New Releases by Stephanie Johnson

About Artistam "Artistam" is a quarterly series of books published under the supervision of an esteemed editorial board. Each issue consists of two main sections: Articles: Covering various themes relevant to contemporary art. Artists and Their Works: Introducing selected artists and showcasing their creations. The initial focus of the series is on contemporary Iranian art and artists, with plans to expand to feature contemporary artists worldwide in future editions. The featured artworks are chosen through: Open Calls: Artists are invited to submit their works based on specific themes and mediums. Evaluation: Submissions are reviewed by the editorial board and guest judges to ensure quality and thematic relevance. The Theme of This Issue: Tree In mythology, trees represent timeless mysteries and the eternal connection between the natural world and humankind. From Eastern myths and the story of the "Assyrian Tree" to its major role in both earthly and eternal life in Abrahamic religions, trees have long held a special place in a wide range of beliefs and cultures. The value of trees has not diminished throughout time. In terms of the environment, trees and forests are the Earth''s lifeblood, giving us pure air to breathe and sustaining life. The beauty and striking visual impact of trees, whether they are lone trees or part of a dense forest, have always attracted the attention of artists in the world of art, from petroglyphs to numerous modern art styles like Impressionism and Romanticism. Through their innovative and distinctive viewpoints, photographers have the chance to investigate and highlight the different facets and importance of trees in today''s society. We are reminded that trees are not only silent beings but also silent witnesses to our history and culture by the stories that each picture may convey about the development, resiliency, and everlasting beauty of trees. Summer 2024 Edition In this call for submissions, 161 photographs from 72 artists were received and carefully evaluated by the editorial board. From these, 46 photographs from 26 artists were selected for publication in the magazine. This season, we proudly present: Artist of Summer 2024: Mr. Navid Maghami Selected Work of Summer 2024: A photograph by Mr. Amin Alkasir Diversity in the Selection Process A key strength of this issue lies in the diversity of perspectives among the jury members, which ensured a broad range of works were considered eligible for publication. The submitted works were evaluated based on aesthetic and semantic criteria from different parts of the world, ensuring fairness and avoiding bias. This diversity enhances the magazine''s mission to provide opportunities for a wider variety of artists to showcase their work. Articles in This Issue This issue also features insightful articles by both editorial board members and guest contributors: Professor Bartosz Posacki (Editorial Board) Stephanie Johnson (Editorial Board) Dr. Amir Beshkeni (Guest Contributor) Mohammad Tajaran (Guest Contributor) Featured Artists Amin Alkasir Mina Behkar Elahe Dadkhah Amin Ebrahimi Nastaran Fallah Behzad Golcheshmeh Kimiya Hedavand Khani Sepideh Kashanimansour Moones Khoshdel Sangdehi Navid Maghami Zahra Masoumi Mobasher Saman Moarref Sara Moshgani Shahsavarani Sahand Nakhaei Iman Najjar Reza Nasseri Leila Nazary Mohammad Amin Pourheidari Aida Rezaei Dodani Maryam Rezaei Mahboubeh Seify Amir Shahmohammad Yazdan Shiri Hassan Tavakoli Mojdeh Younesmohajer Setareh Zargarani

Step into a World of Unforgettable Parties Imagine a world where every party you throw becomes the talk of the town, a memory etched in the minds of your guests long after the music fades. Booze & Cheers: Your Survival Guide for Unforgettable Parties opens the door to this very world, offering a treasure trove of wisdom to transform you into the ultimate host. Begin your journey with the art of crafting invitations that don''t just notify, but tantalize, setting the stage for an event that cannot be missed. Learn how to create an atmosphere that blends décor, mood lighting, and music into a perfect symphony of excitement and comfort. Dive deep into the heart of cocktail mastery, where the secrets of mixology are unveiled. From the intoxicating allure of signature drinks tailor-made for every occasion, to the innovative charm of mocktails that ensure everyone''s included, your skills will leave guests in awe. What''s a party without divine delicacies? The guide''s comprehensive approach to party foods, from chic finger foods to themed menus, promises a sensory journey that complements your liquid creations perfectly. But, a masterful party is more than just taste--it''s about engagement. Master the art of conversation, discover party games that spark laughter, and activities that forge unforgettable connections. As the digital age reshapes our world, learn how to blend technology with tradition for a party that resonates with the modern guest. From crafting the perfect playlist to capturing the night with smartphones and beyond, every detail is covered. From weatherproofing outdoor events to managing unexpected mishaps with grace, and even ensuring the morning after is as painless as possible, this guide has it all. Sustainable practices, cleanup strategies, and the art of making memories; Booze & Cheers is not just a book--it''s your ticket to creating moments that matter, one party at a time. So, whether you''re a seasoned entertainer or stepping into the arena for the first time, prepare for a journey that will elevate your hosting game beyond imagination. It''s time to make every celebration an extraordinary affair -- let''s get the party started!

High on the Southern Alps of New Zealand lies a fallen man, like ‘a black exclamation mark on a white page, Kiwi-noir face down in the snow’. Is he still alive? This funny, fearless, thought-provoking novel trains its sights on us. Kerry-Anne is kind, unlike her foster sister Joleen, who is a different kind of person altogether. Being locked down for Joleen will mean behind bars. For Kerry-Anne’s ex-husband, the National MP Lyall Hull, lockdown will also take on a new meaning when he goes on a cycle trip instead of staying at home. From lockdown in the Bay of Islands, Kerry-Anne tries to work out what both are up to. Will anyone come up smelling of roses? ‘Johnson has always had an eye for topicality’ — Steve Braunias

For students and clinical professionals who are learning anatomy, participating in a dissection lab, sharing anatomy knowledge with patients, or refreshing their anatomy knowledge, the Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy illustrates the body, region by region, in clear, brilliant detail from a clinician''s perspective.

If you liked Ann Hood''s Fly Girl and Julie Cook''s Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am, you''ll love True Tales of TWA Flight Attendants. The golden age of air travel promised a life of glamour and adventure for beautiful, single, young women interested in exploring the world-and no airline offered more glamour or excitement than Trans World Airlines. TWA provided an enviable jet-set lifestyle for flight attendants-and the opportunity to travel to exotic destinations like, London, Paris, Rome, Hong Kong and Bombay. Flight attendants appeared on TV and in movies, and rubbed elbows with the rich and famous, from Elizabeth Taylor and John F. Kennedy Jr., to presidents and Popes, all while decked out in designer uniforms from clothing designers like Oleg Cassini and Ralph Lauren. In the 1960s and 1970s, TWA accepted fewer than 1% of applicants to be flight attendants-making it tougher to get into than Harvard. Plus, a flying career offered the best education money could never buy. TWA flight attendants could cook chateaubriand medium rare, deliver a baby at 35,000 feet, and survive a plane crash-all the while immaculately dressed from their never-a-strand-out-of-place hairstyles, all the way down to their mandatory high heeled shoes. But the glamorous lifestyle of a TWA flight attendant sometimes came at a cost. True Tales of TWA Flight Attendants is a diary-style fly girl memoir with stories from hundreds of TWA flight attendants, and filled with a fascinating behind-the-scenes, never-before-seen look at the glamour, excitement, and struggles faced by young women as they traveled the world with TWA during this exciting time in airline history-from the golden age of air travel through the great stewardess rebellion and beyond. Click "buy now" to read the most fascinating, behind-the-curtain, fly girls'' book of the year! Perfect for flight attendant gifts too!

“A deeply touching memoir . . . A beautiful, sometimes shocking NC-17 story, kept out of the lily-white, upper crust canon of literature—until now.” —The Washington Post The storytelling phenomenon Humans of New York and its #1 bestselling books have captivated a global audience of millions with personal narratives that illuminate the human condition. But one story stands apart from the rest... She is a woman as fabulous, unbowed, and irresistible as the city she lives in. Meet TANQUERAY. In 2019, Humans of New York featured a photo of a woman in an outrageous fur coat and hat she made herself. She instantly captured the attention of millions. Her name is Stephanie Johnson, but she’s better known to HONY followers as “Tanqueray,” a born performer who was once one of the best-known burlesque dancers in New York City. Reeling from a brutal childhood, immersed in a world of go-go dancers and hustlers, dirty cops and gangsters, Stephanie was determined to become the fiercest thing the city had ever seen. And she succeeded. Real, raw, and unapologetically honest, this is the full story of Tanqueray as told by Brandon Stanton—a book filled with never-before-told stories of Tanqueray''s struggles and triumphs through good times and bad, personal photos from her own collection, and glimpses of New York City from back in the day when the name “Tanqueray” was on everyone’s lips.

Buying a rundown motel to start a new life — what could possibly go wrong? In this funny and moving novel, prize-winning author Stephanie Johnson turns her wry eye on us. ‘What a fabulous read. Stephanie Johnson’s characters choose an old motel with little to offer except an amazing view in order to start a ‘new life’. Their first guests are a classic cast of the sorrowful and dysfunctional that every-day life throws at us these days. They are joined by their pregnant daughter, a mysterious young criminal from next door and a dog that knows more than all of them put together. The story is fast paced, and unpredictable, it’s smart, contemporary and heartbreaking all at once. And, just when it was about to make me cry, Johnson startled me into wild laughter. This is her best book ever, and I loved every page of it.’ – Fiona Kidman

It pains me to realize that most of the teenagers existing today only have knowledge about how to spend excessively on parties and luxury, but know very little about income generation and management, consequently sending themselves to the world of debt and penury. The best way for one to start the process of building wealth is by starting early, and there is no better time to start than during your teenage years. This book briefly provides appropriate strategies that can keep you away from being broke and give you the proper mindset that could possibly turn you into a millionaire in future. It also contains ways through which anyone, especially college students, can make money without placing too much stress on themselves or even going out!

This funny notebook makes a great gag gift for a wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or crush. There is ample room inside for writing notes and ideas. It can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book. This paperback notebook is 6" x 9" and has 110 lined pages (55 sheets). Get your copy now!

This funny notebook makes a great gag gift for a wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or crush. There is ample room inside for writing notes and ideas. It can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book. This paperback notebook is 6" x 9" and has 110 lined pages (55 sheets). Get your copy now!

This funny notebook makes a great gag gift for a wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or crush. There is ample room inside for writing notes and ideas. It can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book. This paperback notebook is 6" x 9" and has 110 lined pages (55 sheets). Get your copy now!

This funny notebook makes a great gag gift for a wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or crush. There is ample room inside for writing notes and ideas. It can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book. This paperback notebook is 6" x 9" and has 110 lined pages (55 sheets). Get your copy now!

This funny notebook makes a great gag gift for a wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or crush. There is ample room inside for writing notes and ideas. It can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book. This paperback notebook is 6" x 9" and has 110 lined pages (55 sheets). Get your copy now!

This funny notebook makes a great gag gift for a wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or crush. There is ample room inside for writing notes and ideas. It can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book. This paperback notebook is 6" x 9" and has 110 lined pages (55 sheets). Get your copy now!

Its more than blood that binds a family. Jackson Alexander lives two lives. In the world of fashion, he is an up and coming stylist to some of the biggest names on the runway and silver screen. At home, he lives in constant fear of the abuse that has plagued him for years. While working a routine photo shoot, Jackson''s life is forever changed the moment Luke O''Neill, star of the show Living Pretty, saunters on set. A colourfully inked and auburn-haired Irishman, Luke is instantly attracted to Jackson, and persists on getting to know him. Their immediate chemistry causes heads to turn, including those of some members of Jackson''s homophobic family. As their relationship grows, so does the physical abuse at the hands of Jackson''s father and brothers. After a series of horrific and avoidable events, will Luke and his family be enough to help Jackson find the strength and confidence within himself to survive it all? Or is he already too broken that not even his Superman can save him?

Stephanie Johnson is the author of two collections of poetry, The Bleeding Ballerina and Moody Bitch; three collections of short stories, The Glass Whittler, All the Tenderness Left in the World and Drowned Sprat; and eight previous novels: Crimes of Neglect, The Heart''s Wild Surf, The Whistler, Belief, The Shag Incident, Music from a Distant Room, John Tomb''s Head and The Swimmer''s Rope. The Shag Incident won the Montana Medal for Fiction in 2002. Stephanie has won the Bruce Mason Playwrights Award and Katherine Mansfield Fellowship. Many of her novels have been published in Australia, America and the United Kingdom

For novelist Stephanie Johnson, her relationship with Australia and Australians has been an ambivalent one. She has lived there for periods in her life, and her first book, a collection of short stories, was actually published in Australia. She was described then as a young Australian writer, something she says she agreed to ‘for reasons that are complex and some of them hardly honourable’. For Johnson the longing to return has waxed and waned. ‘Why don’t I live there?’ she often asks herself. Yet she is a sixth-generation New Zealander. In this BWB Text Johnson explores her elusive and ambivalent feelings about the sunburnt country – which includes a musician’s road trip there with her singer-songwriter son Skyscraper Stan – and in so doing casts fascinating light on some of the formative influences that have shaped the work of this award-winning New Zealand writer.

Wit, compassion and insight combine in this entertaining novel that explores the politics and human comedy behind writers’ festivals and the publishing industry. Writers’ festivals can be hotbeds of literary and romantic intrigue, and the Oceania is up there with the best of them. Rookie director Rae McKay, recently returned from New York, fears she has bitten off more than she can chew. Pressure comes not only from local and international writers but also from the prestigious Opus Book Award, which this year is being hosted by the festival. Add to that high-level diplomatic fallout surrounding a dissident Chinese writer, Rae’s slowly disintegrating private life and ongoing dramas involving much loved characters of The Writing Class, and the result is a wise and witty novel that explores the contemporary phenomenon of the public face of the writer. This lively, stand-alone novel is as ‘intelligent, tender and funny’ as readers found The Writing Class. ''. . . a book that''s sophisticated, witty and - best of all - generous in its attitudes to its characters. It''s a love letter to reading and writing and things readers and writers share, especially the mutual effort to understand the world and the people in it.'' - Paul Little, North & South on The Writing Class

Romantic, funny and surprising, this novel is a bold exploration of love in a time of confusion. In Fiji at the end of 1918, the distant Great War is drawing to a close and Spanish flu is raging. Twelve-year-old Olive McNab is sent from Suva to stay wih her aunt and uncle on a plantation on Tavenui. On this magical and mysterious island she uncovers some startling, well-kept secrets. The death of her mother, her friendship with two independent women, and a series of adventures change Olive''s life for ever. ''Johnson''s work is marked by a dry irony, a sharp-edged humour that focuses unerringly on the frailties and foolishness of her characters . . . There is compassion, though, and sensitivity in the development of complex situations . . . A purposeful sense of such larger concerns balances Johnson''s precision with the small details of situation, character and voice that give veracity and colour.'' - The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature

"I Believe" is a collection of poetry from Orlando Florida and the surrounding areas that takes an artistic look at what people believe in. Poem topics were inspired by visual artists and then picked by talented poets who felt a connection to those topics.

A brilliant novel about history, the forgetting and rewriting of it, and a satire on a society that has lost compassion in the process. Smooch is a ''Whistler'', a genetically altered lapdog with special talents, including the ability to remember his previous incarnations and to communicate directly from his brain by electronically downloading his thoughts onto disc. Smooch has been reincarnated many times, and has lived on many of the great laps of history, past and future. He can recall many of history''s key moments, such as the birth of Jesus and the imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots. The Whistler is a virtuosic feat: wise, funny and intelligent. Smooch''s current reincarnation is in Sydney in the year 2318. The world has gone to hell: democratic government worldwide has given way to a society run by corporations, pollution is everywhere, and society is heavily stratified between the haves and have nots.

This unique novel is both a compelling love story and an insightful writing manual. ''Writers take what we learn of human nature and, fuelled by our longings for other existences and other times, forge new identities that can be as real as she is, sitting with her dog on the weathered step of the old house, stories that move us to tears or laughter.'' Merle Carbury, an author in her own right, also teaches Creative Writing. Amid the tension of the final semester of the year, her many and varied students prepare to submit their manuscripts. As Merle mentors their assorted ambitions, observes the romantic entanglements of her colleague, worries about her husband and is intrigued by their mysterious German lodger, she both imparts and embodies how to write a novel. Written by a prize-winning author, who is also an experienced teacher, the overarching intelligence, compassion and wicked humour in this inventive book make it a joy to read.

Wry and insightful, this short story is told by a young American girl, who is all too knowing about her own world, but ignorant about the Kiwi strangers she meets. When Ruthie''s father needs a drink, he takes his young daughter with him. She sits in the bar, with her pink panther, watching the drinkers and fending off unwanted approaches. One day there are strangers at the bar, with an unusual accent, saying they are from ''Nyu Zillun''. They give Ruthie a ''little green monster'' they call a ''tuckie'' and ask her about herself . . .

A moving novel about a blind son with a love for music that surpassed sight and gave him a vision uniquely his own. A fortnight after jazz pianist Carl Tyler''s funeral, his lover Tamara has one week to go before she leaves New Zealand to return to her native Chicago. His mother Nola wants to solve the mystery of her son''s death, to know everything Tamara might be able tell her, so she begins an account of Carl''s early life, in the hope that Tamara will remember a clue to what happened at its end. Nola was a dental nurse in the 1960s. Her life revolved around her spotless dental clinic at the local school, the ''murder house'' the kids called it. She didn''t know it, but by taking an interest in young Brett''s bruises, and meeting his father Bernie, her life would be changed for ever.

Returning to the biting and hilarious satire of contemporary New Zealand conveyed so well in the prize-winning The Shag Incident, this is a daring, astute and rollicking novel. John Tomb saw more of the world than most Englishmen of the early nineteenth century. From England to Australia to New Zealand, he led a life of adventure and romance. Two hundred years after his death, his tattooed head is discovered in an American museum. His spirit reawakened, John Tomb wryly observes those who would lay claim to his relic. Among others, there''s the New Zealand delegation headed by the Prime Minister and including Tomb''s Maori descendants, a leading historian, a prominent carver, the Diplomatic Protection Squad and the Prime Minister''s fifteen-year-old daughter. From England come Tomb''s English descendants and supporters, eager to take the head back to the land of his birth and their family museum. There is also a wealthy private collector and his clever wife ...

An epic novel of love and religion that sweeps across New Zealand and America at the turn of the nineteenth century. In 1899 William McQuiggan leaves his young Australian wife and new-born twins in New Zealand and travels to America in search of God. Belief is the story of his journey and of his marriage to Myra, who follows him from Auckland to Salt Lake City, Utah, and to Zion City, Illinois. With each leg of the journey the family grows until William is the reluctant father of six, and Myra''s understanding of her husband deepens and matures. Belief is a vivid evocation of a way of life that has passed, a tale told on a grand scale: the story spans seventeen years, three countries and three religions. More than that, it is the story of how love and patience may triumph over violence and despair.