692 results for '"Johnson, Rashid'

First published anonymously in 1912, The Autobiography of an Ex- Colored Man has electrified readers ever since with its stark portrayal of the color line in America and its daring modernist style...

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the YearOne of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011From the National Book Award-winning author Denis Johnson (Tree of Smoke) comes...

An acclaimed scholar presents a bold new interpretation of the relationship between Greco-Roman religion and Christianity. The question of Christianity's relation to the other religions of the world...

The rise of AI and misinformation warfare is leading to racial and political polarization and democratic erosion on a global level. We are at a unique period in world history. While advances in...

Mark Johnson is one of the great thinkers of our time on how the body shapes the mind. This book brings together a selection of essays from the past two decades that build a powerful argument that...

The most critically acclaimed, and first, of Denis Johnson's novels, Angels puts Jamie Mays -- a runaway wife toting along two kids -- and Bill Houston -- ex-Navy man, ex-husband, ex-con -- on a...

In this tapestry of intersecting stories, including those of her own family, Rashauna Johnson charts the global transformation of a rural region in Louisiana from European colonialism to Jim Crow...

An ethnographic study of deinstitutionalisation, this book explores the lives of women living in a locked ward within an institution for people with intellectual disabilities. Johnson describes in...

One of the most renowned authors of the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson became a symbol of English national identity in the century following his death in 1784. Nicholas Hudson examines his...

A new edition of a classic work of history, revealing the anti-homosexual purges of midcentury Washington.In The Lavender Scare, David K. Johnson tells the frightening story of how, during the Cold...

Jane Austen completed only six novels, but enduring passion for the author and her works has driven fans to read these books repeatedly, in book clubs or solo, while also inspiring countless film...

A LOS ANGELES TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 A compelling, intelligent, and timely exploration of the horror genre from one of Columbia University’s most popular professors, shedding light on...

The essential survival guide for college students Getting into college takes plenty of hard work, but knowing what your professors expect of you once you get there can be even more challenging. Will...

"The inheritance of the ones who cannot have and are not one is passed on lyrically, in the terrible arrangements we make with pleasure against pleasure. Knowing all about this runs parallel to...

From the bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From, The Ghost Map and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new national bestseller: the ?exhilarating”( Los Angeles Times) story of Joseph...

Lawrence Johnson advocates a major change in our attitude toward the nonhuman world. He argues that nonhuman animals, and ecosystems themselves, are morally significant beings with interests and...

Moving beyond traditional ways of reading Karl Barth, William Stacy Johnson proposes an approach that makes Barth relevant for the postmodern period. Recognizing Barth's insight that God is mystery,...

One of the most prominent African-Americans of his time, James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) was a successful lawyer, educator, social reformer, songwriter, and critic. But it was as a poet and novelist...

The National Book Award–winning story collection from the author of The Orphan Master’s Son offers something rare in fiction: a new way of looking at the world.“MASTERFUL.”—The Washington Post...

From the author of Catwise and Think Like a Cat, the ultimate resource for managing a multi-pet household.Pam Johnson-Bennett, the award-winning author and feline behaviorist, shows how adding...