John Wilson
3) Lost Cause
Author
Series
Seven volume 2
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Steve thinks a trip to Europe is out of the question—until he hears his grandfather's will. Suddenly he's off to Spain, armed with only a letter from his grandfather that sends him to a specific address in Barcelona. There he meets a girl named Laia and finds a trunk containing some of his grandfather's possessions, including a journal he kept during the time he fought with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Steve decides to...
4) Wings of war
Author
Series
Tales of war volume 1
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
It's the early 1900s and Edward Setten is growing up in the prairies fascinated by his uncle, who is one of the very first people in Canada to pilot a plane. Despite his mother's protests, Edward learns to fly and, when war breaks out, joins the Royal Flying Corps.
6) Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2: Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Formats
Description
Originally this was published by the author (1784-1849), a former governor of South Carolina, as a 22-page booklet, in 1838. Before his death he added an appendix of the 1777 Irish duelling code, but this second edition was not printed until 1858, as a 46-page small book, still sized to fit in the case with one's duelling pistols. This code is far less blood-thirsty than many might suppose, but built on a closed social caste and standards of behavior
...20) King Henry V
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This new edition features a section on recent stage, film & critical interpretations of the play. Andrew Gurr highlights the debate over how the play should be read, placing the apparent contradictions in the context of Elizabethan thought.
