Paul Johnson 18814

Cathedrals of England, Scotland and Wales

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990. Linnen band met stofomslag. Pp: 216. ISBN: 0297830139. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Paul Johnson 18814

Creators. From Chaucer to Walt Disney

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 310. In his book INTELLECTUALS (1988) Paul Johnson asked whether intellectuals were morally fit to give advice to humanity (no, was the usual answer). In contrast, this book is about the creative and heroic side of outstanding individuals. There are many themes but no typical creator. Courage is always required, and self-confidence. Some never lacked recognition or sales, like Turner and Victor Hugo, Picasso and Durer. For others, like Bach or Jane Austen, the scale of their achievement was unrecognised in their lifetime. Luck can play a crucial part - as in Worsdworth's meeting with Coleridge and T.S. Eliot's with Ezra Pound (Eliot needed strong martinis too). Fashion made some, like Tiffany, rich and famous before dumping them (although now, again, his pieces are worth a fortune). Ruthlessness is important too - Mark Twain was not even his own pseudonym, he pinched it from another Mississippi-pilot-turned-writer who he savaged so severely he gave up writing. If there is no one typical creator, there is a common theme: putting excellence before any other consideration. Walt Disney and Christian Dior did this in their own way as surely as Chaucer or Shakespeare, William Morris or Turner. ISBN: 9780297851233. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Paul Johnson 18814

Darwin

Viking, 2012. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 164. Eminent historian Paul Johnson provides a rich, succinct portrait of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin is arguably the most influential scientist of all time. His Origin of Species forever changed our concept of the world's creation.  Darwin's revolutionary career is the perfect vehicle for historian Paul Johnson. Marked by the insightful observation, spectacular wit, and highly readable prose for which Johnson is so well regarded, Darwin brings the gentleman-scientist and his times brilliantly into focus. From Darwin's birth into great fortune to his voyage aboard the Beagle, to the long-delayed publication of his masterpiece, Johnson delves into what made this Victorian gentleman into a visionary scientist-and into the tragic flaws that later led Darwin to support the burgeoning eugenics movement. Johnson's many admirers as well as history and science buffs will be grateful for this superb account of Darwin and the everlasting impact of his discoveries. ISBN: 9780670025718. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Paul Johnson 18814

A History of the Jews

Phoenix, 2001. Paperback. Pp: 656. A classic study of the Jews by a best selling author. In this critically acclaimed book, Paul Johnson delves deep into the 4,000-year history of the Jews: a race of awe-inspiring endurance, steadfast homogeneity and loyalty and, above all, the belief that history has a purpose and humanity a destiny. With exacting precision and enthusiasm, Paul Johnson has mapped the lives of these people from their early ancestors in the House of David, through great periods of creativity and enterprise, alienation in the ghettos, Adolf Hitler's obsession to obliterate the race, up until the present day. This book is a powerful argument about the nature of Jewish genius, its strengths and contradictions, which brilliantly presents the entire Jewish phenomenon. It makes incisive though-provoking sense of the whole. ISBN: 9781842124796. Cond./Kwaliteit: Redelijk.

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Paul Johnson 18814

A History of the American People

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. Linnen band met stofomslag. Pp: 925. Readable and provocative and written with Paul Johnson's customary vigorous, direct and colourful style, A History of the American People charts the sweep and drama of America's history through its politics and economics, its art and literature and science, its society and manners and, not least, its complex religious beliefs. From Walter Raleigh to Bill Clinton, Paul Johnson casts an admiring but not uncritical eye over events and personalities through the past 400 years. 'Written with a wonder and affectionate curiosity that sweep the reader along.This is the kind of book that brings new readers to its subject by its freshness, its enthusiasm and the quality of its writing' Godfrey Hodgson, Independent * 'A masterly rendition of America's unique and rambunctious past that is vivid, thoughtful and absorbing.The book is a gallery of engaging pen portraits, elegantly wrought in a few strokes.Much of the book is a collection of these colourful patches which the author has artfully sewn together into a giant, vibrant, breathtaking American quilt - Johnson at his entertaining best' Raymond Seitz, Sunday Telegraph. ISBN: 9780297815693. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Paul Johnson 18814

Napoleon

2003. Paperback. Pp: 208. Concise biography written with wit and purpose of one of history's most studied figures. Deciphers Napoleon's aggresive character and explores his volatile personal and public relationships. "A thoughtful and incisive essay" }The Independent. ISBN: 9781842126509. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Paul Johnson 18814

The Papacy

Phoenix, 1997. Paperback. Pp: 223. To Catholics and non Catholics alike, the workings of the Vatican, together with it's colourful history remain a source of fascination. How did this ' monarchy ' arise and who were the men who created it and made a central feature of Western life? The Papa. ISBN: 9780753805329. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Paul Johnson 18814

The Papacy

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 224. This is a celebratory history of the Papacy, spanning 2000 years and tracing its development and achievements from the Dark and Middle Ages, through the Renaissance and Reformation to the modern age. The chronological structure allows for easy reference. ISBN: 9780297835592. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Paul Johnson 18814

The quest for God. A personal pilgrimage

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996. Pp: 216. ISBN: 9780297817642. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Paul Johnson 18814

The Renaissance

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 167. The development of the first universities from the 12th century onwards, growing wealth and patronage in certain cities, and above all the invention of printing and cheap paper, provided essential conditions for the Renaissance. And it was in literature and scholarship that it began, in humanism, individualism and scepticism and the rebirth of classical culture that loosened the Church�s iron grip on visual art - Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarch, even Chaucer playing an important role. Paul Johnson tells the story, in turn, of Renaissance literature, sculpture, building and painting. Despite the critical importance of inventions outside Italy � printing in Germany and oil painting in Holland - he locates the Renaissance firmly in Italy and in Florence above all, between 1400 and 1560. He stresses the cultural enthusiasm of the city-state rulers such as the Medici in Florence, the Visconti and Sforza in Milan, Montefeltro in Urbino, the Gonzaga in Mantua and, not least, the Papacy in Rome. There are memorable sketches of the key figures � the frugal and shockingly original Donatello, the intensely competitive Verrochio, the awesome Michelangelo, the delicacy of Giovanni Bellini, the disorganised Leonardo, the affable and reliable Raphael. The final part of the book charts the spread and decline of the Renaissance, as the Catholic Church repositioned itself to counter the Reformation which the Renaissance had itself helped to produce. ISBN: 9780297646440. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Paul Johnson 18814

The Renaissance: a short history

Modern Library, 2000. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 196. 1. In what ways was the Renaissance a transition between the medieval and modern periods? 2. When was the term �"œRenaissance�"� first employed to describe this period in European history? How conscious were the people living during this period of the uniqueness of their own time? In what social, political, and cultural realms was this sense of historicity more and/or less prevalent? 3. How did the Renaissance differ from previous renaissances? How was it similar? 4. In what ways can Dante be said to be the father of the Renaissance? In what ways can he be seen as a medieval figure?   5. What is Renaissance humanism? To what extent was humanism a revolt against university learning at the time? Could it be argued that humanists merely provided the cloak of authenticity, a kind of set-dressing, for the rule of despots? Why or why not? 6. Of all the artists and writers mentioned in this book, who would you say embodies �"œthe Renaissance man�"� to the fullest extent of the ideal? What great Americans have been described as �"œRenaissance men�"�? Could anyone from our own present-day culture be aptly called a �"œRenaissance man�"� (or woman)? Why or why not?   7. Why did the Renaissance happen in Italy first? How successful was the Italian Renaissance as a cultural export to other areas of Europe? What were some of the different characteristics of Renaissance literature in the rest of Europe as opposed to Italy? How was the Renaissance in the northern European countries different from the Renaissance in the southern European countries?   8. Could it be said that the modern-day culture of celebrity was born in the Renaissance? What role did this cult of the individual play in the artistic innovations of the period?   9. What are the relative limitations and benefits of studying a period by focusing on the arts and culture, rather than society and politics, or technology and economy? Why has Paul Johnson chosen this approach? 10. Which contributions of the Renaissance have been the most enduring?. ISBN: 9780679640868. Cond./Kwaliteit: Redelijk.

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Paul Johnson 18814

The Renaissance

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002. Paperback. Pp: 176. The development of the first universities from the 12th century onwards, growing wealth and patronage in certain cities, and above all the invention of printing and cheap paper, provided essential conditions for the Renaissance. And it was in literature and scholarship that it began, in the rebirth of classical culture that loosened the Church's iron grip on visual art. Paul Johnson tells the story, in turn, of Renaissance literature, sculpture, building and painting. Despite the critical importance of inventions outside Italy - printing in Germany and oil painting in Holland - he locates the Renaissance firmly in Italy and in Florence above all, between 1400 and 1560. There are memorable sketches of the key figures - the frugal and shockingly original Donatello, the awesome Michelangelo, the delicacy of Giovanni Bellini. The final part of the book charts the spread and decline of the Renaissance, as the Catholic Church repositioned itself to counter the Reformation which the Renaissance had itself helped to produce. ISBN: 9781842125823. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Paul Johnson 18814

Zo teken je stripfiguren voor beginners

1998. Gekartonneerd. Pp: 90. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar. ISBN: 9789060175774. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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SMITH JOHN (EDITOR); ; GREACEN ROBERT; JOHNSON B. S.; VALERY PAUL; BLOK ALEXANDER; GWILYM DAFYDD AP

The Poetry Review New Series Vol LIV. No. 4. Winter 1963/4: Louis MacNeice: An Appreciation; Preconception

London, The Poetry Society. 1963, First Edition. Card Wrappers. Book, pp. (i) contents, 276-338. (4pp) Greacen's appreciation of MacNeice. (1pp) BSJ's poem. Also poems by Scannell, Hesketh, Blackburn, Schade, Fulton's adaptions of Annensky, Benn & Zollinger, 4 poems by Lao Tz'u, an 8pp. piece by Rosemary Wade on David Archer's Parton Bookshop & its coterie of poets, communists & other aficionados As well as Francis Berry on Rhyme & the couplet. Covers very slightly soiled with a light bump at head of spine. Good.

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ARGOSY (FRED MACISAAC; GARRET SMITH; CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER; JOSEPH IVERS LAWRENCE; GEORGE M. JOHNSON; ERIC HEATH; PAUL DERESCO AUGSBURG; JOHN H. THOMPSON; HORACE F. THACHER)

Argosy All-Story Weekly: April, Apr. 9, 1927 ("Land of the Free")

NY, Frank A. Munsey Co. 1927. SingleIssueMagazine. Vol. CLXXXV, No. 3. Cover by Walter Beach Humphrey for "The Pancake Princess" (pt. 1 of 4) by Fred MacIsaac. Includes "'I've Come to Stay'" (pt. 2 of 3) by Garrett Smith; "Land of the Free" (pt. 4 of 6) by Charles Alden Seltzer; "Battle Sight" (pt. 3 of 3) by Joseph Ivers Lawrence; "Buying Trouble" by George M. Johnson; "Master and Man" by Eric Heath; "The Curse" by Paul Deresco Augsburg; "A Matter of Won't and Will" by John H. Thompson; "The Tightwads" by Horace F. Thacher. Poetry: "April" by Marian Ellis; "When April Is Fair" by H. A. Woodbury. Feature: "The Reader's Viewpoint." Pieces missing from rear cover (about 10-15%), spine (nearly 50%) and last 2 pages (upper foredge corner) with no loss to text (well, actually, the letter K is missing from the last page upper foredge corner); glued inside front hinge. Good to Very Good-.

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