Wilson: 5374 books
The One Taste of Truth
Zen and the Art of Drinking Tea
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Traditionally in China and Japan, drinking a cup of tea was an opportunity for contemplation, meditation, and an elevation of mind and spirit. Here, renowned translator William Scott Wilson distills what is singular and precious about this traditional tea culture, and he explores the fascinating connection...
Lives of Confucius
Civilization's Greatest Sage Through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Confucius—“Master Kung” (551–479 BCE), the Chinese thinker and social philosopher—originated teachings that have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese thought and life over many centuries. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, justice, and appropriateness...
by Sarah Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
The shocking first true account from one of the young girls who lived through and survived the Rotherham sex abuse scandal. In the summer of 2014, the Rotherham sex abuse scandal sent shockwaves through the nation. A report revealed that, since the 1990s, up to 1,400 young girls in the town had been...
by James Harrison Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
General James Harrison Wilson, author of this biography, said of his subject, "JOHN A. RAWLINS, all things considered, was the most remarkable man I met during the Civil War..." That is a remarkable statement from one who served under McClellan and Grant, and was a cavalry leader in his own right....
by Dare Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2006
General Dare Wilson saw action in France 1940 (Dunkirk), Italy and North West Europe (where he won his MC) with the Northumberland Fusiliers and later the Recce Regiment. He then served in Palestine and Korea which he rates as the most vicious war he fought in. He was picked to command 22 SAS and...
by Kevin Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
The heroic, dramatic, and sometimes tragic history of how the US 8th Air Force changed the course of World War II.
The US 8th Air Force came of age in 1944. With a fresh commander, it was ready to demonstrate its true power: from Operation Argument in February—targeting German aircraft production...
Sweet Freedom's Plains
African Americans on the Overland Trails, 1841–1869
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie schooners still stir the popular imagination. But this traditional narrative, no matter how alluring,...
by Lycurgus A. Wilson,
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
This book, written by Lycurgus A. Wilson, discusses the life of Mormon apostle David W. Patten. It covers what was known of Patten's early life, his conversion to Mormonism, his missions in that church, his call and work as an Apostle, and finally his martyrdom at the Battle of Crooked River during the The Mormon War in Missouri in 1838.
As She Began
An Illustrated Introduction to Loyalist Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1981
As She Began, an illustrated introduction to Loyalist Ontario, provides a general guide to tAhe most crucial period in Ontario's history, 1775 to 1800, when thousands of refugees from the American Revolution streamed into the land between the lakes, giving Ontario its geographic shape and political...
The Kaiser's Dawn
The Untold Story of Britain’s Secret Mission to Murder the Kaiser in 1918
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
In mid summer 1918 a top secret mission, which has remained classified information for a century, was set in motion to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II. It was felt that by killing their head of state and commander in chief it would serve as a mortal blow to the German forces and they would collapse very quickly...
Downunder
The history of found shipwrecks along the Central and Hunter Coastlines.
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Have you ever wondered about some of the stories of the maritime disasters that have happened along the Central Coast and Hunter Coastlines of Australia? This book visits the individual histories of located shipwrecks along this notorious coastline.
Some of the stories include the tale of...
The Plantagenets
The Kings That Made Britain
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
England, 1154. As Henry II seizes the throne after years of turmoil, a new dynasty is poised to haul this hitherto turbulent nation out from the Dark Ages and transform it into the nation state we recognize today. Featuring some of England's greatest but also most notorious kings, the house of Plantagenet...
by Maria Bustillos, Jillian Steinhauer, Alexis Madrigal
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
“Fourteen writers take on perhaps the most important cultural issue of our time: figure out what we’re talking about when we’re talking about cat videos.” —New York magazine
Are cat videos art? This essay collection, funded by a Kickstarter campaign, addresses not just our fascination...
by D. Kulezic-Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
The Musicality of Narrative Film is the first book to examine in depth the film/music analogy. Using comparative analysis, Kulezic-Wilson explores film's musical potential, arguing that film's musicality can be achieved through various cinematic devices, with or without music.