Douglas Wilson: 27 books
by Douglas Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2002
Newspapers are filled with stories about poorly educated children, ineffective teachers, and cash-strapped school districts. In this greatly expanded treatment of a topic he first dealt with in Rediscovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Douglas Wilson proposes an alternative to government-operated...
Father Hunger
Why God Calls Men to Love and Lead Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Fatherlessness is a “rot that is eating away at the modern soul,” writes Douglas Wilson, and the problem goes far beyond physical absence. “Most of our families are starving for fathers, even if Dad is around, and there’s a huge cost to our children and our society because of it.” Father...
Five Cities that Ruled the World
How Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York Shaped Global History
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2009
In Five Cities that Ruled the World, theologian Douglas Wilson fuses together, in compelling detail, the critical moments birthed in history’s most influential cities —Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York.
Wilson issues a challenge to our collective understanding of history with...
With Calvin in the Theater of God
The Glory of Christ and Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
John Calvin saw this world as God’s theater where his glory is always on display. Just as “day and night pour forth speech,” the universe and history are not silent either; they tell the glory of God. Reflecting on over 500 years of Calvin’s legacy, John Piper and this book’s other contributors...
The Romantic Rationalist
God, Life, and Imagination in the Work of C. S. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
“We are far too easily pleased.”
C. S. Lewis stands as one of the most influential Christians of the twentieth century. His commitment to the life of the mind and the life of the heart is evident in classics like the Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity—books that illustrate the...
Writers to Read
Nine Names That Belong on Your Bookshelf
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
If books are among our friends, we ought to choose them wisely.
But sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. In Writers to Read, Doug Wilson—someone who’s spent a lifetime writing, reading, and teaching others to do the same—introduces us to nine of his favorite authors from the...
For Kirk and Covenant
The Stalwart Courage of John Knox
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
This volume in the Leaders in Action Series looks at the leadership qualities of a man long known for his bold, courageous stand against political and religious tyranny and corruption in medieval Scotland.
Honor's Voice
The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2011
Abraham Lincoln's remarkable emergence from the rural Midwest and his rise to the presidency have been the stuff of romance and legend. But as Douglas L. Wilson shows us in Honor's Voice, Lincoln's transformation was not one long triumphal march, but a process that was more than once seriously derailed....
by Lee Child, Michael Connelly, John Sandford
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
A New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller! Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci and including stories by Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and more, this one-of-a-kind anthology pulls together the most beloved characters from the best and most popular thriller series...
The Golden Age of Piracy
The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their plundering...
The Everything Executor and Trustee Book
A Step-by-Step Guide to Estate and Trust Administration
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Essential information for executors or trustees for wills and trusts!
Being appointed the task of carrying out the terms of a will or trust is daunting, especially if it's your first time. The good news is you won't have to figure it out alone. Certified Trust and Financial Advisor Douglas...
The Black Book of Outsourcing
How to Manage the Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Revised for 2009 and beyond, The Black Book of Outsourcing is a comprehensive guide and directory for the evolving field of outsourcing, including expert advice on how to operate an outsourcing program. Valuable governance checklists, offshoring insights, best practices and one-of-kind resources are...
Heroic Tales
A Collection Of 19 Great Tales- Novels, Novella, And Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Imagine: you are seated about a blazing campfire, your and the other bards. Tales of Achilles, Beowulf, Alexander, Odysseus, Conan, Tarzan, Joan of Arc and other heroes are told, along with new ones that carry on with the Jungian archetypes so central to our very nature. Men and women who brave the...
by Deering, Rachel; Jordan, Justin; Bunn
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
In The Dark is a monstrous collection of all-new original terror tales from the darkest and most brilliant minds in comics and prose. Featuring an introduction by American Vampire, The Wake, and Severed writer Scott Snyder, and a frightful feature on the history of horror comics, through their rotten rise and dreadful decline by comic book historian Mike Howlett!
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