Kevin Johnson

Over 330 clear color photos display the wide array of equipment once used to log high timber that are now eminently collectible, including axes, saws, filing tools, springboards, oil bottles, undercutters, wedges, marlin spikes, drag saws, and venerable chainsaws. Historical photos display towering giants of old growth forests where loggers toiled decades ago. An informative text provides useful information on cleaning and preserving the antique logging tools, descriptions of them, values, and a bibliography. This book will be treasured by all who share a fascination for logging as it was done by the lumberjack, bucker, and high climber.

Discover the dynamic story of iconic cornet and trumpet player Louis Armstrong on his journey to becoming a king of jazz and one of America's most influential musicians. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Who Was? series Follow Louis Armstrong as he joins Fate Marable's riverboat band on the Dixie Belle and navigates the racial tensions of segregation while bringing innovative hot jazz to audiences beyond New Orleans. A story of new horizons, determination, and musical growth, this graphic novel highlights how Louis honed his improvisational flair and improved his ability to read music on his way to becoming one of jazz music's most celebrated pioneers. Music notes fly off the page as lively, full-color illustrations work in perfect harmony with this electric narrative.

Discover the dynamic story of iconic cornet and trumpet player Louis Armstrong on his journey to becoming a king of jazz and one of America's most influential musicians. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Who Was? series Follow Louis Armstrong as he joins Fate Marable's riverboat band on the Dixie Belle and navigates the racial tensions of segregation while bringing innovative hot jazz to audiences beyond New Orleans. A story of new horizons, determination, and musical growth, this graphic novel highlights how Louis honed his improvisational flair and improved his ability to read music on his way to becoming one of jazz music's most celebrated pioneers. Music notes fly off the page as lively, full-color illustrations work in perfect harmony with this electric narrative.

Yuletide cheer is served with a double dose of horror in Kevin Johnson’s gripping debut, in which a young reporter follows a string of disappearances into the middle of a terrifying Christmas cult inspired by our favorite holiday classics. You better watch out. You better not cry. It’s Christmas in the village of Yule, Maine. In fact, it’s always Christmas in Yule. Here, Santa Claus isn’t a storybook figure. He’s an icon. A god. The villagers don’t just believe in him—they worship him. And the world is better for it. Halley Belanger hates Christmas, and she doesn’t have much love for Santa either. But when a string of child disappearances across Maine seems to spare only the village of Yule, Halley—a sharp, skeptical reporter—decides to investigate. What she finds is a town that guards its secrets with gingerbread smiles and a snow globe sheen. Outsiders aren’t welcome. She isn’t welcome. And something sinister is keeping the Christmas spirit alive. As Halley digs deeper, she begins to uncover the horrifying truth behind Yule’s eternal cheer. Christmas comes at a grisly cost. And Santa Claus is no saint.

The book commences with the hero as a young man just qualified as an airforce pilot and moves on through his life describing various wars and major occurences affecting his life. He is drafted to a USA carrier and then Vietnam where he finishes military life. He studies medicine, assists the Flying Doctor Service then develops a large market garden export company with a Japanese partner. Here he finds the computer Orack and life takes a different tack. The President of USA discovers their talents employs both of them in the White House. They become involved in middle east politics, blackmail and business corruption. His wife is assassinated and again his life changes. He meets his second wife back in Australia and together the basis of the other books of the trilogy is formed. Magic, illusion, and witchcraft enter the story where space travel, evil tycoons and business manipulation become the normal.

Postcards were the Instagrams of the early twentieth century. On one day in September 1906, 200,000 postcards were mailed from Coney Island. In 1913 some 968,000,000 postcards were sent in the U.S., more than seven per person. The majority of postcards made at the turn of the twentieth century were mass-produced lithograph or letterpress half-tones, but the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company produced “real photo postcards” in the form of silver gelatin prints made by exposing the negative onto photo paper card stock and developing it in a traditional wet darkroom. Eastern was the largest U.S. manufacturer of what it called “genuine” photo postcards. The images in this book were selected from 22,000 glass plate negatives created by the Eastern company between 1909 and World War II. As an archive of early twentieth-century Maine architectural photography, the Eastern collection (now housed at the Penobscot Marine Museum) has no equal, and it gives us many unexpected glimpses of Maine life. Maine residents, expatriates, and visitors will enjoy hours of pleasure in this journey through Maine's countryside, villages, and towns, guided by three historians who can bring a vista to life with a few well-chosen comments.

When a child loses the person in his life that he loves more than anything, he uses his cape as protection from his grief. On the day of the funeral, he uses it to block out the pictures and stories people share, refusing to acknowledge the memories that keep bubbling up. He won't think about them. He doesn't want to. He avoids the memories, until he no longer can. He remembers then. Their laugh, their smile, the moment they gave him the cape. The cape transforms, becoming a source of comfort and strength as the child navigates the sadness and joy that these memories bring up.

How does a letter get lost in the mail for years or decades? Is the check really in the mail? Do we pay too much to mail a letter? Insufficient Postage is an insightful lighthearted view of a Long Island post office. It opens up the inner going ons of the post office and answers some of these questions

Born in Perth, Western Australia, during World War 2 to an English-born mother and a fourth-generation Sydney-based Engineer father. Kevin was introduced to flying at an incredibly early age, with his father teaching flying to recruits duringthe war period. They resided in a close city aboveaverage suburb where he was educated andenjoyed a wide range of sporting activities, archery, cricket, and baseball in which he represented theState. His friends introduced him to car racing, horse sports, and surf lifesaving so that by the agehe reached eighteen. He had acquired a very wideeducation. This led him to a real estate occupationwhere he experienced domestic building, valuation, and a wide field of propertysales, development, and consultancy. Kevin became the City Valuer of Perth, then moved on to an agency partnership and remarkably high-value property, industrial, city leasing, and sporting complexes, continuing to mines, towns, andinterstate commercial development. He was a court witness on many occasionsacting for Local, State, and Federal government agencies, and later towardsretirement, concluded with the assessment of major complexes for insurancepurposes. Along the way, Kevin was appointed President of the local progressassociation, Captain initially, then President of a major golf club, President ofthe Institute of Valuers WA division, the Australian Institute for several years, Captain of a prestigious yacht club. He was appointed to several business boardssuch as the land valuation tribunal, town planning, and compensation appealboards. On retirement, the computer talked. He began writing a fantasy trilogy, something that had been buzzing around in his head, gradually expanding andgrowing with newly discovered events since the time he was an adolescent.That completed, he found it necessary to keep writing, and now on his seventhbook (the last three being crime thrillers), agrees he will keep writing till all hisdays are done. He says the enjoyment he gains from writing is immense and justhopes the readers on turning the final page, smile and say, ah Yes That was aworthwhile experience.

Born in Perth, Western Australia, during World War 2 to an English-born mother and a fourth-generation Sydney-based Engineer father. Kevin was introduced to flying at an incredibly early age, with his father teaching flying to recruits duringthe war period. They resided in a close city aboveaverage suburb where he was educated andenjoyed a wide range of sporting activities, archery, cricket, and baseball in which he represented theState. His friends introduced him to car racing, horse sports, and surf lifesaving so that by the agehe reached eighteen. He had acquired a very wideeducation. This led him to a real estate occupationwhere he experienced domestic building, valuation, and a wide field of propertysales, development, and consultancy. Kevin became the City Valuer of Perth, then moved on to an agency partnership and remarkably high-value property, industrial, city leasing, and sporting complexes, continuing to mines, towns, andinterstate commercial development. He was a court witness on many occasionsacting for Local, State, and Federal government agencies, and later towardsretirement, concluded with the assessment of major complexes for insurancepurposes. Along the way, Kevin was appointed President of the local progressassociation, Captain initially, then President of a major golf club, President ofthe Institute of Valuers WA division, the Australian Institute for several years, Captain of a prestigious yacht club. He was appointed to several business boardssuch as the land valuation tribunal, town planning, and compensation appealboards. On retirement, the computer talked. He began writing a fantasy trilogy, something that had been buzzing around in his head, gradually expanding andgrowing with newly discovered events since the time he was an adolescent.That completed, he found it necessary to keep writing, and now on his seventhbook (the last three being crime thrillers), agrees he will keep writing till all hisdays are done. He says the enjoyment he gains from writing is immense and justhopes the readers on turning the final page, smile and say, ah Yes That was aworthwhile experience.

Eric Walters isn't exactly living his best life. He works in the IT department of a hospital, where he begrudgingly interacts with his coworkers while counting the minutes until his next break. He's stuck in a rut and oblivious to nearly everything around him, which frustrates no one more than his best friend, Sara. Eric's routine is interrupted by a mysterious, silent little boy, triggering a chain of events that force Eric out of his bubble. He soon realizes nothing is as he believed: not his job, not his boss, and certainly not his relationship with Sara. When Sara draws away from him, he worries his realization has come too late and struggles to find a way to make things right. As he pieces together his plan for redemption, he learns Sara is in the path of a devastating tragedy that could take her away from him forever.

To provide some past detail for the first-time reader as well as a spot for those needing a refresher while reading the book, either now or partway into it, I outline the family and friends always in the background. The Granger family comprise the original hero Aussie Pilot David, his second wife Pam, queen of the Australian witches, his daughter Susan who has a part amputated the right leg and a husband, Richard Barnard. Davids son Robert, now the captain of the newest space vessel is married to Poema, a Polynesian princess. The final families are Pams younger sister Zoey, her husband Ronald and their first-born daughter Carmen, who is also a witch and warlock, are central to the plot and general activities.

To provide some past detail for the first-time reader as well as a spot for those needing a refresher while reading the book, either now or partway into it, I outline the family and friends always in the background. The Granger family comprise the original hero Aussie Pilot David, his second wife Pam, queen of the Australian witches, his daughter Susan who has a part amputated the right leg and a husband, Richard Barnard. Davids son Robert, now the captain of the newest space vessel is married to Poema, a Polynesian princess. The final families are Pams younger sister Zoey, her husband Ronald and their first-born daughter Carmen, who is also a witch and warlock, are central to the plot and general activities.

The book commences with the hero as a young man just qualified as an air force pilot and moves on through his life describing various wars and major occurrences affecting his life. He is drafted to a USA carrier and then Vietnam, where he finishes military life. He studies medicine, assists the Flying Doctor Service, then develops a large market-garden export company with a Japanese partner. Here he finds the computer Orack, and life takes a different tack. The president of the USA discovers their talents and employs both of them in the White House. They become involved in Middle East politics, blackmail, and business corruption. His wife is assassinated, and again, his life changes. He meets his second wife back in Australia, and together, the basis of the other books of the trilogy is formed. Magic, illusion, and witchcraft enter the story where space travel, evil tycoons, and business manipulation become the normal.

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Aussie Know-How is the sequel of Aussie Pilot and continues the events affecting the hero, his friends, and their children. This book enters the world of believable science fiction and joins modern day and ancient magic practices to solve past catastrophes. Since his second marriage to a witch, David Granger and the discovered computer Orack, set about correcting some past disasters whilst also continuing to work as a consultant to the USA president. Their attempts to negotiate peace in Afghanistan and the Middle East are affected. They discover that the bombings, many of the world disasters and serious conflicts are created by business moguls and that the world is being manipulated by blackmail to gain massive wealth, eventually stretching as far as neighbouring recently discovered planets. The use of magic and illusions helps to abate imminent disaster. Space travel with several confrontations occur and the computer Orack, the Granger family and some of their friends find themselves facing adventure and near-death circumstances. This book ends with the defeat of the supreme commander and the saving of the planets Earth, Atlantis, Genesis and Dudgeon from economic collapse. Our hero considers retirement leaving the way open for his families continued concern for the survival of the worlds as we know them. A third book, Aussie Impasse, concludes the families fight for world peace, where our heroes children become a serious force.

Aussie Know-How is the sequel of Aussie Pilot and continues the events affecting the hero, his friends, and their children. This book enters the world of believable science fiction and joins modern day and ancient magic practices to solve past catastrophes. Since his second marriage to a witch, David Granger and the discovered computer Orack, set about correcting some past disasters whilst also continuing to work as a consultant to the USA president. Their attempts to negotiate peace in Afghanistan and the Middle East are affected. They discover that the bombings, many of the world disasters and serious conflicts are created by business moguls and that the world is being manipulated by blackmail to gain massive wealth, eventually stretching as far as neighbouring recently discovered planets. The use of magic and illusions helps to abate imminent disaster. Space travel with several confrontations occur and the computer Orack, the Granger family and some of their friends find themselves facing adventure and near-death circumstances. This book ends with the defeat of the supreme commander and the saving of the planets Earth, Atlantis, Genesis and Dudgeon from economic collapse. Our hero considers retirement leaving the way open for his families continued concern for the survival of the worlds as we know them. A third book, Aussie Impasse, concludes the families fight for world peace, where our heroes children become a serious force.