Watson: 1865 books

Tommy Watson grew up in the Five Points area of Denver, Colorado, a crime-ridden neighborhood with gang violence, drugs, and poverty. Living in this type of neighborhood creates numerous obstacles and challenges for young African-Americans; however, Tommys biggest challenges were confronted behind...

In this eloquent first-person account of a family drama that changed the face of American business, the man who transformed IBM into the world's largest computer company reflects on his lifelong partnership with his father--and how their management style and shared dedication to excellence united...

British Science Fiction award winner Ian Watson graces us here with a brilliant new collection of short stories and essays. Though he dazzles the reader with his footwork in the kaleidoscope intensity of his vision, each piece is plainly the work of a master craftsman. Whether he is dealing...

`This is a real feast of a book. ... a landmark book. It is clear enough to be used as a teaching text, and could make an excellent introduction to the discipline for those courageous enough to revise their courses.' International Affairs `This is a bold, successful and valuable book... It...

Based on real events. Customer Reviews: “Wow loved this book! This is a transgender story at its finest”. “I bought this book out of curiosity and wow, I got more than I bargained for! ” “I've read this twice now and I swear it just gets better with every read. ” “If...

Tom Watson, a few months short of his sixtieth birthday, led the 2009 British Open with one hole to play and came within an unlucky bounce of winning it for the sixth time. His stunning performance electrified the golf world and showcased a swing that has endured as a model of good mechanics, rhythm,...

A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist takes us on a personal and historic journey from Mogadishu through Rwanda to Afghanistan and Iraq. With the click of a shutter the world came to know Staff Sgt. William David Cleveland Jr. as a desecrated corpse. In the split-second that Paul Watson had...

Sent to live in the humidity of rural Florida with his grandparents and his sixteen-year-old Aunt Delia for the summer, twelve-year-old Travis becomes absorbed in the closed ways of small-town life. Captivated by Delia, Travis watches her attempt to find a place for herself in the socially stunted,...

An acknowledged classic of narrative nature-writing, Donald Watson's The Hen Harrier was the culmination of a lifetime's study of this beautiful upland bird. A gentle, warm and wonderfully written book, The Hen Harrier stems from an age of 'amateur' conservation, from the pen of a man who cared deeply...

Se Dio provasse a mettersi in contatto con l'umanità non sarebbe facile riconoscerlo. Se poi, andando nell'Aldilà, scoprissimo che Dio è a capo di una Società, sarebbe sorprendente. Come sapere che Gesù, in realtà, aveva un fratello gemello. Ian Watson e Roberto Quaglia si misurano con la divinità...

"These are wonderful, witty, wise poems in love with language and singing the music of the world with all its pleasures and piquancies, its oddities and tragedies. Ellen Doré Watson's vision is agile with quick shifts in direction and vivid juxtapositions. The poems in pray me stay eager contain...

Parce qu’un castor avec qui il s’était lié d’amitié est tué par des trappeurs, le jeune Paul Watson âgé de onze ans écume les alentours de son village du Nouveau-Brunswick pour trouver et détruire les pièges. C’est le point de départ de quarante ans d’activisme pour celui que le...

UN BEAU LIVRE NUMERIQUE Le golf est intemporel. Mais pour la plupart des golfeurs leur swing ne l’est pas. Tom Watson, une des véritables légendes du jeu, dévoile les coulisses des techniques du swing qui lui ont permis de rester au sommet du golf pendant quatre décennies. Connu...

Fifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision, he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution—from Mendel’s garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the...