Books with author Johnson S. J

It's not always the quest for the cup. Sometimes, it's the quest for what's in the cup.Lance wants nothing more than to be there to fight the dragons for his beloved Princess Alexandra. With his faithful steed by his side, Lance sets out for the magic elixir found only in the Holy Grail. With its strengthening power, facing off an old hag, the bewitching woods, and the strange ogre who lives under a bridge should be easy. But when it comes to Alexandra's dragons, things aren't quite what they all seem to be. Will Lance's gift be enough -- or will his princess require something even more powerful to sustain her? Pull up a cup of your favorite "elixir" and enjoy this sweet and snarky satire story from C. S. Johnson, where the dragons are real, even if they aren't. FROM THE STORY: Every knight has a quest, and every quest has its reward.As a knight-errant, albeit one still in training, with only a year of service behind him, Lance took his duty seriously. But waking up was also a serious business, and that was why, despite the midmorning light flickering over his face, Lance was still half asleep. His faithful steed stepped up to help him, breathing smelly fumes into his face.“Blah!” Lance sputtered, trying to clear his tongue of the frothy waft. “What have you been eating, Percy?”His pet’s pungent wake-up call forced Lance to roll over. When the heat of Percy’s breath continued to eat into the shield of his pending sleep, Lance finally gave in to his beast’s rude awakening.“Alright, I’m getting up. Back from me, you fearsome brute.”The horse was far from intimidated by Lance’s waking grogginess; instead, he moved closer to his master, nuzzling him with his wet nose.“You’re lucky you’re the runt of your family,” Lance grumbled, sitting up. He patted down his hair, brushing the chestnut locks out of his eyes, before taking in the full sight of the bouncing creature before him. “Or you would be tied outside, like the ones at my mother’s house.”Percy gave a small yip, and the nuzzle became a nudge.“Alright, alright,” Lance muttered, petting his horse’s long, flowing mane playfully. “I know you’re hungry.”He also knew there was no point in trying to sleep when Percy was hungry—no matter how sleepy he still was.“I suppose you’re right, anyway, Percy.” Lance yawned and rubbed his hands over his face. “We promised the princess we would save her today, and every knight knows there is nothing more important than completing his quest.”Lance tossed Percy several treats and stroked his pet affectionately, before he put on his armor for the day. He pulled a breastplate polished to a shine over his head, slipped his feet into protective boots, and even donned a helmet to protect his face from the bright summer sunshine.Before too long, he stepped outside his quarters. Percy came trotting eagerly after him. With his steed at his side and a grin on his face, Lance set out into the morning to see his princess.“Princess Alexandra, I am coming for you,” he called out rapturously, eager to see his beloved once more.FROM THE AUTHOR: It's a good romantic tale that hints at the darker sides of depression and mental health, and the troubles we sometimes face when we befriend our demons, with liquid portals, jokes about avocados, strange references to illegal plants, and coffee runs. What's not to love? WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING: "... An endearing story of love ... " ~ Dee Bookworm

Islandia had been without a High King for a generation. Eloy, the last High King, embarked upon a journey shrouded in mystery after a cryptic warning found from a long lost prophet promised a return of ancient dark forces. Eloy had placed the rule of Islandia and the five kingdoms in the hands of his closest friend, King Richard. After thirty years most have long since stopped looking for Eloy's return or the darkness foretold. Many under Richard's rule have grown discontent and jealous of his appointment. All hope for peace is lost and chaos reigns after the icy hand of an assassin takes the life of King Richard and plucks him from the throne. What now? Will Prince Titus, Richard's son, have the strength to hold Islandia together, or will it descend into war over the High King's throne! The kingdom is divided by the sword as each must decide where their loyalties lie.

Islandia had been without a High King for a generation. Eloy, the last High King, embarked upon a journey shrouded in mystery after a cryptic warning found from a long lost prophet promised a return of ancient dark forces. Eloy had placed the rule of Islandia and the five kingdoms in the hands of his closest friend, King Richard. After thirty years most have long since stopped looking for Eloy's return or the darkness foretold. Many under Richard's rule have grown discontent and jealous of his appointment. All hope for peace is lost and chaos reigns after the icy hand of an assassin takes the life of King Richard and plucks him from the throne. What now? Will Prince Titus, Richard’s son, have the strength to hold Islandia together, or will it descend into war over the High King’s throne! The kingdom is divided by the sword as each must decide where their loyalties lie. -Experience an edge of your seat thrill ride as each kingdom of Islandia seeks to carve out their own rule-Explore a tale of loyalty and lordship

Asking for help is only the first step Jennifer can’t go on like this—binging, purging, starving, all while trying to appear like she’s got it all together. But when she finally confesses her secret to her parents and is hospitalized at the Samuel Tuke Center, her journey is only beginning. As Jennifer progresses through her treatment, she learns to recognize her relationships with food, friends, and family—and how each relationship is healthy or unhealthy. She has to learn to trust herself and her own instincts, but that’s easier than it sounds. She has to believe—after many years of being a believarexic. Using her trademark dark humor and powerful emotion, J. J. Johnson tells an inspiring story that is based on her own experience of being hospitalized for an eating disorder as a teenager. The innovative format—which tells Jennifer’s story through blank verse and prose, with changes in tense and voice, and uses forms, workbooks, and journal entries—mirrors the protagonist’s progress toward a healthy body and mind.

“A fitting biography of one of the most brilliant, acerbic, and under-appreciated astrophysicists of the twentieth century. John Johnson has delved deeply into a rich and eventful life, and produced a rollicking account of how Fritz Zwicky split his time between picking fights with his colleagues and discovering amazing things about our universe.”―Sean Carroll, author of The Big PictureFritz Zwicky was one of the most inventive and iconoclastic scientists of his time. He predicted the existence of neutron stars, and his research pointed the way toward the discovery of pulsars and black holes. He was the first to conceive of the existence of dark matter, the first to make a detailed catalog of thousands of galaxies, and the first to correctly suggest that cosmic rays originate from supernovas.Not content to confine his discoveries to the heavens, Zwicky contributed to the United States war against Japan with inventions in jet propulsion that enabled aircraft to launch from carriers in the Pacific. After the war, he was the first Western scientist to interview Wernher von Braun, the Nazi engineer who developed the V-2 rocket. Later he became an outspoken advocate for space exploration, but also tangled with almost every leading scientist of the time, from Edwin Hubble and Richard Feynman to J. Robert Oppenheimer and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.In Zwicky, John Johnson, Jr., brings this tempestuous maverick to life. Zwicky not only made groundbreaking contributions to science and engineering; he rose to fame as one of the most imaginative science popularizers of his day. Yet he became a pariah in the scientific community, denouncing his enemies, real and imagined, as “spherical bastards” and “horses’ asses.” Largely forgotten today, Zwicky deserves rediscovery for introducing some of the most destructive forces in the universe, and as a reminder that genius obeys no rules and has no friends.

The Best Italian Instant Pot Cookbook: Traditional Italian Dishes Made Easy and Fast is all about bringing wonderful Italian dishes to life by using the popular multi-cooker in one, instant pot. Drawing upon the simplicity and versatility of Italian recipes, this book is for the novice of the beginner. It allows a person to whip off their favorite dishes in a fraction of the time by using the instant pot. By the time you finish, all of your friends will want to come to your house for dinner. (You may just have to kick them out!)This book covers basic and more advanced Italian recipes. By the time you finish reading The Best Italian Instant Pot Cookbook: Traditional Italian Dishes Made Easy and Fast, you will know:Popular substitutions to overcome common food allergies or make your Italian dishes healthier,How to cook everything from popular drinks to sweet desserts to buttery pastas to savorymeat dishes in the instant pot,The best items to stock your pantry with so you always have the ingredients for Italian cooking on hand,All the ways in which Italian cooking is healthy so you don’t pack on the pounds, andEasy to use hacks thatmake cooking Italian food in your instant pot cooking easier.Ultimately, using the instant pot for your Italian cooking combines the best of both worlds. On the one hand, you have the opportunity to use the simple, centuries-proven Italian cooking techniques with the convenience of using the instant pot with less cleanup and faster cooking times. The recipes in The Best Italian Instant Pot Cookbook: Traditional Italian Dishes Made Easy and Fast are so easy to follow that a baby could do it. You are only one step away from learning how to cook the most fantastic Italian dishes with your instant pot that will make you the talk of the town, your workplace, or friend and family group. The Best Italian Instant Pot Cookbook: Traditional Italian Dishes Made Easy and Fastis yours for the taking!

The Best Italian Instant Pot Cookbook: Traditional Italian Dishes Made Easy and Fast is all about bringing wonderful Italian dishes to life by using the popular multi-cooker in one, instant pot. Drawing upon the simplicity and versatility of Italian recipes, this book is for the novice of the beginner. It allows a person to whip off their favorite dishes in a fraction of the time by using the instant pot. By the time you finish, all of your friends will want to come to your house for dinner. (You may just have to kick them out!)This book covers basic and more advanced Italian recipes. By the time you finish reading The Best Italian Instant Pot Cookbook: Traditional Italian Dishes Made Easy and Fast, you will know:Popular substitutions to overcome common food allergies or make your Italian dishes healthier,How to cook everything from popular drinks to sweet desserts to buttery pastas to savorymeat dishes in the instant pot,The best items to stock your pantry with so you always have the ingredients for Italian cooking on hand,All the ways in which Italian cooking is healthy so you don’t pack on the pounds, andEasy to use hacks thatmake cooking Italian food in your instant pot cooking easier.Ultimately, using the instant pot for your Italian cooking combines the best of both worlds. On the one hand, you have the opportunity to use the simple, centuries-proven Italian cooking techniques with the convenience of using the instant pot with less cleanup and faster cooking times. The recipes in The Best Italian Instant Pot Cookbook: Traditional Italian Dishes Made Easy and Fast are so easy to follow that a baby could do it. You are only one step away from learning how to cook the most fantastic Italian dishes with your instant pot that will make you the talk of the town, your workplace, or friend and family group. The Best Italian Instant Pot Cookbook: Traditional Italian Dishes Made Easy and Fastis yours for the taking!

Asking for help is only the first step.Jennifer can’t go on like this―binging, purging, starving, and all while trying to appear like she’s got it all together. But when she finally confesses her secret to her parents and is hospitalized at the Samuel Tuke Center, her journey is only beginning.As Jennifer progresses through her treatment, she learns to recognize her relationship with food, and friends, and family―and how each is healthy or unhealthy. She has to learn to trust herself and her own instincts, but that’s easier than it sounds. She has to believe―after many years of being a believarexic.Using her trademark dark humor and powerful emotion, J. J. Johnson tells an inspiring story based on her own experience when she was hospitalized for an eating disorder as a teenager. The innovative format using blank verse and prose, changes in tense and voice, and forms, workbooks, and journal entries mirror Jennifer’s progress toward a healthy body and mind.

Islandia had been without a High King for a generation. Eloy, the last High King, embarked upon a journey shrouded in mystery after a cryptic warning found from a long lost prophet promised a return of ancient dark forces. Eloy had placed the rule of Islandia and the five kingdoms in the hands of his closest friend, King Richard. After thirty years most have long since stopped looking for Eloy's return or the darkness foretold. Many under Richard's rule have grown discontent and jealous of his appointment. All hope for peace is lost and chaos reigns after the icy hand of an assassin takes the life of King Richard and plucks him from the throne. What now? Will Prince Titus, Richard's son, have the strength to hold Islandia together, or will it descend into war over the High King's throne! The kingdom is divided by the sword as each must decide where their loyalties lie.

Grandpa has come from far away for a visit. Hurrah!!! We jump up and down, and give Grandpa hugs and kisses. We are so excited to have Grandpa here, and to have him come and play with us. We can hardly wait! We tell Grandpa all of the fun things that we want to do with him. We say, "Let's play Grandpa!" But Grandpa says that first, he needs to do something else........

A fisherman’s daughter.That was all she wanted. That was all she needed. Her parents wanted more.Shipped off to study with the greatest magicians of all, the Red Robes, Lacey is set on a path, not of her own making.“DW Johnson is a gifted writer, and I’m impressed by his debut novel. He has an eye for character development and action, keeping the plot moving along and the pages turning. The Xenkur Chronicles is off to a great start with this debut novel. I’m looking forward to the rest in the series. Strongly Recommended!” – Sky RaeCan Lacey find the answers she needs in a war-torn country? Will her friends pay the ultimate price to help? Scroll up to pick up your copy of DW Johnson’s ‘Darkwater,’ right now.