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  • A Summer Place

    by Sloan Wilson ...
    First published in 1958 and then turned into a film of the same name in 1959 featuring Troy Donahue, Sandra Dee, Dorothy McGuire and Richard Egan, this classic romance is available for the first time in ebook format.Ken and Sylvia met twice at the Summer Place.The first summer they were in their teens. Their intimacy was without love. They'd met too early.The second summer they shouldn't have ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Voyage to Somewhere

    A Novel

    by Sloan Wilson ...
    From the bestselling author of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, a World War II novel that is as thrilling as it is true to lifeHoping to draw a nice, lengthy shore duty after two years at sea, Lieutenant Barton is instead told that he is being sent right back out, this time as captain of a supply ship sailing from California to New Guinea and stopping at every small island in between. Homesick ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The World War II Novels

    Voyage to Somewhere, Pacific Interlude, and Ice Brothers

    by Sloan Wilson ...
    Three novels of life at sea during World War II from the bestselling author of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and A Summer Place.Drawing on his own experiences as a US Coast Guard officer, Sloan Wilson sheds a unique light on World War II in these three unforgettable novels.Voyage to Somewhere: Hoping to draw a nice, lengthy shore duty after two years at sea, Lieutenant Barton is instead told ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

    by Sloan Wilson ...
    A returning World War II veteran adjusts to life in the corporate world in this classic novel that inspired the award-winning Gregory Peck film."One of the most influential American novels of the 1950s." —David Halberstam"Exact in its account of the pressures, problems, and tribal customs of the men in gray flannel suits. . . . Wilson is an observer, a sympathetic one. . . . He has written an ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Ice Brothers

    A Novel

    by Sloan Wilson ...
    The bestselling World War II adventure story based on Sloan Wilson's experiences as a Coast Guard officer on the Greenland patrolAfter the attack on Pearl Harbor, Paul Schuman, a college senior and summer sailor, enlists in the Coast Guard. His beautiful, mercurial wife, Sylvia, wants him to stay at home in Massachusetts, but Paul is ready for adventure and eager to serve his country. His active ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pacific Interlude

    A Novel

    by Sloan Wilson ...
    During the last days of World War II, a young officer braves enemy fire and a maverick crew on the open waters and in the steamy ports of the South PacificTwenty-five-year-old Coast Guard lieutenant Sylvester Grant, a veteran of the Greenland Patrol, has just been given command of a small gas tanker, running shuttle and convoy duties for the US Army. Sally, his wife of three years, is eager for ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pathological Altruism

    The benefits of altruism and empathy are obvious. These qualities are so highly regarded and embedded in both secular and religious societies that it seems almost heretical to suggest they can cause harm. Like most good things, however, altruism can be distorted or taken to an unhealthy extreme. Pathological Altruism presents a number of new, thought-provoking theses that explore a range of ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Evolution for Everyone

    How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives

    With stories that entertain as much as they inform, renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution and shows how, when properly understood, they can illuminate the length and breadth of creation, from the origin of life to the nature of religion.What is the biological reason for gossip? For laughter? For the creation of art? Why do dogs have curly tails? What ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Is Neo-Darwinism Enough?

    Is Neo-Darwinism Enough? The Noble-Wilson Dialogue on EvolutionDavid Sloan Wilson and Denis Noble participate in a dialogue centering around the sufficiency of a neo-Darwinian framework of biology. Does neo-Darwinism provide a reasonably complete and adequate explanation of biological phenomena? Are there any new theoretical breakthroughs that are necessary to support the framework? The point of ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • This View of Life

    Completing the Darwinian Revolution

    It is widely understood that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to David Sloan Wilson, the Darwinian revolution won’t be truly complete until it is applied more broadly—to everything associated with the words “human,” “culture,” and “policy.”In a series of engaging and insightful examples—from the breeding of hens to the timing of ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Darwin's Cathedral

    Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society

    A study examining the connection between religious faith and human evolution."Thoughtful and provocative. . . . Wilson turns to religion, which, he claims, can be explained only by group selection. According to Wilson, a religion is the human equivalent of a pack of lions: by cooperating as a group, people attain benefits beyond their reach as individuals."― Times Literary Supplement , Book of the ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science

    An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Predicting, and Influencing Human Behavior

    What do evolutionary science and contextual behavioral science have in common? Edited by David Sloan Wilson and Steven C. Hayes, this groundbreaking book offers a glimpse into the histories of these two schools of thought, and provides a sound rationale for their reintegration.Evolutionary science (ES) provides a unifying theoretical framework for the biological sciences, and is increasingly being ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD