Jim Wilson Livres

The elite police officers secretly launching Scotland's biggest ever offensive against organised crime had only one target. His name was Jamie Stevenson, but he was known as The Iceman, the biggest drugs trafficker the country has ever seen. Suspected of a string of murders - including the gangland assassination of his best friend—Stevenson's decade-long rise was built on ruthless ambition, strategic cunning and calculated, brutal violence. It left him at the head of one of Europe's biggest smuggling operations pouring tons of drugs and guns onto the streets of Scotland. The Iceman tells the astonishing story of Stevenson's rise and fall, offering a unique and explosive insight into Operation Folklore, the unprecedented four-year investigation that ended in his arrest. It lays bare the blood-soaked business of Scotland's most powerful crime lord and, for the first time, exposes how he made—and laundered—his dirty millions.

This book features a captivating blend of celebrity interactions and a celebration of resilience in the arts. It explores the journey of an artistic spirit determined to thrive amidst challenges, showcasing the power of creativity and perseverance. Through engaging narratives, it highlights the significance of connections and the impact of influential figures in the artistic world.

A new edition of the perennially popular field guide to Irish birds.

The Cycle of the Seasons is a magnificent collection of photographs which celebrate the beauty of this majestic landscape. Each of the four seasonal portfolios present the Park in all its glory; from the world famous landmarks to the subtlety of intimate details. In addition to the work of many of America's finest landscape photographers it also provides the reader with evocative poetic texts which accompany the seasonal portfolios and an excellent essay which will provide the reader with an overview of the Park's natural history. This newly revised edition of The Cycle of Seasons is part of Sierra Press' award winning Wish You Were Here Book Series. Each title in this series provides enticing suggestions of what first-time visitors may expect to experience and vivid memories to those who have already visited the Park.

In the study of warfare, great men have concluded that there are some overriding principles which, if followed, will always tend toward success in battle, and if neglected or ignored, will tend toward defeat or even destruction. These principles have been entitled the "principles of war." But not all warfare is waged on a battlefield: every Christian is called to be a soldier. Our fight is against Satan, our objective is the acknowledgment and fulfillment of God's commands, and our ammunition is the power of the Holy Spirit. In Principles of War Jim Wilson outlines the time-tried, fundamental principles of war and explains how we can employ them in our daily spiritual battles as we fight a war which our commander in chief has already won for us.

Lavishly illustrated with the full-color imagery of America's leading landscape photographers -- yet bargain priced! Each title includes captions and a concise essay on the natural and human histories of the subject.

The last work of the much-loved writer on Christian healing and prayer, offering advice on methods of meditation and suggesting avenues of exploration for the spirit.

The poems in Because You Previously Liked or Played explore a world that is increasingly mediated through technology; the personal and political struggle for meaning, connection, and reality run like a fever dream through the schizophrenic circuits of television, cyberspace, and virtual existence. The poems in Because You Previously Liked or Played reveal an extremely online persona who finds life IRL challenging. In the reality of these poems, the reader confronts the difficulties and nuances of a world rendered more accessible, more instantaneous, but also more isolating, uncertain, even terrifying thanks to the internet. The speaker faces a social sphere that is bigger, faster, more politically unstable. Lyricism and personal expression are interlaced with the language and syntax of chat rooms, gamers, e-commerce, in a way that troubles the dividing lines between the human and the inhuman, the authentic and the artificial, the real and the hyperreal. The self morphs into a sequence of failed firewalls and emotions. And yet, the speaker continues questing for answers, for meaning, for connection. These poems provide an unflinching look at a wired existence, but they never lose their capacity for wonder, feeling, surprise.

A photographic identification guide to the birds of Ireland, with over 1,600 photos of more than 260 species, in an easy, quick-reference format.