Books with author John Townsend

Read this history of medication and find out how pills, powders, and potions were a part of medical history. Learn why doctors are sometimes called quacks. Find out why snails and brown sugar were important for treating someone with a sore throat. Discover how people in ancient times treated illness. Read these real-life stories and fascinating news reports to learn how medicine has changed throughout the years. Eye-catching photographs help you visualize medical treatment and conditions in this painful history of medicine book.

These fourteen tales of gay Mormons reveal abominable yet delightful secrets. A man obsessed with gargoyles battles his own subhuman attitudes on Halloween. A gay couple steals from the rich to provide for their favorite charities. A celibate 38-year-old dates a promiscuous porn reviewer. A schizophrenic man accustomed to hearing voices suddenly starts to receive real revelations. There are as many gay Mormon stories to tell as there are gay Mormons, and this collection gives us just a taste of the rich source of life this unique segment of Mormonism offers.

What spider is the most poisonous in the world? Find out in this unprecedented exploration of the incredible creatures in the world around us. Each title focuses on weird and wonderful examples of creatures that are not the norm after an introduction describing the animal’s normal characteristics. A conservation angle is also included to demonstrate how animals are in danger from humans and our activities and to stress what needs to be done to protect them and their environments.

Physics deals with energy like heat and sound, forces such as gravity, what’s in a lightning flash – and why planes crash. Physicists risked their lives with dangerous experiments and some blew themselves to pieces. In this book, read about the monk who tried to fly like a bird, how bath time proved a gold crown was fake, and why electric shocks were measured by how high they made people jump.