Books with author J. Wilson

Set in the harsh desert world of the Arizona Territory and northern Mexico during the 1870s, Written in Blood, the first installment of the Desert Legends Trilogy, follows young Jim Doolen as he attempts to find some trace of the father who abandoned his family ten years earlier. As he travels through a scorched landscape very different from the lush West Coast forests of his home, Jim crosses paths with an assortment of intriguing characters, including an Apache warrior, a cave-dwelling mystic, an old Mexican revolutionary and a mysterious cowboy. And with each encounter he learns something more of the strange world he has entered and adds one more link in a chain that leads back to his father-and back to a dark, violent past. As his story approaches its thrilling conclusion in a ruined Mexican hacienda, Jim comes to realize that his father's life was much more complex than he had imagined, and that, in discovering his past, he has opened the way to his future.

Sentenced to death for abandoning his unit, a soldier recounts the events leading up to his arrest. The reality of trench warfare is a shock to Allan McBride. Like many other young soldiers, he enthusiastically signed up for the chance to join the war effort and be a part of the fighting. But after months in the ravaged battlefields, watching men, including his friend Ken, get blown up by German shelling, something in Allan snaps and he leaves his unit, believing he is "walking home to Canada" to get help for his friend. After nearly a week of wandering aimlessly, Allan is taken in by a band of real deserters - men who have abandoned their units and live on the edge of survival in the woods of northern France. Once Allan realizes what he's done, he is paralyzed by the reality of his circumstance: if he stays with these men, it's possible they will be found and have to face the consequences; and if he returns to his unit, he will be charged with desertion - a charge punishable by death. In this outstanding new title in the I Am Canada series, acclaimed author John Wilson explores life in the horrific trenches of WWI and the effect of battle on a shell-shocked soldier.

Sam and Annabel are on vacation with Annabel's parents in Italy. While visiting the small hilltop town of Civita, they hear rumors of looted gold from World War II buried somewhere in the town's network of underground tunnels and caves. Once again the two friends cross paths with their old nemesis, Humphrey Battleford, but he is not the only one in pursuit of the gold. An intimidating man named Kurt, the grandson of a ruthless Nazi, is also snooping around. After Annabel is kidnapped, Sam must solve the mystery of the hidden treasure to save his friend. This is the fourth mystery featuring Sam and Annabel, after Stolen, Bones and Lost.

LOVE FIGHTS BACK I will never regret my decision to take a stand and fight, it's what my heart beats for. As my flesh bruises and bleeds in front of the chanting crowd; there is only one thing on my mind – HER. Dark forces are gathering, but an unearthly guardian is already moving to choose a hero. Chase Dawning competes in his first MMA competition organized by the Volkov’s, a well-connected Russian mafia, strategically deepening their territory to the inner city of St. Louis. After a love-at-first-sight moment, Chase endeavors to save the newly hired Julianne Love from the son of the mafia boss. Together they struggle to weather an unnatural evil relentlessly pursuing them. To survive the opposition, he must fight to save the world, but first… he must face his fear of her. “Not everything is angels and demons; your world is not alone.”

A camp mystery for learning to read! Your 5-7 year old child will be reading a simple chapter book with 1-3 syllable words with all five short vowel sounds like “fishing” and “fantastic”. This vocabulary builds on the decodable words in previous books by Jane Wilson, or is great practice for kids reading at about a first grade level. By the time your child has read the books in this series, she will also have had practice with over half of the two hundred most commonly used printed words. While this book is about kids at summer camp, a mystery builds as pranks seem to be occurring. “Who Did That?” Color-coding breaks the multi-syllable words into the parts your child has been reading, gradually adding skills for reading longer words. Parent tips include reading comprehension questions including opportunities for your child to predict what will happen next. Discussion of character qualities includes responsibility and sportsmanship. Also included in this book are many games to help your child sound out words and other fun parent-child activities. Enjoy!

Excerpt from Solid Geometry and Conic Sections: With Appendices on Transversals, and Harmonic Division, for the Use of SchoolsThis work is an endeavour to introduce into schools some portions of Solid Geometry which are now very little read in England. The first twenty-one Propositions of Euclid's Eleventh Book are usually all the Solid Geometry that a boy reads till he meets with the subject again in the course of his analytical studies. And this is a matter of regret, because this part Of Geometry is specially valuable and attractive. In it the attention Of the student is strongly called to the subject matter of the reasoning; the geometrical imagination is exercised; the methods employed in it are more ingenious than those in Plane Geometry, and have greater difficulties to meet; and the applications Of it in practice are more varied.I have added short Appendices on Transversals, and on Harmonic Division, which will, I hope, be found useful.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In this novel by John Wilson set during the Battle of Stalingrad, three participants -- two fighters and a boy -- are caught in its horrors. Their story is told over seven days of fierce and deadly street-by-street fighting. Vasily is a patriotic Russian soldier determined to rid his country of the hated Nazi invaders -- if he can stay alive long enough. Conrad is a German tank officer, part of the seemingly unstoppable force sweeping eastward over the steppe, expecting a quick victory over Stalin's ill-trained and badly equipped army. Between them is eight-year-old Sergei, whose home is the maze of rubble that used to be the city of Stalingrad. None of them can know that their fates will be intertwined as the cataclysm engulfs them.

Hugs, Kisses, and Tickles TOO! Is a wonderful book for parents to read and interact with their little ones. This book isnt just for mommies and daddies to enjoy with their babies, Its for everyone! The story starts off with happy hugs, sweet kisses, then fun fulfilled tickles for the ending, which is a great way to start the day, end a game, or just to put a smile your little ones face.