A combination political thriller and love story, the World War II saga of a Jewish refugee and a British army intelligence officer is a story of love and betrayal uncovered by a grown son in present-day Jerusalem

The Hiding Room

Literature & Fiction

Wilson, Jonathan

Literary

Penguin??Books

Wiseguys, adulterers, schoolboys, and a New York fur salesman are among the curious characters who populate this debut collection of short stories--tales wryly observant of men and their fluctuating fortunes--set in London and Israel during the '40s and '50s, and during the Gulf War.

Schoom

British & Irish

The Conquest of Santarém and Goswin’s Song of the Conquest of Alcácer do Sal (Crusade Texts in Translation)

Achieved at the height of the Crusades, the Christian conquests of Santarém in 1147 by King Afonso I, and of Alcácer do Sal in 1217 by Portuguese forces and northern European warriors on their way by sea to Palestine, were crucial events in the creation of the independent kingdom of Portugal. The two texts presented here survive in their unique, thirteenth-century manuscript copies appended to a codex belonging to one of Europe’s most important monastic library collections accumulated in the Cistercian abbey of Alcobaça, founded c. 1153 by Bernard of Clairvaux. Accompanied by comprehensive introductions and here translated into English for the first time, these extraordinary texts are based on eyewitness testimony of the conquests. They contain much detail for the military historian, including data on operational tactics and the ideology of Christian holy war in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Literary historians too will be delighted by the astonishing styles deployed, demonstrating considerable authorial flamboyance, flair and innovation. While they are likely written by Goswin of Bossut, the search for authorship yields an impressive array of literary friends and associates, including James of Vitry, Thomas of Cantimpré, Oliver of Paderborn and Caesarius of Heisterbach.

History

Europe

Routledge

Achieved at the height of the Crusades, the Christian conquests of Santarém in 1147 by King Afonso I, and of Alcácer do Sal in 1217 by Portuguese forces and northern European warriors on their way by sea to Palestine, were crucial events in the creation of the independent kingdom of Portugal. The two texts presented here survive in their unique, thirteenth-century manuscript copies appended to a codex belonging to one of Europe's most important monastic library collections accumulated in the Cistercian abbey of Alcobaça, founded c. 1153 by Bernard of Clairvaux. Accompanied by comprehensive introductions and here translated into English for the first time, these extraordinary texts are based on eyewitness testimony of the conquests. They contain much detail for the military historian, including data on operational tactics and the ideology of Christian holy war in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Literary historians too will be delighted by the astonishing styles deployed, demonstrating considerable authorial flamboyance, flair and innovation. While they are likely written by Goswin of Bossut, the search for authorship yields an impressive array of literary friends and associates, including James of Vitry, Thomas of Cantimpré, Oliver of Paderborn and Caesarius of Heisterbach.

This swift and sensual novel of passion and politics transports us to British Palestine, where the Arabs, the British, and the Jews mingle in a scene of colonial excess and unease. It is 1924, and Mark Bloomberg, a disillusioned London painter, arrives in Jerusalem to take up a propaganda commission. When he and his American wife, Joyce, accidentally witness the murder of a prominent Orthodox Jew near their cottage, they become embroiled in an investigation that will test their marriage and their characters. Joyce, an ardent Zionist, is pulled into an affair with Robert Kirsch, the British policeman investigating the case, while Bloomberg, transfixed by the desert light, attempts to capture on canvas the complex, shifting truths of the region. Like Kirsch, whose brother was killed in France in 1918, all of the characters here have come to Palestine to escape the grief of the First World War, and are forced to confront their principles and their hearts in the midst of a culture in the throes of painful emergence. Lushly detailed and compellingly cinematic, A Palestine Affair illuminates a lesser-known aspect of the history of the Middle East as it tells a powerful story in which love proves to be, ultimately, a force as strong as politics.

A Palestine Affair: A Novel

Pantheon

On the heels of his highly praised novel A Palestine Affair, Jonathan Wilson returns to his first love——the short story——to give us these sharp, bittersweet, often uproariously funny tales of middle-aged American men in hot water with women, with their sweet and savvy kids, with their own consciences. The slacker husband of the title story spends his day running household errands, chatting up the local soccer moms, and drinking most of the wine he was instructed to buy for his wife’s women’s-group meeting that evening; another husband calls an old girlfriend while waiting in the cardiologist’s office for news about his heart; a good Jewish son is torn between the caustic wit of his powerful, very Jewish mother and the fertility urges of his very not-Jewish girlfriend; a divorced dad nearly loses his teenage boy on a Jamaican adventure. Each of these cases is touched by Wilson’s sympathy and affection for male foibles. Taken together, they give us a nuanced picture of the American husband and father: well-meaning but caught out, horny but physically gone to pot, adrift on dreams and fancies and the desire for a little bit of a break. These are men who, finally, can’t quite suppress their feelings about love, family, and the fundamentals——humdrum, rich, and increasingly precious, these days——of middle-class life.

An Ambulance Is on the Way: Stories of Men in Trouble

Short Stories & Anthologies

Why are there so many frivolous lawsuits? How much money does America waste on litigation every year? Out of Balance counts the cost of our out-of-control litigation system and identifies the legal procedures and economic incentives that effectively reward lawyers who pursue weak and even silly legal claims. Using real world examples, Jonathan B. Wilson (an attorney and the general counsel of a publicly traded company) describes how the pursuit of attorneys' fees rests at the heart of our litigation system. He recounts alternative proposals to change the law and sets out prescriptions for reform designed to deter cases that should never be filed and resolve those that are."[Out of Balance shows] how the American justice system front-loads scanty information, unpredictability, and the certainty of escalating legal costs to leverage weak or non-meritorious cases and victimize defendants of every kind." -John H. Sullivan, President, Civil Justice Association of California"Wilson takes an evenhanded approach to the subject of lawsuit reform, reporting in equal measure the clear evidence of America's runaway tort system that favors trial lawyers and the alternatives for systemic procedural reform that will level the playing field for all participants in the legal system. . . . [Out of Balance is] a behind-the-scenes user's guide for reform-minded business advocates and lawmakers who want to fight back and win."-Steven B. Hantler, DaimlerChrysler Out of Balance is an invaluable guide for changing our legal system and restoring its sense of balance and fairness.

Out of Balance: Prescriptions for Reforming the American Litigation System

Business

iUniverse

A combination political thriller and love story, the World War II saga of a Jewish refugee and a British army intelligence officer is a story of love and betrayal uncovered by a grown son in present-day Jerusalem. A first novel.

VIKING

Providing an accessible and comprehensive treatment of grace, the essays in this volume honor Thomas A. Langford, Provost Emeritus of Duke University and retired William Kellon Quick Professor of Theology and Methodist Studies at Duke Divinity School. Biblical essays discuss grace from the Reformation through Wesley into today. Theological essays exemplify the importance of grace for several Christian doctrines. A concluding section engages several cultural issues from the viewpoint of grace. Contributors include: C. Clifton Black, Dennis M. Campbell, Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Stanley Hauerwas, Richard P. Heitzenrater, Willie James Jennings, L. Gregory Jones, Robert K. Johnston, Philip D. Kenneson, James C. Logan, Roland Murphy, O. Carm., Philip A. Rolinck, Jean Miller Schmidt, D. Moody Smith, David Steinmetz, and Jonathan R. Wilson.

Grace Upon Grace: Essays in Honor of Thomas A. Langford

Religion & Spirituality

Jones, L. Gregory

Johnston, Robert

Christian Books & Bibles

ABINGDON PRESS *

From the war-ravaged streets of Sarajevo, where turning up for training involved dodging snipers' bullets, to the crumbling splendor of Budapest's Bozsik Stadium, where the likes of Puskas and Kocsis masterminded the fall of England, the landscape of Eastern Europe has changed immeasurably since the fall of communism. Jonathan Wilson has traveled extensively behind the old Iron Curtain, viewing life beyond the fall of the Berlin Wall through the lens of soccer. Where once the state-controlled teams of the Eastern bloc passed their way with crisp efficiency—a sort of communist version of total soccer—to considerable success on the European and international stages, today the beautiful game in the East has been opened up to the free market, and throughout the region a sense of chaos pervades. The threat of totalitarian interference no longer remains; but in its place mafia control is generally accompanied with a crippling lack of funds. Jonathan Wilson goes in search of the spirit of Hungary's Golden Squad of the early 1950s; charts the disintegration of the soccer superpower that was the former Yugoslavia; follows a sorry tale of corruption, mismanagement, and Armenian cognac through the Caucasuses; reopens the case of Russia's greatest soccer player, Eduard Streltsov; and talks to Jan Tomaszewski about an autumn night at Wembley in 1973.

Behind the Curtain: Football in Eastern Europe

Sports & Outdoors

Soccer

Orion Publishing

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The Hiding Room

Schoom

The Conquest of Santarém and Goswin’s Song of the Conquest of Alcácer do Sal (Crusade Texts in Translation)

The Conquest of Santarém and Goswin’s Song of the Conquest of Alcácer do Sal (Crusade Texts in Translation)

A Palestine Affair: A Novel

An Ambulance Is on the Way: Stories of Men in Trouble

Out of Balance: Prescriptions for Reforming the American Litigation System

The Hiding Room

Grace Upon Grace: Essays in Honor of Thomas A. Langford

Behind the Curtain: Football in Eastern Europe