Books published by publisher Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.

"This masterful translation of one of the most popular books of world literature makes available to an English readership the animal tales known collectively as Kalila and Dimna. Named after the two jackals of Pancatantra fame, this collection of stories is based on a 12th-century Persian translation of an 8th-century original Arabic rendition by Ibn al-Muqaffa‘. Set within a frame narrative of counsels given to the Raja of India by his Brahmin minister, the engaging tales about cats and mice, storks and crabs, tortoises and geese, owls and crows, and princes and ascetics, function as cautionary illustrations of human predicaments and all-too-human vices and virtues. Far from being a collection of children’s fables, Kalila and Dimna is a Machiavellian mirror for princes containing advice on how to preserve oneself from one’s enemies and get ahead at court and in life. The dialogues that constitute the bulk of the narrative harbor a dramatic immediacy, exerting a powerful effect even on a modern-day reader." —Maria Subtelny, University of Toronto

The Hackett edition of Teresa of Avila's spiritual autobiography features Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez's authoritative translation of The Book of Her Life with a new Introduction by Jodi Bilinkoff that will prove especially valuable to students of Early Modern Spain, the history of Christian spirituality, and classic women writers. A map, chronology, and index are also included.

Book Five of The Faerie Queene is Spenser's Legend of Justice. It tells of the knight Artegall's efforts to rid Faerie Land of tyranny and injustice, aided by his sidekick Talus and the timely intervention of his betrothed, the woman warrior Britomart. As allegory, Book Five figures forth ideal concepts of justice and explores how justice may be applied in a real world complicated by social inequality, female rule, political guile, and excessive violence. At the same time, as historical allegory, it retells a number of the most important events of early modern England, in particular the controversies surrounding the colonization of Ireland. An integral part of the larger poem, Book Five also stands on its own as one of the most challenging meditations on justice in English literature.

Dr. Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936) trained as a medical doctor and scientist. With money inherited from his father (Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot, a noted neurologist) he purchased a ship, the 'Français' and commanded the First French South Polar Expedition, between 1903 and 1905. This book is the journal of the Second French Polar Expedition. The Voyage of the 'Pourquoi-Pas?' (The 'Why Not?') in the Antarctic. 1908 - 1910. It is based on the 1st English translation by Philip Walsh, published in 1911, by Hodder and Stoughton. Included are all the book's 40 photographs, a chart, and one line-drawing.The Expedition discovered and mapped new areas of this then largely unknown continent. In addition to exploration the Expedition carried out an extensive programme of scientific research.Dr. Charcot gives a detailed and engaging account of the dangers and pleasures of day-to-day life on board ship.After the first summer campaign, the ship was moored during the long winter months at Petermann Island. Here they set up scientific observation huts and when the terrible weather allowed, explored the adjacent peninsula. To relieve the tedium and to keep healthy they had weekly ski-races, musical evenings, and lectures. The library was stocked with 3,000 volumes, the cellar had a huge quantity of fine French wines and their preserved-food provisions were supplemented by penguin egg omelettes and seal meat. They even had washing-machines and Saturdays were linen-washing days. They enjoyed numerous so-called fete days, celebrating everything from Bastille Day to the birthdays of patrons and expedition members.At the end of the winter, they returned to the whaling station to fill up the ship's coal bunkers. Dr. Charcot gives interesting descriptions of the activities of the whale-boats and of this gruesome industry. During their second summer season they steamed as far south as time, weather and fuel would allow, making further important discoveries. The Expedition was a great success both for Dr. Charcot and for French national pride. They received a hero's welcome on returning to France in June, 1910. As opposed to many of the early British expeditions there seems to have been less demarcation between the officers, staff and crew members. It becomes obvious through the journal that Dr.Charcot was highly esteemed by all his fellow expedition members, many of whom were also on his first Polar Expedition three years earlier.Dr. Charcot lost his life on board his beloved ship the 'Porquoi-Pas?', when it sank in a storm off the coast of Iceland in 1936.

This volume is designed as a companion to the standard undergraduate mythology textbooks or, when assigned alongside the central Greek and Roman works, as a source-based alternative to those textbooks.In addition to the complete texts of the Homeric Hymns and Hesiod's Theogony, this collection provides generous selections from over 50 texts composed between the Archaic Age and the fourth century A.D. Ancient interpretation of myth is represented here in selections from the allegorists Heraclitus, Cornutus and Fulgentius, the rationalists Palaephatus and Diodorus of Sicily, and the philosophers and historians Plato, Herodotus and Thucydides. Appendices treat evidence from inscriptions, papyri and Linear B tablets and include a thematic index, a mythological dictionary, and genealogies. A thoughtful Introduction supports students working with the primary sources and the other resources offered here; an extensive note to instructors offers suggestions on how to incorporate this book into their courses.

Being a teen is not easy and there are many lessons to be learned that are not taught in school. Korey Gaber, a 17 year old high school graduate of Digital Harbor High School learns the importance of dressing for success, Nasear Washington, a junior at Pimlico Junior High School gets a history lesson on the N-word, Olivia Robinson, a high school senior at Baltimore City College learns a valuable lesson about trust and friendship and Jordan Matthews, a freshman at Polytechnic Institute learns a dangerous lesson about internet dating.Meet these teens and many more as they share their stories with hopes that you learn from their experiences, as they did. “Know Better, Do Better!”