Robert Wilson: 160 books

The first major biography of P.T. Barnum in a generation, a vivid account of the forefather of American entertainment. P. T. Barnum was the greatest showman the world has ever seen: the cocreator of the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the man who made worldwide sensations of Jumbo the Elephant,...

In this, one of the year's most compelling biographies, Robert Wilson paints a brilliant portrait of Clarence King -- a scientist-explorer whose mountain-scaling, desert-crossing, river-fording, blizzard-surviving adventures helped create the new West of the nineteenth century. A sort of Howard...

The Sex Magicians is the first novel by Robert Edward Wilson. It revolves around the goings-on at the Orgasm Research Foundation; its main protagonists are Josie Welch and Dr. Roger Prong.

Book 3 in the Charles Boxer Series Charlie Boxer, an expert at solving kidnappings, and his ex-wife Detective Mercy Dunqah are tasked with taking down a bold and heartless crime syndicate responsible for the abduction of six children.   Two years after the events of You Will Never Find Me...

More than 120 years after the White Caps terrorized Sevier County in East Tennessee, longtime residents still wont talk about the lawless band of vigilantes. But veteran journalist Robert Wilson shines a spotlight on the group with this detailed history. Relying on a primary source--The White...

Klaus Felsen, forced out of his Berlin factory into the SS, arrives in a luminous Lisbon, where Nazis and Allies, refugees and entrepreneurs, dance to the strains of opportunism and despair. Felsen's assignment takes him to the bleak mountains of the north where a devious and brutal battle is being...

Now What? offers hope for parents of teens who are struggling to succeed in high school. As a 32 year veteran teacher I compare traits of high achieving verses failing students, explain the realities of typical high schools, and offer practical, realistic suggestions for parents of at-risk teens.

Kendall Huffman begins her senior year of high school unaware that the challenges that await her test her sense of self, and she must face those challenges alone. Crossing Six is the story of a teen forced to examine her beliefs and values without the companionship of her boyfriend, Brad, who betrays...

Charles Boxer arruinou a sua vida familiar. Primeiro o exército, depois a polícia, seguindo-se missões de alto risco de resgate de vítimas de rapto. A ex-mulher e a filha aprenderam a viver sem ele à medida que o seu trabalho o foi levando a lugares de onde nenhum homem regressa ileso.A tentativa...

A critique of how the USA, the richest country in the world, became mediocre on the world stage of men's football (soccer), and how to get from here to become #1 in the world for both the men and the women.

This is a book of poems. Some of the poems are funny, but most of all the poems are about things that inspired me.

Um livro ambientado em Lisboa e pano de fundo da II Guerra Mundial. 1941. Klaus Felsen, o proprietário de uma fábrica em Berlim, é forçado a alistar-se nas SS e a dirigir-se a Lisboa, cidade de luz, onde ao ritmo dos dias convergem nazis e aliados, refugiados e especuladores, todos dançando ao...

Um detective torturado, três perturbadores suicídios, um mundo de terror. Mario Vega tem sete anos e a sua vida vai mudar para sempre. Numa casa de um subúrbio rico de Sevilha, o pai jaz morto no chão da cozinha e a mãe foi sufocada na sua própria cama. Inicialmente parece ser um suicídio,...

Um livro ambientado em Lisboa e pano de fundo da II Guerra Mundial. Lisboa, 1944. No calor tórrido do Verão, as ruas da capital fervilham de espiões e informadores, enquanto os serviços secretos disputam em silêncio a última partida. Os alemães dominam a tecnologia dos foguetões e a pesquisa...