Sloan Wilson: 11 books
Ice Brothers
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
The bestselling World War II adventure story based on Sloan Wilson’s experiences as a Coast Guard officer on the Greenland patrol
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Paul Schuman, a college senior and summer sailor, enlists in the Coast Guard. His beautiful, mercurial wife, Sylvia, wants him...
Evolution for Everyone
How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?
These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories...
The Neighborhood Project
Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
After decades studying creatures great and small, evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson had an epiphany: Darwin's theory won't fully prove itself until it improves the quality of human life in a practical sense. And what better place to begin than his hometown of Binghamton, New York? Making a...
Does Altruism Exist?
Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
David Sloan Wilson, one of the world’s leading evolutionists, addresses a question that has puzzled philosophers, psychologists, and evolutionary biologists for centuries: Does altruism exist naturally among the Earth’s creatures? The key to understanding the existence of altruism, Wilson argues,...
This View of Life
Completing the Darwinian Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
It is widely understood that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to David Sloan Wilson, the Darwinian revolution won’t be truly complete until it is applied more broadly—to everything associated with the words “human,” “culture,”...
The World War II Novels
Voyage to Somewhere, Pacific Interlude, and Ice Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Three novels of life at sea during World War II from the bestselling author of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and A Summer Place.
Drawing on his own experiences as a US Coast Guard officer, Sloan Wilson sheds a unique light on World War II in these three unforgettable novels.
Voyage...
Pacific Interlude
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
During the last days of World War II, a young officer braves enemy fire and a maverick crew on the open waters and in the steamy ports of the South Pacific
Twenty-five-year-old Coast Guard lieutenant Sylvester Grant, a veteran of the Greenland Patrol, has just been given command of a small...
by Sloan Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Universally acclaimed when first published in 1955, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit captured the mood of a generation. Its title - like Catch-22 and Fahrenheit 451 - has become a part of America's cultural vocabulary. Tom Rath doesn't want anything extraordinary out of life: just a decent home, enough...
The Nurture Effect
How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
A fascinating look at the evolution of behavioral science, the revolutionary way it’s changing the way we live, and how nurturing environments can increase people’s well-being in virtually every aspect of our society, from early childhood education to corporate practices. If you want to know how...
Voyage to Somewhere
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
From the bestselling author of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, a World War II novel that is as thrilling as it is true to life
Hoping to draw a nice, lengthy shore duty after two years at sea, Lieutenant Barton is instead told that he is being sent right back out, this time as captain of...
by Sloan Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2011
First published in 1958 and then turned into a film of the same name in 1959 featuring Troy Donahue, Sandra Dee, Dorothy McGuire and Richard Egan, this classic romance is available for the first time in ebook format. Ken and Sylvia met twice at the Summer Place. The first summer they were in their teens....