destroyed. About 100,000 were left homeless, and over 300 lost their lives. The very same day, and nearly the same hour, both the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and Peshtigo, Wisconsin, suffered similar firestorms. Peshtigo's was even worse, creating an event that came to be known as "the Peshtigo Paradigm." Many people believe the three fires forming a huge triangle of destruction were related as one with cosmic causes, and it remains a mystery to this day. Authors and native Chicagoans John Boda and Ray Johnson take you inside this historic happening.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439662843

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9781439662847

Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway Map

The Ultimate Prehistoric Road Map to the Best of the American West

By: Kirk Johnson,Ray Troll

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Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway Map

The Ultimate Prehistoric Road Map to the Best of the American West

By: Kirk Johnson,Ray Troll

An illustrated companion map for Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway, which follows the zany travels of a paleontologist and an artist as they drive across the American West in search of fossils.

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Fulcrum Publishing

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1682751554

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9781682751558

Our Perfect Wild

Ray & Barbara Bane's Journeys and the Fate of Far North

By: Kaylene Johnson-Sullivan,Ray Bane

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Our Perfect Wild

Ray & Barbara Bane's Journeys and the Fate of Far North

By: Kaylene Johnson-Sullivan,Ray Bane

Ray and Barbara Bane worked as teachers in Barrow and Wainwright, Alaska, in the early 1960s—but they didn’t simply teach the children of their Iñupiat Eskimo and Koyukon friends and neighbors: they fully embraced their lifestyle. Doing so, they realized how closely intertwined life in the region was with the land, and, specifically, how critical wilderness was to the ancient traditions and wisdom that undergirded the Native way of life. That slow realization came to a head during a 1,200-mile dogsled trip from Hughes to Barrow in 1974—a trip that led them to give up teaching in favor of working, through the National Park Service, to preserve Alaska’s wilderness. This book tells their story, a tale of dedication and tireless labor in the face of suspicion, resistance, and even violence. At a time when Alaska’s natural bounty remains under threat, Our Perfect Wild shows us an example of the commitment—and love—that will be required to preserve it.

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University of Alaska Press

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1602232792

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9781602232792

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House

Foolhardiness, Folly, and Fraud in Presidential Elections from Andrew Jackson to George W. Bush

By: David E. Johnson,Johnny Ray Johnson

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House

Foolhardiness, Folly, and Fraud in Presidential Elections from Andrew Jackson to George W. Bush

By: David E. Johnson,Johnny Ray Johnson

This book profiles eighteen of our funniest elections, from 1828, the first election in which all states had electors, to the election from hell in 2000. The book also includes chapters on Watergate and impeachment, and a gallery of official photographs.

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Taylor Trade Publications

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1589791509

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9781589791503

I am God

By: Ray Johnson

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I am God

By: Ray Johnson

William Jackson was an attorney who had previously been a Los Angeles policeman and he loved his grandfather more than he loved his own life. While praying for his recovery from lung cancer, a voice came to him and said, “I haven’t done this in over a billion years.” The voice was God telling him that he had not answered a prayer in over a billion years. Will was stunned to discover that God did not answer prayers. “It’s not so much that I don’t answer prayers as it is I can’t.” Will pointed out, “But you’re God.” “True, but with the mega-trillion prayers coming from throughout the multiverse, it’d be impossible. I once calculated that I receive about ninety-five billion prayers a second.” Will was shocked to learn how his prayer was the one in a mega-trillion to be answered. God informed him that his grandfather had been healed and would be calling him with the news. After Will answered the call from his grandfather, he felt foolish but asked anyway, “What if I…I…” “What if you asked for Alicia Escobar?” Will said, “You truly are God.” Alicia was stunningly beautiful, the product of a Chinese/Mexican father and a Black/Vietnamese mother and had inherited the best from all four worlds. God said, “I’ll clear the way for you.” He deposited millions in Will’s bank accounts and gave him everything he felt he might need to accomplish the impossible. God informed him, “You realize she comes with baggage.” Will nodded, willing to risk doing whatever it took. Alicia’s baggage was matched only by her beauty. With her came a husband who was a mafia assassin, Mexican Drug Enforcement agents, who wanted to kill him, a mafia don from Brooklyn, who wanted him dead, the Ensenada Harbor Patrol, shooting at his yacht and Alicia’s agent attempting extortion; and that did not take into account the Cabo San Lucas Police, who were also after him. God told Will, “It’ll be interesting to watch you two work your way through this.” Interesting did not cover the life and death predicaments Will and Alicia would encounter.

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Club Lighthouse Publishing

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1772170844

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9781772170849

CEO Logic

How to Think and Act Like a Chief Executive

By: C Ray Johnson

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CEO Logic

How to Think and Act Like a Chief Executive

By: C Ray Johnson

This book starts with the foundations of business success: the development of a business philosophy that works for you, and the strategic application of that philosophy in all areas of your endeavor.

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Red Wheel/Weiser

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1632658399

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9781632658395

The Death Angel

By: RAY JOHNSON

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The Death Angel

By: RAY JOHNSON

An off-books CIA agent is charged with locating a gang of electronic thieves that are stealing millions from United States banks and transferring the funds to foreign banks in countries that are not friendly to the US. The vexing problem is that these thieves have killed over twenty people as they electronically pillage American banks. Hackers may kill a firewall, but rarely do they murder anyone that is trying to apprehend them. The criminals use a death angel of an assassin to eliminate anyone who comes close to discovering their whereabouts. The blood-money assassin kills young and old, male or female, without prejudice or remorse. The handsome agent and his female companion, who is as beautiful as she is fearless, track the thieves and their assassin from the glittering neon canyons of Las Vegas to tropical Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur. The gang operates off of a magnificent Mondomarine trideck mega yacht, making them highly mobile and difficult to corner. The situation becomes so dangerous that our duo even requests two agency shooters to assist them. The agent uses a Super Leggera open-water speedboat in hot pursuit of the criminals’ mobile headquarters. Violence, betrayal, and seduction galore, the relentless agents will stop at nothing to apprehend this band of thieves. But at what point is the price of justice too high?

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Club Lighthouse Publishing

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1772170119

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9781772170115

The Great Everlasting

By: Ray Johnson

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The Great Everlasting

By: Ray Johnson

Morning Fawn is either one hundred and sixty years old or the greatest actress of all time. Dan’s problem is that she is stunningly beautiful and looks like she is twenty-five. Dan encounters Morning Fawn in an isolated glade in the Montana woods. His marriage is in shambles and recent dreams have been telling him to rent a hunting lodge in Montana. It is not hunting season and he has no reason whatsoever to be in Montana. At the last moment, his attractive wife decided to go with him to the hunting lodge. Dan is thirty-four, tall, handsome and financially successful. Once at the lodge, a dream tells him to go for a midnight walk in the woods that surround the isolated lodge. It is on this enigmatic walk that he encounters Morning Fawn. She is a captivating Crow Indian, dressed in a magnificent fringed doeskin dress. Her hair is done in two long braids that hang over her breasts. Although afraid of him at first, she tells him that she is from the Crow Death Camp in The Great Everlasting. She further stuns him by telling him that she died on the Great Plains before the Battle of the Little Bighorn. She shocks him again when she tells him that his wife and her current lover will attempt to kill him. She knows more about him that any one person could. She explains that she grows stronger every night and will meet him the following night when the moon is directly overhead. Over the next two nights they grow closer. She tells him that the Great Spirit has sent her to save him from his wife and her lover. His problem is that everything Morning Fawn predicts comes to fruition. His wife and her lover are plotting his death so she can get at his money and lucrative timber holdings. His death will make her a millionaire. His wife has hired two Las Vegas hit men to kill Dan. That way neither she nor her lover will be suspects. Morning Fawn warns Dan about the men coming to kill him and jolts him further by telling him that they will confront the gunmen together. With Dan’s pistol and her bow and arrows, they prepare for battle. The Woman of Two Faces, a powerful Indian goddess, is just as interested in Dan’s demise; why is an enigma. While his wife hires more gunmen to kill him, the mysterious Woman of Two Faces sends Indian killers after him. The battles rage from the woods of Montana to the High Sierras of California. Dan’s skill with guns and Morning Fawn’s ability with her bow, arrows and scalping knife, make them a formidable pair. Dan grows to love Morning Fawn and she tells him that she will be the wife he never had. She tells him that The Great Spirit has sent her to be with him in The Great Everlasting. Even though she tells him they are a match for the diverse killers, she also tells him that each soul has a season. What does she mean?

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Club Lighthouse Publishing

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1772170399

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The Punishing Avenger

By: RAY JOHNSON

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The Punishing Avenger

By: RAY JOHNSON

Incredibly wealthy people have been raping and pillaging rain forests and virgin lands with impunity. Numerous innocent people have been killed because of this avarice. A group that calls itself the Punishing Avenger is killing and maiming these wealthy people where greed means more to them than human life. CIA agent, Rick Jefferies, is assigned to investigate these atypical crimes. This murderous group attempts to portray themselves as modern day Robin Hoods, protecting the innocent while punishing the guilty. To enhance that media image, they avoid any collateral damage, while rewarding their victims. Powerful politicians increasingly fear one of their affluent contributors might be the next target. Rick, a lone wolf agent, is assigned an unwanted partner as the stakes rise. Rick does not buy into the Robin Hood and his merry men portrayal. He and his new partner hunt down the killers from Las Vegas, to a Mississippi riverboat and finally to the outskirts of Dallas, dodging bullets and to bring true justice to the Punishing Avenger.

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Club Lighthouse Publishing

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1772170348

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9781772170344

The Vermillion Dragon

By: Ray Johnson

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The Vermillion Dragon

By: Ray Johnson

Three Vermillion Dragon soldiers are waiting for Sondra Larkin when she returns to her apartment. She lives near the UCLA campus and is returning from a study group in the student union. The men grab her and a breathing mask placed over her face, then everything fades to a murky black. Her parents are independently wealthy, living on a sprawling twenty acre estate in Santa Barbara, California. Ransom seems the obvious reason for the kidnapping, yet after three days, nothing is heard from the kidnappers. Sondra’s father is long-time contributor to the campaigns of the President. He seeks the President’s help because he feels the FBI is not accomplishing anything meaningful. Because of the father’s influence, the Deputy Director assigns Rick Jefferies, his best off-books agent at Langley, to the case. Interagency problems will surface with a vengeance if the FBI discovers that someone from another agency is working an obvious kidnapping. Both agencies are extremely territorial. The Vermillion Dragon, a Vietnamese crime syndicate, had contracted to deliver a blonde virgin to the head of the Durango Cartel. The Durango Cartel is attempting to expand into the territory of its powerful neighbors: the Sinaloa Cartel led by El Chapo, to the west and the Zacatecas Cartel, led by El Tigre to the east. Sondra is transported on a container ship to Mazatlan and then accompanied by a Vermillion Dragon captain to Durango. Rick and Kim, his partner with a checkered past, along with the help of a backup agent and a shooter, battle their way into Durango Cartel territory. Mexico’s merciless streets push them to their limits as the lives of Sondra and many others hang in the balance. They must fight off cartel soldiers, corrupt Mexican Police and Vermillion Dragon assassins, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. They are constantly outnumbered and outgunned. In terms of lives lost, the rescue attempt is extremely expensive; with few people left standing.

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Club Lighthouse Publishing

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1772170569

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9781772170566

BEYOND KANCHENJUNGA

By: Ray Johnson

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BEYOND KANCHENJUNGA

By: Ray Johnson

Cause; a murder in Los Angeles. Effect; A summons from the Grand Regent. Jake Striker felt he needed to return to Mongolia to tell his in-laws how their daughter died. His wife, Chandaa, was killed by a drunk driver who ran a red light. The 911 Porsche was broadsided and his wife died instantly at an intersection in Beverly Hills. She had been with him when he finally located the mysterious Chang Jai Lamasery, high on Mt. Bayaskhulangtu. They had been searching for a child that was born at the exact instant the ancient Chang Lai Lama died. The Lamas believed the child was the reincarnation of their revered Grand Lama and were returning him to his rightful home. The parents of the child saw it as kidnapping. Chandaa’s parents live far out on the rolling steppes, where only personal communication is possible. Jake is tall, six feet, three inches, handsome with light brown hair and storm gray eyes. He had originally been hired by the parents to locate their child. Now he is back in Mongolia, comforting grieving in-laws. Chanda’s sister, Mei, a stunningly beautiful Mongolian woman, with Chinese ancestors, is with Jake in her parent’s ger when Lama Namsray arrives and tells Jake that the Grand Regent is in need of his services. Contacting the Grand Regent will require an arduous trek by horseback up into the sacred mountains, where only a privileged few are permitted. A steppe soldier is traveling with Lama Namsray, to protect him; armed with an AK47. Jake is a policeman turned lawyer and has the ear of the Grand Regent. One of the young men who was born in the mysterious valley has gone rogue and become a drug dealer and murderer in Southern California. He needs to be stopped and the Grand Regent is about to give Jake the assignment. Mei, who is twenty-five, with almond eyes and raven hair that hangs to her waist, informs Jake and Lama Namsray that she is going with them. The Lama tells her that will be impossible, outsiders are not allowed into the secret Lamasery. She informs him, “I’m going.” Lama Namsray, the second most powerful lama in the sacred dzong, explains that the Grand Regent would never permit it. Mei says, “I know about the gold mine, I know about the child Grand Lama and I know about the secret entrance into the valley. I’m going.” Jake sides with Mei and she accompanies him on the dangerous journey into the mountains. She also accompanies him to Southern California where they do battle with the drug lord and his thugs. Events become so dangerous they have to call upon the ancient Order of the Tu Tung. A mysterious Lamasery, a handsome lawyer, a beautiful Mongolian woman and a clandestine order of assassins, wrapped tightly together with dragon-emblazoned fabric from the Great Silk Road.

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177217064X

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Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline

The Travels of an Artist and a Scientist along the Shores of the Prehistoric Pacific

By: Kirk R. Johnson,Ray Troll

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Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline

The Travels of an Artist and a Scientist along the Shores of the Prehistoric Pacific

By: Kirk R. Johnson,Ray Troll

In this long-awaited sequel Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll are back on a road trip—driving, flying, and boating their way from Baja, California to northern Alaska in search of the fossil secrets of North America's Pacific coast. They hunt for fossils, visit museums, meet scientists and paleonerds, and sleuth out untold stories of extinct worlds. As one of the oldest coasts on earth, the west coast is a rich ground for fossil discovery. Its wonders include extinct marine mammals, pygmy mammoths, oyster bears, immense ammonites, shark-bitten camels, polar dinosaurs, Alaskan palms, California walruses, and a lava-baked rhinoceros. Join in for a fossil journey through deep time and discover how the west coast became the place it is today.

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Fulcrum Publishing

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1682752356

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9781682752357

As I Remember It

By: Doris Johnson,Ray Imhof

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As I Remember It

By: Doris Johnson,Ray Imhof

As I Remember It'' is a fascinating account of daily activities of a family in the early 1900's. Esther grew up on the prairie of western Kansas. Having been born in 1914, she and her family suffered some of the growing pains of a new frontier. Hard work, perserverance, and humor saw them through. Her stories provide vivid insight into the pioneer activities of hog butchering, wheat threshing, and chicken and egg production. The humor shared with family and neighbors helped them endure the hard times. Esther tells of many incidents of helpful neighbors; a very necessary element for the survival of early settlers.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412059321

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9781412059329

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Not Nothing

Not Nothing

The Great Chicago Fire

The Great Chicago Fire

Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway Map

Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway Map

Our Perfect Wild

Our Perfect Wild

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House

I am God

I am God

CEO Logic

CEO Logic

The Death Angel

The Death Angel

The Great Everlasting

The Great Everlasting

The Punishing Avenger

The Punishing Avenger

The Vermillion Dragon

The Vermillion Dragon

BEYOND KANCHENJUNGA

BEYOND KANCHENJUNGA

Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline

Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline

As I Remember It

As I Remember It

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