Books for Johnny B
Discover the ultimate reading list for Johnny B., featuring timeless classics like *The War of the Worlds* by H.G. Wells, *The Picture of Dorian Gray* by Oscar Wilde, and gripping real-life tales such as *All the President's Men* and *Flags of Our Fathers*. From thrilling fiction to harrowing survival stories, this curated collection spans genres to captivate any book lover. Explore iconic adventures, mysteries, and historical accounts—perfect for expanding your literary horizons. Dive into the books tagged for Johnny and uncover your next favorite read today!
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The War of the Worlds
by Herbert George Wells
H.G. Wells's spellbinding account of an invasion from outer space is the first and still the best of all such stories. Ten massive, super-intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victorian England and threaten to reduce the civilized world to cinder in short order, as humanity's vaunted knowledge proves to be of little use in such an emergency.
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We Die Alone. [Illustr.]- New York: Macmillan 1955. X, 231 S. 8°
by David Armine Howarth
Adventures of Jan Baalsrud, a member of the Norwegian resistance during the World War.
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The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
FEATURING THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED THE AMC SERIES MONSIEUR SPADE STARRING CLIVE OWEN ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance—a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers. *With a new introduction by Richard Russo*
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
Introduction by Jeffrey Eugenides • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde’s story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the author’s most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray’s moral disintegration caused a scandal when it first appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novel’s corrupting influence, he responded that there is, in fact, “a terrible moral in Dorian Gray.” Just a few years later, the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde’s homosexual liaisons, which resulted in his imprisonment. Of Dorian Gray’s relationship to autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, “Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be—in other ages, perhaps.”
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Jumper
by Steven Gould
Story of Davy, a young man, who discovers he has a power that sets him apart from others, teleporting.
