William Giles: 172 books

Book cover of A True Hero
by William Henry Giles Kingston
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012

A fantastic historical adventure novel set in 17th Century America by the master of juvenile fiction William Henry Giles Kingston.
Book cover of In the Wilds of Africa
by William Henry Giles Kingston
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

I had already made a trip to the West Indies, and two to this terrible coast; and as I had escaped without an attack of yellow fever, or cholera, when the Liverpool owners of the brig Osprey—commanded by Captain Page, an old African trader—offered me a berth as supercargo, I willingly accepted it....
Book cover of A True Hero: A Story of the Days of William Penn
by William Henry Giles Kingston
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

The Protectorate had come to an end ten years before the period when our story commences; and Charles the Second, restored to the throne of England, had since been employed in outraging all the right feelings of the people over whom he was called to reign, and in lowering the English name, which had...
Book cover of Pragmatism and Other Writings
by William James, Giles Gunn
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000

The writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed the most engaging formulation of American pragmatism. 'Pragmatism' grew out of a set of lectures and the full...
Book cover of The Story of Nelson also "The Grateful Indian", "The Boatswain's Son"
by William Henry Giles Kingston
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

My great ambition as a boy was to be a sailor; the idea of becoming one occupied my thoughts by day and influenced my dreams by night. I delighted in reading naval histories and exploits and tales of the sea, and I looked upon Rodney, Howe, Nelson, and Saint Vincent, as well as Duncan, Collingwood, Exmouth,...
Book cover of Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages and Discoveries
by William Henry Giles Kingston
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

Among all those Englishmen who, from a humble origin, have risen to an honourable position, Captain James Cook is especially worthy of record. His parents were of the peasant class—his father having commenced life as a farm-labourer, and his mother being a cottager’s daughter. Probably, however,...
Book cover of John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
by William Henry Giles Kingston
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2016

W.H.G. Kingston was a 19th century American writer best known for writing kids adventure novels that were very popular with boys at the time. His books are still widely read today.
Book cover of Political Communication

Political Communication

The Manship School Guide

by Monica Ancu, Robert H. Binstock, Charlie Cook
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011

A new era of political power has arrived, one in which the social media forces of Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter indisputably play a larger role in the political process. In this revised and expanded edition of Political Communication: The Manship School Guide, edited by Robert Mann and David D. Perlmutter,...
Book cover of Asperger Syndrome and Social Relationships

Asperger Syndrome and Social Relationships

Adults Speak Out about Asperger Syndrome

by Stephen William Cornwell, Alexandra Brown, Vicky Bliss
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2008

This book is essential reading to understand the social abilities of adults with Asperger's syndrome. The contributors each have different personalities and experiences, but together they provide a range of strategies to encourage people with Asperger's syndrome to achieve the social relationships...
Book cover of Delivering Carrier Ethernet: Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN
by Abdul Kasim, Prasanna Adhikari, Nan Chen
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2007

Understand and evaluate the delivery of Carrier Ethernet using different technologies Carrier Ethernet is rapidly becoming the de facto platform for offering the next generation of high-bandwidth multimedia applications. Delivering Carrier Ethernet: Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN provides,...
Book cover of The Secret Of The Island. Illustrated (Mobi Classics)
by Jules Verne,William Henry Giles Kingston (Translator)
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

It was now two years and a half since the castaways from the balloon had been thrown on Lincoln Island, and during that period there had been no communication between them and their fellow-creatures. Once the reporter had attempted to communicate with the inhabited world by confiding to a bird a letter...
Book cover of Peter The Whaler: His Early Life And Adventures In The Arctic Regions
by Kingston William Henry Giles
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006

Exciting adventures and expeditions of nautical life are presented in this work. The bravery and perseverance with which the protagonist faces hardships and hurdles of life is simply inspirational. His courage makes both him and the reader wiser and stronger in their beliefs. Motivating!
Book cover of Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
by William Henry Giles Kingston
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

My father, Eric Wetherholm, was a Shetlander. He was born in the Isle of Unst, the most northern of those far-off islands, the Shetlands. He loved his native land, though it might be said to be somewhat backward in point of civilisation; though no trees are to be found in it much larger than gooseberry...
Book cover of Villegagnon: A Tale of the Huguenot Persecution
by William Henry Giles Kingston
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

The question was put by a beautiful girl scarcely yet verging on womanhood to a fine intelligent youth, two or three years her senior, as they paced slowly on together through the gardens of the Louvre on the banks of the Seine, flowing at that period bright and clear amid fields and groves. Before them...
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