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Tree of Smoke is a 2007 novel by American writer Denis Johnson about the Vietnam War and the people drawn into its intelligence and military operations. The narrative follows Skip Sands, a young CIA operative, and his uncle Francis Sands, while moving among multiple perspectives and episodes shaped...

"The Feather Thief" is a 2018 true-crime book by Kirk Wallace Johnson that investigates a 2009 break-in at the Natural History Museum at Tring in England. The narrative focuses on Edwin Rist, an American flautist and fly-tying enthusiast who stole dozens of rare Victorian-era bird specimens to sell...

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a 2022 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson and the second film in the Knives Out series. Daniel Craig returns as detective Benoit Blanc, who travels to a private Greek island for a murder-mystery gathering hosted by technology entrepreneur...

"Steal Away" is a traditional African American spiritual that was distinctly arranged for mixed chorus by composer Hall Johnson (1888–1970). Johnson, who dedicated his career to preserving and elevating the Negro spiritual, created complex, classically informed choral settings that retained the emot...

The Name of the World is a 2000 novel by American writer Denis Johnson. Its central character is a university professor living through profound grief, and the book follows his emotional withdrawal, existential disorientation, and gradual movement toward recovery. The novel uses a psychologically foc...

Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas was an American world atlas published in New York by Alvin Jewett Johnson and associated with the mapmaking firm Johnson and Ward. It first appeared in the 1860s and was issued in successive editions, combining maps with illustrations and geographical reference...