Robert Wilson

The Company of Strangers

The first in Robert Wilson's Seville series, featuring the tortured detective Javier Falcon.

The Blind Man of Seville

“Robert Wilson’s Barnum, the first full-dress biography in twenty years, eschews clichés for a more nuanced story…It is a life for our times, and the biography Barnum deserves.” —The Wall Street Journal P.T. Barnum is the greatest showman the world has ever seen. As a creator of the Barnum & Baily Circus and a champion of wonder, joy, trickery, and “humbug,” he was the founding father of American entertainment—and as Robert Wilson argues, one of the most important figures in American history. Nearly 125 years after his death, the name P.T. Barnum still inspires wonder. Robert Wilson’s vivid new biography captures the full genius, infamy, and allure of the ebullient showman, who, from birth to death, repeatedly reinvented himself. He learned as a young man how to wow crowds, and built a fortune that placed him among the first millionaires in the United States. He also suffered tragedy, bankruptcy, and fires that destroyed his life’s work, yet willed himself to recover and succeed again. As an entertainer, Barnum courted controversy throughout his life—yet he was also a man of strong convictions, guided in his work not by a desire to deceive, but an eagerness to thrill and bring joy to his audiences. He almost certainly never uttered the infamous line, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” instead taking pride in giving crowds their money’s worth and more. Robert Wilson, editor of The American Scholar, tells a gripping story in Barnum, one that’s imbued with the same buoyant spirit as the man himself. In this “engaging, insightful, and richly researched new biography” (New York Journal of Books), Wilson adeptly makes the case for P.T. Barnum’s place among the icons of American history, as a figure who represented, and indeed created, a distinctly American sense of optimism, industriousness, humor, and relentless energy.

An American Life

Barnum

In a follow-up to The Blind Man of Seville, Javier Falcn, still struggling with the psychological trauma of his past case, investigates an apparent suicide in a wealthy neighborhood and becomes increasingly alarmed when subsequent suicides have suspicious links to the first. Reprint.

The Vanished Hands

Um livro ambientado em Lisboa e pano de fundo da II Guerra Mundial. Lisboa, 1944. No calor tórrido do Verão, as ruas da capital fervilham de espiões e informadores, enquanto os serviços secretos disputam em silêncio a última partida. Os alemães dominam a tecnologia dos foguetões e a pesquisa atómica. Os aliados estão decididos a impedir que a ameaça da «arma secreta» venha a concretizar-se. Andrea Aspinall, matemática e espia, entra nesse mundo sofisticado pela mão de uma abastada família do Estoril. Karl Voss, adido militar da Legação Alemã, abalado pela implicação no assassinato de um Reichsminister e traumatizado pelo desastre de Estalinegrado, chega a Portugal com a missão de salvar a Alemanha do aniquilamento. Na tranquilidade mortal de um paraíso corrupto, Andrea e Voss encontram-se e tentam viver o seu amor num mundo em que não se pode acreditar em ninguém. Depois de uma noite de terrível violência, Andrea fica na posse de um segredo que vai ligá-la para sempre ao mundo clandestino, do repressivo regime fascista português à paranóia da Guerra Fria na Alemanha. E aí, numa Berlim gelada, descobre que os maiores segredos não estão nas mãos dos governos, mas em mãos muito próximas de si, e é forçada a fazer a derradeira e dilacerante opção.Robert Wilson nasceu em 1957. Doutorado pela Universidade de Oxford, trabalhou em expedição, publicidade e comércio, em África, e viveu na Grécia e na África Ocidental. Divide o seu tempo entre Inglaterra (Oxford) e Portugal, sendo proprietário de uma pequena quinta no Alentejo. É autor de grandes romances de sucesso, entre os quais destacamos A Companhia de Estranhos, Último Acto em Lisboa (Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger para Melhor Romance Policial, em 1999, e International Deutsche Krimi Prize 2003), e o quarteto de Sevilha – O Cego de Sevilha, As Mãos Desaparecidas (Prémio Gumshoe para Melhor Romance Policial Europeu 2006), Assassinos Escondidos e A Ignorância do Sangue –, obras que revelaram e celebrizaram o inspetor-chefe Javier Falcón. Em 2012, os dois primeiros livros do quarteto de Sevilha foram adaptados para televisão pela Sky Atlantic, na série de nome Falcón.

A Companhia de Estranhos

Javier Falcon, still struggling with the psychological trauma of his last case, investigates an apparent suicide in a wealthy neighborhood and becomes increasingly alarmed when subsequent suicides have suspicious links to the first.

New Spanish thriller from the Gold Dagger winning author of A Small Death in Lisbon, introducing Detective Inspector Javier Falcon It's Semana Santa in Seville, the Easter week of passion and processions. A leading restaurateur is found bound, gagged and dead in front of his TV. The self-inflicted wounds tell of the man's struggle to avoid the unendurable images he's been forced to watch. When confronted by this horrific scene the normally dispassionate homicide detective Javier Falcon is inexplicably afraid. What could be so terrible? The investigation into the victim's turbulent life sends Falcon trawling through his own past and the ferociously candid journals of his late father, a world-famous artist. Painful revelations churn up Falcon's unreliable memory and more killings push him to the edge of terrifying truth. And he realizes that this is not just a hunt for the all-seeing killer who knows his victims' secret lives but also the search for Falcon's missing heart. From the Gold Dagger award-winning author of A Small Death in Lisbon, a novel that combines the tension of a psychological thriller with the emotional intensity of a literary tour de force.

Math prodigy Andrea Aspinall vanishes from her first assignment for the British secret service, using a Nazi traitor's identity and memories to recreate a new life for herself. By the author of A Small Death in Lisbon. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

Der erste Fall für Che finspektor Javier Falcón als Neuveröffentlichung Während man in Sevilla die Semana Santa feiert, ist Inspektor Javier Falcón mit einem äußerst grausamen Mordfall beschäftigt. Ein Restaurantbesitzer wird tot aufgefunden - an einen Stuhl gefesselt und gestorben an den Verletzungen, die er sich zufügte, als sein Mörder ihn zwang, ein Video anzuschauen. Was so unvorstellbar Schreckliches hat das Opfer gesehen? Bei den Nachforschungen entdeckt Falcón nicht nur, dass sein verstorbener Vater in den Fall verwickelt ist, sondern dass er selbst bald das nächste Mordopfer werden könnte. Kann ihm da noch der Blinde helfen, der ihm mit angeblich prophetischer Gabe zur Seite steht ...?

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Der Blinde von Sevilla

The life and times of queen Victoria

Recounts the history of astronomy, from the work of Babylonian astrologers and Greek philosophers, to the flowering that occured with the invention of the telescope, to the discoveries of the twentieth century

The Story of the Human Attempt to Understand the Universe

Astronomy Through the Ages

Im Jahr 1998 muss ein Inspektor der Lissaboner Mordkommission den Mord an einem 15-jährigen Mädchen aufklären. Wie sich bald zeigt, hat der Fall einen weit in die Vergangenheit reichenden Hintergrund. - Im Kriegsjahr 1941 organisiert ein deutscher SS-Offizier namens Klaus Felsen im Auftrag seiner Vorgesetzten im neutralen Lissabon die geheime Ausfuhr von Wolfram zum Bau panzerbrechender Waffen und beginnt bald darauf, mithilfe eines verbündeten Portugiesen und geschmuggelten Goldbarren eine Bank zu gründen. - Wie die beiden Handlungsebenen zusammenhängen zeigt der intelligent konstruierte und realistisch geschriebene Polizei-Thriller auf spannende Weise.

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Tod in Lissabon

The final psychological thriller featuring Javier Falcon, the tortured detective from 'The Hidden Assassins' and 'The Blind Man of Seville.'.

The Ignorance of Blood

Mario Vega is seven years old and his life is about to change forever. In Seville, his father lies dead on the kitchen floor and his mother has been suffocated to death. Inspector Jefe Javier Falcon has doubts about the inference that it is a suicide pact. When he investigates, he received threats from the Russian mafia, and the Vega's neighbours have shady pasts. Then two more suicides follow - one a senior policeman - and a forest fire rages through the hills above Seville obliterating all in its path.

The Silent and the Damned

Stand on the precipice and prepare to dive down through the event horizon into the bleak and mind-shattering void of both the cosmos and of humanity.Nightscape Press is proud to present ASHES AND ENTROPY edited by Robert S. Wilson, an anthology of cosmic horror and noir/neo-noir. ASHES AND ENTROPY is beautifully illustrated by Luke Spooner and includes brand new stories by Laird Barron, Damien Angelica Walters, John Langan, Kristi DeMeester, Jon Padgett, Nadia Bulkin, Jayaprakash Satyamurthy, Lucy A. Snyder, Tim Waggoner, Jessica McHugh, Paul Michael Anderson, Max Booth III, Lynne Jamneck, Greg Sisco, Lisa Mannetti, Nate Southard, Erinn L. Kemper, Matthew M. Bartlett, Autumn Christian, and more.

Color Trade Paperback Edition

Ashes and Entropy

From the Light and Dark: Tales and Poems

Housebreak Your Puppy in Just 9 Days Without The Headaches There are several important housebreaking tools that you can get at your disposal. That, of course, includes the crate. However, other than the physical tools, there are other tools that you can use to help reinforce any training you give to your pup. You will learn as you follow the tips mentioned here in this book from Day 1 to Day 9 and onwards. This book contains proven steps and best strategies on how to housebreak any new pup you have in the house without the mess. Here's what's in the Puppy Training guide book... Preparation and Initial Care of Your New Puppy The Day Your Puppy Arrives And What You'll Need to Prepare For First Lessons and Reinforcement That Makes You and Your Puppy Happy Crate Training Without The Headaches Advanced Housebreaking Tips You'll Want To Train Your Pup To Do And So Much More!... Purchase your copy of the best 9-Day Housebreaking - Effective and Simple - Puppy training tips!

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Puppy Training

The second installment of the Jiu-Jitsu and Me book series is here! Last time Bobby helped children discover their inner courage to find their place in the world. Join Bobby once again as he explores what being inquisitive by learning from his mistakes and persevering can achieve.

Jiu Jitsu and Me 2

More than 120 years after the White Caps terrorized Sevier County in East Tennessee, longtime residents still wont talk about the lawless band of vigilantes. But veteran journalist Robert Wilson shines a spotlight on the group with this detailed history. Relying on a primary source--The White Caps: A History of the Organization in Sevier County, distributed in 1899 by the publisher of the City Directory of Knoxville--as well as his own research, he presents the most complete account to date of why the White Caps were so feared. Wilson has retrieved details from multiple sources and uncovered shocking details about the dark, faceless members who would disguise themselves with a full-body covering of white fabric with holes cut for the eyes. Though the description may summon images of the Ku Klux Klan, the White Caps focused their wrath on what they perceived as immoral behavior--although some of their activity targeted blacks and Jews, among others. However, what started out as a fairly mild enforcement of Victorian values in an isolated, God-fearing community became much, much more. Find out how far the group went in The Eyes of Midnight.

A Time of Terror in East Tennessee

The Eyes of Midnight

Lee Breuer

Richard Foreman

The three plays collected in The Theatre of Images challenge the conventional understanding of performance. In Pandering to the Masses: A Misrepresentation, Richard Foreman, a philosopher as well as a playwright, creates a reality on stage that reflects his own reality - focusing on familiar, everyday events with the addition of recorded voice and projected image. A Letter for Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, is an opera without singers. Verbal declamations take the place of arias, creating a spectacle without narrative structure through tableaux and gesture. Represented in comic-book form, The Red Horse Animation demonstrates the play's reliance on cinematic techniques in its composition. It is what author Lee Breuer calls "caption literature", a radical alternative drama documenting the conception of dramatic work. With introductory essays by Bonnie Marranca, this reissue of The Theatre of Images brings back to print one of the most influential books on the American avant-garde in the last two decades.

Robert Wilson

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