Books with author R. F. Johnston

Excerpt from Diary Notes of a Visit to Walt Whitman and Some of His Friends, in 1890: With a Series of Original PhotographsThe following Notes, extracted from a Diary record of a visit to America, in July, 1890, were written at the time, mainly for a small group of friends, referred to as The Eagle Street College, and without any idea of publication.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Reincarnation offers a second chance… but it comes with strings attached. On Jay's world coming of age is a big deal. That's when the recollections start. Recollections are powerful dreams filled with memories of the dreamer's previous life on Earth. They can lay the foundation of a successful second life, even change the world. Jay remembers everything of the woman he was on Earth. Ri Sun-Hui was a brilliant scientist, but she served a dictator's dark dreams. Hers was a life of misery with only a single joy—the precious daughter she would die for. Jay's memories are beyond disturbing. They threaten to destroy his new life. Can Jay escape who he was? If you ever wonder "what if?" you'll love this tale. Get it now. "A sparkling debut that leaves the reader's mental wheels turning." - Kirkus Reviews ★★★★★ "The writing is great, the plot wonderful and the characters mesmerizing. RE Johnston transports readers into interesting landscapes and worlds, and invites them to redefine life." - Divine Zape for Readers' Favorite "Adults will enjoy the thought provoking study in the socio-political environment while young adults will identify with the adolescent who enjoys video games, his friends, and his girlfriend. It has the depth of character and connection to family and young love that ground it in our reality today, while at the same time allowing your imagination to soar.” - Susan Stradiotto quoted in Hidden Gems' Best Young Adult Books We've Recently Reviewed

Reincarnation offers a second chance . . . but it comes with strings attached. On Jay's world coming of age is a big deal. That's when the recollections start. Recollections are powerful dreams filled with memories of the dreamer's previous life on Earth. They can lay the foundation of a successful second life, even change the world. Jay remembers everything of the woman he was on Earth. Ri Sun-Hui was a brilliant scientist, but she served a dictator's dark dreams. Hers was a life of misery with only a single joy--the precious daughter she would die for. Jay's memories are beyond disturbing. They threaten to destroy his new life. Can Jay escape who he was? If you ever wonder "what if?" you'll love this tale. Get it now. "A sparkling debut that leaves the reader's mental wheels turning." - Kirkus Reviews ★★★★★ "The writing is great, the plot wonderful and the characters mesmerizing. RE Johnston transports readers into interesting landscapes and worlds, and invites them to redefine life." - Divine Zape for Readers' Favorite "Adults will enjoy the thought provoking study in the socio-political environment while young adults will identify with the adolescent who enjoys video games, his friends, and his girlfriend. It has the depth of character and connection to family and young love that ground it in our reality today, while at the same time allowing your imagination to soar."- Susan Stradiotto quoted in Hidden Gems' Best Young Adult Books We've Recently Reviewed

The Viking Age is in its final century. The Viking gods are fading, as the old world shifts to a new belief, and their sights, to new lands in the west.Thorfinn, a merchant ship owner, has invested heavily in an Atlantic crossing to Vinland, hoping to establish a permanent presence, there, to trade with the Nordic countries and the native inhabitants.Adam of Bremen, the monk whose presence, Thorfinn is suffering at the behest of his king is seeking Ari Marrson; a supplanted and tyrannical leader of an independent monastic order called the Culdees, in the new world. He uses religious relics to control the native population, and takes what or who he wants.Thorfinn’s wife, Gudrid is returning to the land that took the life of her first husband, Thorvald—son of Eirik the Red. The band of explorers, allegiant to the Eirikssons is with her, ready, to begin where they left-off twenty years earlier, a grave site at Kjalarness.Their separate quests converge, seeking an underground cavern that hides an ancient city of gold, using a recovered map.Winner of the 2008, IPPY bronze medal.

Excerpt from Lion and Dragon in Northern ChinaChina has been worked out. The demand for books that profess to deal in a broad and general way with China and its people as a whole has probably, indeed, been fully satisfied: but China is too vast a country to be adequately described by any one writer or group of writers, and the more we know about China and its people the more strongly we shall feel that future workers must confine themselves to less ambitious objects of study than the whole Empire. The pioneer who with his prismatic compass passes rapidly over half a continent has nearly finished all he can be expected to do; he must soon give place to the surveyor who with plane-table and theodolite will content himself with mapping a section Of a single province.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Midgarð is ravaged, by treachery. The final war, Ragnarök, has begun. The Gods, and the jötunn (the giants), saw their destruction at the moment of their creation; neither can stop it.With Loki’s betrayal, the jötunn overthrow Valhalla—hall of the slain—and home to the Æsir, forcing the exodus of the gods, and snaring “Óðinn’s chosen,” warriors.Óðinn follows his trickster son to Vinland, to warn them of Loki’s plan to alter human destiny, and pave the way for the jötunn to survive their destruction, by creating, jötunn and human, hybrids.Meanwhile, Thorfinn is working to honour his agreement with the First Nations people and leave Vinland, but an assassin’s attack sends Gudrid into premature labour, and when she regains consciousness, she’s horror-stricken to find baby Snorri missing.A visitor urges them to journey to Leif’s southern settlement and into the caves, to seek Snorri—and to stop Loki from his final task; keep the Gram–the sword of power–hidden away from human hands.On the shores of an inland lake, Freydis betrays her kin. Tostig escapes from her slaughter.The path to the end is unchanging; the spilt blood of kin conceals its outcome.

Damien arrives at Lincoln County University, in Rachel, Nevada for football tryouts, before fall classes begin. From his first night in his dorm room, he hears moans on the wind coming from the desert surrounding Nellis Air Force Range. Over the next few days the other athletes start getting sick and disappearing, followed by his friends: Keith, Todd and Madi. The military and Centre for Disease Control quarantine the campus and the Town of Rachel. Damien wakes up in a morgue; thought to have contracted Virus Z, and left for dead. He’s alone in a zombie infested underground complex near Groom Lake, and Area 51; where, he must find his friends, and fight his way out.WARNING: ZOMBIE-LICOUS DESCRIPTIONS OF VIOLENCE AND HUMAN MUTILATION.www.rgjohnston.com