Jonathan Wilson: 45 books
Future Leader
Rebooting Leadership To Win The Millennial And Tech Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2018
If you have been granted the privilege and the opportunity to lead a team, then this book is for you. Organizations of all sizes and in all industries are being radically and permanently reshaped by two external forces: generational churn and rapid technological advancement. The force of generational...
Behind the Curtain
Football in Eastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
From the war-ravaged streets of Sarajevo, where turning up for training involved dodging snipers' bullets, to the crumbling splendour of Budapest's Bozsik Stadium, where the likes of Puskás and Kocsis masterminded the fall of England, the landscape of Eastern Europe has changed immeasurably since...
God's Economy
Redefining the Health and Wealth Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
While “health and wealth” proponents urge Christians to claim for themselves material blessings, others insist that God’s best gifts can’t be enjoyed until heaven. The truth of God’s intentions, writes acclaimed author Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, is far greater than either perspective suggests.Packed...
by Jonathan Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Part of the Jewish Encounter series
Novelist and critic Jonathan Wilson clears away the sentimental mists surrounding an artist whose career spanned two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the birth of the State of Israel. Marc Chagall’s work addresses these transforming...
Kick and Run
Memoir with Soccer Ball
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Growing up Jewish in London with a difficult home life, Jonathan Wilson had plenty of reasons to feel he didn't belong, and one reason to feel certain he did: football. Wilson discovered his love for the game as a young boy; through his adolescence and adulthood and well into his later years it remained...
Reconstructing the Gospel
Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
"I am a man torn in two. And the gospel I inherited is divided." Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove grew up in the Bible Belt in the American South as a faithful church-going Christian. But he gradually came to realize that the gospel his Christianity proclaimed was not good news for everybody. The...
Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
The final word on Brian Clough
In this first full, critical biography, Jonathan Wilson draws an intimate and powerful portrait of one of England's greatest football managers, Brian Clough, and his right-hand man, Peter Taylor. It was in the unforgiving world of post-war football where their...
The Anatomy of England
A History in Ten Matches
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010
Having invented the game, everything that has followed for England and its national football team has been something of an anticlimax. There was, of course, the golden summer of 1966, and the great period of English dominance on the world stage, which fell roughly between 1886 and 1900, when England...
An Ambulance Is on the Way
Stories of Men in Trouble
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2010
National Jewish Book Award finalist Jonathan Wilson’s uproariously funny stories showcase the neuroses of suburban men as they ruminate, self-medicate, and acclimate to the rhythms of middle age.
From the slacker husband who spends his day running household errands, chatting up the local...
The Wisdom of Stability: Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture
Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Voted Best Book of 2010 by Englewood Review of Books "In whatever place you live, do not easily leave it." –Abba Anthony In an age where we might email a friend in Africa, skype a co-worker in Brazil, and teleconference with people in different time zones–all in one day–the sheer speed...
Strangers at My Door
A True Story of Finding Jesus in Unexpected Guests
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Jesus Told Us Where to Find Him. Just Look for an Outcast.
His first followers knew that Jesus could be found with the fatherless, the widows, and the hungry and homeless. He said that he himself was a stranger, and commended those who welcomed him. If he really meant these things, what would...
The Anatomy of Manchester United
A History in Ten Matches
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
Award-winning football writer Jonathan Wilson selects ten landmark matches from Manchester United's history, from the first time they lifted the FA Cup, beating Bristol City in 1909, to the Cup victory of 2016 that proved to be Louis van Gaal's last game in charge. In doing so, he identifies the pivotal...
Revolutionen auf dem Rasen
Eine Geschichte der Fußballtaktik
Language: German
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Was Ballkünstler wie Messi oder Ronaldo heute mit ihren Teams auf dem Platz vollbringen, hat mit dem ursprünglichen englischen Kick wenig gemeinsam. Ausgehend von der klassischen Anfangsformation mit nur zwei Verteidigern, revolutionierten berühmte Trainer und Spieler immer wieder die taktische...
Revolutionen auf dem Rasen
Eine Geschichte der Fußballtaktik
Language: German
Release Date: March 13, 2015
Warum spielen die Engländer so gern Kick-and-rush? Wer erfand den Totaalvoetbal? Und warum hasst ausgerechnet Pep Guardiola Tiki-Taka? In seiner fesselnden Geschichte der Fußballtaktik durchleuchtet Jonathan Wilson die Entwicklung des Spiels: von den chaotischen Anfängen in England bis zum Hochgeschwindigkeitsspiel...