Brock Johnson: 12 books

This illustrated study of Tenryuji, ranked number one among the five great Zen temples of Kyoto and a major destination for tourism and worship, weaves together history, design, culture, and personal reflection to reveal the inner workings of a great spiritual institution. Looking at Tenryuji's present...

Jonas meets Maya on the hot, August streets of Manhattan's upper west side and a sizzling afternoon ensues: "She blushed a little. She reached about and squeezed my hand a moment. The power was having its effect! “Anyway,” she said. “No one was contributing. I even started flashing and...

Ashleigh, back at college at the end of summer wanders out into the hood. She finds the man of her innermost dreams on a basketball court. He and his friends initiate Ashleigh into the secrets of interracial love. "Still feeling mellow from the blunt she shared with her dorm-mates, Ashleigh...

When Brian's loan shark gives his wife the choice between a beating for Brian, or some adult action of her choice to pay back a gambling debt, she chooses a way that will give her the greatest joy, and her husband the true punishment he deserves. At a Long Island estate, Leah gets to live out some...

When the narrator encounters a frustrated wife on the uptown Broadway line, they enjoy a casual, erotic encounter that neither one expected. She fulfills a long-held and secret desire. He helps a lonely woman find her erotic joy. “Take off your panties,” I said. She thought a moment, then...

Our intrepid narrator encounters a willing partner on the running trails along the Hudson River. With his power, he discovers her hidden desires for casual love and gives her the power to realize her secret longings and appreciation for herself. They while away an afternoon of love making in the great...

Tysheem is rudely awakened by two young women on a mission to save his soul. Tysheem, being Tysheem, is determined that they will make up for his lost sleep. What follows is an afternoon of sensual discovery that will change the lives of the naive missionaries. By the time they leave, Tysheem will...

When her boyfriend insults her, Krazy Keisha goes down on a stranger and instigates a wild public orgy for him and his friends in the subways of New York. A young couple on same train join in an adventure of BBC cuckolding. "Oh, that did it. No one told Krazy Keisha to shut up. Back in high...

After Jake is hit by a car on Manhattan's upper west side, he finds himself under the care of a doctor who has not had much personal satisfaction in some time. Using his power to help her unlock her own desires, Jake, the doctor, and a similarly repressed nurse have a hot threesome in an exam room...

Tysheem Fogg has been lusting after college classmate, Yukio for quite some time. When he invites her out for a coffee, she shows him her personal treasure and invites him back to her place. They spend a lusty afternoon exploring each other and discovering new truths about each other's ethnicities....

Few things are as important as the food we eat. "Conversations in Food Studies" demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research through the cross-pollination of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological perspectives. Widely diverse essays, ranging from the meaning of milk, to...

Sadness is generally characterized as a negative emotion, yet experiencing sadness plays a positive and key role in achieving and maintaining mental health and in avoiding anxiety, depression, and anger. Indeed, sadness can be understood as a normal and necessary feeling that always occurs when one...