Laura Johnson: 49 books

Regent Park Redux evaluates one of the biggest experiments in public housing redevelopment from the tenant perspective. Built in the 1940s, Toronto’s Regent Park has experienced common large-scale public housing problems. Instead of simply tearing down old buildings and scattering inhabitants, the...

Ordinary objects. Extraordinary tales. As Told by Things is a lighthearted, multi-genre collection of short stories and flash fiction, each told from the perspective of an inanimate object. Fun, witty, and full of charm, As Told by Things will capture your imagination—as well as your heart. What objects do you think have stories to tell?

This 1916 volume contains four essays:  “The English Essay: A Study in Literary Development,” “The England of George Crabbe,” “The Social Philosophy of Wordsworth,” and “Shelley’s Democracy.” Wylie discusses her subjects’ attitudes towards the times in which they lived.

Get your heart racing… Swoon with Romance and Mystery. This starry-night collection delivers a story to fit all moods. From sweet toe-curling kisses to danger-dodging goosebumps, together these eight short reads have it all. So good, you won't be able to stop at one. Take It Easy...

Monty and Walter meet under extraordinary circumstances. One life is saved and two lives are forever changed when two men, one an out and proud gypsy at heart, the other a shy recluse left blind and seriously ill by a farm accident, fall deeply and irrevocably in love. Neither of them can explain...

Meet Robin Goodfellow as you've never seen him before, watch damsels in distress rescue themselves, get swept away with the selkies and enjoy tales of hobs, green men, pixies and phookas. One thing is for certain, these are not your grandmother’s fairy tales. Fairies have been both mischievous...

     Catherine Wallace finally has the life she's always wanted; a family, a career, and a man who loves her. Her life is picture perfect...on the outside. Though Catherine has tried her best to cling to her husband, she finds that with every passing day it gets harder and harder. Her life has...

The nation’s favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its seventh year. Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar...

Community-Based Qualitative Research: Approaches for Education and the Social Sciences by Laura Ruth Johnson is a practical text that integrates theoretical perspectives with guidelines for designing and implementing community-based qualitative research projects. Coverage of participatory research...

A multi-author collection of eighteen original superhero tales ranging from the dark to the hysterical to the downright bizarre, including 2016 Aurora Award nominee "Super Frenemies" by Stephen Kotowych. “And Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper” by Leonard Apa: A Golden Age tale of an actor...

Imaginarium 3: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work published by Canadian writers in the 2013 calendar year. Featuring Colleen Anderson,...

Alice is overweight, overworked, overtired and overwhelmed. Her Mama's had a bad stroke, her Aunt Sue is self-absorbed, and her cousin Lainie is so perfect it makes Alice sick. Nobody seems to care about Alice's burdens. Then she meets Sylvia. Rated 15+ mild sexual dialogue, no sexual scenes, lesbian romance

A serial killer receives a warning he should heed, from his last victim.

Catherine "Cat" Palmer is a journalism major at Howard University, and works full-time as a receptionist in an emergency room. Juggling work and studies has left her no time for a social life. When her friends drag her to a frat party one night, she doesn't expect to be introduced to the...