Books with author D. Charles Wilson

In 1974 Federal Judge George H. Boldt issued one of the most sweeping rulings in the history of the Pacific Northwest, affirming the treaty rights of Northwest tribal fishermen and allocating to them 50 percent of the harvestable catch of salmon and steelhead. Among the Indians testifying in Judge Boldt’s courtroom were Nisqually tribal leader Billy Frank, Jr., and his 95-year-old father, whose six acres along the Nisqually River, known as Frank’s Landing, had been targeted for years by state game wardens in the so-called Fish Wars.By the 1960s the Landing had become a focal point for the assertion of tribal treaty rights in the Northwest. It also lay at the moral center of the tribal sovereignty movement nationally. The confrontations at the Landing hit the news and caught the conscience of many. Like the schoolhouse steps at Little Rock, or the bridge at Selma, Frank’s Landing came to signify a threshold for change, and Billy Frank, Jr., became a leading architect of consensus, a role he continues today as one of the most colorful and accomplished figures in the modern history of the Pacific Northwest.In Messages from Frank’s Landing, Charles Wilkinson explores the broad historical, legal, and social context of Indian fishing rights in the Pacific Northwest, providing a dramatic account of the people and issues involved. He draws on his own decades of experience as a lawyer working with Indian people, and focuses throughout on Billy Frank and the river flowing past Frank’s Landing. In all aspects of Frank’s life as an activist, from legal settlements negotiated over salmon habitats destroyed by hydroelectric plants, to successful negotiations with the U.S. Army for environmental protection of tribal lands, Wilkinson points up the significance of the traditional Indian world view - the powerful and direct legacy of Frank’s father, conveyed through generations of Indian people who have crafted a practical working philosophy and a way of life. Drawing on many hours spent talking and laughing with Billy Frank while canoeing the Nisqually watershed, Wilkinson conveys words of respect and responsibility for the earth we inhabit and for the diverse communities the world encompasses. These are the messages from Frank’s Landing. Wilkinson brings welcome clarity to complex legal issues, deepening our insight into a turbulent period in the political and environmental history of the Northwest.

Introduction By Liz GoldfarbIf you're looking for something scary in YA, 'The Dark Matter Directive' by D.Charles Wilson qualifies. It's Book One of his 'Dark Jessings' series. The plot is deceptively simple: two teenaged brothers find they can control ghosts. Two parts Stephen King and one part Huckleberry Finn, this YA adventure should be on the hit list of anyone craving a scare-your-hair-white roller coaster ride. Oddball characters like a crackpot physicist who repels ghosts with stolen space shuttle parts, a Maori mentor, and a psychic who dresses like Cher make it fun. With a splash of science thrown in, it's got a geek-feel to it. It's been described as 'Poltergeist' meets 'Back To The Future.' As The Midwest Book Review said: A nice addition to any YA collection. Some scenes are frightening but there's no gore. Definitely catch this one where you can.—Liz.From inside the book jacket:Something very strange is happening to fourteen-year-old Eric Jessing, and his thirteen-year-old brother, Kevin. They are attracting supernatural forces like a pair of paranormal lightning rods. Now, torn between the normal life they need to hang onto, and the irresistible pull of a world filled with dark forces they can control, they arrive at an astonishing turning point. An ancient ghost, known as The Red Horseman, has emerged from the mists of time to capture the boys, and absorb their newfound ability. And it is much too powerful to control. Guided by the wisdom of a retired particle physicist and paranormal expert named Harker Jefferies, They embark on a frightening journey overseas to try and defeat the powerful entity, but it will arrive at an unimaginable price. Eric and Kevin must find deep courage, and untangle a terrifying secret that will change their lives forever."Darrin Charles Wilson's writing is so powerful and so convincing that I couldn't help but be reminded of the first time I read Pet Cemetery."- Alisonbookmarks.com"I can tell you that The Dark Matter Directive should not be read while you are sitting alone... I couldn't close the book."- Webereading.com"This book was scary... the kind of freaky weirdness that makes you double check the locks and hide under the covers. Every time I go to a hotel I’m going to get visual images of that thing in the stairwell. Thanks a lot."- Reading for Sanity"The dilemma of Eric and Kevin makes for intriguing reading. The Dark Matter Directive is a fine addition to any young adult fiction collection."- Midwest Book Review

THE FIRE GODS AND OTHER ADVENTURE STORIES features four novels by noted British adventure writer Major Charles Gilson. Set in the early decades of the 20th century, Gilson's stories follow the adventures of young British lads in the Congo, on the high seas and in colonial Africa during the Great War, and in South America in a hunt for lost Inca treasure.• Treasure of Kings• Across the Cameroons• Submarine U93• The Fire-GodsMajor Charles James Louis Gilson (1878-1943) was a British soldier and prolific writer of adventures primarily for young adults. Born in Essex, Gilson rose to the rank of major in the British army. His works often touched on lost races, lost worlds, or yellow peril themes, and were generally supportive of British imperialism. He published more than two dozen adventures in a career spanning nearly thirty years.

Something very strange is happening to fourteen-year-old Eric Jessing, and his thirteen-year-old brother, Kevin. They are attracting supernatural forces like a pair of paranormal lightning rods. Now, torn between the normal life they need to hang onto, and the irresistible pull of a world filled with dark forces they can control, they arrive at an astonishing turning point. An ancient ghost, known as The Red Horseman, has emerged from the mists of time to capture the boys, and absorb their newfound ability. And it is much too powerful to control. Guided by the wisdom of a retired particle physicist and paranormal expert named Harker Jefferies, They embark on a frightening journey overseas to try and defeat the powerful entity, but it will arrive at an unimaginable price. Eric and Kevin must find deep courage, and untangle a terrifying secret that will change their lives forever.

This is a book with three intertwined themes. First, it is about the character of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott as displayed in his fearless no-holds battle with the far-left radicals at Sydney University (1976-1980). Second, it is about what it means to be a philosophical conservative in a leftist world. Few espouse a conservative worldview as articulately as Tony Abbott. Third, it is about the author's critique of the student rebellion and the radicalism driving it. The author lived through the tumultuous years of the 1960s and 1970s revolution. In 2012, a passage in David Marr's book POLITICAL ANIMAL: THE MAKING OF TONY ABBOTT caused uproar across Australia. The passage was about an incident of violence that (allegedly) occurred thirty-five years earlier when Abbott was a student at Sydney University. Abbott’s many critics in politics and the media considered the (alleged) incident indisputable evidence for the views they had long held about him.Abbott was sexist and hated women; men were the natural leaders of society; in politics he was brutal and insensitive. Above all this was the irrational discriminatory religion that motivated him. Abbott had no place in politics. Indeed, feminist Susan Mitchell strove to make the case in her book TONY ABBOTT; A MAN'S MAN that Abbott was ‘dangerous’.But how well do their books stand up to scrutiny? How well does their judgment of Abbott, widely accepted among the left, bear close investigation? How much is a caricature for political purposes, and how much is supported by the evidence?In TONY ABBOTT AND THE TIMES OF REVOLUTION, the author investigates. He traces Abbott’s political development from school through to the end of his time at Sydney University (1963-1980). A contemporary of Abbott’s and sharing a similar background, the author draws on his experiences and reactions to the tumultuous times of the 1960s and 1970s in addition to the documentary research. The book is in four parts: the school years and the 1960s revolution; student radicalism at Sydney University 1973-1975, the prelude to Abbott’s arrival on campus; Abbott’s engagement with the far left (1976-1980); and the media and Abbott.What emerges from the author’s tracing of Abbott’s combat with the far-left on campus is the waging of a heroic battle on behalf of Western Civilisation against the combined forces of Marxism in its multiple manifestations.But the book is not only about Tony Abbott, the student motivated by a carefully defined natural law conservatism. It is as much about what it means to be a philosophical conservative in a leftist world. Tony Abbott is a symbol of the true-blue philosophical conservative. It is as much about the social upheaval of the times (1960s and 1970s) and about the author’s reflections. Tony Abbott becomes a vehicle through which the author expresses his scathing critique of the student rebellion.In the final chapter, the author reviews the evidence for the incident of alleged violence in Marr's book, and finds none of it makes sense.

This is a book with three intertwined themes. First, it is about the character of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott as displayed in his fearless no-holds battle with the far-left radicals at Sydney University (1976-1980). Second, it is about what it means to be a philosophical conservative in a leftist world. Few espouse a conservative worldview as articulately as Tony Abbott. Third, it is about the author's critique of the student rebellion and the radicalism driving it. The author lived through the tumultuous years of the 1960s and 1970s revolution.In 2012, a passage in David Marr's book POLITICAL ANIMAL: THE MAKING OF TONY ABBOTT caused uproar across Australia. The passage was about an incident of violence that (allegedly) occurred thirty-five years earlier when Abbott was a student at Sydney University. Abbott’s many critics in politics and the media considered the (alleged) incident indisputable evidence for the views they had long held about him.Abbott was sexist and hated women; men were the natural leaders of society; in politics he was brutal and insensitive. Above all this was the irrational discriminatory religion that motivated him. Abbott had no place in politics. Indeed, feminist Susan Mitchell strove to make the case in her book TONY ABBOTT; A MAN'S MAN that Abbott was ‘dangerous’.But how well do their books stand up to scrutiny? How well does their judgment of Abbott, widely accepted among the left, bear close investigation? How much is a caricature for political purposes, and how much is supported by the evidence?In TONY ABBOTT AND THE TIMES OF REVOLUTION, the author investigates. He traces Abbott’s political development from school through to the end of his time at Sydney University (1963-1980). A contemporary of Abbott’s and sharing a similar background, the author draws on his experiences and reactions to the tumultuous times of the 1960s and 1970s in addition to the documentary research. The book is in four parts: the school years and the 1960s revolution; student radicalism at Sydney University 1973-1975, the prelude to Abbott’s arrival on campus; Abbott’s engagement with the far left (1976-1980); and the media and Abbott.What emerges from the author’s tracing of Abbott’s combat with the far-left on campus is the waging of a heroic battle on behalf of Western Civilisation against the combined forces of Marxism in its multiple manifestations.But the book is not only about Tony Abbott, the student motivated by a carefully defined natural law conservatism. It is as much about what it means to be a philosophical conservative in a leftist world. Tony Abbott is a symbol of the true-blue philosophical conservative. It is as much about the social upheaval of the times (1960s and 1970s) and about the author’s reflections. Tony Abbott becomes a vehicle through which the author expresses his scathing critique of the student rebellion.In the final chapter, the author reviews the evidence for the incident of alleged violence in Marr's book, and finds none of it makes sense.