Williams: 7228 books
A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles
A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death—and be restored to life.
After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma—a "rapidly fatal" form of cancer—journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She...
by Lisa Williams
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2008
The highly anticipated memoir from the star of the hit series Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead
When Lisa Williams was four years old, she told her parents about the spirits in her bedroom. Since those first sightings, Lisa has seen and communicated with thousands of people who have passed...
Radical Medicine
Cutting-Edge Natural Therapies That Treat the Root Causes of Disease
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
A “radical” approach to holistic healing that examines the root causes and cures for ailments such as Alzheimer’s disease, breast cancer, and heart attacks
• Offers cutting-edge detoxification and draining therapies to address the tremendous chemical onslaught of modern life
•...
Too High and Too Steep
Reshaping Seattle’s Topography
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Residents and visitors in today�s Seattle would barely recognize the landscape that its founding settlers first encountered. As the city grew, its leaders and inhabitants dramatically altered its topography to accommodate their changing visions. In Too High and Too Steep, David B. Williams uses...
by David Lewis-Williams, David Pearce
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
An exploration of how brain structure and cultural content interacted in the Neolithic period 10,000 years ago to produce unique life patterns and belief systems.
What do the headless figures found in the famous paintings at Catalhoyuk in Turkey have in common with the monumental tombs at Newgrange...
How Math Works
A Guide to Grade School Arithmetic for Parents and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
We hear all the time how American children are falling behind their global peers in various basic subjects, but particularly in math. Is it our fear of math that constrains us? Or our inability to understand math’s place in relation to our everyday lives? How can we help our children better understand...
Appalachia
A History
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2003
Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, he explores Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the numerous, often contradictory images that have shaped perceptions...
by Wilbert Williams Jr. M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
In July 1978, Dr. Wilbert Williams Jr. was standing on a street corner in Brooklyn, New York, afraid for his life. It had been less than three months since he was awarded a medical degree from Albany Medical College in upstate New York; yet there he wasenduring racial slurs from a group of angry white...
The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education
George W. Atherton and the Land-Grant College Movement
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 1991
The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education revises the traditional interpretation of the land-grant college movement, whose institutions were brought into being by the 1862 Morrill Act to provide for "the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes." Rather than being...
by Elaine K. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
You are not alone if you are one of the staggering numbers of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren! Are you confused by the generational gaps, challenging communications, and tough questions like, “Why are my parents so old? Why is my father in jail? Why doesn’t my mother show up to...
Tales from the Philadelphia 76ers Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest Sixers Stories from the 1982-83 Championship Season
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
The Sixers won 65 games and an NBA championship in 1982–83, still one of the finest seasons in NBA history. It was Moses Malone who, in the days before the playoffs, gave the team its battle cry. Asked by coach Billy Cunningham how he thought things would go in the playoffs, Moses said, "Fo’,...
In Love With Betty The Crow
The First 40 Years Of The Science Show
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Robyn Williams reflects on why science matters, after 40 years of ABC RN's The Science Show.
The Science Show with Robyn Williams on Radio National is one of the longest running programs on Australian radio. Scientific issues, debates, events, personalities, exposing scientific fraud, discoveries...
Sherlock Holmes re-told for children: The Engineer's Thumb
British-English edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
How old were you when you discovered Sherlock?
As part of the Sherlock For Kids series, international best-selling author Mark Williams is proud to present this adaptation for children of the Sherlock Holmes short story The Engineer's Thumb.
This is the British-English edition.
British-English?...
by Paul J. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
The public holds many misconceptions about criminal justice and prison life. Prisons do not resemble country clubs, even though the material amenities have improved over the years. Incarceration is not a deterrent to crime, but instead often reinforces a criminal lifestyle. The deprivation of liberty...