Author: Jason Wilson

He stayed out of the spotlight, but Leafs fans know J.P. Bickell cast a long shadow. A self-made mining magnate and the man who kept the Maple Leafs in Toronto and financed Maple Leaf Gardens, J.P. B …

The making of a great Chilean poet. Pablo Neruda was without doubt one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century but his work is extremely uneven. There is a view that there are two Nerudas, an …

The Andes form the backbone of South America. Irradiating from Cuzco–the symbolic "navel" of the indigenous world–the mountain range was home to an extraordinary theocratic empire and civ …

The Andes form the backbone of South America. Irradiating from Cuzco–the symbolic "navel" of the indigenous world–the mountain range was home to an extraordinary theocratic empire and civ …

Travel connoisseurs divide the world into those places theyve been dying to visit or revisit and places theyd never set foot in but are glad someone else did. This years volume of travel writing . . …

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He stayed out of the spotlight, but Leafs fans know J.P. Bickell cast a long shadow.A self-made mining magnate and the man who kept the Maple Leafs in Toronto and financed Maple Leaf Gardens, J.P. Bi …

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An accessible, readable introduction to the life and work of celebrated Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges …

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An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2018, collected by Alexandra Fuller. BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING gathers together a satisfyingly varied medley of perspectives, …

This collection gathers the best travel essays from The New Yorker, Harpers, GQ and more—featuring Paul Theroux, Alice Gregory, Dave Eggers and others.Why do I travel? Why does anyone of us tra …

The Best American Series First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volumes series editor selects …

The Best American Series(R)First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor sel …

Number-one New York Times best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed:A Love Story, Elizabeth Gilbert transports readers to far-flung locales with this collection of the years lushest and mo …

"From unraveling the history of the apple to exploring the intricacies of flavor, [Wilson] reveals the love and labor that goes into a timeless beverage." -Bianca Bosker, New York Times-bes …

The year’s best travel writing, as chosen by series editor Jason Wilson and guest editor Robert Macfarlane. Writing, reading, and dreaming about travel have surged, writes Robert Mac Farlane in his i …

A New York Times and Smithsonian Magazine best book, this “genial excursion” to little-known wine destinations “will make you curious and thirsty.” (Eric Asimov, The New York …

A reassessment of Argentinian poet and critic, Alejandra Pizarnik Thirty-five years after her death, this book reassesses the Argentinian poet Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-72) in the light of recent publ …

Become a better husband, father, and leader when you learn to express your emotions in a healthy way.In a culture that tells men to suppress instead of express, join bestselling author, speaker, and …

One of the greatest nineteenth-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of his death in 1859, he had won internat …

Pablo Neruda was without doubt one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century but his work is extremely uneven. There is a view that there are two Nerudas, an early Romantic visionary and a later …

W. H. Hudson fue uno de los novelistas y naturalistas más reconocidos de su época en Inglaterra, y pensar en él es ingresar a un lugar de devoción y sentimentalismo. Es tal la fascinación que produce …

Celebrating Canadian athletes and sporting history. The cultural impact of sport on a nation is not slight. Famous for a Time explores a number of important, if not well remembered, Canadian athletes …

Clinical Anthropology 2.0 presents a new approach to applied medical anthropology that engages with clinical spaces, healthcare systems, care delivery and patient experience, public health, as well a …