L Johnson: 273 books
by Mark Johnson, Magnus L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963 -- over 40 years of outstanding coverage! The series is well known for its excellence of reviews and editing. Now edited by Michael Lesser (University of New Hampshire, USA), with...
by K. L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 1987
This treatise is concerned with the stresses and deformation of solid bodies in contact with each other, along curved surfaces which touch initially at a point or along a line. Examples are a railway wheel and rail, or a pair of gear wheel teeth. Professor Johnson first reviews the development of...
by Michael J. Gonzales, Lyman L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2002
This judicious history of modern Mexico's revolutionary era will help all readers, and in particular students, understand the first great social uprising of the twentieth century. In 1911, land-hungry peasants united with discontented political elites to overthrow General Porfirio Díaz, who had ruled...
by Lawrence M. Schoen (Editor), Beth Cato, Mae Empson
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2016
Cucurbital 3 continues the series of of anthologies that provide a peek into the writing process itself. Authors are always asked two questions: "where do you get the idea for your story?" and "how do you go from idea to finished work?" This series offers insight into the second...
From the Hornet's Nest
To the Eagle's Crest
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2009
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by Ronald L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Upon the death of Will OBriens grandfather, who raised him from infancy, Will discovers a press clipping from 1974. It describes the plane crash death of his parents and a baby with Wills name. So who is Will OBrien and why does he have someone elses name?----In Wills quest for answers, he learns that...
When Lunch Fights Back
Wickedly Clever Animal Defenses
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
The octopus spies a nice, tasty mantis shrimp. It swims over for a closer look at the small creature. Then—WHAM!—the mantis shrimp strikes a nasty blow with its hammer-like forelimb. The octopus shrinks back, defeated. That wasn't such an easy meal after all . . .
In nature, good defenses...
Zombie Makers
True Stories of Nature's Undead
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Are zombies real? As far as we know, dead people do not come back to life and start walking around, looking for trouble. But there are things that can take over the bodies and brains of innocent creatures, turning them into senseless slaves. Meet nature's zombie makers—including a fly-enslaving fungus, a suicide worm, and a cockroach-taming wasp—and their victims.
6 Degrees of Film
The Future of Film in the Global Village
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
This book is intended for film buffs of all ages, and in fact anyone interested in learning more about the history of fi lm. 6 Degrees of Film will take you on a short trip through the history of the movies where you will learn about the surprising connections between the fi lms of the past and the...
The Night Stalkers
Top Secret Missions of the U.S. Army's Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
From the New York Times bestselling authors of In the Company of Heroes comes a thrilling account of military aviation for history buffs and “for those who love vivid tales of battlefield heroics” (Publishers Weekly).
In the world of covert warfare, Special Operations pilots are notoriously...
Every Night & Every Morn
Portraits of Asian, Hispanic, Jewish, African American, and Native American Recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor from the Civil War to the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2012
EVERY NIGHT & EVERY MORN: Portraits of Asian, Hispanic, Jewish, African American, and Native American Recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor from the Civil War to the War on Terror (2nd Edition is the first and only book that identifies and profiles all known persons of color as well as religious...
by Major Robert L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
One of the critical variables in the successful completion of a military campaign is the functioning of an army’s command and control system. In the American Civil War, a commander’s primary command and control tool was his staff.
Large Civil War armies like the Army of Tennessee required...
God Under Fire
Modern Scholarship Reinvents God
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
God Never ChangesOr does he? God has been getting a makeover of late, a "reinvention" that has incited debate and troubled scholars and laypeople alike. Modern theological sectors as diverse as radical feminism and the new “open theism” movement are attacking the classical Christian...
The Faces of Honor
Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1998
A contemporary of Columbus noted "those crazy Spaniards have more regard for a bit of honor than for a thousand lives." This obsession flourished in the New World, where status, privilege, and rank became cornerstones of the colonial social order. Honor had many faces. To a freed black woman...