Best Selling Books by William Gibson

The 20th anniversary edition of the classic steampunk novel With new commentary by the authors 1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine, and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. Three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with the future: Sybil Gerard—fallen woman, politician’s tart, daughter of a Luddite agitator; Edward “Leviathan” Mallory—explorer and paleontologist; Laurence Oliphant—diplomat, mystic, and spy. Their adventure begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. Cards someone wants badly enough to kill for. Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine took the science fiction community by storm when it was first published twenty years ago. This special anniversary edition features an Introduction by Cory Doctorow and a collaborative essay from the authors looking back on their creation. Provocative, compelling, intensely imagined, this novel is poised to impress a whole new generation.

William Gibson Comedy Characters: 1 male, 1 female Interior Set This is the long-run Broadway hit that gained stardom for Anne Bancroft in the role of girl from the Bronx whose love for a lonesome lawyer brings a few months of happiness into their lives. The lawyer is married to a beautiful, well-to-do girl in the midwest whose family sets the pace in local society and intends to run his marriage and his career as well. He has rebelled, come to New York, and taken up residence with this intriguing young woman. He is lonely and in need of consolation; she is one of those rare women whose only purpose seems to be making others happy. Their briefly fulfilling relationship is unhappily destined to failure: he is a cultured gentile with a wife and painful memories while she is a plain Jewish girl with little education and a horrible Bronx accent. They share happy and humorous moments together, but they both see with sadness the utter hopelessness of the affair. It's a whale of a hit, a bittersweet joy ride. - The New York Mirror . An absorbing, affectionate, and funny delight. - The New York Daily News

THE STORY: Dealing with the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus from a fresh and richly creative point of view, the author combines a series of deftly constructed short scenes, traditional Christmas music, and often antic characterizati

Praise for the author: 'Gibson's well written and well-documented account of James and the bishops will surely become the new standard authority on these "implausible revolutionaries" for many decades.' Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg, Anglican and Episcopal History In 1660, England emerged from the devastation of the Civil Wars and restored the king, Charles II, to the throne. Over the next 190 years Britain would establish itself as the leading nation in the world - the centre of a burgeoning empire, at the forefront of the Enlightenment and the driving force behind the Industrial Revolution. However, radical change also brought with it anxiety and violence. America was lost in the War of Independence and calls for revolution at home were never far from the surface of everyday life. In this vivid and convincing overview of the era in which Britain transformed the world and was itself remade, leading historian of the period William Gibson also looks at the impact of this revolutionary change on the ordinary citizens of Britain. This is the third book in this wonderfully concise four-volume Brief History of Britain which brings together leading historians to tell the story of Britain from the Norman Conquest of 1066 right up to the present day. Combining the latest research with accessible and entertaining story-telling, it is the ideal introduction to British history for students and general readers.

Working with Qualitative Data provides a practical and accessible introduction to how to develop and apply strategies for the analysis of qualitative data by exploring the ways in which analysis is related to all aspects of research. By situating analysis in the context of the whole research process, this book helps the reader to introduce an analytical component to every stage of doing research: from designing a project, reviewing the literature, through the various stages of gathering data, to the process of writing-up. Through practical examples the book maps out strategies for developing analytic frameworks in relation to all aspects of research, and demonstrates the ways in which such frameworks can be used in relation to various sorts of data. In contrast to existing qualitative data analysis texts, this book offers a unified approach to the process of analysis within qualitative research. It will be of great use to students and researchers across the full range of social, health and education sciences.

De tweede cyberpunkroman van Gibson speelt zich tien jaar na het driemaal bekroonde Zenumagiër af in de supersnelle hightechsamenleving van ontzagwekkende metropolen, van alles en iedereen beheersende multinationals, op de meest linkse van de tienbaans snelwegen, waar één fout voldoende is om de gebruiker levenslang te ontregelen. In die wereld proberen een freelance huurling, een uitgerangeerde galerie-eigenaar en een zogenaamde computercowboy niet alleen te overleven, maar ook de beste te worden in wat ze doen en succes te behalen. Zinderende spanning, actie en intrige maken Biochips tot een doolhof waarin de lezer tot de laatste bladzijde wil verdwalen.

The Long Eighteenth Century was the Age of Revolutions, including the first sexual revolution. In this era, sexual toleration began and there was a marked increase in the discussion of morality, extra-marital sex, pornography and same-sex relationships in both print and visual culture media. William Gibson and Joanne Begiato here consider the ways in which the Church of England dealt with sex and sexuality in this period. Despite the backdrop of an increasingly secularising society, religion continued to play a key role in politics, family life and wider society and the eighteenth-century Church was still therefore a considerable force, especially in questions of morality. This book integrates themes of gender and sexuality into a broader understanding of the Church of England in the eighteenth century. It shows that, rather than distancing itself from sex through diminishing teaching, regulation and punishment, the Church not only paid attention to it, but its attitudes to sex and sexuality were at the core of society's reactions to the first sexual revolution.

Le futur de l’humanité se joue dans son passé 2016. Suite aux mauvaises décisions de ses dirigeants, la planète entière est devenue un enfer radioactif. Le dernier espoir de l’humanité a un nom : le Splitter, une colossale machine à remonter le temps conçue pour changer le cours de l’histoire. À moins que les paradoxes temporels qu’elle risque de produire n’aboutissent à un désastre plus terrible encore... Alors qu’une lutte de pouvoir s’immisce pour le contrôle du Splitter dans le présent, en 1945, l’agent du renseignement de la Royal Air Force Naomi Givens enquête sur des faits troublants et leurs répercussions sur sa réalité... Découvrez le premier comics de William Gibson, auteur culte de science-fiction, dessiné par le grand Butch Guice ! Entre uchronie apocalyptique et thriller militaire, Archangel nous propulse dans un voyage aux multiples temporalités et nous fait retrouver les thématiques littéraires chères à l’auteur du Neuromancien.

William Hamilton Gibson's beautifully illustrated 1895 work is an early guide to common edible mushrooms. The book contains over eighty illustrations. Gibson was an American painter and naturalist whose interest in flowers and insects led him, eventually, to edible mushrooms.

Suitable for production in a church, theatre or auditorium, this beautiful and moving work by one of our theatre's most important and successful playwrights illuminates the story of Jesus with dramatic force and true reverence. The dialogue is drawn from the Gospels, and the action follows the fateful flow of events leading up to the crucifixion and the resurrection. Imaginatively constructed and paced with consummate skill, the play, in total, becomes both an exciting theatrical event and, deeply spiritual experience and one which will renew the meaning and relevance of the Christian ethic for audiences and participants alike.

Dans un Tokyo chrome et acier reconstruit sur les ruines du séisme, le groupe rock Lo/Rez triomphe, quand tout à coup le scandale éclate : Rez annone ses fiançailles avec Rei Toei, l'idoru la plus populaire des petits écrans nippons. Idole, intelligence artificielle, image de synthèse, quelle est cette femme qui a séduit la pop-star ? Fans comme ennemis, visiblement résolus au pire pour éliminer le chanteur, s'interrogent. Et via net, ondes ou transes subliminales, tous s'élancent, par delà réel et artificiel, à la poursuite des amants virtuels. Dans une débauche psychédélique de couleurs tropicales, leur cavalcade métissée aboutira, à la croisée du polar et du cyberpunk, derrière les apparences, au cœur du Gibson-land. " Avec Idoru, l'inventeur du terme " cyberspace " se penche en moraliste sur la réalité virtuelle. " Jacques Baudou, Le Monde

"Colin Layne habite un carton dans les couloirs du métro à Tokyo, en partie détruite par un séisme et reconstruite grâce aux nanotechnologies. Son don et son expérience du réseau lui permettent, en s'immergeant dans les flux de données en transit sur la toile, de déchiffrer intuitivement les évènements en devenir.« Sans quitter les rives de la cyberculture, dont il fut un des pionniers, William Gibson renouvelle le genre avec ce roman, qui, sur fond de fracture sociale, navigue entre thriller et romance. » Frédérique Roussel, Libération"