" Night Journey is a harrowing story of one family's spiral toward self-destruction. ..." ~ Ron Rash, author of SerenaIn Greg Johnson's searing new novel, Travis McCune succumbs to alcoholic depression and commits suicide. Left to put their lives back together in their small Southern town are his lonely and vulnerable young widow, Nina, and their son, Jared, a precocious and sensitive teenager whose experience of tragedy coincides...

An Illustrated Exploration of Physics and Cosmology blends science and creativity, turning complex ideas like black holes, the multiverse, and quantum mechanics into engaging illustrations. Part educational, part meditative, it invites readers to explore the wonders of the universe through art. Greg Johnson is an artist and researcher from Berkeley, California. Trained in art history and fine arts, he has exhibited his work in galleries and contributed to STEAM anthologies. His passion lie...

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If it were not for the information provided by certain inhabitants of the towns of Bickley Marsh and Haversford, Charles Brack would have known even less than the little he did of the locality where he found himself, let alone the interesting goings-on that occurred there. Mr. Jones was the local butcher in the nearby town of Haversford and knew a great many local legends (or at least gossip). So, it was he who was regarded as the authority when it came to information concerning the histor...

Welcome to your behind-the-scenes pass to CBC's Canada Reads.Kobo’s very own Tracy Nesdoly will guide you through a series of interviews with the authors and panelists of this year’s battle of the books. Join us as we navigate through these eye-opening reads—books that challenge assumptions, dismantle difference, and change how we treat one another. This is the perfect complement to the debates, a way to discover incredible stories and choose your very own champion...

From the fleeting optimism of Kennedy’s Camelot to the fearsome specter of the age of AIDS, this impressive, powerfully written debut novel follows the lives of two young people and their stormy relationship that parallels the moral confusion of America over the next thirty years.

These twenty-four stories, seven new and the rest selected from Johnson’s previous four collections, range from The Metamorphosis,’ in which a young female impersonator is torn to pieces by her fans, to Last Encounter with the Enemy,’ a battle of wills between Flannery O’Connor and a precocious eleven-year-old boy. Other women writers from the past encountered here are Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and Emily Dickinson. Stories from the new collection have been included in The O. Henry Pr...

Charting the path forward for our churches and ministries in providing care—not a cure— for our non-straight sisters and brothers who are living lives of costly obedience to Jesus.At the start of the gay rights movement in 1969, evangelicalism's leading voices cast a vision for gay people who turn to Jesus. It was C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham, Francis Schaeffer and John Stott who were among the most respected leaders within theologically orthodox Protestantism...

When Greg Johnson was interviewing for a job at a mental health center his interview was interrupted by a police officer with a naked woman in tow. I was looking for an adventure, he says, and this looked like it.In A Very Famous Social Worker the author recounts with insight and humor his experiences as a rookie social worker in West Virginias Greenbrier Valley. His unlikely parade of clients include a preacher whose wildly rebellious children are threatening to bring dow...

An unexpected phone call from her estranged brother, Thom, propels Abby Sandler from her staid life as a teacher in Philadelphia to Atlanta, where over the ensuing holiday season, as Thom’s chaotic, eclectic group of friends swirls around them, Thom and Abby tentatively move toward reconciliation, and grapple with Thom’s recent diagnosis as HIV-positive.

The ISO 14000 EMS Audit Handbook is an innovative and cost-effective approach for the Environmental Management System (EMS) audit to ISO 14001. The Handbook presents comprehensive strategies for conducting all phases of the EMS audit, including effective assessment processes for determining improved environmental performance.

Getting Started in ZBrush is a gentle introduction to ZBrush, today’s premier digital sculpting program. Beginning with the fundamentals of digital sculpting as well as a thorough introduction to the user interface, Getting Started in ZBrush will have you creating a variety of professional-level 3D models in no-time. More than just another button-pushing manual, this comprehensive guide is packed with start-to-finish projects that ease you into the workflow of the program, while a...