A biography of Samuel Johnson which concerns the last twenty years of his life. It establishes Johnson's centrality in 18th century letters. It places him in a literary and cultural context.

Charts the boyhood of Johnson through the depression years to his debut as congressman and his defeat in his first race for the Senate. The first of a four-volume biography by the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Francis Parkman Prize.

A sparkling account of the writing of one of the most celebrated biographies of all time -- 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' -- and an account of the friendship that blossomed between writer and his subject.

Journey into the history of English and discover how words have entered our language to make it what it is today.

Book by Samuel Johnson, published in 1775. The Journey was the result of a three-month trip to Scotland that Johnson took with James Boswell in 1773. It contains Johnson's descriptions of the customs, religion, education, trade, and agriculture of a society that was new to him. The account in Boswell's diary, published after Johnson's death as The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel ...

Tells the story of design and decorative art in Britain from the time of Henry VIII to the reign of Queen Victoria. It shows how Britain's rise during this period to become the most powerful nation on earth was reflected in her art, architecture and in the quantity of things made in Britain.

The most authoritative study of the 1960 presidential race between John F Kennedy, Lynden B Johnson and Richard Nixon, was Theodore White's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Making of the President 1960 . But White, as a trusted insider, didn't tell all. This book tells the rest of the story.

A chronological account of Jewish history and the role Jews played in the creation of the modern world and also an argument about the nature of Jewish genius, its strengths and contradictions. From the early second millennium to recent times, Johnson presents the entire Jewish phenomenon.

Tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anaesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead - who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research and map-making.

This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Johnson's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by essays, criticism, and fiction - to give the essence of his work and thinking.

This second edition of the acclaimed study of Johnson's Dictionary incorporates new commentary and scholarship.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary , published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. This book contains a selection from the original, offering passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics.

Produced as a contribution to English biography and criticism, this title offers a survey of English poetry from the early seventeenth century down to the author's own time. It also includes an introduction and critical apparatus.

A dramatic reappraisal of one of the most significant and least understood presidents in American history, based on extraordinary interviews and documents - this is LBJ as he has never been seen before.

This novel tells the story of a middle-class family driven into poverty by the Depression. Three daughters struggle to survive with their parents as farmers, battling against the elements and trying to come to terms with their harsh, unresponsive father.