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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Samuel Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Edmund Curll, Francis Kirkman, George Nicol, Richard Head, Thomas Pavier, Francis Constable, Robert Dodsley, John Dunton, Richard Royston, Ralph Griffiths, Thomas Dring, John Taylor, Robert Allot, Frank Doel, John Blackburn, Thomas Guy, Thomas Cadell, Douglas Cleverdon, George Bayntun, John Bagford, James Lackington, Thomas Miller, Edward Blount, Bernard Quaritch, Moses Pitt, Herbert Fordham, George Thomason, John Allen, Rog Peyton, George Riebau, George Philip, J. W. Mckenzie, John Bew. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. Johnson was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, and attended Pembroke College, Oxford for just over a year, before his lack of funds forced him to leave. After working as a teacher he moved to London, where he began to write miscellaneous pieces for The Gentleman's Magazine. His early works include the biography The Life of Richard Savage, the poems London and The Vanity of Human Wishes, and the play Irene. After nine years of work, Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1755; it had a far-reaching effect on Modern English and has been described as "one of the greatest single achievements of scholarship". The Dictionary brou...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=48594 ... Read more

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MARVEL SPOTLIGHT charts the careers of two of the Ultimate Universe's new star creators! Even the brains of undead zombies have got it figured that if you want good comics, just look for the name Robert Kirkman on the cover! Establishing himself as a rising star with the Image books INVINCIBLE and WALKING DEAD, Kirkman has taken the Marvel world by storm with the instant-classic MARVEL ZOMBIES series. SPOTLIGHT talks about that book, the future of zombies at Marvel, his Invincible crossovers in the Marvel Universe and his plans for ULTIMATE X-MEN! Meanwhile, Greg Land has been turning in cover after luscious cover for many a Marvel comic during the last few years, but now you can get a monthly fix of Greg's work in ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR! We cover the FF, look back at his gorgeous X-MEN: PHOENIX - ENDSONG and dig deep into his future plans for Marvel! ... Read more

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Chapters: Thomas John Claggett, James Madison, Sean W. Rowe, Kirkman George Finlay, Ellison Capers, Levi Silliman Ives, Edward Bass, Eugene J. Mcguinness, Samuel Parker, Robert Smith, Ignatius Ghattas, Robert R. Spears, Jr., Abraham Jarvis, James Parker Dees, John Elya, Alfred W. Gwinn, William Jones Boone, Louis Vezelis, Richard Channing Moore, Noel Jones, Charles Henry Brent, Nathaniel Bowen, William Thomas Manning, George David Cummins, Thomas Casady, Theodore Dehon, Samuel Allen Mccoskry, Justin Najmy, Samuel Fallows, Samuel David Ferguson, James Kemp, Nicholas Samra, Thomas F. Davis, Marcelino Manuel Da Graca, Henry William Scriven, George Hamilton Pearce, Anson Phelps Stokes, George Washington Freeman, Jane Holmes Dixon, Charles Edward Cheney, Ambrose de Paoli, Henry St. George Tucker, Nelson Wesley Trout, David Hummell Greer, Eugene Sutton, Charles D. D. Doren, Paul Jones, Thomas Francis Brennan, Harry Lee Doll, Glen A. Staples, Albion Knight, Jr., Duncan Montgomery Gray, Jr., Wes Nolden, Stephen C. Reber, John Barrett Kerfoot, James Allen Latané, Leonard W. Riches, Theodore Benedict Lyman, William D. Persell. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 159. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Thomas John Claggett (October 2, 1743 August 2, 1816) was the first bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America to be consecrated on American soil and the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Thomas Claggett, born October 2, 1743, was the son of the Reverend Samuel Clagett of Charles Co., Maryland, and Elizabeth Gantt. He was descended from Captain Thomas Clagett who emigrated from England and settled on St. Leonard's Creek, Calvert County, Maryland, in 1671. Captain Claggett at one time owned more than 3700 acres in Calvert, Prince George's, Baltimore and Kent Coun...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9902868 ... Read more