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Peter or Pete Williams may refer to: Academics Peter Williams (musicologist) (1937–2016), English musicology professor and Bach scholar Peter Williams (educationalist) (born 1948), British educationalist Peter Damian Williams (born 1957), Australian historian Arts and entertainment Peter Williams (dance critic) (1914–1995), English ballet critic and writer Peter Williams (actor, born 1915) (1915–2003), American-British actor Jim Bowen (Peter Williams, 1937–2018), English stand-up comedian Peter Williams (painter) (1952–2021), American painter Pete Williams (journalist) (born 1952), American journalist and television correspondent Peter Williams (broadcaster) (born 1954), New Zealand television presenter Peter Williams (actor, born 1957), Jamaican-born actor Pete Williams (musician) (born 1960), English musician Peter Llewellyn Williams (born 1964), British stage and television actor Pete Williams (fl. 2001), creator of the animated sitcom Undergrads Politics and law Harrison A. Williams (1919–2001), a.k.a. Pete Williams, U.S. senator from New Jersey Peter Williams (lawyer) (1934–2015), New Zealand jurist Peter Barry Williams (fl. 1980–1984), Commissioner of ICAC, Hong Kong Religion Peter Williams (Welsh Methodist) (1723–1796), leader of Welsh Methodism Peter Bailey Williams (1763–1836), Welsh Anglican priest and amateur antiquarian Peter Williams Jr. (1780–1840), African-American Episcopal priest Science and medicine Peter Williams (physician) (1925–2014), British physician Peter Williams (physicist) (born 1945), British physicist, chairman of Oxford Instruments; Chancellor, University of Leicester Peter Francis Williams (active since 1999), Australian astronomer Sports Australian rules football Peter Williams (Australian footballer, born 1867) (1867–1949), VFL footballer for Carlton Peter Williams (Australian footballer, born 1944), VFL footballer for Fitzroy Peter Williams (Australian footballer, born 1957), VFL footballer for Richmond Cricket Peter Williams (Irish cricketer) (1897–1971), Irish cricketer for Sussex and several other teams in England Peter Williams (Australian cricketer) (born 1942), Australian cricketer, played for Victoria Peter Williams (South African cricketer) (1957–2014), South African cricketer Other sports Peter Williams (rugby union, born 1884) (1884–1976), New Zealand rugby union international footballer Peter Williams (English footballer) (1931–2021), English footballer Peter Williams (motorcyclist) (1939–2020), British motorcycle racer, participant in the Isle of Man TT, 1967 Peter Williams (rugby, born 1958), English rugby union and rugby league footballer Pete Williams (basketball) (born 1965), American professional basketball player Peter Williams (footballer, born 1960), Welsh association footballer Peter Williams (swimmer) (born 1968), South African swimmer Pete Williams (fighter) (born 1975), American mixed martial arts fighter Petey Williams (born 1981), Canadian professional wrestler Peter Williams (alpine skier) (born 1983), New Zealand para-alpine sit-skier Peter Williams (cyclist) (born 1986), British racing cyclist Others Peter Williams (Medal of Honor) (1831–?), American Civil War sailor Peter Gordon Williams (1920–1982), British businessman and unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong Peter D. Williams (born 1939), United States Marine Corps general and aviator Peter Williams (businessman) (born 1974), British businessman, co-founder of Jack Wills clothing brand Fictional characters Peter Williams, on the television series Titans. Discover the Peter Williams popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Peter Williams books.

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  • How Family, Farming and Footy Made a Champion synopsis, comments

    How Family, Farming and Footy Made a Champion

    Samuel Whitelock

    The most capped All Black in history speaks for the record about his storied career, spanning three rugby world cup grand finals, nine super rugby finals, and 153 appearances in th...

  • Peter Pan synopsis, comments

    Peter Pan

    J.M. Barrie

    HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of bestloved, essential classics.‘Second to the right … and then straight on till morning!’Desperate to hear bedtime stories,...

  • The Spoils of Poynton synopsis, comments

    The Spoils of Poynton

    Henry James & David Lodge

    Mrs Gereth is convinced that Fleda Vetch would make the perfect daughterinlaw. Only the dreamy, highlystrung young woman can genuinely appreciate, and perhaps eventually share, Mrs...

  • Dreaming of Dreaming synopsis, comments

    Dreaming of Dreaming

    Peter E. Williams

    It is a poetry book. My cat came to me in a dream last night, he needed my love and my reassurance that things would be okay. His name was Patches, but he answered to Piffle and he...

  • If You Go Down to the Woods Tonight synopsis, comments

    If You Go Down to the Woods Tonight

    Peter Williams

    An intriguing look into many worlds; essentially a children's story, but in truth, much more. Peter Williams has woven together; two bands of cats, a giant black dog who is act...

  • Sister Viv synopsis, comments

    Sister Viv

    Grantlee Kieza

    The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to saving others from the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of Flinders, The ...

  • Near-Death Experiences . . . and Others synopsis, comments

    Near-Death Experiences . . . and Others

    Robert Gottlieb

    A new collection of immersive essays from the most acclaimed editor of the second half of the twentieth centuryThis new collection from the legendary editor Robert Gottlieb feature...

  • Australia According To Hoges synopsis, comments

    Australia According To Hoges

    Paul Hogan

    Stories and yarns about my favourite bits of Down UnderPaul Hogan's ancestors were a couple of Irish blowins who arrived in the colony of New South Wales by boat, with a little ass...

  • The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones synopsis, comments

    The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones

    Kim Renfro

    The everythingyoumissed, wantedtoknowmoreabout, and can’tgetenough guide to the Game of Thrones television seriesfrom the first episode to the epic finale. Valar morghulis!Spanning...

  • The Way of All Flesh synopsis, comments

    The Way of All Flesh

    Samuel Butler

    With an essay by V. S. Pritchett.'The greater part of every family is always odious; if there are one or two good ones in a very large family, it is as much as can be expected'Writ...

  • Warriors synopsis, comments

    Warriors

    George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois

    From George R. R. Martin's Introduction to Warriors: "People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrat...

  • Our Story Begins synopsis, comments

    Our Story Begins

    Elissa Brent Weissman

    From awardwinning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today’s foremost children’s authors and illustratorsre...

  • The Barbarous Years synopsis, comments

    The Barbarous Years

    Bernard Bailyn

    Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeA compelling, fresh account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements w...

  • Short Stories in French synopsis, comments

    Short Stories in French

    Richard Coward

    This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original French and in English translation. Including stories...

  • The Scrabble Word-Building Book synopsis, comments

    The Scrabble Word-Building Book

    Saleem Ahmed

    The ultimate winner’s handbook for mastering Scrabble® and other word gamesfor players of all backgrounds and skill levels.Become a master of Scrabble® with this essential guide to...

  • Catherine the Great synopsis, comments

    Catherine the Great

    Virginia Rounding

    Dutiful daughter, frustrated wife, passionate lover, domineering mother, doting grandmother, devoted friend, tireless legislator, generous patron of artists and philosophersthe Emp...

  • Spanish Short Stories synopsis, comments

    Spanish Short Stories

    Gudie Lawaetz

    This second volume of short stories contains more diverse and lively writing from the Spanishspeaking world. Again much of it is from Latin America, Carlos Fuentes being Mexican, N...

  • Returning to the Age of Reason synopsis, comments

    Returning to the Age of Reason

    Peter J. Storm

    Returning to the Age of Reason is a powerful philosophical work which is ambitious in its scope. Written by a biomedical engineer, the collected essays which comprise it explore a ...

  • A View from the Chair synopsis, comments

    A View from the Chair

    Peter Williams

    Peter Williams has been involved in charitable and cultural initiatives in Kent for some 50 years, from the revival of the Canterbury International Arts Festival, which he chaired ...

  • The Remarkable Mrs Reibey synopsis, comments

    The Remarkable Mrs Reibey

    Grantlee Kieza

    The extraordinary story of Mary Reibey immortalised on the Australian $20 note, Australia's first female entrepreneur and the most powerful woman in colonial historySHORTLISTED FO...

  • Peter Williams Designed To Race synopsis, comments

    Peter Williams Designed To Race

    Peter Williams

    On his day, Peter Williams was the best motorcycle road racer in the world and is one of that small band of sportsmen, 'the best never to win a World Championship'. Peter's unique ...

  • The Good New Stuff synopsis, comments

    The Good New Stuff

    Gardner Dozois

    Once the mainstay of science fiction, adventure stories fell out of favor during the 1960s and early 1970s. But in recent years, science fiction writers have spun out galaxyspannin...

  • Only Stars Know the Meaning of Space synopsis, comments

    Only Stars Know the Meaning of Space

    Rémy Ngamije

    A vibrant and brilliant new collection of awardwinning short fiction from the acclaimed author of the “charming, witty, and incredibly humane” (The Pittsburgh Gazette) debut The Et...

  • Messing Up the Paintwork synopsis, comments

    Messing Up the Paintwork

    Ebury Publishing

    ‘If it’s me and your granny on bongos, it’s The Fall.’As legendary frontman of postpunk outfit The Fall, Mark E. Smith was known as much for his mercurial temperament as his except...

  • Freddie Mercury synopsis, comments

    Freddie Mercury

    Laura Jackson

    THE DEFINITIVE, UPTODATE BIOGRAPHY OF FREDDIE MERCURY'An outstanding biography. . .a fitting testament to the creative genius' Daily Mail'Touches all manner of intriguing rock 'n'...

  • The Desert Fathers synopsis, comments

    The Desert Fathers

    Benedicta Ward

    The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalised and official theology of the "fou...

  • Reality Show synopsis, comments

    Reality Show

    Howard Kurtz

    Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings: They were on a firstname basis with the country for a generation, leading viewers through moments of triumph and tragedy. But now that a new...

  • The Verdun Affair synopsis, comments

    The Verdun Affair

    Nick Dybek

    Across a continent still reeling from World War I, a “ravishingly beautiful” (Paula McClain) story about a love affair between two Americans and the lie that changes everything.Fra...

  • Man and the Natural World synopsis, comments

    Man and the Natural World

    Sir Keith Thomas

    'Man and the Natural World, an encyclopaedic study of man's relationship to animals and plants, is completely engrossing ... It explains everything why we eat what we do, why we ...

  • The Traveling Feast synopsis, comments

    The Traveling Feast

    Rick Bass

    Acclaimed author Rick Bass decided to thank all of his writing heroes in person, one meal at a time, in this "rich smorgasbord of a memoir . . . a soulnourishing, roadburning act o...

  • The Penguin History of the Church synopsis, comments

    The Penguin History of the Church

    Henry Chadwick

    Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world

  • The Rulebreaker synopsis, comments

    The Rulebreaker

    Susan Page

    The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all timeBarbara Waltersa woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally g...

  • Being There synopsis, comments

    Being There

    Peter Williams

    After 70 years in newspapers and television, Peter Williams has had privileged access to some of the world's milestone events. BEING THERE casts fresh light on incidents and person...

  • Dear White People synopsis, comments

    Dear White People

    Justin Simien

    Now a Netflix Original Series In the satirical tradition of the New York Times bestseller Stuff White People Like comes this witty companion book to the “incredibly entertaining” (...

  • Blood, Sweat and Beer synopsis, comments

    Blood, Sweat and Beer

    Peter Williams

    A tale of an innocent and naive little boy, born during post war austerity to a lower working class family. Told initially through the eyes of a toddler it goes on to describe in g...

  • Jesus synopsis, comments

    Jesus

    Dr Geza Vermes

    The Nativity, Passion and Resurrection are the three defining episodes in the life of Jesus, forming the foundations of the Christian tradition. But what is the truth behind these ...