Books with author Paul Johnson

Magic. Mayhem. And Nerf crossbows.If you like wizards, dragons, knights and magical adventures, you'll love this ... Welcome to Medieval Madness. Thomas Tinkler is ten years old. He’s too mature for a trip to the soft play centre, in his opinion. He’s adamant that he won’t go. But his parents insist he goes anyway, because his younger brother, Finlay, needs to burn off some energy. When they arrive, they see that the play centre is no longer called Tumble Kids. It’s been taken over by a mysterious man, who’s rebranded the place as MEDIEVAL MADNESS. Once inside, the boys meet some new friends, Brady and Ella, who help them explore. They enjoy playing together. They chase each other down padded aisles. They race down slides and muck about in the ball pool. They even have a friendly contest, trying to knock each other off a balance beam with foam axes. All is going well – until Thomas discovers a door that leads to another part of the centre. And that’s when the real adventure begins ...

Little Bunny Foo Foo / Hoppin' through the forest / Scoopin' up the field mice / And boppin' 'em on the head.... This kid pleasing, sing-along song is now a hilarious book.In this irresistible book it's not just field mice that suffer Little Bunny Foo Foo's mischievous tricks, but woodchucks, foxes, & grizzly bears! And as LBFF's subjects grow so do his scooping methods, from lasso to tractor bucket to crane. All the while, LBFF takes his naughtiness to hyperbolic heights as the Good Fairy--hilariously rendered as a possum--points out the error of his wayward ways w/ humor & spunk. Painted in a warm, folksy style w/ vibrant colors & soft edges, Johnson strikes just the right balance between the joys of being bad & a tongue-in-cheek lesson in behavioral reform.

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.

Eminent historian Paul Johnson dazzles with a rich, succinct portrait of Mozart and his music As he s done in "Napoleon," "Churchill," "Jesus," and "Darwin," acclaimed historian and author Paul Johnson here offers a concise, illuminating biography of Mozart. Johnson s focus is on the music Mozart s wondrous output of composition and his uncanny gift for instrumentation. Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained copyist could write in a lifetime. Mozart s gift and skill with instruments was also remarkable as he mastered all of them except the harp. For example, no sooner had the clarinet been invented and introduced than Mozart began playing and composing for it. In addition to his many insights into Mozart s music, Johnson also challenges the many myths that have followed Mozart, including those about the composer s health, wealth, religion, and relationships. Always engaging, Johnson offers readers and music lovers a superb examination of Mozart and his glorious music, which is still performed every day in concert halls and opera houses around the world."

When a vicious army of cockroach-like goblen invades Rev Caern's hometown, their conjurors begin hunting him, convinced he has the Disk of Dragons, an ancient artifact with world-changing powers. But Rev escapes into exile, and finds work upholding the law in the town where the Disk was lost, long ago. Then a citizen is brutally murdered. Rev fears the goblen, but the beautiful war mage Gabryal suspects Rev! To catch the killer and win the Disk, Rev must master an eerie magic, but if he can't first defeat the oncoming army, everyone in town will die! Read this fast-paced fantasy, first in the Saga of Sinnesemota series, by the author of Trollen Rose!

ONE SHALL RISEAt the breakout moment of his music career, Solomon "Sal" Stein holds visions of success for the near future. He is brought into the family of IXI "One By One" Records, the hottest label in Detroit and nationwide. But not everything is glitter and gold the deeper Sal gets into the world of IXI. Obscure messages, pushy corporate reps who want to buy his house, and the beginnings of a new relationship are pulling him in too many directions. And, after the unthinkable happens, and Sal thinks he's found the one person with all the answers, he learns that there's always another side of the story. Will Sal get what he's looking for, or will he lose everything at the hands of those he thought he could trust?