William Wilson: 69 books
Stormwater
A Resource for Scientists, Engineers, and Policy Makers
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
As cities grow and climates change, precipitation increases, and with every great storm—from record-breaking Boston blizzards to floods in Houston—come buckets of stormwater and a deluge of problems. In Stormwater, William G. Wilson brings us the first expansive guide to stormwater science and...
Fantastic Stories Presents: Fantasy Super Pack #1
With linked Table of Contents
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present thirty-two wonderful tales of fantasy in this completely revised second edition text. More than seven hundred and fifty pages for your reading pleasure. Escape today! 'Immortal' by Shariann Lewitt; 'The Thing in the Attic' by James Blish;...
by William Julius Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
A preeminent sociologist of race explains a groundbreaking new framework for understanding racial inequality, challenging both conservative and liberal dogma.
In this timely and provocative contribution to the American discourse on race, William Julius Wilson applies an exciting new analytic...
IDEALS OF THE SAMURAI
Writings of Japanese Warriors
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Blockbuster movies and top-selling novels, such as ShŌgun and Musashi, may try to give us a picture of the Japanese warrior and the principles that guided him through life. But those portrayals are, essentially, outsiders’ views, and although perhaps valid in their own right, do not come from the...
Walking the Kiso Road
A Modern-Day Exploration of Old Japan
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Take a trip to old Japan with William Scott Wilson as he travels the ancient Kiso Road, a legendary route that remains much the same today as it was hundreds of years ago. The Kisoji, which runs through the Kiso Valley in the Japanese Alps, has been in use since at least 701 C.E. In the seventeenth...
by William Lyne Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
William Lyne Wilson was only seventeen and a half years old when South Carolina, voted for succession from the United States of America and sparked the Civil War into life. A native Virginian, Wilson, without hesitation, but with some foreboding, volunteered to join his southern brothers in arms in...
When Work Disappears
The World of the New Urban Poor
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Wilson, one of our foremost authorities on race and poverty, challenges decades of liberal and conservative pieties to look squarely at the devastating effects that joblessness has had on our urban ghettos. Marshaling a vast array of data and the personal stories of hundreds of men and women, Wilson...
The Lone Samurai
The Life of Miyamoto Musashi
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Miyamoto Musashi (1584?1645) was the legendary samurai known throughout the world as a master swordsman, spiritual seeker, and author of the classic book on strategy, the Book of Five Rings. Over 350 years after his death, Musashi and his legacy still fascinate us and continue to inspire artists,...
by William Gibson, Mark Teppo, Bruce Sterling
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Before email,
before the world wide web,
before hackers,
Before sexting,
before always-on GPS,
before titanium implants,
before Alexa, Cortana, and Siri,
before the computer in your pocket was more powerful than the one that sent astronauts to the moon,
there was cyberpunk.
And science fiction...
The One Taste of Truth
Zen and the Art of Drinking Tea
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Traditionally in China and Japan, drinking a cup of tea was an opportunity for contemplation, meditation, and an elevation of mind and spirit. Here, renowned translator William Scott Wilson distills what is singular and precious about this traditional tea culture, and he explores the fascinating connection...
Tally's Corner
A Study of Negro Streetcorner Men
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2003
The first edition of Tally's Corner, a sociological classic, was the first compelling response to the culture of poverty thesis_hat the poor are different and, according to conservatives, morally inferior—and alternative explanations that many African Americans are caught in a tangle of pathology...
The Declining Significance of Race
Blacks and Changing American Institutions, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
When first published in 1980, The Declining Significance of Race immediately sparked controversy with its contentious thesis that race was becoming less of a deciding factor in the life chances of black Americans than class. This new edition of the seminal book includes a new afterword in which William...
BUDOSHOSHINSHU
The Warrior’s Primer of Daidoji Yuzan
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
What does it mean to be a samurai in Japan when there are no battles to be fought? During the 17th century, Daidoji Yuzan set about to address the paradox of the existence of a warrior class during peacetime. His text, written for...
by William S. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
This book is especially timely based on two recent events. First, a 2012 Pew report revealed those declaring themselves Protestants dropped below fifty percent for the first time in history. In the same report, one in five declared themselves to be "religiously unaffiliated" with little...