Fred Wilson: 25 books

David Hume is often considered to have been a sceptic, particularly in his conception of the individual's knowledge of the external world. However, a closer examination of his works gives a much different impression of this aspect of Hume's philosophy, one that is due for a thorough scholarly analysis....

“I had a fantastic position, but I couldn’t figure out what to do next!” Sound familiar? If so, then Fred Wilson’s Simple Attacking Plans was written for you. The author distills the complexities of mounting an offensive against your opponent’s king down to four principles that lie at the root...

Veteran chess teachers and authors, Wilson and Alberston, who specialize in teaching chess to children, present 202 fascinating puzzles that are both instructional and fun. Large diagrams and clearly explained solutions will thrill kids as they work their way through the concepts while they have fun...

Veteran chess teachers and authors, Wilson and Alberston, who specialize in teaching chess to beginners and children, present 200 fascinating puzzles that are both instructional and fun. Large diagrams and clearly explained solutions will thrill players as they work their way through the concepts while...

Both a fascinating challenge and a great training tool, these tricky tactical problems are not only fun to solve, but great for advanced beginners, intermediate, and expert players to use as tools to improve their game.  Tactics are presented in order of difficulty, so that players can advance from...

Leading international artists and art educators consider the challenges of art education in today's dramatically changed art world. The last explosive change in art education came nearly a century ago, when the German Bauhaus was formed. Today, dramatic changes in the art world—its increasing...

A fascinating challenge and great training tool, these two- three- and four-move checkmates are great for beginning, intermediate, and expert players. Mates are in order of difficulty, from simple to very complex positions. Learn the standard patterns for cornering the king, corridor and support mates,...

A carefully selected entertaining and instructive collection of tactical chess puzzles. The authors-both veteran professional chess instructors-have collected or created 303 typical game situations. Finding the right answer will bring about a forced checkmate or a winning material superiority. Divided...

The purpose of this essay is to defend the deductive-nomological model of explanation against a number of criticisms that have been made of it. It has traditionally been thought that scientific explanations were causal and that scientific explanations involved deduction from laws. In recent years,...

Poursuivant toujours plus intensément son voyage initiatique au coeur de son enfance, Wonderball se lance à la poursuite d'Alan Smithee... Le lien entre le célèbre photographe et les Alphas est maintenant évident. Grâce aux indications du Fantôme, il parvient à le capturer pour l'interroger....

Washington, 1965. Le Président réélu inaugure son second mandat par une offensive terrestre déterminante sur le nord Vietnam communiste. Tandis qu'en Amérique, la contestation grandi et que le pays sombre lentement dans la dictature, French, un engagé volontaire au Vietnam, abat un officier...

À la veille de se présenter à la candidature présidentielle, Joe Kennedy envoie ses fils charger une livraison d'alcool en provenance de la Nouvelle-Orléans, capitale française depuis l'indépendance américaine et port d'attache de tous les trafiquants du pays. Mais quand la mafia, un shérif...

Fin de partie pour l'inspecteur Spadaccini, le flic le plus désaxé de San Francisco, avec une montée en puissance de la tension et des révélations en cascade dans ce dernier tome orchestré par Duval & Pécau ! L'affrontement final de Wonder avec son créateur va le confronter à un choix...

Neuf morts, neuf secondes, une seule arme : une enquête aux airs de « déjà vu » pour l'inspecteur Wonderball, le flic le plus désaxé de San Francisco. Une série policière à la croisée de XIII et L'Inspecteur Harry. Wonderball, suivant les indications du Fantôme, trouve dans l'Utah les...