Books with author John Tyerman Williams

This author sets out to prove that the whole of western philosophy, from the cosmologists of Ancient Greece to the existentialists of the twentieth century may be found in the pages of "Winnie-the-Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner". He attempts to show how the "Great Bear" explains and often illuminates the most profound ideas of the greatest thinkers of history, from Plato, Hume and Kant to Nietzsche, Heidegger and Sartre. The book is illustrated with a selection of E.H. Shepard's original drawings.

For more than 50 years, Mr. Met, the original Major League Baseball mascot, has thrilled New Yorkers and New York Mets fans alike. Take a walk through history with "We'll Call You Mr. Met!" and learn Mr. Met's life story, from the early days at the Polo Grounds, to Shea Stadium and the "Miracle Mets," all the way to Citi Field, where new Mets memories are made every season."We'll Call You Mr. Met!" is a brand new baseball book, officially licensed by Major League Baseball, and makes a great gift for kids and adults of all ages!

Deemed "the greatest American novel you've never heard of" by The New Yorker, and similarly celebrated in most major publications in America and Britain (and increasingly in other countries where it has been translated), this novel by the National Book Award-winning author of Augustus and Butcher's Crossing all but disappeared after its 1965 publication

The powerful story of a vibrant African American family torn apart by inner turmoil and the injustices perpetrated by a racist society Sissie Joplin is dying, and her surviving children have come to say good-bye. Estranged from their mother for years, Iris and Ralph have both achieved success—Iris as a jazz singer in Europe and Ralph as a playwright—but the pain of their youth remains forever alive in their memories. Sissie, too, remembers: the bitter struggles and the devastating tragedies; the indignities, cruelties, and deprivations visited upon a strong-willed black woman—and on the once proud men in her life ultimately defeated by a white society that at times seemed devoted to their destruction. Sissie was not always wise or fair, and her actions often did more harm than good, but she survived. And now, at the end of her life, it is time for a reckoning—and one last opportunity to heal. A powerfully affecting family saga and a provocative indictment of racism in America, Sissie is a magnificent achievement by John A. Williams, the award-winning author heralded by Ishmael Reed as “the best African American writer of the century.”