Books with author Josh Wilson

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.

Through the eyes of a crow, scarecrows are monsters that should be avoided at all costs. Through the eyes of a scarecrow, crows are mindless feeding machines that destroy everything they encounter. See what happens when the weakest crow in the flock comes face to face with the most terrifying of all scarecrows, Pumpkin Face. Perhaps they will both see the world from a different perspective.

Smack dab in the middle of America, Kiddo, a 'scruffy' commitment-phobic mutt searches for his next 'unsuspecting human' to train as a bona fide dog rescuer. As he pretends to be lost, he gets a 'scruffy' mismatched kid named, Abby, to take him in. It is love at first sight, as they find common ground in being...scruffy, but there is a much deeper plan. Kiddo, kicks into gear his gift of telepathically sending messages to all the dogs in the neighborhood who are lost and confused, sad and abused, who need to be rescued. Before long, Abby has no idea why she has an eclectic group of dogs under her charge, including Zeus, the benevolent Great Pyrenees. She naturally falls in line and begins to find them homes, thus simultaneously fulfilling Kiddo's secret 'Master Plan," in training a human to find them 'Masters." Abby, often bullied by the neighbor kids, attracts the attention of Luke, the coolest kid in the neighborhood. Together, they join an alliance and begin a fantastic journey of finding purpose, hope, courage, friendship, and generosity, because anything is possible with the love of a great dog!The reader is brought into two parallel worlds as both human and canine deal with life challenges. They learn they are not that different after all. In the end, we ask, are the humans really doing the rescuing or does this secret world of doggie communication, expose that all along it was a ruse to rescue humans. Every character has their own song, written by Joni and some of Nashville's top songwriters, on the interactive website www.thedogrescuers.net. Facebook.com/thedogrescuersonline

Jim Doolen discovered his father's fate in Written in Blood and met Billy the Kid in Ghost Moon. Now, in the final installment of The Desert Legends Trilogy, he's a scout for the Army in the middle of a brutal war to force Victorio's Apaches onto a reservation far from their traditional lands. Deeply troubled by the violence he's witnessed and been a part of, and having lost so many friends, both white and Indian, Jim feels trapped between the two worlds he's encountered over the past three years. Captured by his nemesis Ghost Moon and forced to flee with an Apache band of warriors, Jim is only saved from a slow and torturous death when his old friend Wellington adopts him as his son. But now he's on the wrong side. Will he be branded a traitor? Or killed in a battle with the 10th US Cavalry or the Mexican Army? Jim finds his loyalties now divided, and he begins to understand the plight of his captors. But as supplies and ammunition run out, Jim's fate is tied to that of the doomed Apache warriors and survival seems unlikely.

A trip to a remote lake in northern Ontario with his grandfather doesn't thrill Steve, especially since his twin brother, DJ, was taken to Central America. Matters start to look up when his grandfather tells Steve about the mysterious death of the artist Tom Thomson and sets him the task of finding Thomson's missing skull. Steve loves mysteries, but when odd things begin happening and strange people start threatening him, Steve wonders whether this is part of his grandfather's plan. Is this still a simple puzzle, or is something far more sinister going on? In this thrilling prequel to Lost Cause and Broken Arrow, the history- and mystery-loving Steve ends up in remote northern Ontario.

Joey Loves Football is a series of children’s football books.The addictive books follow the life of Joey and his friends Alice, Harry and Chris through football adventures. The stories take them through the season and match by match the team become great friends. The books are underpinned by solid morale stories, interesting football facts and lots of learning about the game and also lots of laughs and fun!Joey Loves Football is for children and their parents who share a passion for football. The stories cover many parts of the game and are underpinned by good solid morale stories. The books will make you want to get outside and get your boots on, or bring your memories flooding back.If you’re mad about Lionel Messi, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney or Cristiano Ronaldo, then this is a book for you!

This is "…a story of the summer of 1918, when I was sixteen. The summer when the Great War was four years old, the Russian Czar and his family were shot, the great influenza epidemic began and the first airmail service started. But my story doesn’t deal with those world-shaking events. It is about a lake, a dozen square miles of forest and the lives of a few ordinary people that intersected one hot July week all those years ago… I shiver and pull my coat tighter against the bitter, stinging rain, but it makes no difference. It is not the cold that is making me shiver, it's the past.After Will Ryan's father is killed on the Western Front, he's sent out to live with his uncle in a remote coal-mining town in Canada. Almost immediately, Will is thrown into a complex world of racism, greed and the mine workers' struggle for safe working conditions. The only bright spark is Morag McLean, the beautiful daughter of a Scottish miner. Will soon realizes that everything happening around him seems centred on one man, Albert 'Red' Goodwin, a union activist and draft dodger being hunted in the nearby hills. Will only wants a simple life and romantic picnics with Morag, but events won't let him be and he is forced to take sides as he is drawn inexorably towards a tragic confrontation in the woods that will change his life forever."…the story is exciting and filled with twists and tragedy and brings the attitudes of an era to life…both instructive and engaging." British Columbia History"…a great novel; one that would be especially enjoyed by history-lovers and readers who enjoy stories with much personal dilemma." Whatif Magazine"This novel draws the reader into the conflicting forces that tear at Will's mind, feeling in turn empathy for the Chinese workers (and) for Red Goodwin and the men hiding in the bush…Morag and Jimmy demand Will examine his own actions and ideals, and, in the process, challenge the reader…John Wilson…captures the stratified life in a mining town in a historically accurate way." CM Magazine. Highly Recommended.Red Maple Award finalistChocolate Lily Award finalist

A gripping World War One saga with a strong female protagonist, published for the third year of the war's centenary.Manon Wouters grew-up in the idyllic Belgian city of Damme, where she spent her afternoons cycling into beautiful Bruges to study nursing. But as Europe--and the world--erupted into a devastating war, teenaged Manon soon found herself faced with unbelievable choices. Would she hide? Or would she fight? As Manon toils away at the local hospital, no one would guess just how crucial a role she is really playing. A trained spy, Manon gathers information to send to the British to aid in ending the war. Soon, she uncovers information about a monster plane that must be stopped at all costs. As she races to fulfill her mission, Manon must confront enemies at every turn, and face a terrifying and sobering truth: that innocents are being killed on both sides of the front.

Magic is real. Dragons, witches, and monsters are real. The year is 2021, and Karina and the other gifted orphans have survived nuclear war and the collapse of society. They have stood together to face Miss Malocchia and to save the remnants of humanity from an endless army of goblins. Now, all is peaceful, happy, and magical at the orphanage. Of course, peace is fleeting, happiness can lead to complacency, and magic can turn dark. Rae and Harris encounter a ruthless band of pirates with more gifted children; Evilyn, their goblin friend, disappears in the Forbidden Mines beneath the orphanage; and news from the boys of MSSC includes the uprising of several goblin work camps, a demonic swarm of flies, and an old woman who may be Karina’s long lost grandmother. Karina and Seth decide to investigate, but their journey will be perilous and they will confront an evil far more powerful than they are prepared to face.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Alec Shorecross is 14 and has already left school to work in the local mine. He's paid 13 cents an hour to toil in the underground darkness. When war breaks out, Alec ships overseas in search of a different life and a way to contribute. He dreams of doing something heroic but soon Alec finds himself underground again. While soldiers and aircraft engage in battles on the ground and in the sky, down, deep below the surface Alec joins the invisible crew of combatants who risk their lives building tunnels so that they can place mines beneath enemy territory. This dramatic and realistic story shows us a little-known side of war and the role of one brave and determined young man.